The federal government has announced $14 million in funding for a new institution in Charlottetown that will encourage the commercialization of products developed from natural substances.

Federal Innovation, Science and Economic Development

We’re extremely proud today to publish our first quarterly Entrevestor Intelligence report on the Waterloo Region, which highlights the need for KW and Toronto to develop Canada’s Tech Supercity.

This report is now on our site, and printed copies

The backdrop said as much as the beaming man standing alone on the stage.

The man was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He wore no jacket, just a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the top button undone. He was casual and friendly and

After a dramatic change in its business model last autumn, Halifax-based Clean Simple has raised $575,000 in equity funding, becoming the first Atlantic Canadian portfolio company of the venture capital fund Highline.

Clean Simple licenses software

This week in Jobs of the Week we are featuring two positions located in Halifax, from Proposify and Gracenote, and one opportunity from St. John’s-based Software-as-a-Service company HeyOrca.

Proposify is a Halifax-based SaaS company, and creators

Sortable, an automated ad optimization service, has revealed that its network of publishers has grown to 200, reaching about 130 million unique viewers in January.

The startup uses machine learning to automatically fill a site’s ad space with

A Halifax-based team that’s developing a treatment for a rare childhood blindness is hoping an international accelerator will help them get their technology to the global market.

Members of a research team based at Dalhousie University, have made

We have a request for all new startups in Atlantic Canada: let us know you’re out there.

We’re now developing our list of startups and high-growth companies in Atlantic Canada – all those that were active as of Jan. 31, 2015. We have a list of

Spring Loaded Technology has launched the sale of its acclaimed bionic knee brace in a crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise at least US$75,000 – which it almost reached in its first day.

The Dartmouth company announced Wednesday that its

Acorn Cryotech, a cryogenic storage business and one of four startups that won $25,000 in the Velocity Fund Finals last fall, has set a tentative launch date of winter 2016-2017.

The early-stage company’s plan is to preserve their customers’ young,

It seems I can’t escape a “Best of 2015” or “Trends for 2016” post, so I guess if I can’t beat them, I might as well join them… even if I am a little late to the party.

Here are five predications for startup growth and marketing in 2016.

1. We’ll

The story of Clockwork Fox is the story of a film company that wanted a digital product and ended up with an educational technology startup backed by a $1 million equity investment.

St. John’s-based Clockwork Fox made headlines in business circles