The thing that stood out in Prince Edward Island’s startup community in 2019 was the big deals, especially in the Island’s vaunted life sciences sector. Led by the PEI BioAlliance, life sciences has long been a strength on PEI and in 2019 it

The Halifax Innovation District and the professional services firm Davis Pier have launched the new Food Security Innovation initiative to seek innovative ways to improve access to food in Halifax.

The two groups are asking to hear from community

On Nov. 25, I will be presenting Entrevestor’s 2019 Startup Data analysis with a special focus on Newfoundland and Labrador as part of Research Week at Memorial University.

The presentation will be a virtual event on Hopin, and you can register for

Sixteen early-stage startups – most of them based outside Metro Halifax – will pitch for as much as $25,000 each in equity funding at the next Volta Cohort Pitch Event on Nov. 25.

And for the first time, Volta has announced that members of the

Seddi, which is dedicated to the digital design of textiles and garments, has received a $477,075 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to help build up its commercialization team in Halifax.

With offices in Madrid, New York and

Catch Propel CEO Kathryn Lockhart and me chatting with host Mark Leger on the Huddle podcast, which is now available. 

I interviewed Lockhart last month, and she revealed an ambition to make Atlantic Canada a farm for "baby unicorns." These would

Halifax travel-planning software company Trip Ninja has pivoted to focus on brick-and-mortar travel agents and finished a major redesign of its platform.

Trip Ninja was originally conceived as a way for consumers using travel-booking websites like

BioNova, Nova Scotia’s life sciences association, has named six student finalists for its BIC Junior youth pitch competition, which will take place at the virtual BioPort conference on November 3.

The contest is intended to inspire Nova Scotia's

LifeRaft, a Halifax security intelligence company, has closed a round of funding from the Canadian Business Growth Fund, or CBGF, believed to be worth more than $3 million.

LifeRaft, which said CBGF was the only investor in the round, did not

The federal government said Wednesday it has contributed $1.3 million to the Lab2Market program at Dalhousie University, and the program is now looking for participants for its next cohort.

The Dal announcement was part of a major funding

Halifax’s ReelData AI has won a US$50,000 cash prize as one of the leading companies in the latest cohort of the prestigious MassChallenge accelerator in Boston.

MassChallenge, which receives thousands of applications each year, accepted 100

One of the highlights of our 2019 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report was the total number of new companies launched in the region. 

We tallied up 164 new companies last year. Not only was that the best year ever for the creation of new startups,