Saint John Energy, the municipal utility that sells electricity to residents of greater Saint John, is partnering with several innovation-driven companies in the region with the goal of improving service and profitability.

In November, the company

SeaChange Biochemistry, which extracts specialty chemicals from seaweed, is planning to begin production at its new facility in Clark’s Harbour, NS, by June.

Having won or placed prominently in a range of pitching competitions in the last two

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a new $18 million project that aims to create “digital twins” for use in ocean-related industries.

The organization charged with developing new technology and an enhanced workforce for Canadian ocean

Dartmouth-based Clean Foundation is seeking host and student applicants for its Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, a sustainability-focused youth employment program in Nova Scotia.

The group has partnered with provincial employers to

Our Job of the Week column this week features an opening for a Customer Success Associate at Dash Hudson in Halifax.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their social media.

Eight months after being named Investment Principal of Sandpiper Ventures, Danielle Graham has taken two new jobs, becoming a partner of both the Halifax-based business advisory group Imaginal Ventures and the U.S. venture capital group Aligne

Thursday night, Propel held its virtual Christmas party, at which the regional accelerator posted a video by me ranking the top 10 stories we've covered in 2020. 

Limiting the number of stories to 10 was difficult. For example, the accelerated

Moncton-based SnapAP, which makes payment software, has closed a “significant portion” of a funding round that it hopes will reach US$2 million (C$2.6 million). The money has come largely from angels in Israel.

The company, whose full name is Snap

The TME program at the University of New Brunswick is looking for scaling companies to participate in the next cohort of Scale Up Atlantic Canada.

Two years ago, the Fredericton university teamed up with Boston-based Babson College – long

Halifax-based Motryx, whose technology helps ensure the safe transport of blood samples, has struck a partnership with Germany’s Aerocom, a global leader in installing pneumatic tube systems in hospitals.

They will work together to distribute

Vertiball, the Fredericton-based manufacturing concern, appeared on Dragons’ Den on CBC last week and walked away with a $420,000 investment by marketing whiz Arlene Dickinson.

Once the deal closes, Dickinson will have a 17 percent stake in the

Halifax Innovation District has joined a network of similar groups convened by the Global Institute on Innovation Districts, or GIID.

Innovation Districts are defined as highly productive and densely concentrated city areas where people develop