Halifax-based Adaptiiv Medical Technologies has revealed it closed a Series A funding round worth “less than $10 million” in the past year and a half, and is planning on a Series B raise next year.

Adaptiiv CEO Alex Dunphy revealed the funding

Startup Genome, the Silicon Valley group that ranks innovation ecosystems, has released its first ever blue economy report. And Canada, particularly the Atlantic provinces, made a strong showing.

The Global Startup Ecosystem Report, Blue Economy

Drinkable Water Solutions on Thursday took home the $55,000 prize in the annual BioInnovation Challenge, which will help finance the commercialization of its consumer-friendly water-testing device.  

Halifax-based Drinkable has developed a device

Nominations will remain open for another week for the inaugural InnovateNB Awards, which will recognize leaders in innovation and entrepreneurship in New Brunswick.

The nominations – the forms for which can be found here – are open until Nov. 10,

Halifax startup hub Volta has announced the five companies participating in its second Volta AI cohort for artificial intelligence startups focused on supply chains.

The program is the result of a partnership with Scale AI, the federally backed

The Ocean Startup Project has announced the 30 idea- and early-stage bluetech startups from across Canada to win this year’s Ocean Startup Challenge.

Each year, the startup competition awards development capital, as well as training and mentorship

Canada's Ocean Supercluster has announced an extension and expansion of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion-focused Ocean Allies project.

Ocean Allies 1.0 aimed to improve the inclusiveness of the blue economy in Atlantic Canada through training,

St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics said Monday it has received a $1.1 million purchase order for its AquaPix synthetic aperture sonar systems from two NATO navies.

Delivery of the systems is scheduled for the first half of next year. The AquaPix is

Venture Grade, a student venture capital fund based at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, has invested $12,500 in online life insurance distributor Emma Labs.

Based in Montreal, Emma Labs targets younger life insurance buyers, aged 29 to 40, who

Provincial venture capital crown corporation Innovacorp is organizing a panel discussion on raising capital in the blue economy, to be held at Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship, as part of its Business over Breakfast series.

Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for companies to participate in its next quarterly Pitch Competition, but entrepreneurs who want to participate must apply in the coming week.

The competitions offer budding founders the chance to practice

As of Nov. 3, Atlantic Canada will have watched three of its startups pitch to angel investors and venture capitalists on the CBC’s popular reality show Dragons' Den this fall, with two of the three companies having so far secured investment.

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