The Business Development Bank of Canada today announced a $280 million financing package to support small and mid-sized businesses in the Atlantic Provinces over the next two years.

Targeted industries for the lending program include ICT,

Empowered Homes, the St. John’s startup developing smart thermostats for high-voltage heating systems, has received $600,000 in equity financing from Venture NL and Killick Capital.

The company has been taking pre-orders for its first Mysa smart

To illustrate how his company, Skyline, is helping bricks-and-mortar retailers defend their market, CEO Hu Hai likes to use simple Lego building blocks as a metaphor.

Skyline won some attention last year when Innovacorp attracted the company to

Jason Pearson is having a busy spring.

The CEO of Charlottetown-based Retrievium is now piloting the company’s product – which produces predictive analytics for drug companies producing new compounds. As he proceeds with this work with  a drug

Dash Hudson is continuing to expand its staff, and today we’re highlighting an opening at the social media analytics company for a product marketing manager.

Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its

Moncton-based Gogii Games announced today it is opening a new office to downtown Halifax, where it plans to hire more than 20 employees in the next 18 months.

The company, which has been developing online games since 2006, released a statement this

Waiting 30 years to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, did not help Shawn Smith get off to a strong start in life. But the counsellor and entrepreneur is now using his experience to help others.

Fredericton-based

Graduates of Dalhousie University’s new Creator Series, an entrepreneurship program for students interested in producing hardware, showcased their work Wednesday evening. The new program is intended to give students the basic skills they need to

A team of serial entrepreneurs backed by one of the region’s wealthiest investors has launched Velo, a new messaging service targeting small and medium-sized businesses.

Velo Industries Inc. is a Bedford- and Toronto-based company that until

The Atlantic Venture Forum, which will take place June 27 and 28 in Halifax, has announced many of the speakers to be showcased at the event.

The keynote speakers will be: Patrick Lor, the managing partner of 500 Startups Canada, who has previously

The fifth annual Big Data Congress, one of North America’s premier conferences on data analytics, will be held in Halifax on November 6-8 and will focus on oceans and agriculture. The congress organizers have announced that the keynote address will

The fourth report resulting from The Mindset Project survey examines the impact of business stress on the confidence of entrepreneurs. 

Halifax-based Michael DeVenney, said the data showed that entrepreneurs’ self-confidence is often eroded by