The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship will host this year’s Future of Innovation conference Oct. 17 and 18, and the first speaker to be announced is prominent business journalist Gordon Pitts.

The conference will feature a cross-section of speakers from the world of startups and innovation and will be held at the Delta Hotels

Correction: An earlier version of this article mistakenly said the CVCA's second-quarter data overlooked the CarbonCure deal. We have corrected the article to state that the CarbonCure round closed in the third quarter. 

 

While venture capital nationally has had a gangbusters second quarter, startups in Atlantic Canada suffered one of their worst fundraising periods ever, according to data

Economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to the 2023-2024 edition of its Launch Export Atlantic Incubator for young companies looking to develop sales outside of Nova Scotia or Canada.

The virtual incubator will help participants develop export plans for their businesses via educational sessions on topics like logistics, export budgeting and pricing strategies, as

Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub Genesis is renaming the “microfund” it uses to back early-stage startups in honour of a US$1 million donation it received as part of Nasdaq’s purchase of cybersecurity unicorn Verafin.

Now called the Nasdaq Genesis Microfund and freshly replenished with money from the donation, the fund offers startups in Genesis’s flagship Enterprise incubator program an

Global consultancy EY has named 18 finalists in the 2023 Atlantic division of the Entrepreneur of the Year competition, now in its 29th year.

With competitors grouped into five regions nationally, the Atlantic Canadian winners will go on to compete against entrepreneurs from the Pacific coast, the Prairies, Ontario and Quebec. The regional winners will be announced in October and the national

Halifax-based edtech startup Shoelace is one of 22 companies and the only Atlantic Canadian business accepted into this year’s cohort of startup support non-profit C100’s prestigious fellowship program.

C100 specializes in leveraging the Canadian technology sector diaspora to help nurture the country’s startups. The Fellows program will kick off in September with 48Hrs, which is C100’s name for

Nova Scotia-based inclusive innovation group ONSIDE is looking for applicants to its virtual Start Now Incubator for female founders or other women, which it runs in partnership with the Bridgewater-based virtual startup house Mashup Lab.

The program is funded by the federal government’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Fund and has a particular focus on backing “rural, indigenous, diverse and

With World Water Week on the horizon, now is an opportune time to highlight a trio of oceans-related announcements.

Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute, the international event aims to encourage sustainable bluetech innovation and will take place Aug. 20 to 24.

At home in Canada, meanwhile, several industry groups have their own opportunities to offer in the oceans economy.

The Nova Scotia Health Authority Innovation Hub, which works with the private sector to deploy new healthcare technologies, will host a one-day informational session on 3D printing in healthcare Aug. 22.

Slated to be held at the Innovation Hub’s Nova Centre location in Halifax, the event will feature St. John’s-based PolyUnity, which was co-founded in 2018 by Memorial University-trained doctors

The Halifax-based Centre for Women in Business is looking for applicants to its Grow Now virtual incubator for female-led startups.

The program includes a total of 45 hours of training over six months on topics including sales, pricing and navigating regulatory regimes. Participants will also have access to networking opportunities and a $5,000 international travel grant.

“The program offers