March 29th, 2024

Dear Three Years Ago:

Looking back on 2020, it became clear early on that COVID would disrupt the global economy and that local impact would be determined by harmony between public health officials and political leadership. Luckily, in Atlantic Canada, we watched the rest of the world transition between lockdowns, school closures and COVID tests, while we used our relative

In a marriage of two companies operating out of Volta, Blue Charm Adherence has purchased Symbi Medical for an undisclosed price to increase the capabilities of its software and help patients get the best treatment possible.

Blue Charm is led by CEO Greg Patey, previously one of the Co-Founders of STI Technologies, which helped drug companies distribute samples efficiently. It was sold to the

Halifax-based KorrAI, whose artificial intelligence-powered solution helps such clients as miners analyze aeriel photos and geographic images, is midway through an equity funding round it hopes will reach $500,000.

The company is developing an AI platform that can be used by mining and environmental services companies to study patches of land, using satellite images and other data.

It has

Organizations supporting the ocean economy in Atlantic Canada are working to increase equity funding for oceantech companies, and they’re heartened by the growth of international funds targeting maritime innovation.

Malcolm Fraser, CEO of Innovacorp, said during the recent pitching competition at Start-Up Yard at COVE that he’s been in touch with several funds that focus on oceantech. He

Dalhousie University plans to markedly increase Computer Science enrollment in the coming years with the $13.3 million in funding from the Nova Scotia government, said the university’s President Deep Saini.

In an interview after hosting Premier Iain Rankin at the university, Saini said the Dal Faculty of Computer Science currently awards about 250 graduate degrees each year, and it plans to

A new Halifax-based network called Tribe has been established to act as a national entrepreneurship and innovation hub for BIPOC entrepreneurs.

Founded by social entrepreneur Alfred Burgesson, the network has established partnerships with major incubators and accelerators in Atlantic Canada, including Volta, Startup Zone PEI, Venn Innovation and Genesis Centre. Other partners include Dalhousie

Halifax-based Pocket Finance, which is developing an app that provides consumers and financial advisers with better data, will soon beta-test the product and anticipates a full launch by the fall.

Founder and CEO Sheldon Brow was driven to produce Pocket Finance after working for years in the financial service industry and witnessing “clients making $500,000 a year who were living paycheque to

Our Job of the Week column today features an opening for a Marketing Coordinator at Halifax-based medtech company Adaptiiv.

Adaptiiv, which raised $3.4 million in equity financing last year, has developed a system that 3D prints a bolus – a piece of plastic that is placed over the cancerous area in a patient undergoing radiation therapy. The radiation hits the bolus, builds up and is transferred

An investment of $2.2 million over four years will create the new NB Power Artificial Intelligence Centre, to be located on the Moncton campus of the Université de Moncton.

The Centre will leverage expertise at the Université de Moncton to improve reliability, reduce costs and improve employee safety for NB Power.

In recent years, the Perception, Robotique et Intelligence Machine (PRIME)

By the end of this year, the Co-Founders of Cape Breton-based Maskwiomin hope to have a staff of up to 20 people producing traditional Mi'kmaq skincare products, and doing so in accordance with Indigenous business practices.

The company is commercializing an indigenous process for extracting compounds from birchbark and using them in soap, shampoo, cream and lotions. As its Co-Founders Dr.