Mariner Partners, the 350-person firm founded by former NBTel CEO and Aliant Telecom President Gerry Pond, along with execs Bob Justason and Curtis Howe, is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

The three men founded Mariner in Saint John without a

Halifax-based Shoelace Learning has attracted investment from BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund, closing out an oversubscribed seed round that the edtech company had originally targeted at $4 million. 

Shoelace previously announced a US$3 million

The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship plans to roll out a system to digitally monitor Halifax harbour with an eye to commercial applications, initially under a partnership with local data company CarteNav Solutions.

Atlantic Canada's Sandpiper Ventures, the female-focused venture capital fund, has made an investment of an undisclosed amount in Toronto’s Gotcare, which is developing an artificial intelligence system for home healthcare services.

Gotcare,

Dartmouth’s Nxtgen Care, which sells technology for tracking the activities of staff and residents in assisted living facilities, is expanding into Florida and Louisiana as CEO David Burke eyes about US$2.5 million in new sales in 2023.

Nxtgen is

With the video game industry enjoying increasing prominence in Atlantic Canada, Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Computer Science is getting in on the action with an event from Feb. 3 to 5 that promises to teach novice developers the basics of

The Dartmouth-based Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship hosted eight United Kingdom-based companies at a pitch event Monday as part of a broader partnership with British government agencies Innovate UK and Innovate UK Edge.

The eight

A community fridge in Halifax that is used and stocked anonymously by local citizens is in need of donations due to growing demand.

Founded a year ago by students and recent grads, the fridge is located outside the Glitter Bean Café off Spring

Commercial space flight startup Maritime Launch Services is eyeing suborbital rocket launches from its under-construction facility in Canso, Nova Scotia, this year, as the federal government promises to modernize aerospace regulations to accommodate

The Singapore-based Liveability Challenge is seeking entrants -- including bluetech companies -- for its competition for technlogy that can battle climate change and/or improve food production. 

Founded five years ago to address major challenges,

Halifax medtech startup NovaResp, which is developing an algorithm to help manage sleep apnea, has raised a $2 million funding round led by pre-seed venture capital firm Concrete Ventures as it eyes commercialization in 2024.

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Three innovation economy players took home silverware Thursday night at the Halifax Business Awards, hosted by the city’s chamber of commerce.

ESG Partners, an environmental, social and corporate governance consulting firm, won New Business of the