Virtual startup accelerator Propel has announced the finalists for its annual Gerry Pond Sales Award, with food-related startups making a strong showing.

The Gerry Pond Award is an annual, $25,000 cash prize in honour of former NBTel CEO and Aliant Telecom President Gerry Pond, who went on to co-found Saint John-based Mariner Partners and Propel itself. Propel, meanwhile, offers a suite of

Martha Casey, the former CEO of Halifax startup hub Volta, has been named interim co-CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, replacing Richard Florizone, who she also worked under at Dalhousie University.

Casey joined the IISD about a year ago, overseeing the think tank’s administration as vice president for operations and business transformation. Her new co-president and

This year’s Canadian Women in Ocean Industries Leadership Conference, or CWOIL, will be in St. John’s from May 9 to 11, with the aim of fostering blue economy participation by women.

CWOIL aims to increase the competitiveness of the oceans sector by expanding its talent pipeline, particularly for women from marginalized groups such as the LGBTQ community and Indigenous women.

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The David Sobey Centre National Retail Innovation Awards recognized three Canadian startups last week for improving customer service and product accessibility.

The David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retailing and Services at Saint Mary’s University has handed out the awards since 2017 in recognition of young companies that are improving retail through sustainable solutions, e-commerce,

We’re extending by two weeks our offer to make a $10 donation to the Canadian Mental Health Association for every completed survey we receive from Atlantic Canadian startup CEOs.

We’re delighted with the responses we’ve received so far in our annual drive to ask founders to provide data so we can analyze the startups sector in the region. But we need more.

We had promised a $10 donation to the

Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, is looking for applicants to the summer cohort of its eight-week Evolution accelerator, which will start in June.

Genesis bills Evolution as a “pre-incubator” course meant to prepare young companies for longer programs, such as its own, three-year Enterprise incubator. Evolution promises to help entrepreneurs clarify their businesses’ value

Chantal Brine, CEO of Halifax-based mentorship software startup EnPoint, has won the Universal Women’s Network’s Women of Inspiration Mentorship Award.

Based in Calgary, the Universal Women’s Network is a global association for female executives and entrepreneurs that partners with companies to lessen the gender pay gap.

EnPoint’s software helps universities, companies, non-profits and

The Irving family of New Brunswick has donated $5 million to the Saint Mary’s University Entrepreneurship Centre, with the money going towards hastening an already underway expansion.

The project is also being renamed the Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre as part of the deal. Formally, the donors are Arthur, Sandra and Sarah Irving, as well as the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation and

Halifax-based Reazent has joined the P.E.I. BioAlliance’s Emergence startup incubator as it seeks regulatory approval to sell its sustainable fertilizer products in Canada and finishes raising a seed round.

Chief Executive Sumit Verma said in an interview that the company has completed test projects under partnerships with agricultural companies at a range of scales, including some of the

The Victoria-based Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies, or COAST, is getting a $2 million funding boost from the British Columbia government via its Innovative Clean Energy Fund.

Created in 2021 and operated by regional business group the South Island Prosperity Partnership, COAST is developing into the main innovation hub for the blue economy on Canada's West Coast. It said in a