Bermuda-based investment manager Qapture Investments has acquired the on-chain yield strategies and operational infrastructure of Halifax-based Hermetik Trading Technologies Inc. and named Hermetik founder Brendan MacNeil the Head of Decentralized Finance.

The parties announced the deal in a press release last week but did not release financial details.

MacNeil launched Hermetik three years ago

A one-day business conference will bring real-world stories, practical ideas and structured networking to business people gathering in Moncton.

On Thursday, October 22, entrepreneurs, business owners, managers and advisors from across the region will gather in Moncton for the inaugural OMISTA Credit Union SmallBizRIOT Conference. The idea is to bring together people who have built, operated,

Versos AI announced Wednesday it has developed an agentic system using NVIDIA technology to help artificial intelligence companies search for and assemble video datasets for model training.

The Saint John company is demonstrating the new capability at IBC2026 in Amsterdam this week. The system allows users to describe the type of video footage they need in plain language, after which the

Falling Walls Lab Atlantic Canada will hold its annual three-minute pitch competition at the Halifax Central Library on Sept. 14, sending one Atlantic Canadian researcher to the international finals in Berlin.

The event, hosted by Research Nova Scotia and supported by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will feature 14 students and early-career researchers from across Atlantic Canada.

Invest Nova Scotia has opened its RevUp! Program, which offers up to $150,000 to help Nova Scotia businesses enter new geographic markets or national/international supply chains.

RevUp! is designed for established, high-growth Nova Scotia small and medium-sized enterprises with the resources and strategy to pursue new market opportunities. 

Applicants must:be a Nova Scotia-registered business

David Sears, a Halifax-based geologist, has created PartnR, an app that helps golfers connect with playing partners, organize rounds, track scores, explore Canadian courses, and build a digital golf passport.

Surprisingly, perhaps, Sears, who recently returned to Halifax after working as an independent contractor in the oil and gas industry in Calgary, created the app himself with the help of

Halifax-based Boundless Discovery has raised a US$2 million (C$2.8 million) seed round to develop an artificial intelligence-powered platform that maps and analyzes critical markets.

The company, founded in late 2024, issued a recent press release saying the financing came from venture capital funds in the United States and United Kingdom, family offices, and executives in the technology, energy

Cape Breton Capital Group has launched a new $1.2 million angel investment fund focused on early-stage companies with connections to Cape Breton.

The Cape Breton Future Fund, or CBFF, will invest in qualifying small businesses that are registered in Nova Scotia and have a meaningful connection to Cape Breton. That connection can include research and development activity, executive leadership, a

The Rounds, the Halifax-based company that developed a social network for medical professionals, has exited after being acquired by Native Touch, a Toronto digital advertising firm.

In an interview, CEO Tim Rice said that The Rounds – whose corporate name is Boondoc Technologies Inc. – was sold in May to Native Touch, which owns a portfolio of companies that have synergies with the Halifax

In his splendid book Nova Scotia’s Lost Century: Can We Change Course?, Ian Thompson zeroes in on an all-important but immeasurable factor in the province’s underperformance since Confederation: our loss of confidence.

Our historical underconfidence is a treacherous subject for a pundit, as it tends to raise hackles. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper was vilified in 2002 when he spoke of the