St. John’s-based Avalon Holographics has released its first-generation prototype display – a 29-inch development system that represents a significant milestone for the five-year-old company.

Avalon’s long-term goal is to use hologaphics – three-dimensional images produced by disruptions in light beams – to revolutionize the way people use visual displays like computer screens, TV monitors and

When Jonah Chininga moved to Canada in 2014, he was surprised by how difficult it was to find his financial footing. But this challenge would eventually lead to the creation of a new fintech company MICC Financial.

Arriving from Zimbabwe to study accounting and business management at the University of Prince Edward Island, Chininga struggled to afford Canada’s high cost of living. The problem

St. John’s supply chain management startup Milk Moovement is opening an office in Minneapolis to capitalize on the lucrative Midwestern dairy industry.

CEO Robert Forsythe said in an interview that Milk Moovement signed its first American client in Wisconsin about two months ago. As part of that deal, the company’s software is now in use at over 200 dairy farms.

Milk Moovement’s technology

Two Atlantic Canadian companies have been accepted into the inaugural Canadian cohort of Google for Startups Canada -- a three-month virtual accelerator targeting businesses in the seed and series A funding stages.

Halifax-based Eyeread and Curv Health, which has offices in Halifax and Toronto, will be among nine companies to complete the program. The accelerator was originally meant to be held

Saint John-based ProcedureFlow, a knowledge management product, has been named a 2020 Pandemic Tech Innovation Award winner by U.S.-based Technology Marketing Corporation, or TMC, a business-to-business and integrated marketing media company.

ProcedureFlow, whose corporate name is Gemba Software Solutions, is a visual guide that supports employees as they navigate company processes, the company

As entrepreneurs from minority groups continue to be under-represented in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, Ryerson University’s DMZ accelerator is ramping up a new program aimed at supporting Black founders in Ontario.

The Black Innovation Fellowship, or BIF, launched in May and gives participants mentorship and other support as they work their way through the DMZ’s more generalized

David Alston, one of the leading lights at Radian6 a decade ago, is launching a new accelerator for chief marketing officers at Atlantic Canadian startups, hoping to improve the marketing leadership in the region.

Marketswell Solutions will launch next month with the goal of producing 25 grads in the next five years, all of whom will have the confidence and know-how to fill key leadership roles

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch is opening a new co-working and resource-sharing facility in downtown Fredericton -- the result of a deal with concert and event venue The Cap.

Based out of The Cap’s 362 Queen Street location, The Nest’s member companies will have access to the same support programs as the businesses based out of Planet Hatch’s original facility.

Planet Hatch’s

Halifax’s HomeEXCEPT has launched an Indiegogo campaign that CEO John Robertson said in an interview is meant to serve not just as a funding source, but as an international marketing vehicle.

HomeEXCEPT was first launched in September and completed a major product redesign earlier this year. Its technology now uses accelerometers and environmental sensors capable of tracking humidity,

Dispension Industries, which makes opioid dispensing equipment to help prevent overdoses, has bagged a $500,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and will install five of its machines in cities across Canada.

Founded by President Corey Yantha and brothers Matthew and Brad Michaelis, Dartmouth-based Dispension’s MySafe kiosks allow authorities to distribute opioids to registered