Economic development agency Halifax Partnership is celebrating receiving four international awards.

They are three gold and one silver 2023 Excellence in Economic Development Awards from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).

First, Halifax Partnership’s best-in-class economic development strategies and initiatives received a gold award for Economic Development Organization of

Halifax’s KorrAI, which uses artificial intelligence to help assess satellite images of infrastructure and mining sites, has launched a new, free software platform for assessing ground movement in population centres, which can indicate risks like flooding and infrastructure damage.

Dubbed the Open Ground Motion Service — “open” in the context of software meaning freely accessible — the platform

Halifax-based Frenter, which sells asset-management and geofencing software for heavy equipment, is joining the Alberta chapter of Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup funding group Plug and Play’s accelerator program, batch 4.

Frenter is one of 18 startups joining the fourth cohort of the accelerator’s sustainability stream, which is backed by major industry players like Suncor and Shell Canada.

The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship will host its Future of Innovation in Canada conference Oct. 17, exploring the latest trends and talking-points in the innovation economy.

Slated to be held at the Delta Hotel, Fredericton, the conference will run from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. It will also feature two keynote speakers: Sam

Online startup accelerator Propel has announced 14 businesses joining the fall cohort of its Traction and Growth accelerator for scaling companies.

Traction and Growth is meant for startups with more developed operations than those in Propel’s earlier-stage Vision and Validation program. To be eligible, entrepreneurs must have monthly revenue and be working on their business full time.

“These

The co-CEOs of Saint John technology company Innovatia, Roxanne Fairweather and Dave Grebenc, have been inducted into industry group InnovateNB’s Hall of Fame.

Innovatia, which helps businesses develop and implement their internal information-sharing strategies, particularly at the technological level, was founded in 1999. Fairweather and Grebenc took over the business in 2009.

In addition to

Halifax-based Glas Ocean Electric, which is developing technology to electrify boats and optimize their energy performance, has won a contract from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA.

The company issued a statement Wednesday saying the contract calls for the company to develop a low-cost data acquisition system that can be installed on a range of vessels,

Growing out of the crisis of the pandemic, Halifax-based Food for Thought Software Solutions, a company that provides stigma-free school meals to kids in need, is using its participation in a U.S. EdTech program to expand.

The 2023 Bi-Coastal EdTech Accelerator is a hybrid program that prepares Canadian companies to enter the American K-12 market.

Following six months of virtual workshops,

Industry group Digital Nova Scotia has a new CEO: software-as-a-service veteran Owen Sagness.

With a background at Microsoft, where he eventually became the U.K. managing director for advertising and online, Sagness most recently founded consulting firm Cypian, which works specifically with startups. He has also served as interim CEO at several early-stage companies.

“I am thrilled to be

Arolytics, the Halifax- and Calgary-based maker of emissions tracking software for oil and gas companies, has raised a seed round worth over $3.5 million, led by BDC Capital’s new, $150 million Sustainability Venture Fund.

Other backers of the round included Vancouver-based Yaletown Partners, returning Alberta investors Metiquity Ventures and Startup TNT and an unnamed strategic backer from