Colin Deacon, who has led startups Bluelight Analytics and SpellRead, has been appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Prime Minister announced Friday that the Governor General appointed Deacon as an independent Senator to fill a vacancy in Nova Scotia.

Deacon was a Co-Founder and CEO of Halifax-based Bluelight Analytics, whose technology helps dentists ensure they are

Chris Huskilson on Thursday evening showcased the recent improvements in the innovation ecosystem supported by Emera, the company he ran for 14 years.

Huskilson, who retired as the CEO of the Halifax-based energy company in March, was the keynote speaker at the reception for the three Atlantic Canadian nominees for the Manning Awards.   They will be considered for the national awards at a gala

Innovacorp’s posting for a Vice President of Investment is our one job in our Jobs of the Week column today.

The Nova Scotian venture capital and innovation agency aims to help startups commercialize technologies for the global market. Current Innovacorp companies include Appili Therapeutics, Prospify and Dash Hudson.

The Halifax-based organization also boosts early-stage technologies with the

Kognitiv Spark, one of the hottest new tech startups in Atlantic Canada, has been named a finalist by Microsoft Canada for the tech giant’s 2018 Impact Awards.

Fredericton-based Kognitive Spark, which uses augmented reality to help workers in remote locations, said Wednesday the company has been named a finalist in the Innovation with Hardware category. The winners will be named at a ceremony in

LaunchDal  has accepted  a diverse range of early-stage companies into this summer's LaunchPad Accelerator. The 10-week program provides each team with $10,000 and the resources to launch and grow their ventures.

Offered by the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University, the program is now in its fifth year.

“Being accepted into the Launch Pad Accelerator means

As we approach the halfway point of 2018, it may be time to take a look on how fundraising by Atlantic Canadian startups has gone in the first half of the year.

Quick answer: Really good.

I posted on the Entrevestor Facebook page a few weeks ago that I believed equity funding for 2018 was already approaching about $45 million to $50 million. As we coast toward the Canada Day weekend, I realize

Hydrotroniks is a clean-tech company nestled along the Cabot Trail in Cheticamp, Cape Breton. This company, which is made up of engineers, designers and environmental engineers, aims to create solutions for a more efficient and eco-friendly fishing industry.

Its team is developing environmentally sustainable solutions for small to medium size boats. The company was founded in 2016, with the goal

Fredericton-based CleanTech company Stash Energy has raised about $500,000 in equity investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and Island Capital Partners.

The funding will help the company prepare for a full launch of its Stash M1 Comfort System in 2019. It is now carrying out three pilot projects with the system in P.E.I., and is eyeing international markets through recent work

For its annual trip to China, Global Vision Junior Team Canada selected 35 student ambassadors to represent businesses from their regions of the country. This year, JTC recruited its youngest ever ambassador, 15-year-old Connor Kirby from the St. Margaret’s Bay area in Halifax.

“I am overjoyed that I got accepted for it,” said Kirby in an interview.  “I did not think I was actually going to make

Acoustic Zoom, a Newfoundland company that provides seismic solutions for miners, has closed a US$1 million investment from Goldcorp Inc. and will now undertake a US$150,000 pilot program at a Goldcorp mine.

In the past year, the company has twice competed in the #DisruptMining pitching competition in Toronto, which is a Dragons’ Den-style pitching event for startups in the mining space.