SimplyCast has partnered with the Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia to provide data collection tools and communications support to Nova Scotian non-profit organizations.

The partnership, called the Sector Digitization project, will focus on data collection for the non-profit sector, and CSCNS member organizations will have access to SimplyCast’s digital community engagement tools to

Nova Scotia Business Inc. has selected six companies to join the latest cohort of its Scaleup Hub: Cambridge program.

NSBI launched the program last year as a vehicle to help scaling companies establish a base in Cambridge, MA., and generate sales. In December, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency provided $280,500 to allow the Nova Scotia economic development agency to expand the program,

Charlottetown-based digital signage company ScreenScape Networks has soft-launched its ScreenScape5 initiative, which will offer greater flexibility to users.

A pioneer in digital signage in public spaces, ScreenScape helps businesses and organizations to advertise on location-based TV monitors. It aims to offer an easy-to-use, cost-effective product to present high-quality messaging on

Halifax-based SalesRight has raised $250,000 in a pre-seed round led by Concrete Ventures, the first investment made by the new Atlantic Canadian venture capital fund.

Concrete Ventures, which has more than $17 million to invest, offers investments from $100,000 to $750,000 to pre-seed companies in Atlantic Canada. The fund is helmed by Patrick Hankinson and received a commitment of $15 million

St. John’s-based CoLab Software has become the first Atlantic Canadian company to be accepted into Y Combinator, one of the world’s most prestigious tech accelerators.

CoLab, whose Gradient platform helps engineers and designers collaborate, started at the Silicon Valley accelerator last month. The company is now planning to double the size of its 14-member team by the end of the year to meet

The Atlantic Venture Forum is coming back to Halifax this June and has announced 14 keynote speakers so far.

The seventh annual forum features networking opportunities, an Atlantic Canadian technology showcase, and information sessions.

The AVF speakers this year include:

• Adam Nanjee -- Nanjee is the Canadian Managing Director for Microsoft for Startups, on the board of The Canadian

Nextleaf Solutions, co-founded by Saint Mary’s University alum Paul Pedersen in 2015, will raise $4 million through the sale of new shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange this week. This brings the total funds raised by the Vancouver-based company up to $15 million.

Of the $4 million, about $800,000 is coming from employees and other insiders. The source of the remaining $3.2 million hasn’t

The Creative Destruction Lab has opened applications for its 2019-20 cohort, at its Atlantic Canadian pod and other locations across Canada and in New York and Oxford, England.

The applications can be found here and are open until Aug. 12.

Started at the University of Toronto, the Creative Destruction Lab is a seed-stage program for scalable startups whose technology is based on science.

The

Dartmouth-based LeeWay Marine has borrowed $290,600 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to speed up the refit of its newest research ship, the LeeWay Striker.

ACOA issued a statement Friday saying the company, which specializes in assisting with hydrographic and geophysical surveys, borrowed the money through the  Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program. LeeWay will use the

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian ITC accelerator, has named veteran entrepreneurs Derek Latham and Gordon McArthur to its stable of entrepreneurs-in-residence.

The company released a press release last week saying Latham and McArthur have joined Charlotte Murray and Richard Jones as EIRs. The EIRs help develop and deliver programming for Propel’s Incite accelerator, as well as working directly with