Nova Scotia life sciences industry group BioNova has chosen eight semi-finalists for its annual BioInnovation Challenge, with $55,000 of funding and in-kind services up for grabs.

Now in its twelfth year, the pitching competition will be held during BioPort Atlantic — the annual conference for life sciences and biotech in Atlantic Canada — on Nov. 2 and 3. The finals are being held in-person

Three early-stage New Brunswick startups have entered the Venn Garage incubator program, after being selected from the open pitch competition in July.

As a resident Garage startup, the new companies will receive a hotdesk at the Junction, Venn’s new tech-focused innovation hub in Moncton. They will also be offered workshops and coaching sessions, resources and networks, as well as support with

Couryah, the Halifax-based food delivery service, has launched a trio of apps to replace its web platform and accommodate more users on the back of pandemic-era growth.

Couryah differs from other delivery industry players like Uber Eats and Instacart because it allows users to order from both restaurants and grocery stores on the same platform, as well as offering lower fees, the company said.

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch will hold its first Newcomer and International Student pitch competition, which has a total prize purse worth $10,000 on Friday.

Scheduled for Aug. 26, the competition will include two streams: an idea stream for prospective entrepreneurs and a business plan stream for those with existing companies. Competitors in the idea stream will be judged based

Maritime Launch Services has finalized the Crown land lease for its planned spaceport near Canso, Nova Scotia, paving the way for an inaugural rocket launch next year.

The lease is for 334.5 acres near the Chedabucto Bay and will last 20 years, with an option to renew for another 20 — although a statement from Maritime Launch, or MLS, did not clarify which party has the option.

“Acquiring the

Modest Tree, a Halifax-based maker of extended-reality software, has won a contract with the United States Space Force, the extra-planetary branch of the country’s armed forces.

The company earned the deal by participating in the Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 Pitch Day. The arm of the Space Force running the pitch day, Space Launch Delta 45, plans to use Modest Tree’s technology for

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a $1.8 million project led by Halifax-based SailTimer to produce crowd-sourced weather reporting both for and from sailboats.

SailTimer, helmed by President Craig Summers, is currently accepting pre-orders for its own SailTimer Wind Instrument RB. It's the hardware for its own version of a technology similar to that being developed by the supercluster

The first half of 2022 was a strong period for Atlantic Canadian venture capital deals, buttressed by nearly record-breaking fundraising activity from Nova Scotia, according to data released Thursday by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, or CVCA.

The organization’s Canadian Venture Capital Market Overview found that East Coast startups raised $115 million in 21 deals in

BioNB CEO Meaghan Seagrave is leaving the New Brunswick organization to head up Bioindustrial Innovation Canada and its affiliated Sustainable Chemistry Alliance, which invests in early-stage life sciences companies.

Seagrave, who holds a master’s degree in Food Science from the University of British Columbia, as well as several certificates and diplomas in communications and management

Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB incubator has opened applications for this year’s BUILD accelerator — a 10-month program meant to help deep tech startups develop and manufacture their products.

Companies in the program will have access to training workshops, research and development facilities, technical assistance and one-on-one business coaching.

The accelerator is split into three