The loss of Kathleen "Kay" MacPhee is being widely felt in the startup community, following the recent passing of the educator and force behind two literacy-focused ventures.

A former teacher who used her expertise and passion to help found Charlottetown-based Ooka Island, a developer of literacy software that teaches young children to read, MacPhee died aged 79 in Charlottetown on May 10.

The

Creative Destruction Lab-Atlantic has revealed the 11 companies that have graduated from its 2018-19 cohort.

Operating out of Dalhousie University, the CDL-Atlantic just finished its second cohort, which began last autumn with just over two dozen companies being mentored by some of the region’s top business leaders. The organization never reveals its participants until they graduate as the

Startup community vets Rob Barbara and Gillian McCrae highlighted concerns about two parts of the funding regime in Atlantic Canada during a talk at Volta last week – a discussion that’s available online.

McCrae, Venture Manager at Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic, and Build Ventures Partner Barbara were panelists at a Your Ecosystem fireside chat. You can view the whole discussion on Volta’s

Fredericton-based Naveco Power, a clean energy developer, has received the Rising Star Award at New Brunswick Power’s Energy Efficiency Excellence Awards.

The Rising Star Award recognizes an individual (or group) less than 30 years of age who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to energy efficiency and conservation through advocacy, volunteerism, research, education or projects.

Naveco

Volta has opened nominations for its first Ecosystem Impact Awards.

The Awards recognize the local leaders and supporters who are helping to grow the startup ecosystem in Atlantic Canada.

“We all have a role to play in creating a more innovative and prosperous future for Atlantic Canada,” said Jesse Rodgers, CEO of Volta. “The Ecosystem Impact Awards are our way of celebrating the individuals

Innovacorp's Intersect Challenge III launches Monday in Sydney.

The competition challenges entrepreneurs and startups to solve a problem for an established Cape Breton business. This round’s established business partner is the Destination Cape Breton Association, the tourism marketing organization for Cape Breton Island.

The exact details of DCBA’s pain point will be revealed at the launch

Protocase of Sydney is looking for a CNC Profile Operator and a CNC Machining Specialist, two openings that are our Jobs of the Week this week.

Established in 2001, Protocase makes custom electronic enclosures. It focuses on combining advances in software with advanced manufacturing techniques to offer unique custom manufacturing to the engineering, design, and research industries.  The company

SimplyCast has partnered with the Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia to provide data collection tools and communications support to Nova Scotian non-profit organizations.

The partnership, called the Sector Digitization project, will focus on data collection for the non-profit sector, and CSCNS member organizations will have access to SimplyCast’s digital community engagement tools to

Nova Scotia Business Inc. has selected six companies to join the latest cohort of its Scaleup Hub: Cambridge program.

NSBI launched the program last year as a vehicle to help scaling companies establish a base in Cambridge, MA., and generate sales. In December, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency provided $280,500 to allow the Nova Scotia economic development agency to expand the program,

Charlottetown-based digital signage company ScreenScape Networks has soft-launched its ScreenScape5 initiative, which will offer greater flexibility to users.

A pioneer in digital signage in public spaces, ScreenScape helps businesses and organizations to advertise on location-based TV monitors. It aims to offer an easy-to-use, cost-effective product to present high-quality messaging on