When Gordon McArthur presented Forerunner Research at the Atlantic Venture Forum in June, he revealed the tremendous sales growth of the company, whose technology detects gases in soils.

Revenue at Forerunner, which grew out of research conducted at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, increased 150 percent in 2014, and was on pace to rise 80 percent this year. The company is

Entrepreneurship took centre stage when Atlantic Canadian university educators gathered for their annual summit in January.

The speakers at the Atlantic Leaders’ Summit, organized by the Atlantic Association of Universities, were discussing trends in university education, but repeatedly the discussion honed in on ways to imbue students with entrepreneurial spirit and skills.

The speakers

A veteran of Toronto literary circles is now at the centre of a pioneering movement in Atlantic Canadian university entrepreneurship.

Don Sedgwick’s career is steeped in publishing, having edited more than 100 books, ghost-written more than a dozen, and acted as agent for such luminaries as Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner Linden MacIntyre. Now he is spear-heading efforts by the University of King’s College to teach journalism students to start their own ventures, not just look for traditional media jobs.

“I teach in the New Ventures stream and will be attending a prestigious training

After validating its online network for amateur sports in the local market, Bedford-based Eyeball Inc. has raised $1.1 million in a round of funding led by Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.

Eyeball launched its product last November, and has found a strong market among sports teams largely in the Halifax area. That was enough traction to attract a $1 million investment from publicly traded

There’s an unlikely alliance forming between the startup communities in Halifax and Las Vegas, as witnessed by two Halifax companies attending an accelerator in the southern city.

The cities, about 4,400 kilometres apart, are obviously very different in mindset and climate, but The Mill accelerator has featured Halifax companies in each of its first two cohorts. And there is talk of a

Build Ventures, the Halifax-based venture capital fund, has distributed the following press release:

AirVM Raises $8.0 million in Series A Funding

RHO Canada Ventures, Build Ventures and Wesley Clover Back Growing Cloud Management Company

AirVM, the leading cloud management platform company, today announced it has closed $8.0 million in Series A funding. Led by RHO Canada Ventures, joined by Build Ventures, and current investor Wesley Clover, the Series A financing positions AirVM for continued global growth as they scale to meet the demand for their cloud management platform,

When the I-3 Technology Startup Competition takes place in the next five months, one area to keep an eye on will be Region 5, more commonly known as Cape Breton Island.

The interesting thing about the biennial I-3 competition in Cape Breton is it will feature the winners of the past three Spark Cape Breton competitions – a list that grew last week when Innovacorp announced the winners of the 2015 Spark competition.

Not to pre-judge the results of I-3, it’s conceivable that a Cape Breton company could end up with development funding and services totaling $275,000 between the two

UIT, a startup immersion program at Cape Breton University, is accepting applications for 20 spots in the second year of the program, which runs from September to June.

Applications, which can be found here, are due this Friday.

UIT began last September and the 12 students in the first cohort learned simple coding and business methodologies through self-directed learning and conversations with mentors. All the curriculum materials are available free on the Internet.

UIT founder and lead mentor Gavin Uhma wanted to see students learn coding and business in a hands-on way rather than

Eight women banded together in Halifax Thursday night and brought the dream of a funding platform for female entrepreneurs a little closer to reality.

Halifax businesswomen Allyson England, Stefanie MacDonald and six others committed a total of $2,000 to the Act of Radical Generosity, a national program that aims to raise $1 million to help finance women-owned businesses. They had shown up at

Growing up with a father and an aunt who both had Type 1 diabetes taught Halifax health entrepreneur Patti Ryan the importance of managing chronic conditions and medications.

Ryan is the co-founder and CEO of Health QR, the company behind an app that allows pharmacy clients to manage their health information and medications.

Legally, medication records belong to individuals, but the