About two decades ago, a young venture capital investor named Tony Van Bommel was attending an event in Fredericton showcasing technology developed at the University of New Brunswick, when something caught his eye.

Having just joined the VC team at Business Development Bank of Canada, Van Bommel was on the lookout for opportunities, and one booth featured a new cybersecurity product that battled

Charlottetown innovation hub Startup Zone has announced two entrepreneurial education programs as part of its new Startup School initiative, which will focus on encouraging participants to “learn by doing.”

The two programs are called Startup School: Innovator and Startup School: Launch. Both are the result of a partnership with CEED Nova Scotia, the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and

A study commissioned by the provincial government and carried out by Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship has found that Nova Scotia may enjoy comparative advantage in the world of electric boats.

The study, Nova Scotia's Opportunity for Marine Electrification, analyzed market conditions and input from industry players to asses the province’s positioning in the marine

Dartmouth-based bluetech company Marecomms is launching the commercialization phase of its evolution now that it has demonstrated its underwater communications system can work over two kilometres in shallow water.

Last Thursday, the company demonstrated that its Robust Acoustic Modem, or ROAM, could send sonar images and photos through a two-kilometre channel in the busy waters of Halifax

Halifax startup hub Volta held its annual Democamp Wednesday, playing host to a roster of mostly software-focused startups.

The event was held virtually and gave nine entrepreneurs the chance to expound on how their innovations work and their value propositions. And they did so without the help of slide decks because Volta’s Democamps aim to focus on the technology being showcased, not the

Applications for Nova Scotia’s Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program open February 28th and close March 16th for youth 15-30 years old.

In preparation, organizers are hosting Skills Building Sessions to prepare youth for the job application process.

The Clean Leadership Summer Internship program matches employers with interns for summer work placements of between 9 to 15 weeks.

Organisers

Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions, the Rothesay, NB, maker of safety equipment for drones, has inked a $1.1 million deal allowing the federal government to test its Payload Precision Delivery System for airdropping supplies into isolated communities.

The contract was awarded by Science and Economic Development Canada’s Testing Stream and includes an option for other government departments to buy

The Business Development Bank of Canada, a federal Crown corporation, will host a webinar Thursday, Feb. 24 about how entrepreneurs can capitalize on the trend of rising valuations for tech companies.

The speakers will include BDC’s Brenda Slauko, Regional Director for Technology Industry, and Michelle Scarborough, Managing Partner of Strategic Investments and the Women in Technology Venture

Halifax’s MARS VR Lab has begun clinical testing for a virtual reality hardware and software suite that gamifies the process of teaching children how to operate motorized wheelchairs.

The technology, dubbed the XPOD, uses a virtual reality headset and joystick. Players enter a fantasy world that they navigate using the joystick, developing the same fine motor skills they need to control a

We’re super proud today to publish our first Canadian Oceantech Data Report, which we hope will provide a baseline for analyzing ocean-related innovation in Canada in coming years.

This is the first time we’ve produced a national research report rather than a regional one, and we view this report very much as a pilot project. This document is part of our expansion into the oceantech coverage