Halifax-based Sona Nanotech has secured a $4.1 million grant from NGen, Canada's advanced manufacturing supercluster, to commercialize its Covid-19 rapid-response antigen test.

With a mission of producing gold nanoparticles for diagnostic testing, Sona Nano’s prospects have improved in the past eight weeks as it began work on a quick and easy test for the virus that has killed thousands and

A digital COVID-19 risk stratification and screening survey has been announced by Charlottetown-founded GetOn Health, maker of a telehealth platform for doctors.

Called SecurePass, the new feature is being launched in partnership with clinical algorithm platform SmartDocMD. The tool is designed to support healthcare professionals and patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the partners said in a

Halifax-based Volta and its CEO Jesse Rodgers have parted ways, four years after he joined the largest innovation hub in Atlantic Canada.

Jevon MacDonald, who chairs the Volta Board, sent out a memo to stakeholders Monday to say Rodgers has concluded his role as CEO of Volta. COO Martha Casey has been named Interim CEO while the board determines a permanent replacement.

“In our discussions,

Fredericton-based Gray Wolf Analytics has responded to Covid-19 by launching SafeContact, an app that helps with tracking and tracing the movements of individuals through the crisis.

Gray Wolf started business only last year and its core focus is a cybersecurity product that helps agencies monitor blockchains to ensure cryptocurrencies aren’t being used for criminal purposes. The Covid-19 crisis

St. John’s-based Milk Moovement has been accepted into the Food-X program in New York City, having also joined the Thrive accelerator in Silicon Valley, meaning it is simultaneously going through two American accelerators.

Both these food-related programs offer investment to their participants, so Milk Moovement now has raised about $300,000 in a seed round it hopes will reach $750,000. The

The federal government is preparing to cover 75 percent of the wages of qualifying small and medium-sized businesses for three months, as well as extending these companies interest-free loans.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the measures at his Friday press conference in Ottawa, saying his government had decided to improve on a previous pledge to provide 10 percent of SMEs’ wages during

St. John’s-based Cyno, which has developed a healthcare platform offering secure online health services, has struck a partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association, Newfoundland and Labrador Division.

Under the partnership, the two groups will offer online supports such as mental health and addictions services and customized intervention for employee health issues. The company is also

I’ve spent a lot of time this week talking to support organizations and founders about the Covid-19 crisis – about what’s happening on the ground, how we are responding, and what should happen next.

It’s difficult to see through the fog right now, but the main message is that some companies are thriving, and there is an all-out offensive on the mentoring front despite physical distancing and

We’ve been inundated in the past few days with press releases about what Atlantic Canadian startups are doing to provide products and services to help with the Covid-19 crisis.

Consider Prince Edward Island. We’ve heard from individual companies, Startup Zone and the PEI BioAlliance about what’s being done on the Island to meet needs, solve pain or just plain help out. There’s a lot of

Halifax-based Side Door, an online platform that matches musical artists to small, intimate physical venues, is getting around the pandemic by offering online concerts and raising money for charity.

Last Saturday, Side Door Co-Founder and award-winning musician Dan Mangan performed a virtual show from his basement in Vancouver. Attendees bought a $6 ticket for a Zoom Video Communications link