Innovacorp has announced the eight startups that have been accepted into its 2019-20 Innovacorp Accelerate Program and the five winners of the fall Sprint competition.

The Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture capital agency on Thursday released the names of the winners, who between them will divide more than $500,000 in development capital.

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St. John’s-based CoLab Software, which makes advanced design and manufacturing collaboration software, has closed a $2.7 million financing round following its participation in Silicon Valley’s prestigious Y Combinator accelerator.

The company, whose software allows industrial designers and manufacturers to collaborate on 3D models online, also announced that it will release version 2.0 of its

Spark Nova Scotia, previously known as the Spark Innovation Challenge, is making a change to focus on rural innovation and is accepting applications for the next two weeks. 

For the last few years, the contest, which was previously organized by Innovacorp, has taken place in three rural areas and Halifax. This year, Halifax has been dropped and organizers will focus only on the rural parts of

With post-secondary students back in colleges and universities, Bursity.ca is pushing forward with its mission of helping more young people find scholarships and bursaries and avoid the trap of student debt.

The company is developing an online platform that will help match students with the scholarships for which they are eligible and automate the application process.

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The inner workings of a venture capital fund can seem mysterious to those of us on the outside, and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is eager to shine a light on how these funds operate.

NBIF is not your typical VC fund and the organization is happy to explain the difference between itself and more traditional funds. As well as having a different structure, the

It’s as if Todd Chant is driving on to a wide fairway with the wind at his back on a short Par 4.

The head of Sydney-based Easy Golf Tour isn’t under-estimating the task in front of him next year, but his two-year-old company is gaining momentum and he is optimisitc about its prospects in the 2020 golf season.

Easy Golf Tour has developed software that helps golf courses administer the

A New Brunswick Biotech company is being recognized by BioNB for its contributions to the sector.

BioNB, New Brunswick’s bioscience agency, awarded anessa the New Brunswick Bioscience Achievement Award on Tuesday night at their annual industry event, Innovation at the Market, where more than 100 members of the business and research community gathered to mark the substantial growth experienced

Yarmouth-based Ignite Labs has opened a second rural innovation hub in Pictou County to support the startup community in the northern part of Nova Scotia.

Ignite is a rural innovation hub that provides mentorship and opportunities for startups. The new space at 39 Acadia Avenue in Stellarton will provide low-cost office space and internet, equipment and professional services to reduce the

MESH/diversity, the Moncton company that helps organizations measure and improve diversity, has raised a $950,000 equity funding round, including a $250,000 contribution from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

This is the first time NBIF has invested in MESH/diversity. The other investors in this round are the Saint John investment group East Valley Ventures – which invested in the company

Halifax-based Dash Hudson, the fast-growing visual marketing SaaS company, has launched a new product to measure Pinterest campaigns for major brands.

Dash Hudson helps its clients increase engagement on their social media. Its software is a one-stop spot for clients to manage, source and engage with the traffic of their photos and videos. So far Dash Hudson has been known for monitoring