The anti-racism protests of the past month have had special impact on one Atlantic Canadian startup, MESH/diversity, which is witnessing first-hand the movement’s effect on society.

The New Brunswick- and Toronto-based company was founded four years ago to help organizations become more diverse, thereby improving their productivity and profitability. And the events of the past month – the Black

One doesn’t need to spend a lot of time in the Atlantic Canada startup space before they notice a lack of diversity. Yet, the idea that diversity drives innovation is almost universally accepted.

Founders belonging to diverse groups are used to the fact that there is hardly ever another person who looks like them in the rooms they occupy. This isn’t because diverse groups are not founding

Halifax-based B-Line Analytics, whose software tracks commuters, is developing a contact-tracing service that CEO Aaron Short believes will be quicker and easier to implement than government alternatives.

His company’s flagship product is an app that logs users’ movements when they travel to and from commercial buildings, allowing planners, architects and engineers to identify and accommodate

Startup support organizations in Atlantic Canada are re-opening again, within the parameters laid out by provincial governments. 

For example, Planet Hatch in Fredericton is re-opening with improved safety regulations, as explained in this video. As of now, the facility is only open for tenants and staff to ensure not too many people are present at once. 

We also have an update this week from

Halifax-based Adaptiiv Medical Technologies has won the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s first Health Challenge pitch competition, bagging a $100,000 prize.

Announced in February and hosted by innovation hub Volta, the Health Challenges are a series of five events aimed at identifying technologies to help modernize Nova Scotia’s aging and understaffed healthcare system. Friday’s competition was

The Atlantic Canadian division of the Fondation de Gaspé Beaubien’s AquaHacking Challenge startup competition has announced its five finalist teams.

AquaHacking challenges are nine-month programs held across Canada that see competitors work to solve water-related problems, including issues with potability and industrial pollution. The Atlantic version was organized by Saint Mary’s University’s

Eight Atlantic Canadian companies and organizations have been recognized as part of the 2020 Canie Awards, presented by the Ottawa-based Innovators and Entrepreneurs Association, and Startup Canada.

The eight East Coast winners are part of a group of 40 entrepreneurs and support organizations that are being honoured as leading lights in Canada’s innovation economy.

The awards’ objectives centre

Do you drink coffee?

I want to start by asking, how do you take your coffee? 

Black? A bit of milk? One, maybe two lumps?

Well, if you’re the kind of person pulling up to the drive-thru ordering a double-double, you need to say thank you to one Mr. Michael Duck.

You probably don’t know it, but if it wasn’t for Mr. Duck, you’d likely still be tearing open sugar packets, spilling them (and

Three online startup events will be held in the next two days, recognizing Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurship and in one case awarding a six-figure prize to the winner.  

The Aquahacking Challenge Semi-Final and the Atlantic Canadian presentation of the Canie Awards will take place on Thursday, June 18. Then on Friday, four startups will compete in the Health Challenge Pitch Event, with the

Gene sequencing firm Nucliq Biologic and nutrition tracking startup Prospre won Memorial University’s Mel Woodward Cup pitch competition on Tuesday, beating out three other finalists.

Created in 2016, the Cup is the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship’s flagship event – held online this year because of COVID-19. The name honours fuel delivery and logistics magnate Melvin Woodward, who died in