Growth is what Atlantic Canada’s startup community aims for, and the pursuit of growth motivates Anita Punamiya in her new role as CEO of regional accelerator Propel ICT.

Propel is Atlantic Canada’s accelerator for ICT startups. Begun in 2004 in Saint John, it has evolved from a tech promotion group to a thriving growth promoter. It offers two accelerators: Launch and Build. Launch is for

When Lexumo, a Boston-area cybersecurity company that protects automated machinery, needed an accessible user interface to complement its sophisticated systems, it contracted the work out to Norex of Halifax.

Norex, a website-development firm that developed into an incubation lab, has built the so-called front-end of Lexumo – that is, the parts of the product that the user sees and operates.

Halifax-based Health QR, whose mobile app helps people to manage their prescriptions, has received a $250,000 seed investment from Innovacorp, which will help to bring its product to market.

The Health QR app reminds people when to take their drugs, when they should refill, and tells them why the drugs are important. The free app, which can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play,

Nova Scotia marketing technology company Singolar has been selected as one of four international competitors in the AI/Robotics group in the World Cup Tech Challenge next month in Silicon Valley.

The Wolfville, NS, company is spreading its wings in Silicon Valley as it recently participated in the Canadian Technology Accelerator in Northern California. In March, Singolar was accepted into the

Ying Tam, the Halifax entrepreneur and mentor, has been named the head of the Digital Health Cluster at the MaRS Discovery District, the Toronto innovation hub.

Tam is the CEO of Mindful Scientific, which is developing the Halifax Consciousness Scanner, a portable device that can be slipped on to a person’s head to check for brain trauma. The HCS then analyzes the individual’s brain waves to see

Sticking with the restaurant business he knows so well, Andre LeBlanc has formed a subsidiary of FoodTender that helps eateries assess the true cost of the meals they prepare and ensure they are profitable.

The Food Profit Group, which is based in Moncton, has produced an online food management tool that can help a chef assess the true cost of each ingredient in every dish.

That allows chefs to

Canadian venture capital investments hit a record in the first quarter of 2016, with Atlantic Canada holding its own in early investments but missing out on the late-stage deals that drove the market.

Canada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, known as CVCA, today issued its quarterly data on VC investments in Canada, saying that first-quarter VC investment hit $838 million –

Goalline, the Halifax company that provides websites to youth sports leagues, has been bought Blue Star Sports for an undisclosed price, and together they plan to develop an integrated technology platform for minor sports.

Though no terms were revealed, this may be the largest tech deal in the region in a few years given Goalline’s vast reach and the massive capital backing the merged company.

CarbonCure Technologies, which makes green construction materials, has received an additional $1.75 million investment from Vancouver-based Pangaea Ventures, increasing the company’s valuation.

Founder and CEO Robert Niven said in an interview that Pangaea made the investment by exercising an option it took when it led CarbonCure’s last $3 million round of investment. The Vancouver VC fund,

Kristy O’Leary is leaving Nova Scotia, and her departure means more than the loss of another talented Bluenoser.

A few years ago, O’Leary co-founded Scout & Burrow, a Halifax consulting firm dedicated to helping businesses improve their social and environmental standards. She found it a tough slog. Scout & Burrow has folded, and O’Leary is moving to Vancouver to become a senior consult with