Two central players in the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem are taking home some award hardware this week: TechImpact CEO Cathy Simpson and the Verschuren Centre bioprocessing hub in Cape Breton.

International industry group the Women’s Executive Network, which is headquartered in Toronto, has named Simpson as one of its Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canadian business. And the Verschuren

Foundry, the Massachusetts-based owner of Halifax’s LeadSift, will host an artificial intelligence-focused hackathon at Dalhousie University Nov. 12 alongside Halifax startup hub Volta.

The day-long hackathon will invite coders to develop a new piece of software employing technology from OpenAI or another large language model. Participants will be provided with an API key for OpenAI’s GPT Turbo

Invest Nova Scotia has announced the 12 companies joining the second 2023 cohort of its Accelerate startup program.

Now in its third year, Accelerate offers participating startups four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding. It is completely virtual and aimed at companies that have already established market opportunities for products based on science or

Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub Genesis will host a revamped version of its Pitch & Pick startup competition, named the Pitch & Pick Invitational, on Nov. 15. This time, there will be a $15,000 prize pool now on offer, including $10,000 for the winner.

The top prize has increased significantly, compared to $2,000 from prior iterations of Pitch & Pick. The competition will include

We want to say a special thanks to the sponsors of Entrevestor Live and highlight the unique role played by our new class of silver sponsors.

Entrevestor Live, a four-hour hybrid event on the afternoon of Nov. 14, will be the best display of Atlantic Canadian innovation ever assembled on one stage. And it would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors, all of whom play

Keith McIntosh, the CEO of Fredericton-based software-testing specialists PLATO, is the overall winner of global consultancy EY’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award in its Atlantic Canadian division.

Founded by McIntosh in 2015, PLATO offers prospective employees several months of job training and then hires them — with the additional proviso that the employees are Indigenous.

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Net Zero Atlantic, a cleantech industry group that aims to spearhead applied research projects, is looking for applicants to its Net Zero Emerging Concepts and Technologies Research Program in New Brunswick.

The Net Zero ECT-NB Research Program, for short, helps commercialize early-stage cleantech plays from New Brunswick, as well as assessing the viability of emerging technologies developed

Charlottetown’s BIOVECTRA has reached a key milestone in its plans to develop one of Canada’s first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facilities, having inked a deal with pharma startup Acuitas to use the Vancouver-based company’s manufacturing technology.

Acuitas specializes in using lipid nanoparticles to deliver vaccines and other medications, with lipids being a class of organic compounds that

The University of New Brunswick is offering entrepreneurs a total of $30,000 worth of funding via this year’s Apex Startup Challenge.

The event, organized by UNB’s International Business & Entrepreneurship Centre, will see students and early-stage entrepreneurs from across Canada develop business plans for new ventures, which they will then present to a judging panel and mentors.

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A week after Halifax advanced materials-maker Meta Materials swapped out its CEO, the company’s stock price woes continue to worsen, despite the recent dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed against it in New York. 

The one-time unicorn said it had “removed” co-founder and longstanding CEO George Palikaras Oct. 17, replacing him with turnaround artist Jim Fusaro following public disagreement