SkySquirrel, the Halifax startup that uses drones to improve yields in vineyards, is gearing up to launch a new product in 2016 that will help attack a persistent problem in the European wine industry.

SkySquirrel’s drones survey and collect data on vineyards, detecting diseases in the early stages and helping farmers better nurture their crops.

While several drone companies have developed

Adopting a strategy to maintain its fund without fresh investment, GrowthWorks Atlantic has borrowed $1.5 million to cover operating costs and adopted a plan to distribute funds to its shareholders over time.

The Halifax-based venture capital fundy has made the announcements in the past two months in its latest moves to adapt to changes in its regulatory environment brought in the last two

Michael Donovan, Executive Chairman of Halifax- and Toronto-based DHX Media Ltd., has been named Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year by the global consultancy EY.

EY said in a statement that Donovan, who heads a global film and television company specializing in children's entertainment, was chosen as the Canadian winner for his industry foresight and relentless belief in the demand for

A Nova Scotian who focuses on making individuals aware of their behaviour around money has received a boost after being recognized by a group that works to promote female entrepreneurs.

The SheEO movement’s Radical Generosity initiative helps finance and support women-led ventures in Canada.

Stephanie Holmes-Winton, CEO of Dartmouth company The Money Finder, has been named a national

Atlanta’s Courion, which helps identify users online, has paid an undisclosed price to buy Halifax’s SecureReset, which has developed two products for simplifying user passwords and authentication.

SecureReset was owned by the entrepreneurial duo of CEO Andy Osburn and chief technical officer Mark Boyle, better known as the founders of Equals6, a career-focused social network for students.

Whether you’re seeking funding or looking for customers, founder thought leadership is often an untapped tactic for growing your startup. Here’s how to get started painlessly.

Marketing yourself as an authority (or better yet, an influencer) using thought leadership helps grow your startup — whether that’s getting funding, customers, press coverage, talent, or strategic partnerships.

Volta, the Halifax startup hub, is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer.

Jevon MacDonald, the founder and board member of the facility, said this week that Volta is searching for someone who can oversee the daily operations of the organization and work with the board on determining strategy.

For more than a year, the two-year-old organization has been headed by Melody Pardoe, who is

RtTech Software of Moncton and 17-year-old Alex Gillis, the CEO of Halifax-based Bitness.io, have won national 2015 Startup Canada Awards.

The Ottawa-based organization announced Tuesday that RtTech, an Industrial Internet of Things company, had won in the Innovation category, while Gillis had captured the top award as a Young Entrepreneur.

Atlantic Canadians have captured two of the nine

It doesn’t take long in an interview with Kumaran Thillainadarajah to understand why Deloitte named his business, Smart Skin Technologies, to its list of companies to watch in Canada.

In the last two years, the Fredericton firm has installed its technology in 45 plants owned by some of the largest beverage producers in the world, and sales are growing rapidly. Smart Skin, which raised $3.9

Cisco Systems Inc. has named Fredericton-based Eigen Innovations one of six finalists at the Innovation Grand Challenge, the pitching competition at the prestigious Internet of Things World Forum on Dec. 7 in Dubai.

Eigen has developed algorithms that allow machines to respond automatically to messages from sensors – a classic Internet of Things, or IoT, application. It is one of 3,000