Innovators and entrepreneurs often say, “Don’t try and reinvent the wheel,” but Craig McCloskey of Bluefield Seeding Solutions in Prince Edward Island did just that.

His invention, the press wheel, makes planting potatoes faster and more efficient. He's created an attachment that can be fitted onto an existing piece of machinery, which is called a planter and which ensures that potato crops are

Katelyn Bourgoin knew she had a problem when her debt topped $100,000. She had to take drastic action – not just with her personal finances but with the company she’d founded. 

As the CEO of Vendeve, a female-focused networking platform, Bourgoin had racked up heaps of personal credit to launch her business, which had once been called “the next LinkedIn”. But she had been logging 100 hours a

Undergraduates from Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island can now take part in Venture for Canada’s fellowship program.

VFC is a national organization that places recent university graduates in small and medium-sized startups for a two-year work term. The programming is currently available in Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Now, the non-profit is expanding its reach to the

Federal and provincial governments are investing over $3.1 million to build a new Cybersecurity Innovation Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

An announcement on Tuesday said the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will be committing a $3.1 million non-repayable contribution through its Business Development Program while Opportunities New Brunswick is contributing an additional $956,000. This

With support from Opportunities New Brunswick, Cvent a global events management technology provider, will be expanding its operations in Fredericton, creating up to 25 new jobs for the province.

Cvent is eligible for an investment of $385,000 from ONB, which will facilitate the expansion over the next three years. The investment will come in the form of performance-based payroll rebates. This

We were deeply saddened to learn that the tragedy in Fredericton has struck the startup community close to home.

Sara Burns, one of the victims of the shooting Friday, was the wife of Steven Burns, who recently served as the Chair of Propel ICT, the regional tech accelerator.

We at Entrevestor and others in the community send out our deepest sympathies to Steven and his family on their grievous

Innovacorp has launched its 2018-19 Accelerate Program, which aims to help early-stage companies in the CleanTech, AgTech, Oceantech and MedTech spaces.

Applications are open until Sept. 10 for the program, which grants participants up to $50,000 in non-dilutive funding and provides mentorship, market intelligence and shared office space.

One interesting feature of the program is that it

Fredericton-based Chinova Bioworks, which is making preservatives from chitosan, has raised a US$2 million (C$2.6 million) round of equity funding led by DSM Venturing and Rhapsody Venture Partners.

The company issued a statement last week saying the participants in the round are: DSM Venturing, the venture capital arm of Dutch health and nutrition company DSM;  Rhapsody Venture Partners, an

Halifax-based Covina Biomedical Inc. has secured a $500,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to help bring its injectable bone cement product to market.

The company has developed bone cement that can be injected into damaged bones (starting with knees) in an attempt to avoid surgery or replacement. The team headed by CEO Caitlin Pierlot is now preparing for clinical trials and

After our week off, we have two openings in our Jobs of the Week column today – one from Halifax-based Dash Hudson and one from LaunchPad PEI in Charlottetown.

LaunchPad PEI, which is seeking a Business Development and Relationship Manager, is a non-profit incubator that supports the growth of new technology companies on Prince Edward Island. The organization provides valuable support services