Jevon MacDonald, the co-founder and CEO of GoInstant, is leading a drive to open a new working space in Halifax where tech entrepreneurs can rent space and benefit from each other’s experiences.

MacDonald and his collaborators plan to open the

The story of SkySquirrel Technologies is a story of two immigrants in rural Nova Scotia, a kick-ass medical device company and the development of an unmanned aerial vehicle that could save lives.

Though very much in its infancy, SkySquirrel is a

There’s going to be a bit of a change this year in the Pitching Den at Invest Atlantic.

The fourth annual Invest Atlantic conference will be held at the Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre on Sept. 25, and like its three predecessors it

To further the debate about whether companies should pay to pitch, Entrevestor today is publishing guest columns outlining opposing views.

Since Toronto-based startup evangelist David Crow criticized the First Angel Network in Startup North on

The First Angel Network, or FAN, goes where other investors fear to tread. Since 2005, it has directed more than $9 million to business startups in Atlantic Canada.

As co-founders of Atlantic-based FAN, we are proud of the performance of the

After 25 years in venture capital, I first heard the term “investment ask” five years ago, when working in Nova Scotia.

I didn’t like it at all! And I really don’t like the practice of asking entrepreneurs to pay to pitch.

One important thing

The staff of Ooka Island Inc. gathered at their Charlottetown office a few weeks ago to watch the educational software company’s pitch on CBC’s Dragons’ Den.

One staff member’s smartphone was logged on to the company’s e-commerce site, which

OneLobby on Thursday will launch – or maybe christen is a better verb – the first version of its event management software, which it has adoringly named Alana.

The Fredericton startup, which last year moved its headquarters from Halifax,

Maria French jokingly says she still has the “startup bruises” from the early years of trying to gain traction with her medical transcription business, Terra Nova Transcription of St. John’s.

In 2000, French got the idea of providing a service

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has named the five finalists for its biennial Breakthru competition, in which early stage companies will vie for $406,000 in prizes.

The finalists -- Black Magic, CeteX, Store-it Squirrel, TotalPave and

Almost two years after landing a seven-figure venture capital funding, Lymbix Inc. of Moncton is gaining revenue with a different product than the one that attracted investors.

Lymbix drew the attention of the regional startup world in April

The group producing some of the largest tech-venture conferences in Canada is coming to the Atlantic Provinces.

Spurred by the growing national interest in the region’s start-ups, the Critical Path Group announced late last week that it will