Audiences are invited to attend two days of pitching contests and awards events at University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus.

On Thursday, January 25, the Elevator Pitch Competition and Networking Reception will see 30 teams from UNB and across Canada pitch their businesses in a lightning contest which gives each group one minute to sell their idea to the judging panel.

The contest will

Shift Energy, which uses machine learning to reduce energy use by large buildings’ climate control systems, is focusing its business development efforts on a major expansion push in the United States, senior vice president of strategic alliances Alan Zurakowski said in an interview.

Founded in 2009 and operated as a business unit of diversified technology company Mariner Partners, which is based

Cape Breton’s Carbide has launched a new tool, called Trust Centre, for software-as-a-service companies to share elements of their information security programs with clients.

Carbide, which was co-founded in 2017 by entrepreneurs Laird Wilton and Darren Gallop, sells products to help SaaS companies develop and communicate infosec strategies, including how to comply with regulatory frameworks

Invest Nova Scotia is seeking applicants for this year's first cohort of its Accelerate startup program.

Accelerate offers companies four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding, as well as weekly one-on-one coaching sessions and monthly workshops on a range of investor readiness-related topics. Invest Nova Scotia is specifically looking for agtech, cleantech,

St. John’s-based Bonocle is turning its attention to commercialization in the new year as it looks to bring its accessibility tool for interacting with smartphones and tablets via braille to market in North America and the Middle East.

Founded in 2016, the company has developed a handheld Bluetooth device with a thumbpad capable of representing the braille alphabet via a set of eight bumps that

Saint John-based Shift Energy, which uses machine learning to control energy use in large complexes, has announced an agreement to use U.K.-based edge computing specialist IOTech’s software in its products.

Shift Energy is a subsidiary of diversified technology company Mariner Partners. It uses machine learning to optimize the performance of HVAC — heating, ventilation and air conditioning —

While later-stage companies were the stars of Atlantic Canada’s private capital market last year, their publicly traded counterparts had a rockier 2023.

Of the six publicly traded startups that were operating in Atlantic Canada last January, two failed during the year and only two others, St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics and Halifax’s Sona Nanotech, managed to post a return for their

Solace Power, a Newfoundland and Labrador company that has developed a portfolio of wireless power technologies for commercial applications, has signed a partnership deal with Michigan-based automotive supply company Gentex, which is also investing in the business.

Founded in 2007 and helmed by CEO Neil Chaulk since 2021, Solace makes wireless power and data transfer technology for industries

Research funding flowing to Atlantic Canadian universities fell slightly in 2023 to $454.3 million, according to data from business intelligence and consulting company Research InfoSource, down from $468.2 million the year prior.

The funding tally includes any grant, contribution or contract an institution receives towards research from an outside source. And despite last year’s slight decrease,

Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, is looking for applicants to the Winter 2024 cohort of its eight-week Evolution accelerator, which will start in February.

Genesis bills Evolution as a “pre-incubator” course meant to prepare young companies for longer programs, such as its own, three-year Enterprise incubator. Evolution promises to help entrepreneurs clarify their businesses’