Two Halifax companies have been accepted into an ocean-tech competition in Savannah, Ga., where they will compete for one of two US$100,000 prizes.

Ashored Innovations and Graphite Innovations and Technology will present at the eighth annual Ocean Exchange, an event run by a non-profit of the same name that seeks innovative solutions for the sustainability of our oceans. Ashored and GIT are two

Halifax-based Common Good Solutions, a consulting firm that fosters the social enterprise movement, is behind an expansion that sees its Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) partnering with the Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship (ACRE) to deliver online training across that country.

The group says it’s another step toward positioning Nova Scotia as a pivotal link in the global social

Squiggle Park, the Halifax- and Toronto-based startup that helps teach children to read, has been accepted into the Rev accelerator, the sales-focused mentoring program offered at Kitchener, Ont.-based Communitech.

The company, which received funding in June from Indigo Books and Music CEO Heather Reisman, is one of six companies accepted into the most recent six-month cohort of the accelerator

During the Ocean Supercluster roadshow this summer, Matt Hebb made a throw-away statement that lingered with me, because it so elegantly described the role of startups in the Supercluster.

Hebb is CEO of the Supercluster, the four-province partnership that will spend $300 million to $360 million on marine innovation R&D over the next five years. He and his team are preparing to develop

Energia Ventures, the University of New Brunswick’s cleantech accelerator, launched its second cohort on Tuesday, welcoming six teams from across Canada and the U.S.

The UNB Technology Management and Entrepreneurship program launched Energia about two years ago to help energy, cleantech, and smart-grid companies bring their products to market. The first cohort in the winter of 2017 featured such

The folks at the University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship are gearing up to celebrate the centre’s 30th anniversary at its annual RBC leadership conference. 

The two-day conference, called The Future of Innovation in Canada, will take place on Oct. 19 and 20 in Fredericton.

The conference aims to help participants understand basic

Peer Ledger, a Halifax blockchain company, has struck a strategic partnership with the Swiss precious metals company known as PAMP to work together to remove conflict minerals from the global supply chain.

PAMP, whose full name is Produits Artistiques Métaux Précieux, has invested in Peer Ledger as part of the agreement, though the companies did not reveal the size of the investment. The Swiss

A young New Brunswick company is on the cusp of getting the data it needs to assess whether its new video game is effective in helping children cope with anxiety issues.

The company is Fredericton-based Reframe Games, and its video game is called Guide. It has been testing the game with young people, mostly nine to 13-year-olds, at eight clinics in the Fredericton area.

The company’s six-member

Real-time data collection is quickly becoming the gold standard for record keeping across all industries. And Agyle Intelligence, a provider of a real-time operational intelligence platform, is helping set this new standard in Agricultural and Ag-Food processing industries.

Agyle, which is based in Scotchfort Prince Edward Island, is a mobile software for data input and collection for supply

St John’s-based CoLab Software released the beta version of its collaboration platform this week.

CoLab helps engineering teams better communicate and manage feedback when designing 3D models with its integrated platform, called Gradient.

The platform lets engineers share input on a design model, which is a process normally done through a convoluted string of emails, spreadsheets and other