The annual Spark Nova Scotia startup competition has awarded five-figure cash prizes to 10 startups, with a strong focus this year on medtech and cleantech innovation.

The 10 companies received a combined $375,000, with the top two bagging $50,000

Halifax’s Densitas has inked a deal with nonprofit RAD-AID International to deploy its intelliMammo AI mammography software at a hospital in Guyana, where the country’s government runs a publicly funded screening program aimed at combatting rising

Swiftsure Innovations, the Pasadena, NL-based startup developing a device for cleaning the mouths and throats of people on ventilators, has raised $1.05 million in an oversubscribed seed round.

The round’s backers included Threshold Impact, Killick

Sonrai Security has closed a US$50 million (C$61.9 million) Series C funding round, meaning the New York- and Fredericton-based cloud security company has now raised US$88 million in less than three years.

Sonrai issued a press release last week

The Future of Hockey Lab in Halifax is looking for a Chief Program Officer, which headlines our Job of the Week column today.

The Future of Hockey Lab says it is the first social innovation lab in the world working to solve access in the sport of

Mount Uniacke, NS-based cannabis grower Jazz Cabbage will have its product listed in NSLC Cannabis stores starting in November, making it the first vertically integrated marijuana cultivator to sell its product legally in Nova Scotia.

The company

Nearing the close of a $5 million equity raise, Halifax fintech and construction management startup Harbr is running about six pilot projects as co-founders Dave Kim and Jeff and Ashley Kielbratowski prepare to formally launch their new product at

Moncton-based fintech startup SnapAP has hired four new executives to help it scale up its marketing efforts as it looks to transition from growth via direct sales to a business model more focused on marketing.

Roshni Wijayasinha, who will become

Martha Casey, CEO of Volta, said in an interview Monday that the Halifax startup hub’s finances and community engagement levels are in good shape despite COVID-19.

Volta, which originated in 2013, provides office space as well as incubator and

Halifax startup hub Volta has announced the 16 finalists for its Volta Cohort pitch competition, to be held virtually on Nov. 24 with a combined $125,000 in potential prizes for up to five winners.

Volta started holding its Cohort events nearly

The staff of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the wider startup community were saddened by the passing last week of John Kavanagh, who had been a mainstay of ACOA’s Halifax office for decades.

Kavanagh died peacefully from lung cancer

Six Atlantic Canadian startups will present in a special East Coast panel at the annual Canadian Innovation Exchange conference to be held on Wednesday.

The CIX is a Toronto-based group that supports and promotes the country’s most promising