Charlottetown-based life sciences company AffinityImmuno has met with good results in preclinical trials for an antiviral compound that shows promise against COVID-19, with infected mice seeing as much as an 81 percent reduction in the amount of virus in their lungs within four days.

The animal trials began in 2021 under a partnership with the Robarts Research Institute at Western University in

Halifax-based Marine Thinking, which sells tracking and navigation software and hardware for marine environments, is launching commercial trials of its tagging system for preventing lost fishing equipment, known in the industry as ghost gear.

The trials represent the next stage of a research and development project backed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Ghost Gear Fund. Marine Thinking is

Saint Mary’s University has launched a new diversity, equity and inclusion program for student entrepreneurs via its Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre.

The Entrepreneurship Inclusion Initiative, funded with $200,000 from TD Bank, will have three components: a 10-week training program for young founders, a one day boot camp and periodic inclusion-focused community events.

The 10-week

St. John’s-based PolyUnity Tech, which uses agile manufacturing to make products rapidly for hospitals, has been named the CAN Health Network’s Company of the Year, which it hopes will help attract investors and clients.

PolyUnity works with hospitals – mainly in Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario, so far – to understand products they need quickly, then manufactures those products to suit the

Two central players in the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem are taking home some award hardware this week: TechImpact CEO Cathy Simpson and the Verschuren Centre bioprocessing hub in Cape Breton.

International industry group the Women’s Executive Network, which is headquartered in Toronto, has named Simpson as one of its Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canadian business. And the Verschuren

Foundry, the Massachusetts-based owner of Halifax’s LeadSift, will host an artificial intelligence-focused hackathon at Dalhousie University Nov. 12 alongside Halifax startup hub Volta.

The day-long hackathon will invite coders to develop a new piece of software employing technology from OpenAI or another large language model. Participants will be provided with an API key for OpenAI’s GPT Turbo

Invest Nova Scotia has announced the 12 companies joining the second 2023 cohort of its Accelerate startup program.

Now in its third year, Accelerate offers participating startups four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding. It is completely virtual and aimed at companies that have already established market opportunities for products based on science or

Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub Genesis will host a revamped version of its Pitch & Pick startup competition, named the Pitch & Pick Invitational, on Nov. 15. This time, there will be a $15,000 prize pool now on offer, including $10,000 for the winner.

The top prize has increased significantly, compared to $2,000 from prior iterations of Pitch & Pick. The competition will include

We want to say a special thanks to the sponsors of Entrevestor Live and highlight the unique role played by our new class of silver sponsors.

Entrevestor Live, a four-hour hybrid event on the afternoon of Nov. 14, will be the best display of Atlantic Canadian innovation ever assembled on one stage. And it would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors, all of whom play

Keith McIntosh, the CEO of Fredericton-based software-testing specialists PLATO, is the overall winner of global consultancy EY’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award in its Atlantic Canadian division.

Founded by McIntosh in 2015, PLATO offers prospective employees several months of job training and then hires them — with the additional proviso that the employees are Indigenous.

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