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New Fund in Pond’s Name To Foster Sales Skills

  • Jul 17, 2025
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Frontier Inks Deal with Halifax’s pHathom

  • Jul 16, 2025
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Shoelace Learning Named a Top 30 EdTech Startup

  • Jul 15, 2025
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New Fund in Pond’s Name To Foster Sales Skills

Gerry Pond has long been an important influence in New Brunswick and the region.

Led by the McKenna Institute and Mariner Partners, an effort is under way to raise $250,000 to $500,000 to endow the Gerry Pond Professional Sales and Business

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Frontier Inks Deal with Halifax’s pHathom

  • Jul 16, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based carbon capture venture pHathom Technologies has struck a deal with Frontier to remove 510 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere using the startup’s technology.

Frontier works with some of the world’s largest companies to encourage the

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Shoelace Learning Named a Top 30 EdTech Startup

  • Jul 15, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based edtech venture Shoelace Learning has been named one of the Top 30 Startups globally in the inaugural Global EdTech Prize and will now enter the finals.

In a post on LinkedIn, CEO Julia Rivard Dexter said Shoelace is the only Canadian

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SMU Sustainable Business Advances in Global Contest

  • Jul 14, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based Alaagi, a sustainable packaging startup created by Saint Mary’s University graduate Sheheryar Khan, has advanced in the global Hult Prize competition.

Launched in July 2024, Alaagi produces a fully compostable bioplastic made from

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Ocean Sector Continued Growth in 2024

  • Jul 13, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

In examining Atlantic Canada’s oceantech sector, one fact that is often overlooked is how tantalizingly close it is to boasting its first unicorn – a company valued at $1 billion.

While this article is largely a summary of the oceantech sector in

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SnapTrade Partners With US Futures App

  • Jul 10, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

A month after drawing investment from TLT East Ventures, Fredericton-based fintech company SnapTrade has partnered with Tickblaze Partners to help the Houston-based futures-trading app to expand into equities and cryptocurrencies.

SnapTrade – the

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