Halifax reading game startup Shoelace Learning is aiming to leverage its traction in the United States to win more deals in Canada, as CEO Julia Rivard Dexter looks to consolidate on pandemic-era growth amid a saturated educational technology market.

Rivard Dexter said in an interview Thursday that Shoelace expanded rapidly during the lockdowns, as educators turned to digital solutions. With

Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, will hold a pitch competition showcasing six companies from the latest cohort of its eight-week Evolution accelerator on April 9.

Chosen by Genesis out of the broader Evolution cohort, the seven companies in the Evolution Pitch Showcase will deliver four-minute presentations, followed by two-minute question and answer sessions, all of which

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has announced $910,000 of funding for two research institutions at the University of New Brunswick and a third at the Université de Moncton with an eye towards fostering technological innovation in the province.

The Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at UNB will receive $300,000, the school’s Nanocomposites and Mechanics Laboratory will

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is seeking project proposals related to transportation in the maritime sector, as well as sustainable seafood.

The federal organization, which partners with the private sector to fund research and development work, is looking for proposals to improve the efficiency or resiliency of transportation in the marine industry, or contribute to its decarbonization. Its call

Halifax-based Tribe Network, the industry group that supports racialized entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada, has announced a new scholarship program under a collaboration with Saint Mary’s University to help Black and Indigenous students break into the fields of commerce, computer science and data analytics.

The initiative will include two streams, one for undergraduates and one for graduates.

Acuicy, the Halifax-based maker of business intelligence software for emissions reduction, is the only Atlantic Canadian company among 11 chosen to participate in this spring’s edition of Techstars Sustainability Paris, a cleantech accelerator from the globally-recognized startup house.

The accelerator began March 11 and will culminate in a demo day June 6. Since its creation two years ago, 60

Fredericton-based Symbodi is the only Canadian company to make this year’s list of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in Wellness and Personal Care, as ranked by prestigious American business magazine Fast Company.

Incorporated in 2018 by Founder Curtis Kennedy, Synmbodi is best-known as the maker of the Vertiball, a portable back massager that requires no electricity and can be affixed to most

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and national industry group the Canadian Food Innovation Network will host a one-day conference in Digby, N.S. April 18.

Dubbed Foodtech Atlantic, the event’s theme this year will be “advancing innovation and sustainable solutions.” It will be held at the Digby Pines Resort from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., with attendees expected to include food companies,

Atlantic BioCorp Founder Dante Enewold plans to use the $25,000 he won in last week's Woodward Cup pitch competition to build a production facility for his process that converts crab shells into chitosan.

Held Wednesday by the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship in St. John’s, the Woodward Cup is named in honour of the late Newfoundland and Labrador logistics magnate Mel Woodward. The annual

Rachael Craig, who was active in the early days of the Halifax startup ecosystem, now has a Silicon Valley exit on her résumé.

Craig was a Co-Founder and (until recently) CEO of San Francisco-based MotionHall, which developed software that provided data to help biotech companies accelerate deals in drug discovery. Last week, London-based information provider Clarivate Plc agreed to buy virtually