The global consultancy Accenture has opened an innovation outpost at Volta in Halifax, made possible through a $400,000 grant from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

Halifax MP Andy Fillmore announced the funding at a reception at Volta on Wednesday.  He said the money will fund a one-year pilot program that will include programing delivered by Accenture.

Innovation outposts are becoming

Metamaterial Technologies Inc., Dalhousie University, and Mitacs on Tuesday announced a $1.62 million project to explore light manipulation for use in a range of commercial applications.

The project will be the largest ever financed in Atlantic Canada by Mitacs, a national non-profit organization that finances research projects between industry and universities. It will allow scientists to

There’s a State of the Ecosystem discussion taking place at Volta in Halifax today, and you can tune in regardless of where you are.

Chris Crowell, VP of Corporate Innovation at Volta, and I will hold a fireside chat about what’s happening in the startup community across the region. It will all take place at noon at Volta, and a good crowd is expected.

If you’re not in Halifax, you can follow

Sonrai Security, an enterprise cybersecurity company launched by senior executives from Q1 Labs, has closed a US$18.5 million (C$24.6 million) round of venture capital funding, likely the largest VC round in Atlantic Canadian history.

With a development team based in Fredericton, Sonrai was established in 2017 to help large corporations organize and protect their data on the cloud, which is a

Raymond Fitzpatrick was positively giddy about the last deal he signed in 2018 – the US$18.5 million ($24.6 million) financing of Fredericton cybersecurity company Sonrai Security.

Fitzpatrick is the Director of Investment for the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, the not-for-profit organization that oversees the provincial government’s innovation policy. It invested US$246,000 in the funding

With a new name and brand, MESH/Diversity is now building its client base, aided by a changing attitude among corporations toward diversity and inclusion, or D&I.

The New Brunswick and Toronto-based company launched as Enkidu more than a year ago to provide an online platform that companies or organizations can use to assess whether their culture meets modern D&I standards.

The co-founders –

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian tech accelerator, has announced the 15 companies that will participate in the second phase of its Incite program, which is designed to ramp up sales.

Incite is a virtual program that startup founders can take for up to a year, regardless of where they are in Atlantic Canada. It was designed to overcome two challenges facing a group offering mentorship to tech

A pair of opportunities at our job board partner Alongside headline our Jobs of the Week column today.

Moncton-based Alongside is looking for a Technical Project Coordinator and a Junior Designer, while Halifax-based Dash Hudson is in the market for a Sales Development Representative.

Alongside offers a hiring platform whose goal is to help small and medium-sized businesses find the perfect

Scott Burke smiles as he tells the story of how he came up with the name for his company’s flagship product, Groundhog.

Burke is the CEO of Halifax-based BlockCrushr Labs, which has been experimenting with various cryptocurrency and blockchain products. Last year, it went through two international accelerators, raised US$625,000 (C$825,000) in equity funding and came up with a product that lets

Venn Innovation is looking for applicants for the next cohort of its month-long competitive intelligence workshop led by Jonathan Calof.

Venn, which supports innovation businesses, is offering the course at its Moncton headquarters with the goal of helping companies assess their competitive marketplace. This will be the sixth time that the startup house has offered the program.

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