Natasha Dhayagude, Co-Founder and CEO of Chinova Bioworks, a Fredericton-based company that uses mushrooms to reduce food waste, has had her work celebrated by FoodHack, a global network of food entrepreneurs and innovators.

Dhayagude is one of 80 women the group named, with her contribution being cited for reducing, repurposing or revitalising food waste. On its site, FoodHack said foodtech has

Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods, which makes powdered food products from rejected produce, has partnered with British Columbia smoothie producer Happy Planet Foods to combat food waste in a product range that uses upcycled fresh fruit and vegetables.

In a statement, Outcast said it rescues thousands of perfectly fresh surplus fruits and vegetables every year by using its technology to convert

Ignite Atlantic, Nova Scotia’s rural innovation organization, and the Indigenous entrepreneurship group Ulnooweg Development Group have formed a partnership to allow greater support for their members.

The partnership between Ulnooweg and Ignite is designed to encourage community outreach, training, and workshops, and to support the success of entrepreneurs and businesses across Nova Scotia. The

Digital Nova Scotia, the association for the information technology sector in the province, has actually grown during the pandemic, and now boasts more than 200 members.

Since assuming the role of CEO last June, Wayne Sumarah has had to guide the association through the pandemic and challenges of working with a remote staff. What’s more, it had to work with a membership that was trying to cope

Members of the startup community were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Heather Boyd-Kinnie, the Funding Manager and Program Coordinator of the Pond-Deshpande Centre at the University of New Brunswick.

Boyd-Kinnie passed away at her home in Fredericton on March 16, 2021.

Born October 12, 1962 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, she was a graduate of Dalhousie University Law School and a

The Scale-Up Hub program, which began in New England three years ago, is expanding to include the South-Eastern U.S. with the launch of Scale-Up Hub Atlanta.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the four provincial governments on Monday announced the opening of the program and called for high-growth, innovation-driven companies to apply.

In the Scale-Up Hub program, Atlantic Canadian

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Sandy Bird still recalls the support Q1 Labs got from the University of New Brunswick long before it became one of the greatest Atlantic Canadian tech successes ever.

Bird was a co-founder of the Fredericton cybersecurity company, which was preventing attacks on large computer networks decades before the word “cybersecurity” entered the popular lexicon. In the early days, Bird

Entrevestor principal Peter Moreira, in partnership with startup hub Volta, is offering a virtual presentation of his popular Media Relations for Startups talk.

Dealing with the media can be daunting, confusing but ultimately rewarding for startups. This seminar teaches entrepreneurs how to write a press release and identify which publications to target with their news and updates.

“We’ll also

MindSea Development has been acquired by Reuben Hall, who has served as the CEO of the Halifax-based mobile apps developer for the last two years.

Hall is buying the company for an undisclosed price from Bill Wilson, who founded MindSea in 2007 and served as CEO for 11 years. In late 2018, Wilson stepped aside from executive management of MindSea to launch the Software-as-a-Service company

The Province of Nova Scotia is spending $16.8 million to allow four Nova Scotia universities to expand and improve their computer science programs.

In a statement, the province said COVID-19 has accelerated digital adaptation and that producing more digital talent will strengthen the startup ecosystem across all areas from cleantech to agri-food and ocean sciences.

The four universities –