Audiences are invited to attend two days of pitching contests and awards events at University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus.

On Thursday, January 25, the Elevator Pitch Competition and Networking Reception will see 30 teams from UNB and

Shift Energy, which uses machine learning to reduce energy use by large buildings’ climate control systems, is focusing its business development efforts on a major expansion push in the United States, senior vice president of strategic alliances

Cape Breton’s Carbide has launched a new tool, called Trust Centre, for software-as-a-service companies to share elements of their information security programs with clients.

Carbide, which was co-founded in 2017 by entrepreneurs Laird Wilton and

Invest Nova Scotia is seeking applicants for this year's first cohort of its Accelerate startup program.

Accelerate offers companies four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding, as well as weekly one-on-one coaching

St. John’s-based Bonocle is turning its attention to commercialization in the new year as it looks to bring its accessibility tool for interacting with smartphones and tablets via braille to market in North America and the Middle East.

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Saint John-based Shift Energy, which uses machine learning to control energy use in large complexes, has announced an agreement to use U.K.-based edge computing specialist IOTech’s software in its products.

Shift Energy is a subsidiary of

While later-stage companies were the stars of Atlantic Canada’s private capital market last year, their publicly traded counterparts had a rockier 2023.

Of the six publicly traded startups that were operating in Atlantic Canada last January, two

Solace Power, a Newfoundland and Labrador company that has developed a portfolio of wireless power technologies for commercial applications, has signed a partnership deal with Michigan-based automotive supply company Gentex, which is also investing

Research funding flowing to Atlantic Canadian universities fell slightly in 2023 to $454.3 million, according to data from business intelligence and consulting company Research InfoSource, down from $468.2 million the year prior.

The funding tally

Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, is looking for applicants to the Winter 2024 cohort of its eight-week Evolution accelerator, which will start in February.

Genesis bills Evolution as a “pre-incubator” course meant to prepare

With the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem expanding its support infrastructure for female founders and their participation in the innovation economy increasing, a related trend may be starting to emerge: that of more women taking on the chief

Halifax advanced materials-maker Meta Materials has agreed to settle two class action lawsuits from shareholders in the United States for a combined $3 million.

The suits, one federal and one in Nevada, alleged that Meta had misled investors about