When Tracy McGillivray and Liam Maaskant set out to design a better mobility aid in the fall of 2019, they split up and conducted their ideation work separately. When they reconvened two weeks later, they discovered they had arrived at nearly the same concept of incorporating a lifting mechanism into a larger device.

Their idea would eventually become the Raymex Lift, named for McGillivray’s

The East Coast startup community experienced record numbers of company launches and failures last year while most of the best continued to grow strongly, says Entrevestor’s 2023 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report, which we’re launching today.

Our 10th startup data report, which we’ll launch in an event at University of New Brunswick at noon, is a good-news-bad-news document that shows

Two months after it raised a US$5.75 million or C$7.77 million funding round, Saint John cybersecurity startup TrojAI has roughly tripled its presence in Fredericton with the opening of a new office in the city.

Founded by James Stewart and Stephen Goddard in 2019, TrojAI is now helmed by CEO Lee Weiner, who was appointed earlier this year. The company sells cybersecurity software to guard

In the 1960s, Cape Breton fisherman Floyd Mackenzie nearly drowned in an accident that ultimately claimed the life of a different crew member.

Mackenzie and his “hired man,” Ernest Brown, were jumping from their fishing boat into a dory. The smaller vessel destabilized, tipping both men into the water. Floyd managed to rescue himself by grabbing one of the rowboat’s oars. Brown was less

Innovation aficionados looking to save on tickets for this year's Entrevestor Live startup conference have until June 30 to sign up at our early-bird price of $70.

The half-day conference, to be hosted by startup specialist Permjot Valia, will take place Sept. 17 at Volta in Halifax. After this month, live tickets will cost $80. Virtual tickets cost $65.

Entrevestor Live showcases the best and

Six winners of the annual Spark Nova Scotia competition for rural, coastal and edtech startups were announced during an event Tuesday, beating out 64 other applicants.

The winning companies in each of three regions — Cape Breton, Nova Scotia North and Nova Scotia Southwest — received $50,000 each, while the second place finishers received $40,000.

Spark is organized by the Nova Scotia

The information economy is Halifax’s fastest-growing employer, though the university programs that feed skilled workers into the innovation ecosystem have seen their student bodies decrease, according to the Halifax Partnership economic development group’s 2024 Halifax Index.

The report, which defines industries based on the North American Industry Classification System used by Canada, the

Tribe Network, the Halifax-based startup support organization for BIPOC founders, has announced funding of $500 to $1,000 for BIPOC entrepreneurs via its Start Small grants.

The grants are one-time, but also come with mentorship and educational programming, as well as networking events. To be eligible, companies must be at least one-third owned by a BIPOC founder and have less than $5,000 of

Earlier this month, top brass from the marine industry, including both international and regional players, met in Halifax to discuss the future of electrification and the role Atlantic Canada could play.

The verdict, according to moderator Brent Dancey of national research non-profit Oceans North, was clear: with Norway and the United Kingdom having emerged as early frontrunners in the marine

Invest Nova Scotia is seeking bluetech, advanced manufacturing and electric vehicle companies to join a trade mission to Biloxi, Mississippi for the SEUS-CP Business Forum from Aug. 4 to 6.

The forum, its name being short for the Southeastern United States and Canadian Provinces, is primarily aimed at facilitating business development for small- and medium-sized companies, with an emphasis on