Saint Mary’s University is calling for startups to apply to participate in the only Canadian edition of the international Venture Capital Investment Competition, even as its own student-run venture capital fund prepares to compete in the VCIC’s Boston event.

Nicholas Perrin, a general partner at the student VC fund, Venture Grade, and a fourth-year Bachelor of Commerce student, said in an

St. John’s-based innovation hub Genesis has inked a deal with ExxonMobil Canada and Hibernia Management and Development Company to foster innovation in the energy sector.

ExxonMobil is the largest shareholder in the Hebron oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland, which is estimated to contain reserves of more than 700 million barrels of oil. Hibernia Management, meanwhile, operates the nearby

Halifax’s EndFirst Plans has launched a software product to add flow-chart like functionality to antiquated Gantt charts -- a project-planning framework that has been widely used since the early 1900s.

Gantt charts are used in project planning across a range of industries, and the most widely used project planning software, such as Microsoft Project, relies on them. But they can be confusing for

Memorial University of Newfoundland is launching a trio of new master’s degree programs in September aimed at filling talent gaps in the fields of software development, artificial intelligence and data science.

The university senate and board of regents -- board of directors -- signed off on the new programs last week, according to a release by the Gazette, which is Memorial’s official news

Several components of the Black Entrepreneurship Program are now closed but the loan component, which provides loans of up to $250,000 to eligible businesses, remains open.

A partnership between the Government of Canada, Black-led business organizations and financial institutions, the program is investing up to $265 million over four years.

In a statement, the administering Atlantic Canada

Transnational tech consultancy Cognizant, based in New Jersey, has announced it will open a branch office in Halifax that could employ up to 1,250 people.

“We chose Halifax as our next expansion location in Canada to support our growing number of clients, and we look forward to contributing to the region’s vibrant technology community,” said Head of Delivery Centers Jay Macisaac in a press

In the last two days, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has announced $3.2 million to help finance a new artificial intelligence fund in New Brunswick, Halifax’s Volta, and several Halifax-based tech startups.

The federal government’s East Coast economic development agency said on Wednesday it would contribute about $997,000 to a $3.2 million fund to develop artificial intelligence, or

Having launched its seaweed-based spice at a food fair in November, British Columbia’s Cascadia Seaweed is ramping up to launch such new products as seaweed burgers and a cattle additive that can reduce bovine methane.

Founded four years ago in Sidney, just north of Victoria, Cascadia has been farming seaweed in B.C. coastal waters, often in partnership with First Nations bands. Having

With a new coach, Jon McGinley, now sharing duties with Founder David Alston, New Brunswick's Marketswell Solutions has opened applications to a revised version of its CMO Accelerator.

The annual program, created by Alston last year, is aimed at helping managers with marketing-related jobs upgrade their skills. In the next four years, Marketswell aims to produce more than 25 grads capable of

The University of New Brunswick’s Energia Ventures accelerator for energy, cleantech, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence companies is looking for applicants for its spring cohort.

The free accelerator, which is based in Fredericton at UNB’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, or TME, held annual cohorts in its first few years. Last year, TME doubled