As it develops its portfolio, female-focused venture capital firm Sandpiper Ventures has invested in Pasadena, NL-based Swiftsure Innovations, which is developing a device for cleaning the mouths of people on ventilators to help prevent them from developing pneumonia.

A spokesperson for the seed-stage fund declined to comment on the size of the Swiftsure investment. The Atltantic Canadian-based

As consumers recognize the link between consumption of animal products and carbon emissions, Hannah Chisholm, Halifax creator of egg-alternative Eggcitables, has received non-dilutive funding from Vancouver’s Earth’s Own group which fights climate change by encouraging plant-focused eating.

Chisholm’s egg alternative is a chickpea-based dry product, able to mimic eggs in almost all applications.

Aiming to boost innovation in healthcare and the prospects of medtech startups, Eastern Health in Newfoundland and Labrador has partnered with HaloHealth, Canada’s first physician angel group that brings together physicians and early-stage health technology startups.

Eastern Health and HaloHealth are working to accelerate healthcare innovation throughout Atlantic Canada. The partnership provides

The Atlantic Venture Forum startup conference has announced the 12 companies that will present at this year’s event -- to be held virtually thanks to COVID-19.

The ninth annual instalment of AVF will be held on Oct 20 and 21. The aim of the gathering is to offer a “financing and partnering forum” for early-stage and growth-stage companies by attracting angel investors, venture capitalists,

A new training program spearheaded by Dalhousie University’s Jeff Larsen and Globalive Capital’s Brice Scheschuk promises to train experienced businesspeople to become more effective mentors.

Larsen is the Executive Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Dalhousie’s Office of the Vice-President, and Scheschuk co-founded telecom provider Wind Mobile, now owned by Shaw. Also backing the

Atlantic Canadian technology industry group TechImpact has launched a new platform to match New Brunswick-based technology service companies with customers in the province and globally.

Dubbed CollabHub, the service is bilingual. Companies can sign up to be included in a directory, which potential customers around the world can then browse. It also also includes a careers page to help individual

Nova Scotia venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp has announced 14 participants for the second cohort of its revamped, virtual Accelerate program.

The participating companies, all of which have sales of less than $1 million and equity investment of less than $250,000, will each receive $25,000 in grants. They will also have access to coaching, monthly workshops and market research from

An opening at COPOL International in North Sydney and two at Barrington Edge in Halifax headline our Jobs of the Week column today.

Barrington Edge helps entrepreneurs and innovators to launch new businesses, enter new markets, commercialize breakthrough ideas, or simply think “bigger” about future opportunities. It is looking for a Senior Business Analyst and a Senior Solutions Architect.

Atlantic Canada’s cluster of service and data-related oceans companies is comparable in size to the largest American clusters, such as Massachusetts, and its growth has accelerated since the opening of COVE, a study by the Dartmouth-based bluetech hub has found.

COVE on Thursday released the report titled the Canadian Ocean Enterprise Report 2020, which it authored along with Washington, DC’s

We hope founders and startup enthusiasts in New Brunswick will tune in this morning when we present a New Brunswick-focused version of our 2020 Atlantic Canada Startup Data.

The one-hour event is organized by Planet Hatch in Fredericton.

Each year, we tally up the total number of startups, and assess their employees, funding and revenue, providing a vivid picture of how the community has