Dispension Industries, which makes opioid dispensing equipment to help prevent overdoses, has bagged a $500,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and will install five of its machines in cities across Canada.

Founded by President Corey Yantha and brothers Matthew and Brad Michaelis, Dartmouth-based Dispension’s MySafe kiosks allow authorities to distribute opioids to registered

Halifax marketing data vendor LeadSift has cracked $1 million in annual revenue four years after a pivot that CEO Tukan Das previously described as key to the survival of the company.

LeadSift uses data analytics to help small and medium-sized technology firms in the business-to-business market find sales prospects. On Wednesday, the company launched a new software feature that Das said will

Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods is working with Sobeys to minimize food waste in its Debert, Nova Scotia distribution center and various Nova Scotia stores.

Outcast Foods uses a process that dries unsellable fruits and vegetables, preserving nutrients and extending shelf life to three years.  Surplus fruits and vegetables are turned into Plant Strong Protein products, which are sold in Sobeys’

Graphite Innovation and Technologies, or GIT, has inked a $2.4 million deal with Transport Canada to develop technology aimed at reducing underwater noise pollution and cutting ships’ greenhouse gas emissions.

Founded in 2017 by Mo AlGermozi and Marciel Gaier, Dartmouth-based GIT manufactures graphene coatings designed to prevent corrosion and improve the durability of ships hulls, dams and

A team from Fredericton geomapping startup 3D Planeta has launched a Software-as-a-Service business to help stores and restaurants manage social distancing during COVID-19.

The 2metre app allows shoppers waiting in line to disperse and receive a text message when the store can accommodate them. It can also log personal information to comply with government contact-tracing requirements.

On the surface, the St. John’s tech community showed more excitement about the exit of InspectAR Augmented Interfaces Inc. than the company’s nine-member team.

The news broke on Thursday that the sophomore company has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based Cadence Design Systems for an undisclosed price. As expected, techies and startup types in the Newfoundland and Labrador capital took to

InspectAR Augmented Interfaces Inc., a St. John’s tech company less than two years old, has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based Cadence Design Systems for an undisclosed price.

The Newfoundland company, which has strong links to Northern California, issued a press release on Wednesday saying it is now part of Cadence. The statement described the California company as the market leader in

Dartmouth’s Nxtgen Care, which tracks the movements of staff and residents in assisted living facilities, is ramping up its U.S. expansion as it reshuffles its installation schedule to focus on unoccupied buildings.

The American rollout is part of Nxtgen’s deal with a major U.S. care home company to eventually install its technology in 50 facilities across five states.

Several of the homes,

Dartmouth-based bioscience centre the Nova Scotia Innovation Hub,along with Innovacorp and the Ontario-based Bioenterprise Corporation have announced a partnership to allow agriculture, biotech and cleantech companies to compete for up to $40,000 worth of grants.

The program, called GreenShoots, will fund early-stage, Nova Scotia companies with laboratory-validated prototypes and less than $1

TechImpact, the regional information technology group based in Fredericton, has launched a new $1.2 million program to help established New Brunswick companies improve their digital capabilities.

The support organization on Wednesday announced its Digital Boost program, which will provide 75 percent of the cost of each digital project, the maximum value of which is $50,000. The program will pay