The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and national industry group the Canadian Food Innovation Network will host a one-day conference in Digby, N.S. April 18.

Dubbed Foodtech Atlantic, the event’s theme this year will be “advancing innovation and sustainable solutions.” It will be held at the Digby Pines Resort from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., with attendees expected to include food companies,

Atlantic BioCorp Founder Dante Enewold plans to use the $25,000 he won in last week's Woodward Cup pitch competition to build a production facility for his process that converts crab shells into chitosan.

Held Wednesday by the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship in St. John’s, the Woodward Cup is named in honour of the late Newfoundland and Labrador logistics magnate Mel Woodward. The annual

Rachael Craig, who was active in the early days of the Halifax startup ecosystem, now has a Silicon Valley exit on her résumé.

Craig was a Co-Founder and (until recently) CEO of San Francisco-based MotionHall, which developed software that provided data to help biotech companies accelerate deals in drug discovery. Last week, London-based information provider Clarivate Plc agreed to buy virtually

A Saint John electric vehicle startup has received just over $400,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency as it looks to scale production of its high-performance motors.

Victory Advanced Technologies sells powertrains that can be retrofitted to existing vehicles by third-party shops. It aims to differentiate its products by offering higher performance options for custom sports cars and

As St. John’s-based LadderSpike looks to start delivering on its pre-orders this spring, the company has won a pitch competition at the Canadian Construction Association’s annual conference, bagging the top prize with its footing system for ladders.

The LadderSpike, which can be fitted to nearly any ladder, won Innovation of the Year for its ability to drive metal spikes into the ground for

MIMOSA Diagnostics, the Halifax- and Toronto-based maker of a medical device for non-invasively measuring tissue damage, was victorious at Wednesday’s medtech finals of the Atlantic Canada Healthtech Scale-up and Investment Challenge, besting four other finalists to take home $100,000 of investment, as well as the People's Choice award.

Founded by Dr. Karen Cross, a plastic surgeon, and General

Brilliant Labs, an Atlantic Canadian charity that aims to foster coding and digital skills among youth, will host an innovation fair in Miramichi April 4, with the timing chosen to align with an eclipse that will happen on the 8th.

Slated to be held at the city’s Eco Centre, the event will invite students to share their technical or scientific solutions to global issues, as identified by the

Profitual, a financial intelligence startup founded by a pair of former New Brunswick Innovation Foundation execs, is one of 40 companies nationally to be accepted into startup support organization NEXT Canada’s 2024 AI cohort.

NEXT, a non-profit, will offer cohort companies not just the usual accelerator curriculum and networking opportunities, but also access to AI scientists associated with

Nova Scotia cleantech non-profit EfficiencyOne has a new member of its C-suite, and one who will be familiar to many in the innovation economy: former Volta chief executive Martha Casey.

Most recently the interim co-CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Casey spent three years at the helm of Volta, during which time she led a temporary pivot to digital startup support

Life sciences businesses on Prince Edward Island brought in more than $600 million of revenue in 2022, according to research from the P.E.I. BioAlliance.

A survey by the industry group of about 50 of its member companies found their combined revenue increased by about $250 million compared to 2020, or nearly 70 percent -- that's also a four percent increase compared to 2021's total of $575