Sydney-based e-fuels company Aeon Blue, which is raising $4 million to finance its first pilot project, has been named the Startup Venture of the Year at the Canadian Cleantech Awards.

The sibling team of CEO Lark Meadows and CTO Deóis Ua Cearnaigh

The federal government has awarded grants of $197,250 to five Halifax-area companies to help them hire experts, streamline operations, increase production, and reach new markets.

The funding is provided through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities

Atlantic Canada suffered a weak first quarter for venture capital investment, says the country’s main private capital association, highlighting weak investment across Canada and around the globe.

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity

Halifax-based Myomar Molecular, which has developed a urine test that assesses muscle health, has closed a $3.5 million seed round that will help it expand into the U.S. and Asia.

In an interview, Co-Founder and CEO Rafaela Andrade said the round

Dr. Chris Burns, the former CEO of Novonix Battery Technology Solutions, has taken the battery innovator’s Halifax operations private, setting up two new companies, each with a distinct focus.

 Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Novonix said last week it had