Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship is looking for bluetech startups to fill out a survey for its 2022 Ocean Enterprise stud. The deadline is 5:00 p.m. AST on July 7.

The report, which is published every two years, aims to quantify the growth of oceans companies that sell technology or platforms focused on conducting observations, taking measurements or analyzing

Dartmouth-based Meta Materials Inc., which specializes in producing synthetic materials for industrial applications, has announced a plan to raise US$50 million or about C$64 million by selling additional shares.

Meta’s stock, which trades on the Nasdaq, fell by more than a third on the news, dropping from US$1.92 at the open Friday to US$1.17 by the close. The company, which was once Atlantic

Charlottetown’s RPS Biologiques has signed an exclusive distribution deal with pharmaceutical and life sciences specialist Agrovet Chile to distribute RPS’s treatment for sea lice on farmed salmon.

In a press release, RPS said it expects the Agrovet deal to generate at least $8 million worth of sales over the next three years, adding that Chile is the world's second-largest provider of farmed

A year ago, Emma Faulkner was worried her 12,000-word thesis on women’s rights and education in 18th Century England might not be the educational milestone that tech startups were looking for in a potential employee.

She was wrapping up her Masters of Arts in Literature at Dalhousie University, and about to make her way into the “real world” – a place with an endless appetite for programmers and

Dartmouth-based Graphite Innovation and Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Eastern Pacific Shipping under which the Singapore-based shipping line will apply GIT’s protective coating to its ships.

The two companies issued a press release Wednesday announcing the partnership. It comes four months after GIT was accepted into the bluetech accelerator that Eastern Pacific operates

Applications have opened for the third Ocean Startup Challenge, which will offer idea- and early-stage bluetech startups up to $40,000 each, as well as specialized training, mentorship, networking, and events. 

Organized by the Ocean Startup Project, the Ocean Startup Challenge is a program that provides funding and mentorship to early-stage oceantech startups. Each year, it awards development

Dalhousie University has won international recognition for its work facilitating the transition of student and researcher innovations into commercially viable products and services.  

Its Dal Innovates program is one of two winners of the Deshpande Symposium Award for Technology Commercialization, awarded at the Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education in Ohio.

Dartmouth-based Meta Materials Inc., which specializes in producing synthetic materials, is acquiring the assets and intellectual property of Devens, Mass.-based Optodot Corp., which signals a move into next-generation battery materials.

Meta, which is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York, issued a statement on Friday saying it has agreed to buy the Optodot assets, which include 67

Swell Advantage, the Halifax company that made software for marinas, quietly exited in the last year and a half with the sale to the American company Oasis Marinas Management.

Iaian Archibald said in an interview last week that he and Co-Founder Craig Sheppard sold their business to Annapolis, Md.-based Oasis in November, 2020. He was employed by the new owner for a period of time and recently

Designed to address the region’s demand for skilled workers in web development and data analytics, industry group Digital Nova Scotia and Bluedrop ISM have launched Skills for Hire Atlantic for tech enthusiasts looking to re-skill and up-skill.

Up to 300 participants will be accepted into the virtual, flexible, no-cost 20-week training program commencing August 2, this year.

Skills for Hire has