An embattled Halifax medical technology company reported an improved performance in the three months ending April 30, but is still warning it may not survive.

MedMira Inc., which manufactures instant diagnostic test kits for contagious diseases, on June 28 issued the financial statement for the third quarter of its 2019 fiscal year. It revealed higher revenues and lower costs last quarter,

Our Job of the Week column today showcases an opening for an Account Executive at Dash Hudson in Halifax.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their social media. Its software, called Vision, is a one-stop spot for clients to manage, source and engage with the traffic of their photos and videos.

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SucSeed, a young company that makes hydroponic growing kits, is asking the public to help it win a chance to pitch for $100,000 in the upcoming Telus/Arlene Dickinson pitch competition.

St. John’s-based SucSeed has made the shortlist of 100 companies, and has recently cracked the top 20. It needs more public votes by this Wednesday, July 10, if it’s to make the final 10 and get to pitch in

Jonathan Dunnett, Venn Innovation‘s Program Manager of Markets and Insights, is a finalist for the Technology Councils of North America‘s (TECNA) first-ever innovation awards.

“It’s a really nice recognition of the work that we’ve been doing as an organization,” said Dunnett in an interview. “We get to do really meaningful work in New Brunswick with clients, so I think to have recognition of

A “Skills for Hire” program to address the ICT sector skills gap has been launched by Digital Nova Scotia, the industry association for the province’s ICT sector, and Bluedrop Performance Learning, a specialist in workplace e-learning, simulation and training management.  

The project will develop an online blended ICT skills program and carve out career pathways for recent graduates, incumbent

Two massive funding deals in the life sciences segment and a pair of companies moving to the public markets were the highlights of the Atlantic Canadian startup community in the second quarter of 2019.

The biggest news was the US$30 million (C$40 million) venture capital round announced in April by Halifax medical device maker ABK Biomedical Inc., with which it hopes to bring two products to

After 16 years as an agency, Kula Partners of Halifax has launched a product called Synchrostack that helps manufacturers integrate the various components of their ecommerce systems.

Kula is a 15-person operation that in recent years has developed a niche for itself in web design and marketing systems for manufacturers. Most of its customers use WooCommerce, the world’s most widely deployed

A new medical startup from Dalhousie University PhD graduate Hamed Hanafi plans to use artificial intelligence to treat sleep apnea.

The condition causes patients to intermittently stop breathing in their sleep. It is usually treated with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, or “CPAP,” machines that force air into the lungs to restart the respiratory process.

Hanafi’s company, NovaResp, is

After increasing revenues by 22 percent last year, Mobia Technology Innovations of Dartmouth has been named the 111th biggest tech company in Canada, according to the Ottawa consulting firm Branham Group.

Branham on Friday released its ranking of the 250 largest tech companies in Canada and once again there was not a purely Atlantic Canadian company in the top 100. (The rankings list No. 21

Unmanned submarine and sonar maker Kraken Robotics has become the first company to receive approval for an R&D project from Canada’s Ocean Supercluster.

The St. John’s-based company said it will oversee the $20 million development of the OceanVision system, which will allow clients to lease unmanned submarines to conduct seafloor surveys and store the data in the cloud. The Ocean Supercluster