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Three East Coast Startups In Swiss Program

  • May 31, 2023
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Shift Energy Strikes Partnership

  • May 31, 2023
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Covina Biomedical Closes Down

  • May 31, 2023
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Three East Coast Startups In Swiss Program

The region accounts for three of four Canadian companies in MassChallenge Switzerland.

Three Atlantic Canadian startups are among 112 international companies accepted into the 2023 cohort of the MassChallenge Switzerland accelerator, which will take place

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Shift Energy Strikes Partnership

  • May 31, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Saint John-based Shift Energy, which uses machine learning to control energy use in large complexes, has partnered with Toronto’s Blackstone Energy Services, which plans to adopt Shift’s technology.

The two companies issued a press release on

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Covina Biomedical Closes Down

  • May 31, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Covina Biomedical, once considered one of the hottest young bio startups in the region, has shut down and filed for insolvency.

Covina, which grew out of research at Dalhousie University, aimed to use injectable bone cement to repair the bones in

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Andrade Wins National Mitacs Award

  • May 31, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Rafaela Andrade has received the Outstanding Entrepreneur award at the Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards, which took place in Waterloo, Ont., earlier this month.

The CEO and Co-Founder of Halifax medtech company Myomar Molecular received the national

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Ignite To Host Youth Startup Camp

  • May 31, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

Ignite Atlantic has opened applications for its $100 youth startup challenge to help foster entrepreneurship in rural Nova Scotia.

The youth startup challenge is a four-day summer camp that allows individuals from Grades 7 to 11 to develop and

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The Rise of the Parallel Entrepreneur

  • May 29, 2023
  • Peter Moreira

One of the more interesting and unheralded developments in the Atlantic Canadian Business Community recently is the ascent of parallel entrepreneurs.

A parallel entrepreneur is a founder or co-founder who develops multiple companies at the same

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