Participants in the Evolution accelerator run by St. John’s innovation hub Genesis have marked their graduation with a prize-allocating pitching session.

Evolution is Genesis’ pre-incubator, a 10-week program designed for early-stage technology startups. It is for startups that are technology-based, have identified a problem and need to validate their solution, have less than $1 million in

Energia Ventures, a three-month intensive accelerator for entrepreneurs with an innovative business in the energy, smart grid, clean tech, and cybersecurity sectors, is holding its Demo Day next week.

Energia, which is based in Fredericton at UNB’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, holds two virtual cohorts per year.

The program is in its seventh year of

A student engagement platform designed to help address student loneliness within universities has won the recent Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre’s second annual Innovation Cup at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.

The platform, called Sociable, helps students connect with each other, get peer support, and gain access to campus events, contest organizers said in a press release. A

Fredericton-based SmartSkin Technologies has received the award for Best Manufacturing/Processing Innovation at the World Beverage Innovation Awards for 2024.

The award was presented last week by FoodBev Media in Germany at BrauBeviale, the trade event that spotlights the global beverage market.

SmartSkin Technologies, led by CTO Kumaran Thillainadarajah and CEO Evan Justason, uses industrial

Halifax-based Tribe Network, the region’s support hub for BIPOC founders, is offering entrepreneurs a Consulting Advisory Services Grant (CAS).

The grant supports Black-owned businesses in Atlantic Canada by providing access to expertise that helps them grow, acquire customers, and scale, the group said in a statement.

The grant offers eligible Black entrepreneurs and businesses the opportunity

Shubhra Singh, CEO of Halifax-based EmployNXT has received the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Saint Mary's University.

Singh is a co-founder of EmployNXT, which has developed an artificial intelligence system to help match employers with job applicants based on the AI’s assessment of their abilities and preferences, with the aim of reducing the opportunities for bias to creep into

Tribe Network, the Halifax-based support organization for BIPOC entrepreneurs, is holding two networking sessions in New Brunswick next week. They are:

Tribe at ConnexionWorks in Saint John, Dec 4, 5 to 7pm. The event is free. Register here.
Tribe at Planet Hatch in Fredericton, Dec 5, 5 to 7pm. The event is free. Register here.

The group is also offering founder drop-in support sessions every

The second Innovation Den contest run by Halifax-based QEII Foundation and the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub has boosted three young health innovation companies with $170,000 of funds.

The contest was set up last year with money provided by Chester couple John Hunkin and Susan Crocker. The pair had already established the Angels’ Den at St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation in Toronto and wanted

As well as winning Nova Scotia’s recent Provincial Spotlight Award, rural innovation hub IGNITE Atlantic is celebrating taking the Science Champion Award.

The Provincial Spotlight Award, presented by Digital Nova Scotia, celebrates organizations outside Halifax that demonstrate growth through tech-focused export, recruitment, and community engagement.

The Science Champion Award, offered in

Government grants are valuable but Atlantic Canada’s technical founders need to stop focusing on perfecting their products and understand their own sales propositions and strategies straight off the bat, says Kent Summers, a Boston-based B2B sales expert who recently presented in Halifax.

Summers, founder and managing partner at the Spinnaker Sales Group, was one of the B2B sales experts at