Halifax-based CarbonCure Technologies, whose technology reduces CO2 emissions in the making of concrete, plans installations in 16 facilities owned by Atlanta-based Thomas Concrete this year.

The Halifax cleantech company said in a statement Tuesday the installations will help Thomas further establish itself as the world’s largest supplier of concrete made with this CO2 recycling technology.

LaunchDal, Dalhousie University’s business accelerator program, is taking applications for its Collide Winter 2018 program, which is set to start on Jan. 25.

The program is open to anyone with a business idea and is free. 

Participants will attend four pitching sessions and present their business idea as it currently stands. After taking the idea through a series of workshops and fireside

Appili Therapeutics has struck an agreement to work on a vaccine that could protect people against a potential bioterror threat.

The Halifax drug discovery company said Monday it signed a licence agreement with the National Research Council of Canada to help develop ATI-1701, to vaccinate against tularemia. The vaccine will protect against bacteria called Francisella tularensis, which can cause

Startup Halifax is hosting an event to showcase the many startup success stories from this province on Wednesday at the Halifax Central Library.

The event, called An Insider’s Look at Startup Success, is free and will include presentations from at least four different homegrown companies. John Hamblin, the organizer of the event, is hoping to add two more companies to the roster.

Here's a quick

Propel ICT, the regional accelerator, has revealed the companies that will pitch at its demo day on Jan. 23 in Fredericton.

Eleven companies will definitely pitch at the event, which will feature a pub crawl to Fredericton craft breweries. Two others are eligible to pitch, though they may not be able to due to previous commitments.

Dubbed Pints and Pitches, the event is an opportunity to

Dash Hudson is looking to hire a CFO and Account Executive in our Jobs of the Week column today.

Dash Hudson is a software-as-a-service business here in Halifax that helps corporate clients optimize and manage visual marketing strategies.  Its visual intelligence platform, Vision, provides a one-stop solution for their clients to manage, source and engage with the online traffic of their photos

Two years as a data scientist at Microsoft in Toronto has taught Ozge Yeloglu the importance of enterprise sales — something she wishes she’d known more about when she was running Halifax-based data analytics startup topLog.

Yeloglu is known locally for being a co-founder and CEO of topLog, a venture that made life easier for IT operations teams by analyzing the events that take place over IT

Canada’s Business Model Competition, which aims to steer student-led startups away from failure, has opened applications for its sixth annual competition in March.

Dalhousie University, which initiated the event in 2013, is currently accepting video submissions from student-run businesses for the competition, which begins March 2.

To apply, teams no larger than five must submit an eight-minute

A look-ahead to the New Year for the Atlantic Canadian startup community draws attention to the financing of our most successful companies. The companies I’m watching this year either raised money in the last couple of years, or could be raising money this year. Or both.

During the holidays, I thought a bit about what the highlight of 2018 will be for the East Coast startup group. There are

Energia Ventures, an accelerator in Frederction, is seeking companies in the energy, cleantech and cybersecurity sectors to apply for its 2018 accelerator program. 

The program, which is now accepting applications, will run from April 30 until Energia’s demo day on July 20. Participants can expect intensive mentoring, funding for their startups, programs, and business support.

“Energia offers