Venture Capital funding hit a lull in Atlantic Canada in the first quarter of 2019, according to the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.

The association, known as the CVCA, issued its quarterly data report on Tuesday, showing that Atlantic Canada raised a total of $22.4 million in the three months to March 31. It was a decline from the rabid funding witnessed in 2018, when

Halifax-based blockchain cybersecurity company Nodalblock Canada Holdings has named Joel Leetzow its new President and Chief Executive Officer, taking over from Daniel Faria, who is remaining with the company.

Leetzow, who is also joining the board of directors, comes to Halifax from Calgary, where he has spent 25 years in the tech industry.  He was most recently President and CEO of Cortex

Innovacorp has awarded four companies $25,000 each as winners of the 2019 Sprint competition.

The Nova Scotia venture capital and innovation agency holds several competitions throughout the year to provide early-stage companies with a bit of money and mentorship with which to develop their products. Sprint is a competition open to companies from all sectors and from across Nova Scotia.

The four

The regional IT accelerator Propel has announced the creation of a sales award in recognition of Gerry Pond and his contribution to the Atlantic Canadian innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Pond co-founded Propel in 2003 and has played an integral role in the organization, which helps launch tech startups in Atlantic Canada.

The Gerry Pond Sales Award will be presented each year to a

After fielding 3,000 applications, MassChallenge this month accepted 100 startups into its international accelerator for 2019, and it included only one Canadian company – Ashored Innovations of Dartmouth.

In an interview after the announcement, Ashored CEO Aaron Stevenson said he was thrilled to be accepted into the Boston-based program and spoke about the doors it will open for the company. But

Our Job of the Week column today showcases an opening for a Content Marketing Manager at Dash Hudson.

Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on their social media. Its software, called Vision, is a one-stop spot for clients to manage, source and engage with the traffic of their photos and videos.

The Job of the Week column

When Lisa Ali Learning’s sons became sick with body pain and swollen joints, she had no idea what was wrong.  It turned out the boys, then aged 12 and nine, had developed Lyme Disease.  Their illness led their mom to found AtlanTick Repellent Products, a business focused on developing natural tick repellents.

Now, Ali Learning has received a grant of up to $100,000 from the Atlantic Canada

The Volta Cohort program awarded a total of $125,000 to five companies Wednesday night, bringing the total funding provided by the two-year-old program over the $500,000 mark.

In its fourth pitching event, the Volta Cohort invested $25,000 each in five companies, meaning it has now channeled a total of $525,000 into 21 startups based in Atlantic Canada. Volta, the Halifax startup house,

Best known as a multi-layered IT company, Mariner has launched a new service that helps companies develop change management strategies.

The Saint John-based company issued a statement on Wednesday saying it has hired Shelley Fletcher to head the new change management practice, which will help clients grasp the opportunities and avoid the pitfalls of a changing business environment.

The thinking

Agyle Intelligence, a P.E.I.-based data analysis company, said it has filled a contract with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada worth almost half a million dollars.

Based in Mount Stewart, just east of Charlottetown, Agyle Intelligence said its technology is helping the federal department to automate instant access to manually collected data in various research projects, ranging from greenhouses