Halifax-based medtech company Audioptics Medical, whose device can see through eardrums to study the middle ear, has closed a $1.9 million investment round led by Innovacorp and the German medical device company Carl Zeiss Meditec AG.

Innovacorp,

The Ocean Startup Project has opened applications for the second cohort of the Ocean Startup Challenge, quadrupling the total prize money to $1.4 million.

The Ocean Startup Project is a pan-regional group dedicated to identifying and nurturing

March 29th, 2024

Dear Three Years Ago:

Looking back on 2020, it became clear early on that COVID would disrupt the global economy and that local impact would be determined by harmony between public health officials and political leadership.

In a marriage of two companies operating out of Volta, Blue Charm Adherence has purchased Symbi Medical for an undisclosed price to increase the capabilities of its software and help patients get the best treatment possible.

Blue Charm is led by

Halifax-based KorrAI, whose artificial intelligence-powered solution helps such clients as miners analyze aeriel photos and geographic images, is midway through an equity funding round it hopes will reach $500,000.

The company is developing an AI

Organizations supporting the ocean economy in Atlantic Canada are working to increase equity funding for oceantech companies, and they’re heartened by the growth of international funds targeting maritime innovation.

Malcolm Fraser, CEO of

Dalhousie University plans to markedly increase Computer Science enrollment in the coming years with the $13.3 million in funding from the Nova Scotia government, said the university’s President Deep Saini.

In an interview after hosting Premier

A new Halifax-based network called Tribe has been established to act as a national entrepreneurship and innovation hub for BIPOC entrepreneurs.

Founded by social entrepreneur Alfred Burgesson, the network has established partnerships with major

Halifax-based Pocket Finance, which is developing an app that provides consumers and financial advisers with better data, will soon beta-test the product and anticipates a full launch by the fall.

Founder and CEO Sheldon Brow was driven to produce

Our Job of the Week column today features an opening for a Marketing Coordinator at Halifax-based medtech company Adaptiiv.

Adaptiiv, which raised $3.4 million in equity financing last year, has developed a system that 3D prints a bolus – a piece

An investment of $2.2 million over four years will create the new NB Power Artificial Intelligence Centre, to be located on the Moncton campus of the Université de Moncton.

The Centre will leverage expertise at the Université de Moncton to improve

By the end of this year, the Co-Founders of Cape Breton-based Maskwiomin hope to have a staff of up to 20 people producing traditional Mi'kmaq skincare products, and doing so in accordance with Indigenous business practices.

The company is