Lab2Market programs delivered by the Ocean Startup Project and designed for participants interested in research commercialization and entrepreneurship are seeking applicants.

The Validate program, hosted by Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador is designed to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and faculty. Participants receive a

The event that set the tone for the Halifax innovation community in 2025 was an announcement that came out of the blue in January.

Two-year-old Sound Blade Medical said it had closed a US$16.5 million Series A funding round, which would help fund development and clinical trials of its product, an “advanced hand-held histotripsy technology”. (In the simplest terms, the company had developed a

Life Sciences Nova Scotia has opened applications for startups seeking to pitch at this year's BioPort Atlantic conference and is offering discounted early-bird registration rates ahead of the event's 25th anniversary gathering in Halifax.

The 25th annual BioPort Atlantic will take place Sept. 22 to 24 at the Halifax Convention Centre, bringing together members of the life sciences sector from

Halifax’s ROCarbon Labs, which helps building-owners benefit from carbon offsets, has been accepted into the 100+ Accelerator, where it’s gaining exposure to some of the world’s largest companies.

Co-Founder and CEO Megan McCarthy took in the opening sessions last week at the headquarters of the global brewer AB InBev in Belgium.

The 100+ Accelerator has accepted 47 startups from around the

Research Nova Scotia is inviting students, researchers and early-career professionals from across Atlantic Canada to apply for Falling Walls Lab Atlantic Canada, a pitch competition for ideas aimed at addressing global challenges.

Applications are open until July 17, and organizers are encouraging participants from a range of disciplines to submit proposals highlighting innovative research,

The national Melamoon pitch contest is coming to the Maritimes, offering Black founders the chance to win $200,000 in prizes, mentorship, and national exposure.

Melamoon is a national opportunity for Black founders who are ready to scale, Halifax-based Tribe Network, a support group for founders who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour, said in its newsletter.

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We’re pleased to announce that we will be stepping away from Entrevestor later this year.

We first posted on Entrevestor on Aug 13, 2011, and about 7,000 articles later we’re ready to call it a day. It’s been a tremendous ride and we couldn’t be more proud of what we’ve accomplished over the past 15 years. Now we’re keen to retire and pursue other projects, including writing our books. So on

As Canada’s venture capitalists gathered in Atlantic Canada last week, one eastern province garnered more attention than the others: Newfoundland and Labrador.

The country’s most easterly province has been going through a tech boom the likes of which has never been seen in the region. It has produced a multi-billion-dollar exit in Verafin, a publicly listed oceantech company in Kraken Robotics

Canada needs a method to help early-stage startups access pools of capital that are generally targeting larger companies to help develop national champions, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday.

In the closing fireside chat at Invest Canada, Champagne was interviewed by Benjamin Bergen, the Chief Executive of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association,

Dartmouth-based AI company Arken Innovations has received a round of investment from MaxWave Capital Inc., cementing a relationship in which the Arken technology will be used across the MaxWave portfolio of companies.

Founded by serial entrepreneur Sam Sanandaji, Arken has developed a product called the Knowledge Fusion Engine, which employs artificial intelligence to help clients in regulated