As entrepreneurs from minority groups continue to be under-represented in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, Ryerson University’s DMZ accelerator is ramping up a new program aimed at supporting Black founders in Ontario.

The Black Innovation

David Alston, one of the leading lights at Radian6 a decade ago, is launching a new accelerator for chief marketing officers at Atlantic Canadian startups, hoping to improve the marketing leadership in the region.

Marketswell Solutions will launch

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch is opening a new co-working and resource-sharing facility in downtown Fredericton -- the result of a deal with concert and event venue The Cap.

Based out of The Cap’s 362 Queen Street location, The

Halifax’s HomeEXCEPT has launched an Indiegogo campaign that CEO John Robertson said in an interview is meant to serve not just as a funding source, but as an international marketing vehicle.

HomeEXCEPT was first launched in September and completed

Dispension Industries, which makes opioid dispensing equipment to help prevent overdoses, has bagged a $500,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and will install five of its machines in cities across Canada.

Founded by President

Halifax marketing data vendor LeadSift has cracked $1 million in annual revenue four years after a pivot that CEO Tukan Das previously described as key to the survival of the company.

LeadSift uses data analytics to help small and medium-sized

Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods is working with Sobeys to minimize food waste in its Debert, Nova Scotia distribution center and various Nova Scotia stores.

Outcast Foods uses a process that dries unsellable fruits and vegetables, preserving

Graphite Innovation and Technologies, or GIT, has inked a $2.4 million deal with Transport Canada to develop technology aimed at reducing underwater noise pollution and cutting ships’ greenhouse gas emissions.

Founded in 2017 by Mo AlGermozi and

A team from Fredericton geomapping startup 3D Planeta has launched a Software-as-a-Service business to help stores and restaurants manage social distancing during COVID-19.

The 2metre app allows shoppers waiting in line to disperse and receive a

On the surface, the St. John’s tech community showed more excitement about the exit of InspectAR Augmented Interfaces Inc. than the company’s nine-member team.

The news broke on Thursday that the sophomore company has been acquired by Silicon

InspectAR Augmented Interfaces Inc., a St. John’s tech company less than two years old, has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based Cadence Design Systems for an undisclosed price.

The Newfoundland company, which has strong links to Northern

Dartmouth’s Nxtgen Care, which tracks the movements of staff and residents in assisted living facilities, is ramping up its U.S. expansion as it reshuffles its installation schedule to focus on unoccupied buildings.

The American rollout is part of