A new national Leger survey sheds light on how Canadians, including Atlantic residents, view the need for healthy Indigenous businesses.

Coinciding with National Indigenous History Month, the survey probes attitudes towards Indigenous businesses in terms of creating sustainable economic opportunities for Indigenous peoples and Canada’s economic growth.

The survey of 1,589 Canadians found that

Six months into 2021, New Brunswick startups have already blown past their fundraising totals from previous years, with at least $136 million of capital raised.

Most of that money comes from Introhive’s record-breaking C$122 million Series C funding round, announced Wednesday -- the largest in the province’s history and one of the largest ever in Atlantic Canada. As well as the Introhive deal,

Introhive, the Fredericton- and Miami-based maker of AI sales software, announced Wednesday it has closed a mammoth US$100 million ($122 million) Series C funding round -- the largest equity investment deal in New Brunswick history.

The round was led by Boston-based PSG, which specializes in backing middle-market software companies. Introhive declined to disclose its valuation, which would have

We’re delighted to announce that we’ll launch our 2020 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report on June 25 at 12:00 noon AST with a virtual lunch-and-learn session hosted by Volta, via Zoom.

Entrevestor’s data has become the benchmark for the Atlantic Canadian startup community in recent years. Each year, we tally up the total number of startups, and assess their employees, funding and revenue,

After two years of development, Dartmouth-based Global Spatial Technology Systems, or GSTS, is commercially launching its cloud software for analyzing and predicting the movements of ships.

The software, OCIANA, aggregates satellite data, weather data, port data and other sources of tracking information and uses it to make predictions about the movements and behaviour of ocean-going vessels.

Millennia Tea, the Saint John maker of frozen tea products, has inked a national distribution deal with U.S. health food giant Whole Foods.

The company sells edible, frozen tea in three forms: loose-leaf, chopped and cubed. CEO Tracy Bell said in a press release that the antioxidant-rich tea could offer health benefits, particularly since it is flash-frozen to preserve nutrients.

“People are

Growing out of the crisis of the pandemic, Halifax-based Food for Thought Software Solutions, a company that provides stigma-free school meals to kids in need, is preparing to raise funds to boost growth both nationally and internationally.

Started by sisters Melissa and Shandra MacMaster, Food for Thought has created software that allows schoolchildren and parents to order a healthy meal online

Upfront Cosmetics, the Nackawic, NB-based maker of eco-friendly baby shampoo, now sells its soap in close to 275 stores and has inked a 14-store deal with health food giant Whole Foods.

Launched in 2019 by Founder Alicia Sharp, Upfront was inspired by her attempts to find shampoo for her own child and her discovery that products were invariably packaged in environmentally taxing plastic bottles.

Sona Nanotech shares fell 68 percent on Friday after the Halifax life sciences company announced it had ended the clinical trials of its saliva-based rapid test for COVID-19 due to disappointing results.

The company had been conducting trials at Humber River Hospital in Toronto to determine the efficacy of its rapid antigen saliva test for COVID-19. Early Friday, Sona said preliminary results

Boston-based oceans accelerator SeaAhead and the New England Aquarium have announced the launch of the BlueSwell Incubator Program, New England’s first early-stage bluetech incubator.

BlueSwell is designed to support the creation and growth of startups that aim to enhance ocean sustainability and global resilience. It will provide each team with a grant of $35,000.

The organizers are especially