MIMOSA Diagnostics, the Halifax- and Toronto-based maker of a medical device for non-invasively measuring tissue damage, was victorious at Wednesday’s medtech finals of the Atlantic Canada Healthtech Scale-up and Investment Challenge, besting four other finalists to take home $100,000 of investment, as well as the People's Choice award.

Founded by Dr. Karen Cross, a plastic surgeon, and General

Brilliant Labs, an Atlantic Canadian charity that aims to foster coding and digital skills among youth, will host an innovation fair in Miramichi April 4, with the timing chosen to align with an eclipse that will happen on the 8th.

Slated to be held at the city’s Eco Centre, the event will invite students to share their technical or scientific solutions to global issues, as identified by the

Profitual, a financial intelligence startup founded by a pair of former New Brunswick Innovation Foundation execs, is one of 40 companies nationally to be accepted into startup support organization NEXT Canada’s 2024 AI cohort.

NEXT, a non-profit, will offer cohort companies not just the usual accelerator curriculum and networking opportunities, but also access to AI scientists associated with

Nova Scotia cleantech non-profit EfficiencyOne has a new member of its C-suite, and one who will be familiar to many in the innovation economy: former Volta chief executive Martha Casey.

Most recently the interim co-CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Casey spent three years at the helm of Volta, during which time she led a temporary pivot to digital startup support

Life sciences businesses on Prince Edward Island brought in more than $600 million of revenue in 2022, according to research from the P.E.I. BioAlliance.

A survey by the industry group of about 50 of its member companies found their combined revenue increased by about $250 million compared to 2020, or nearly 70 percent -- that's also a four percent increase compared to 2021's total of $575

National industry group the Ocean Startup Project has announced 12 alumni from its accelerator program that will receive follow-on funding.

Offered for the first time this year, the Ocean Challenge: Boost funding program offers additional funding for companies that have previously completed the Ocean Startup Challenge, the organization’s program for idea- and early-stage startups.

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Halifax-based MarineThinking, which has developed autonomous technologies for marine vessels, is now going through NATO’s new innovation accelerator operating out of Boston.

The company is one of seven companies selected for the first cohort of the six-month DIANA cohort being offered through MassChallenge in Boston. The program is designed to help startups broaden their networks in the defence

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is lending Aurea Technologies just under $392,000 as the Dartmouth maker of portable wind turbines looks to automate more of its production process.

Some of the money will go towards buying specialized automation equipment for quality control, packaging and prototyping, building on progress the company has already made automating the assembly of the main

Bedford, N.S.-based Ashored Innovations will be the only Atlantic Canadian company among the Top 20 early-stage startups to watch at this year’s CIX Summit in Toronto.

The CIX conference, organized by non-profit innovation network and events organizer Elevate, is slated to be held in October. Ashored and the other 19 companies were chosen by a panel of 150 investors from around the world.

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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a trio of new projects worth a combined $17.8 million, including a $12 million funding package led by a Halifax startup aimed at developing berth scheduling AI for ports.

The AI project aims to develop a system dubbed the Collaborative Berth Scheduler, which will help ships and ports collaborate to allocate berth time more effectively. The