Atlantic Canadian companies secured a better-than-average $35 million in venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2021, and continued to attract private equity financing, said the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association on Tuesday.

The CVCA’s quarterly data showed that startups in the four eastern provinces completed 17 VC deals from January to March, amounting to $35

The Halifax Innovation Outpost, a joint project between the city and the Halifax Partnership think-tank, has announced that it will back construction fintech startup Harbr and mental health app Tranquility in a bid to help the two companies scale faster.

The Innovation Outpost, which calls itself a “living lab,” pairs startups with early adopters to trial their technology. The Outpost is part of

Two Nova Scotian groups supporting startups will hold virtual demo days in the next week, showcasing a total of 37 companies based in the province.

The Emera IDEAhub, Dalhousie University’s hardware incubator, will host its first IDEA Demo Day on Wednesday at 3 pm. It will feature presentations from 15 graduates from its Build program, as well as videos from five graduates.

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A pair of openings at Halifax-based medtech company Adaptiiv – for a Senior Software Engineer and a DevOps Engineer – headline our Jobs of the Week column today.

Adaptiiv, which raised $3.4 million in equity financing last year, has developed a system that 3D prints a bolus – a piece of plastic that is placed over the cancerous area in a patient undergoing radiation therapy. The radiation hits

Nova Scotia's upcoming Silver Economy Summit will highlight the opportunities within and for the province’s growing population of older adults.

In a statement, organizers said the conference is for anyone interested in finding out how older adults in Nova Scotia are making social and economic impacts; this includes those who are looking for opportunities to start a business, volunteer or retire

Three Nova Scotia life sciences companies have received a total of $1.2 million in R&D funding as part of a joint program between National Research Council’s IRAP and its British counterpart.

IRAP – whose full name is Industrial Research Assistance Program – announced Thursday that seven Canadian companies would receive a total of $2.9 million in funding. They include Halifax’s Sona Nanotech,

Social ventures were the big winners at the Volta Cohort pitching event on Wednesday, as five companies addressing problems like food insecurity and plastic waste were awarded a total of $125,000 in funding.

The five winners, which will each receive $25,000 in early-stage investment, were chosen from a field of 15 finalists. In addition to the money, the final five will receive access to

The University of New Brunswick’s Summer Institute has launched its eighth cohort with seven companies participating in the virtual program.

Whereas most accelerators teach lean methodology to innovation-driven startups, the Summer Institute targets companies with social or environmental impact, many of them making consumer products. It focuses on such elements as design, marketing and personal

A new report called the Nova Scotia Inclusive Innovation Monitor highlights inequities in the Nova Scotia innovation ecosystem.

The report, prepared by Ryerson University’s Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, is an offshoot of a similar, national project from Brookfield and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. The Nova Scotia version was prepared

A Dartmouth-based maker of three-dimensional video software, led by an executive team stacked with former Netflix, Google and Pixar execs, has raised a US$5 million (C$6 million) seed round and plans to double its staff.

Arcturus is developing technology to create and distribute volumetric video -- hologram-like footage that can be viewed from a range of angles. Its potential customers include