Innovacorp has named Nicole LeBlanc as its new board chair, selecting an experienced venture capital fund manager who has worked in Atlantic Canada, Toronto and Europe.

The Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture capital agency announced the appointment on social media this week, saying she is succeeding Rodney F. Burgar, who had held the position since 2014.

“As a venture capital

Dalhousie University has renewed its research partnership with Tesla and named two scientists as research chairs to deepen the science behind lithium-ion batteries and energy storage.

The Halifax university issued a statement on Monday saying the 2015 agreement between Tesla and the Jeff Dahn Laboratory at Dal has been renewed and will run at least until 2026.

Under that partnership, the lab

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has issued a call for proposals for its new Ocean Supercluster Resilience program, which will provide up to $15 million for projects that will benefit the ocean economy.

The supercluster – an Atlantic Canadian-based group that supports the Canadian ocean economy – said the new program will support projects that can be completed within 30 months and

In his most recent tally of employment by Atlantic Canadian innovators, Patrick Hankinson of Concrete Ventures has concluded that the region’s high-growth companies have continued to add staff through the pandemic.

He posted a blog last week that the startup community in Atlantic Canada produced a net 654 new jobs in 2020, bringing the total to 10,337 jobs – an increase of almost 7 percent.  Of

The Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity at the University of New Brunswick has unveiled a new program to increase cybersecurity talent, by offering graduate students scholarships and job opportunities.

The Bell Research Intensive Cyber Knowledge Studies, or BRICKS program, provides students with a Masters of Applied Cybersecurity, scholarship funding, a four-month research internship and,

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency last week announced loans totalling $664,000 for two Halifax-area companies, Meridian DLT and Nautics Group.

The federal government’s regional development agency issued the loans through the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program.

ACOA said it is lending $363,750 to Meridian DLT, based in Lower Sackville, N.S. It has developed a digital data

Our Jobs of the Week column today showcases an opening for the CEO of Charlottetown’s Startup Zone and a Content Marketing Manager at Foundation Marketing in Halifax.

Foundation is a content marketing agency that collaborates with ambitious B2B brands looking to create and distribute content that inspires action. The agency says it believes that content has the ability to shape culture inside

St. John’s-based BreatheSuite, whose technology helps people to use inhalers properly, has closed a $1.2 million equity financing round, led by Venture NL, the fund overseen by Pelorus Venture Capital.

The company issued a press release on Thursday announcing its second round, which follows on from a $550,000 round in October 2019, which was also led by Venture NL. The investors in the current

Fredericton-based PLATO Testing has received a $500,000 investment from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, which it will use to train and hire more Indigenous people to test software.

PLATO was founded five years ago by Fredericton’s PQA Testing with a mission of developing a team of First Nations software testers. The company has been owned by PQA, whose core business is software-testing, and

Charlottetown-based ScreenScape Networks,  which makes technology for video displays, has been acquired by Tampa, Fla.-based Spectrio for an undisclosed price.

Founded by CEO Mark Hemphill in 2007, ScreenScape helps businesses and organizations that want to advertise on location-based video monitors. The company, which employs 25 people, offers an easy-to-use, cost-effective product that is well