Though two years of pandemic have disrupted academic life, there is some consolation in knowing that Atlantic Canada's leading research universities entered the pandemic with strong funding levels for research.

While classes moved online, the scientific research that has driven much of Atlantic Canada’s startup boom was often less transferable to the digital environment, according to researchers

Fredericton’s Potential Motors is preparing to build and sell its own electric off-road vehicle in a bid to demonstrate the value of its control system software, with a prototype already built and set to be publicly revealed next quarter.

Chief Executive Sam Poirier said in an interview that the offering will be a ground-up design meant to showcase the potential benefits of electrification in

Fredericton cybersecurity startup Gray Wolf Analytics has signed a letter of intent with Ocean Falls Blockchain for the Vancouver-based company to become the first member of Gray Wolf’s early adopter program.

In a press release, Gray Wolf President Dhirendra Shukla said he and CEO Matthew Sampson plan to use the early adopter program to gather customer feedback. The two co-founders’ seven-person

Dartmouth cleantech startup Planetary Technologies has raised $7.8 million, including $4.2 million of equity funding and $3.6 million of grants to pilot its technology.

The investors include Nova Scotia venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp and Apollo Projects, which is a venture capital firm owned by American tech luminaries the Altman brothers. Apollo invests in “moonshots” —

The CEO of a Dartmouth-based marketing and public safety automation startup with a history of innovation in employee management believes Atlantic Canada’s technology labour crunch is being mis-framed in the community discourse.

Saeed El-Darahali is the founder of SimplyCast, which is a platform that automates marketing and public safety-related digital tasks. He said in an interview that instead

The Halifax chapter of silver economy group Aging2.0 is holding a virtual pitch competition next month for early-stage startups whose products are designed to improve the life of seniors.

The event will be part of the Longevity Economy Showcaae, a conference for people interested in business opportunities that come from meeting the needs of the elderly. You can register for the conference, which

Eight teams will vie for a $2,000 first prize at Genesis’s next Pitch & Pick competition — the culmination of its eight-week Evolution accelerator.

There will also be a $1,000 second prize and a $500 Community Choice Award. 

The Evolution Program is held three times a year at the end of Evolution’s three annual cohorts, and the last winner was DuaScript, which makes software for compounding

Halifax advanced materials startup 3D BioFibR has borrowed $200,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to fund improvements to its process automation.

The company has developed technology for manufacturing biofibres — naturally occurring fibres with commercial applications, such as spider silk and collagen — and CEO Kevin Sullivan said in an interview that he hopes to be generating

Halifax startup hub Volta has opened applications for its free LEAP program, which aims to prepare entrepreneurs to submit an application to a startup accelerator, such as Creative Destruction Lab or Techstars.

Created in 2019 and headed-up by venture capital veteran Toon Nagtegaal, training will be held over four half-day sessions. Nagtegaal was a co-founder of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based

With galloping revenue growth, Toronto-based aquaculture software maker Wittaya Aqua is planning to open its first international office in Singapore this spring and is working on a $3 million raise.

The company, which has an employee based at the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship in Dartmouth, makes software that helps businesses throughout the aquaculture supply chain increase