St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics has extended its run of strong sales growth, the company announced Wednesday, reporting its best-ever financial results for the first quarter with revenue up 175 per cent compared to the same period last year.

About three quarters of its $20.9 million of revenue came from product sales and the balance from its service business, the marine robotics-maker said,

Sports- and fitness-focused social media startup Train With Us won Halifax startup hub Volta’s quarterly Virtual Pitch Competition on Wednesday.

Founded by athletics entrepreneur David Rafuse, who holds a degree in kinetics from St. Francis Xavier University and owns personal coaching business Blended Athletics, Train With Us will eventually be a website and app that lets users create or join

Invest Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and their partners are seeking oceantech companies to co-exhibit with a Canadian government contingent at the OCEANS 2024 conference in Halifax this fall.

Slated to be held Sept. 23 to 26, the conference is organized by a coalition of ocean industry groups and will also include talks from Clearwater Chief Executive Ian Smith, among

We're thrilled to announce that Entrevestor Live -- the only conference dedicated exclusively to Atlantic Canada's greatest startup successes -- will return for a fourth year this autumn, packing a superb program of speakers into a single afternoon. 

The half-day conference, which will be hosted by startup specialist Permjot Valia, will take place Sept. 17 at Volta in Halifax. 

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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a trio of new projects worth $14.2 million: one developing electric propulsion technology, one to help optimize maritime supply chains and one to study kelp’s role in carbon sequestration and marine biodiversity.

The first project, dubbed the Canadian Electric Propulsion Acceleration Coalition, or CEPAC, is the largest of the three with a planned cost of

A Nova Scotia research startup is in the running for an international environmental prize worth more than C$1.7 million.

Halifax-based eOceans has been chosen by McGill University to compete in Prince William’s Earthshot Prize, which awards five grants of £1 million each: one for “protecting and restoring nature,” one for clean air initiatives, one for climatetech projects, one for the circular

A combined bed and bottle feeder for puppies and a transportation and courier marketplace were the victors of Thursday’s Innovate and Elevate virtual pitch competition from Halifax-based Tribe Network.

STEED’S Baby Bottle Bed Founder Rosalind Steed won the category for new ventures, Start, for her waterproof dog bed with bottle feeders mounted in the sides. And Pilot X Technologies Co-Founders

Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, has extended the deadline to apply for the Summer 2024 cohort of its 10-week Evolution accelerator to June 7.

Genesis bills Evolution as a “pre-incubator” course meant to prepare young companies for longer programs, such as its own, three-year Enterprise incubator. Evolution promises to help entrepreneurs clarify their businesses’ value

Industry group Life Sciences Nova Scotia has named a new CEO: Doris Grant, previously its Vice President of Business Development and Strategy.

Grant has worked in the industry for nearly 30 years and held private sector, public sector and academic roles — including 14 years at Dalhousie University, and most recently, a stint as Nova Scotia Health’s Senior Director for Innovation. She replaces

A Halifax social venture is giving youths the chance to participate in community development initiatives while enjoying a taste of entrepreneurship.

Launched in 2008, Hope Blooms works with teenagers in the city’s historically diverse North End to operate 10,000 square feet of organic food gardens and a commercial kitchen, which they use to produce and sell a roster of packaged goods products.