The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship and Thales Canada, a division of French satellite imaging giant Thales Group, will run two naval innovation challenges this spring with prizes of $175,000 each.

The first challenge will invite participants to develop a methodology for testing condition-based maintenance procedures, which use digital models of industrial

New Brunswick's Joint Economic Development Initiative, or JEDI, the Indigenous economic development organization, has launched a directory of First Nations businesses, along with its own e-commerce shop.

Indigeshop, as JEDI has dubbed its e-commerce storefront, will give Indigenous companies, including startups, a centralized place to sell their products.

“This site provides a space for

P.E.I.-based Sofistofish Technologies, which makes analytics software for lobster fishers, has announced a North American distribution deal with Mackay Marine Canada, which is a division of one of the world's largest maritime electronics companies.

Founded by CTO Kirk Arsenault in late 2021 and now headed up by CEO Ken Driscoll, Sofistofish was inspired by Arsenault’s experiences fishing for

The Spark Nova Scotia startup competition, which last fall held three pitching events on the province’s mainland, is coming to Cape Breton as it looks to revive last fall’s competition with new entries.

Companies that entered last fall when Spark first opened applications in Cape Breton are still in the running. Newcomers to the competition can also join as long as they apply by April 17 at

Halifax bioprinting startup MOC Biotechnologies is testing its products with a slate of universities and research institutions across North America as it eyes its first major capital raise.

Founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneurs Ali Mousavi and Arash Helmi, MOC makes technology for 3D printing artificial tissues, such as cartilage, heart valves and nerves. The next step, CEO Mousavi said in an

Here are a few of the oceans events that will take place in Canada and around the world in the coming months:

• Ocean Business will occur April 18 to 20, in Southampton, U.K. The free event will focus on defining the future of ocean technology.
• Canadian Women in Ocean Industries Leadership 2023 Conference: Diversity in the Blue Economy will be held May 9 to 11 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The

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Halifax’s Zen Electric has raised $1.25 million from Nigerian utility company North South Power as it eyes commercialization of its technology in South Asia.

Zen was originally founded by Ravindra Kempaiah to make electric bicycles under the name Zen Electric Bikes. More recently, the company has pivoted to focus on battery systems.

The North South deal is part of a larger funding raise that

Sydney-based Protocase is sponsoring a hackathon at innovation hub Navigate Startup House this month aimed at solving socioeconomic problems in Cape Breton.

The event will run for 12 hours on March 25 and four hours on March 26, with a $1,500 prize for the winning programmer or programmers.

“We invite teams of one-three developers of all skill levels to help us solve a major socioeconomic

Halifax-based research group eOceans has come up with a definition for the “Blue Economy” that only includes activities that are tied to ocean health.

Some academics and some experts in southern hemisphere countries use a similar definition, and eOceans would like to see it widely adopted, particularly among governments and businesses. The company believes the oceans community should clarify