Build Ventures, the Atlantic Canadian venture capital fund, has received more than $40 million in commitments for its second fund, including backing from two bodies within the federal government.

The Halifax-based VC fund said Monday it has received $7.5 million in funding from the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative, or VCCI. And in an interview, Build Partner Rob Barbara also said the company

Malcolm Fraser revealed a rather audacious goal last Thursday: the CEO of Innovacorp wants the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem to be one of the 10 best in the world.

Speaking to 800 members of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce at their annual dinner, Fraser said the pieces are in place to move into the top 10, and asked the broader business community to help out by working with high-growth

Dartmouth-based medical products company Precision BioLogic has purchased Affinity Biologicals of Ancaster, Ont., hoping to merge seamlessly given that they both sell to the same market.

The companies released the news in a statement last week, but did not disclose the value of the deal.

The two companies both provide products that assist hemostasis medicine – that is the practice of stopping

We’re starting a busy week in St. John’s, which will feature the Invest Newfoundland and Labrador conference on Wednesday and several other events as well.

On Tuesday, I will conduct a presentation on the metrics of the Atlantic Canadian startup community. It will focus in on Newfoundland and Labrador and dive into data on such areas as funding, revenue, employment and others. I’ll deliver the

Halifax-based event organizer Jameson Group is looking for a high-energy person to take on the position of 2IC Partner.

Headed by Bob Williamson, Jameson engages in a range of activities. It is best known as the organizer of such conferences as Invest Atlantic, Smart Energy and the PitchCamp Workshops. It is now looking for a full-time person to help run the operations, though the company will

Fredericton-based Smart Skin Technologies, whose pressure-sensitive products help packaging companies operate more efficiently, has closed a $3.1 million round of funding.

Schott AG, a German maker of glass, glass-ceramics and packaging, is the lead investor in the round. It was joined by returning investor New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

The 10-year-old company has developed a product

Every marketer or product manager worth their salt is looking for ways to do more with less.

If you’re anything like me, you’re always hunting for new channels, tactics or experiments to try. You want to create the maximum amount of impact for the minimum amount of effort.

So… when you’re working your tail off, but aren’t getting the results you’d hoped for, of course you want to find an easier

The madness of the reefer market has left many consumers dazed and confused, so Canndeloo aims to help sort it out by giving cannabis brands ratings.

Based in Halifax, Canndeloo is an online platform that lets people rate their cannabis and the stores that sell the product. Users can rate and review their weed and use the platform as a guide for sampling new product. It’s like TripAdvisor for

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian IT accelerator, has named the 21 teams accepted into the first cohort of Incite, its new digital program.

Incite is a virtual program that startup founders can take for up to a year regardless of where they are based in Atlantic Canada. It was designed to overcome two challenges facing a group offering mentorship to tech companies across the region: participants can

George Armoyan feels like he’s gone back to school every time he attends a Creative Destruction Lab session.

Armoyan was trained as an engineer and has made his fortune in real estate development. Yet he is now one of the fellows at CDL-Atlantic and is becoming more involved with the program in Toronto. That means this developer is getting more involved in innovation, and he’s part of a trend.