We have a CEO position in our Jobs of the Week column today.

TechImpact, an Atlantic Canada-based group of private tech companies, is looking for a leader to drive its success in the region. Our job board also has two openings for Customer Success Representatives at Dash Hudson and a Business Development Associate internship with Masitek Instruments.

TechImpact’s mission is to tap into the

Days after it announced it had received regulatory approval in Australia, Halifax-based Densitas Inc. has announced it gained access to the world’s largest medical device market.

The company said Thursday its flagship DM-Density product had received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration, which means it can now distribute its software for assessing breast density in the U.S.

The

Nova Scotia’s social enterprises want to grow but need more support in such tasks as getting their products to customers, says a new report by the Social Enterprise Network of Nova Scotia, or SENNS.

The network, which represents Nova Scotian companies and organizations that aim to benefit society, wildlife or the environment, just released its tri-annual report that assessed the health of its

After a reboot that took more than a year, The Best Deodorant in the World is preparing for a relaunch next year with huge plans for exporting, and even more so for its social impact.

The Best Deodorant in the World is the name of a Fredericton-based company that sells all-natural deodorant. At its core, it is a social venture with distinct strategies to help the environment, animals and people.

CarbonCure Technologies hit a significant milestone in its development last month: the Halifax cleantech company and its partners have launched an integrated solution that reduces carbon emissions in both cement and concrete production.

CarbonCure issued a press release this week saying it led a team of five companies that took the carbon dioxide produced from cement production and used it to

Volta Labs' new Vice President of Innovation, Chris Crowell, is starting his job with plans to develop a larger corporate outpost within Volta as a part of the startup house's expansion this fall.

Crowell, who started with Volta last month, joined the startup house to build more corporate outposts that will connect scaling companies with valuable corporate partners.

“A key part isn’t just

A week after academic research in Britain validated the premise of its business model, Halifax-based Densitas Inc. has received regulatory clearance for its automated breast density software DM-Density to be sold in Australia.

The company issued a press release Tuesday saying that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration had approved the product. Densitas will sell its software through

Halifax-based Affinio is one of the first companies accepted into a new program offered by Microsoft in which the tech giant’s sales team helps to sell startups’ products.

TechCrunch, the respected Silicon Valley tech publication, said earlier this month that Microsoft has launched a new program called Microsoft for Startups, which brings technology and marketing expertise to startups. Most

Startup Halifax is hosting an event March 12 that will show founders and executives what funding options are available for startups.

The event, which starts at 6 pm at the Halifax Central Library, will feature talks from such organizations as Innovacorp, BDC, and ACOA  and will show founders the financial resources that are available and how to access them.

“This is truly a great opportunity

ABK Biomedical has raised more than $9 million in an over-subscribed round of equity funding that closed last August.  The larger equity base has allowed the company to borrow $3 million from the Atlantic Innovation Fund.

The Halifax-based medical device maker revealed that it closed the Series A funding round – one of the largest in Atlantic Canada last year – during discussions about its