There’s often a moment of stunned silence after the founders of iLokol pitch, as if judges and audience members are wondering if they understood the pitchers properly. No one is used to seeing the numbers that Halifax-based iLokol presents from a company in its first year.

Founded by students from China, iLokol is a website that lets international students shop online in their own language from

Saint Mary’s University’s Venture Grade Fund – a VC fund managed by students – is investing $15,000 in Cribcut, an online marketplace for hair stylists willing to make house calls.

“Cribcut has a novel business model that we are proud to support,” said Saint Mary’s student and Venture Grade associate Emma Scott in a statement.

Halifax-based Cribcut was co-founded by serial entrepreneur David

Nova Scotia Business Inc. is expanding its Scaleup Hub Cambridge program with the backing of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to help scaling IT companies from across the region to increase sales in New England.

ACOA announced Friday that it would contribute $280,500 to the program so eight companies could participate and find clients in the northeastern U.S. However, the program this

Innovacorp is looking for early-stage IT companies to enter its Sprint competition, which will award a total of $100,000 in grants to at least four winners.

Sprint will give as much as $25,000 each to winning companies and will announce the winners next month.

Innovacorp is the Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture capital agency, and it also holds a series of competitions in specific

Our community lost one of its true leaders last week when John Swan of Saint John passed away.

Swan was a tremendous proponent of the tech industries, especially in New Brunswick. As well as overseeing several companies in the field, he was a key figure in the development of the community and ecosystem in the region.

He worked with development agencies to grow the tech sector, and was a key

Neuro Amel Technology and iLokol were both declared winners at the Collide 2018 Pitch Showcase, hosted by LaunchDal on Thursday night.

Dalhousie University’s entrepreneurship hub hosted a pitching competition for its latest cohort at the Killam Library, with a total of $6,000 in prizes to be handed out -- $3,000 for the winner, $2,000 for the runner-up and $1,000 for third place.

However, the

Halifax electric bike maker Suru is preparing to open preorders for its new electric bike in February, buoyed — believe it or not — by the global political environment.

Headed by bike designer Michael Uhlarik, Suru had planned to launch about two years ago but had to delay when it found a glitch in its e-bike’s frame. As Uhlarik fixed that problem, he discovered a way to improve the efficiency

Gerry Pond has finally found the university sales program he’s been courting for almost four years, and it’s cropped up in his home town of Saint John.

The University of New Brunswick Saint John is now offering a 12-month MBA course with a stream in “Business Development and Professional Sales”, making it the first English-language university in Canada with a sales program.

Pond, the prime

St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostats has closed an equity funding round worth more than $2 million, enlisting investors from across the country to fund further sales of its energy-saving devices.

The company issued a statement Wednesday saying the round included contributions from Killick Capital and Pelorus Venture, which invested $600,000 in Mysa in May 2017. The new investors include

Digital Nova Scotia and the Discovery Centre have announced a pilot program to boost Nova Scotia educators’ exposure to the ICT and digital technologies sector, assisted by US$180,000 from Salesforce.org.

This is the first time Salesforce.org has contributed to a Nova Scotia initiative, the partners said in a release.  The partners said they are working together to boost the effectiveness