When Halifax’s Zen Electric said in March it had raised about $2.62 million from backers that included Nigerian utility giant North South Power, it was the latest in a series of high-profile announcements from an emerging East Coast innovation cluster — one centred on battery and electric vehicle technology.

For much of its history, the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem has been shaped by

Online startup accelerator Propel, which is now in its 20th year, has announced four graduate companies from its continuous intake Traction and Growth program.

Traction and Growth is meant for startups that have already completed Propel’s more basic Vision and Validation accelerator for very early-stage companies. To be eligible, entrepreneurs must have at least $1,000 of monthly revenue and be

Talkatoo, the Halifax-based maker of specialty transcription software for veterinarians, has launched a new verification service that adds a layer of human scrutiny for better accuracy.

The company’s main product allows veterinarians to dictate their case notes into their phones, rather than writing them by hand, with the artificial intelligence system being specifically trained to contend with

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and economic development agency Opportunities New Brunswick will create a new Climate Change Mitigation Fund backed by $2 million.

The money will build on $1.5 million of grants handed out by a similar Climate Impact Fund that NBIF administered over the last two years as part of its applied research funding activities. 

NBIF said in a statement the goal

Viridis, a St. John’s-based startup developing solar panel kits to power the auxiliary functions of freight trucks, has won first place at Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub Genesis’s Pitch Showcase for companies from its Evolution accelerator.

Held during an intellectual property workshop Tuesday, the pitch event saw founders speak for four minutes each, followed by two minutes of feedback

Ignite Atlantic, the rural innovation hub, has announced plans to hold a series of free, two-day youth camps with a goal of working with young people from underrepresented communities.

Dubbed Up + Atom, the camps will be held in: New Glasgow, N.S., Aug. 14 and 15; Yarmouth, Aug. 17 and 18; and East Preston Aug. 28 and 29. The programming will be aimed at kids aged nine to 14 years, with a focus

Meagan Kay-Fowlow, a veteran manager from the worlds of academia and health, will lead Newfoundland and Labrador industry group TechNL’s new, $9.6 million Innovation Centre for Remote Operations as its president.

Kay-Fowlow, a political scientist by training, has held leadership roles at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, where she was a program manager at the Centre for Ethical, Social, and

Dartmouth advanced materials company Meta Materials, which has made headlines in recent years for a succession of high-dollar-value capital raises from public markets, has inked a collaboration deal with a large, but unnamed Japanese manufacturer.

The Japanese company, which Meta Materials describes as “a leading global manufacturer,” operates in the automotive sector. The two businesses will

Dalhousie University is looking for applicants to its Lab2Market Discover program — an eight-week precursor to the school’s Lab2Market Validate accelerator.

The program is meant for full-time researchers or advanced students who want to explore whether it could be viable for them to commercialize their research via entrepreneurship. The required time commitment is around three hours per week,

A Halifax entrepreneur with a background in kinesiology has launched an artificial intelligence-enabled app aimed at reducing workplace injuries through better ergonomic practices.

Christian Browne is the founder of Vergo — a computer vision and data analytics system that analyzes labourers' body movements and flags working practices that put them at greater risk of musculoskeletal injuries.