Halifax-based website developer ImmediaC is building websites that allow clients to maximize online sales during the economic downturn and is also cutting costs for non-profits.

ImmediaC began in 1998 and builds websites, mobile apps and cloud-database applications that are hosted in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. Many clients are now focusing on online sales, bookings, chat and delivery functions.

The Council of Canadian Innovators, a national association of high-growth, Canadian-based technology companies, has set up a slack channel for startups and scaleups across the country to help each other through the current crisis.

The organization has been advocating on behalf of all high-growth innovation companies in the country since the downturn began last month. It recently has been urging

Small and medium-sized businesses in Atlantic Canada want governments to tweak recent support programs to help these companies avoid bankruptcy in the current pandemic.

Spokespeople for organizations representing the owners of SMEs applaud the government’s efforts to help small businesses and they understand that governments are reacting to the pandemic on the fly and don’t have time to produce

Halifax-based LeadSift, whose software helps customers find sales leads, has reached an agreement with Innovacorp to let Nova Scotian tech startups use its software free.

LeadSift has developed software that helps business-to-business companies find potential customers who have revealed an intention to make purchases in their field. The company doubled its revenues in 2019 and was expecting to

The first cohort of Lab2Market, the Canadian organization that helps researchers form businesses, will be a Dalhousie University program dedicated to healthcare innovation in light of the current pandemic.

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the national group to alter its plans and open applications until April 17 for a healthcare cohort, which will run over the summer.  

Modeled on successful

Dartmouth-based automated marketing company SimplyCast has retooled its communication software in order to support organizations during the pandemic.

In a statement, the company said its software can be used by municipalities, health-care clinics, governments, non-profits, organizations and enterprise corporations to aid with such issues as the management of resources, public engagement,

After two years of incremental changes, mentorship software firm En Point is launching the first comprehensive rework of its online platform.

En Point’s software helps universities, companies, non-profits and professional associations to manage mentorship programs by logging the interactions between mentors and mentees. The metrics, which are chosen by each individual client organization,

A new funding program to address public health challenges created by the pandemic has been announced by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF).

The fund will support research efforts to develop, test, and implement new methods of detecting and/or combatting COVID-19; and assessing its effects on people, communities, and the

The Nova Scotia government on Friday announced $40 million in supports for workers and small businesses coping with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The government issued a statement saying it is launching a $20 million Worker Emergency Bridge Fund to help self-employed people and laid-off workers who are not eligible for employment insurance. It also has launched a $20 million Small

For the second week in a row, Halifax-based CloudKettle has braved the economic headwinds to post an opening on the Entrevestor Job Board. Our Job of the Week column today features its need for an Intermediate Salesforce Administrator.

Halifax-based CloudKettle is a consulting company that helps business-to-business SaaS companies improve their use of Salesforce and the Google Marketing Platform