One reason to attend our luncheon in Halifax on Nov. 8 is to get a chance to listen to Shaun MacDonald, one of the most experienced tech players in Atlantic Canada.

Though he makes his home in Halifax, MacDonald is a Managing Partner of Toronto-based Extreme Venture Partners, one of Canada’s leading VC funds. He’s so interesting to chat with because of the global perspective he brings to

Halifax Biomedical Inc. has struck a partnership with GE Healthcare under which HBI can market its sophisticated imaging products to GE customers.

HBI, which is based in Mabou, Cape Breton, issued a statement this week saying that it had agreed to collaborate with the medical equipment unit of General Electric. GE Healthcare is one of the world’s biggest medical equipment companies, reporting

Eyesover Technologies, a provider of opinion tracking and targeting software, has been selected for L-Spark, a Canadian accelerator that nurtures Software as a Service companies.

The Fredericton startup issued a press release on Tuesday saying it would be joining the accelerator to receive help in scaling into a globally competitive company.

“By working with the L-Spark mentors and business

The Nova Scotia government has provided more than $6.5 million for nine oceans research projects from its $25 million Research Nova Scotia Trust.

Premier Stephen McNeil said that the nine projects are expected to support more than 170 jobs in the province, and training for more than 200 research graduates, interns, lab technicians, project managers and faculty.

The fund’s first tranche of

This year’s Creative Connections Conference will be hosted by the University of New Brunswick and the Atlantic Centre for Creativity in Fredericton Nov. 16 to 18.

The goal of the conference is to increase awareness and enhance creative practices across varied disciplines, including the scientific, artistic and innovation communities. The conference will encourage participants to ‘think outside

Appili Therapeutics Inc., an anti-infective drug development company, has raised a $3.1 million round of equity financing, which will help pay for clinical trials due to start within 10 weeks.

The Halifax-based company said the money was raised through a private placement with new and current investors. There was only one investor that chose to be named – Innovacorp, which contributed to

Having already signed up 400 users from around the world, Halifax-based Ocean Executive is planning for the full launch of its online wholesale seafood marketplace in December.

Chief executive Mike Budreski, whose family is steeped in the East Coast fishery, has been developing the product for several years and has been signing up users through an open beta-test. The company in June increased

Fredericton-based Blue Spurs is hosting a full-day Internet of Things hackathon today, which has drawn the participation of the biggest organizations in the province.

Blue Spurs, which has received international recognition for its Blue Kit “Internet of Things starter kit”, said in an email that a diversified group from across the province is coming together to work on IoT solutions for the

Entrevestor, in partnership with Charcoal Marketing, would like to invite the startup community to a luncheon on Nov. 8 to release and discuss our latest data on startups in Atlantic Canada.

The luncheon will be held at noon at the Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre in downtown Halifax. We’ve received tremendous support from the Big Data Congress 2017 for this event, and will hold the

Three Atlantic Canadian success stories – all noted for their tenacity – captured national Startup Canada Awards in Ottawa on Thursday, including a businesswoman who was crowned the top entrepreneur for 2017.

Anne Whelan,​ ​President​ ​and​ ​CEO of ​Seafair​ ​Capital​ ​Inc. of St. John’s, was named Entrepreneur of the Year, having captured the same award in the regional finals last month. At the