Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced two new projects worth $4.3 million — a $1.3 million initiative to create a digital engineering platform for designing oceans assets and a $3 million plan to develop seafloor imaging tech for fishing trawlers.

The $1.3 million Virtual Ocean project will include $614,000 of government funding and be led by Victoria, B.C.-based engineering consultancy and

Dalhousie University’s CDL Atlantic, part of the internationally noted Creative Destruction Lab network of startup accelerators, has opened applications for its 2023 cohort, including a general stream, dubbed Prime, and a bluetech stream, Oceans.

The nine-month program, founded by University of Toronto management professor Ajay Agrawal and now with operations in six countries, is milestone-based

Laval, Que.-based Dispersa, which has its research and development operations in Sydney, has raised $3 million of funding split evenly between equity and debt, with the round led by economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia.

Dispersa makes biodegradable surfactants, which are ingredients used in consumer products likes soaps, shampoos and cosmetics to break down oils. Unlike most

Wayne Sumarah, CEO of industry group Digital Nova Scotia, will retire at the end of May after three years on the job.

Sumarah, a marking executive who previously worked in the telecommunications sector, presided over a 50 percent increase in the organization’s membership, along with 136 percent revenue growth and a more than doubling of staff.

“Wayne’s strategic, kind and people-focused

St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostats is donating about $40,000 worth of inventory to non-profit Habitat pour l'humanité Québec, Habitat for Humanity’s Francophone arm, in celebration of Earth Day.

Mysa said in a statement the 300 smart thermostats, which use internet-of-things technology to better manage energy use for heating, will save more than 4,500 kWh hours of electricity every year

French digital technology and defence giant Thales Group is spearing the creation of a new cybersecurity hub at Fredericton’s Knowledge Park under a partnership with economic development agency Ignite and the University of New Brunswick’s digital technology hub, The McKenna Institute, with $8.6 million of federal and provincial funding.

The National Digital Excellence Centre, or NDEC, as Thales

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, the federal organization that organizes joint funding partnerships with the private sector, has announced a raft of 16 ongoing projects that are worth a total of $52 million.

The combined funding package represents one of the highest dollar values ever associated with a single Supercluster announcement, although the individual projects are discrete undertakings. The

Halifax startup hub Volta will host a Women Taking over the World with Tech, or WTWT, pitch competition next Wednesday, April 26 at 4:00 pm AST.

The competition, which is a virtual event, will see women founders deliver three-minute pitches and receive feedback from a panel of of industry experts. The judging will be based on the quality of both the pitch and the underlying business, and the

Provincial economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia has announced the five companies in its winter 2023 GreenShoots cohort, which are receiving a combined $170,000 in grants.

The funding and mentorship program offers agtech, biotech and cleantech companies funding and mentorship to develop their ideas. Cleantech made a particularly strong showing this time, with all but one of the biotech

As high-growth companies grapple with a highly competitive and expensive talent market for senior leadership, Kevin MacIntyre, CEO of Halifax-based SeasonedPros, is seeing demand for his business swell.

SeasonedPros, which was founded in 2011 and adopted its current name in 2021, matches businesspeople with 15 to 20 years of experience with employers for fractional employment roles. Those