The Business Development Bank of Canada today announced a $280 million financing package to support small and mid-sized businesses in the Atlantic Provinces over the next two years.

Targeted industries for the lending program include ICT, agri-food, ocean technology and tourism.

The federal government’s development bank said the amount represents a $100 million increase in the bank’s normal

Empowered Homes, the St. John’s startup developing smart thermostats for high-voltage heating systems, has received $600,000 in equity financing from Venture NL and Killick Capital.

The company has been taking pre-orders for its first Mysa smart thermostats, which are due to be shipped to clients in late October. Mysa uses artificial intelligence and mobile communications to ensure optimum heat

To illustrate how his company, Skyline, is helping bricks-and-mortar retailers defend their market, CEO Hu Hai likes to use simple Lego building blocks as a metaphor.

Skyline won some attention last year when Innovacorp attracted the company to Halifax from China by sponsoring it in the federal government’s Startup Visa program. The company at the time was dedicated to building enterprise

Jason Pearson is having a busy spring.

The CEO of Charlottetown-based Retrievium is now piloting the company’s product – which produces predictive analytics for drug companies producing new compounds. As he proceeds with this work with  a drug discovery company, he’s hoping to close a seed round of funding in June.

Meanwhile, he’s preparing to graduate from the Creative Destruction Lab in

Dash Hudson is continuing to expand its staff, and today we’re highlighting an opening at the social media analytics company for a product marketing manager.

Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its corporate clients to create and distribute photos and video, then analyze their impact. The system is an integrated solution to predict, measure, and

Moncton-based Gogii Games announced today it is opening a new office to downtown Halifax, where it plans to hire more than 20 employees in the next 18 months.

The company, which has been developing online games since 2006, released a statement this morning headlined, Load the Wagons, We Go East!  The announcement outlined plans to set up an office in Halifax that will expand the video game

Waiting 30 years to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, did not help Shawn Smith get off to a strong start in life. But the counsellor and entrepreneur is now using his experience to help others.

Fredericton-based Smith is the founder and CEO of Don’t dis-my-ability Consultation Services, a company specializing in the emerging field of neurodiversity.

Graduates of Dalhousie University’s new Creator Series, an entrepreneurship program for students interested in producing hardware, showcased their work Wednesday evening. The new program is intended to give students the basic skills they need to create their own prototypes.

Audience members were entertained by projects that included a globe-like 360-degree camera, complete with all-seeing

A team of serial entrepreneurs backed by one of the region’s wealthiest investors has launched Velo, a new messaging service targeting small and medium-sized businesses.

Velo Industries Inc. is a Bedford- and Toronto-based company that until recently was called Eyeball and had developed an online network for amateur sports. The company raised $1.1 million in late 2015, led by CFFI Ventures,

The Atlantic Venture Forum, which will take place June 27 and 28 in Halifax, has announced many of the speakers to be showcased at the event.

The keynote speakers will be: Patrick Lor, the managing partner of 500 Startups Canada, who has previously worked as an entrepreneur, Investor and tech evangelist; and J. Kelly Hoey, the author of Build Your Own Dream Network, as well as an entrepreneur