I believe that one day we’ll look back on 2021 as the year in which the Atlantic Canadian startup cluster began giving back to the governments that have supported it.

From our standpoint, the story of the year in 2021 was the governments of Canada,

As we do each year, we're taking off the week between Christmas and New Year's. So this is our last day of publishing until Jan. 4. 

It's been a fantastic year, and we would like to thank all our readers and customers for making it so great. In

The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship is adding two awards to its annual Woodward Cup competition, including one that aims to increase participation by women and non-binary students.

The entrepreneurship hub at Memorial University of

Halifax-based geriatrician, academic, and founder Kenneth Rockwood has been awarded the 2021 Ryman Prize, which is worth NZ$250,000, or C$218,000, for his work on behalf of older adults.

The grant recognizes the Dalhousie professor’s more than 30

Dartmouth’s Ring Rescue, which now sells its system for removing stuck jewelry in eight countries, has inked a distribution deal with fire and emergency supplies distributor Team Equipment to make its product available to more than 200 sellers in

Malcolm Fraser is categorizing 2021 as an “unbelievable” year for Innovacorp, highlighted by the $104 million exit from Meta Materials Inc., the largest exit in the venture capital agency’s history.

In a year-end interview, the CEO of the Nova

In the wake of doubling both its team and its client count over the last 18 months, Saint John regulatory software startup Four Eyes Financial is hiring another five people and preparing for a Series A funding round in early 2022.

The 31-person

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a pair of new projects worth a combined $3.6 million -- one to remotely monitor work being conducted at offshore sites and one to develop risk assessment and crisis management strategies.

The remote

Alongside, the Moncton-based maker of human resources software, has acquired CareerBeacon for an undisclosed price, allowing the development team to take control of the job board and plot its expansion.

The Moncton company announced the purchase of

At Entrevestor, we're in the process of preparing our annual data reports for 2021, including our first pan-Canadian Oceantech Data Report, which will be made available to the general public early in 2022.

If you head up an oceantech startup in

Halifax-based LeadSift, whose software helps tech companies identify sales leads, has been acquired by Boston-based media company IDG Communications for an undisclosed price.

The two companies issued a press release today announcing the deal, and

Lily Lynch, co-founder of Saint John-based online multicultural marketplace Sankara, is one of 18 women recognized by the BMO Celebrating Women Grant.

Nationally, nearly a thousand women business owners applied for the grant that recognizes a