The success of the Startup Weekend St. John’s this past weekend is matched by the buzz in the startup community in the Newfoundland and Labrador capital overall.

I was lucky to attend the Startup Weekend in St. John’s and it gave me a chance to

http://www.voltaeffect.com/Volta, the Halifax-based startup incubator, announced today it has become an Amazon Activator partner. Following is the press release describing the partnership:

Volta becomes Amazon Activate program partner 

Sentinel Alert, a cellphone app that can alert companies when an employee has had an accident, won the $15,000 first prize Sunday at Startup Weekend St. John’s, capping off a coming-of-age event for the city’s startup community.

Startup Weekend

The Wallace McCain Institute last week announced a new funding by the Miramichi Technology Fund, which was financed by a $1 million donation by former premier Frank McKenna.  The following is a press release issued by the institute.

UNB’s

My grandfather, Major H.P. MacKeen of the Royal Artillery, shown on the left, wrote this poem in Ypres in September 1917, two months before the Battle of Passchendaele.

The White Cross

It isn’t a medal or order,
It carries no ribbon or

Acknowledging that a treasured business venture is not going to succeed is tough for anyone, especially when the entrepreneur is only 17. But fledgling entrepreneur Raphael Paulin-Daigle recognizes that failure offers important lessons. When he

The recent financings of Halifax-based startups Affinio and Analyze Re highlight one facet of the innovation ecosystem in Atlantic Canada that is healthier in 2013 than last year – the number and diversity of major institutional fundraisings.

In

A year ago, Cam McDonald and Daniel Bartek were Dalhousie University students enrolled in the Starting Lean course. Yesterday, they announced their company Sage Mixology has signed a distribution deal with the biggest liquor purveyor in the world.

It was great to see some friends from Arkansas at MentorCamp in Halifax last month.  It reminded me of our trip to Northwest Arkansas this past summer, when I witnessed what a startup community can and should be.

I was lucky enough in August to

Analyze Re, a Halifax company whose software-as-a-service product helps reinsurers assess risk, has received almost $1.4 million in funding from a range of venture capital funds and angel investors.

The company came together when a trio of

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation released its 2012-2013 annual report on Monday, which details the innovation agency’s record investments in the year to March 31.

NBIF, which is a sponsor of Entrevestor, invested a record $1.95 million in

The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council has highlighted a recent development  that is adding to economic growth in Atlantic Canada – the growth of tech startups.

APEC this week released its economic forecast for the region for 2014, which