ShiftKey Labs, the Nova Scotia post-secondary sandbox focusing on digital technologies, is planning a “virtual hackathon” to find tech solutions to social problems created by the Covid-19 crisis.

The group has hosted several hackathons in the past year, and they have even resulted in the creation of startups. But it had to postpone a few other events – including a hackathon focusing on the

Halifax-based eOceans, which is developing an online platform for gathering ocean data, has launched its app early to gather data on how the Covid-19 crisis is impacting the oceans and people who live near them.

Founder and CEO Christine Ward-Paige sent out a message Friday saying the company has launched its app for Android and iOS, which will allow scientists and other people around the world

Some businesses are continuing to grow during the current downturn, and Halifax-based CloudKettle is one of them. Its opening for a Business Analyst is our Job of the Week column today.

Halifax-based CloudKettle is a consulting company that helps business-to-business SaaS companies improve their use of Salesforce and the Google Marketing Platform to increase revenues. Almost all of its clients

Research Nova Scotia is contributing $600,000 in rapid response match funding to Dr. David Kelvin of Dalhousie University who is looking for biomarkers that indicate the severity of the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

Kelvin and his international research colleagues are looking for a way to quickly identify the severity of the virus in those who test positive for COVID-19. RNS is

Dartmouth-based drug discovery company IMV Inc. said Wednesday that it is making advancements on a possible vaccine for Covid-19.

The company said it will use its DPX delivery platform, which releases drugs in doses over an extended period of time, with the goal of developing a vaccine against the disease that has spread around the globe this year. Vaccines against infectious disease have been a

An economic downturn is never good news for startups raising capital, but early-stage companies in Atlantic Canada will likely be buffered somewhat by the strong participation of government in funding high growth companies.

Interviews with several Atlantic Canadian funders revealed a belief that there will still be funds available to promising companies – especially those that need less than,

Velsoft Training Materials is offering its learning management system free to companies to help them train staff remotely during the current pandemic. It is being inundated by demand for its product.

The New Glasgow, NS-based company last week issued a press release saying it would offer unrestricted access to its learning management system for companies scrambling to deal with the fallout from

Halifax-based Cribcut, which helps companies provide hair and nail services to employees as perks, is responding to the Covid-19 outbreak by offering interim financial support to its stylists.

Last week, CEO David Howe posted on LinkedIn that the company has decided to suspend 400 office visits and cancel about 3,500 appointments because of the pandemic.

The company then announced on Monday

ReelData, an artificial intelligence company that targets the aquaculture industry, captured the $2,000 first prize at the Start-Up Yard at COVE Pitch Night on Thursday.

Start-Up Yard, the oceantech hub on the Dartmouth waterfront, brought together 10 early-stage entrepreneurs to pitch their companies, and awarded a total of $4,500 in prize money to the winners.

“I know these companies,” said

The Atlantic Venture Forum has decided to postpone its 2020 conference due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The forum, which brings together Atlantic Canadian founders and a range of investors, was due to have taken place May 6 and 7 at the Lord Nelson Hotel in Halifax. However, Critical Path Group, which hosts the event, announced Friday that it now plans to hold it at a later and as yet to be