The first half of 2022 was a strong period for Atlantic Canadian venture capital deals, buttressed by nearly record-breaking fundraising activity from Nova Scotia, according to data released Thursday by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, or CVCA.

The organization’s Canadian Venture Capital Market Overview found that East Coast startups raised $115 million in 21 deals in

BioNB CEO Meaghan Seagrave is leaving the New Brunswick organization to head up Bioindustrial Innovation Canada and its affiliated Sustainable Chemistry Alliance, which invests in early-stage life sciences companies.

Seagrave, who holds a master’s degree in Food Science from the University of British Columbia, as well as several certificates and diplomas in communications and management

Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB incubator has opened applications for this year’s BUILD accelerator — a 10-month program meant to help deep tech startups develop and manufacture their products.

Companies in the program will have access to training workshops, research and development facilities, technical assistance and one-on-one business coaching.

The accelerator is split into three

Fredericton-based Potential Motors’ electric vehicle will be an off-road camper van that uses the company’s vehicle control software to identify and adapt to changes in terrain.

Chief Executive Sam Poirier said in March the vehicle will be a ground-up design that capitalizes on the more space-efficient layouts that are possible in electric vehicles, which don’t require large engine compartments

Ed Martin, former CEO at St. John’s-based edtech startup Zorbit’s Math, has been appointed Director of the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship at Memorial University.

As director of the MCE, Martin will lead an organization that has worked with dozens of students at the region's largest university to launch growing startups. Its programing intiatives include the annual Mel Woodward Cup, which

The federal government’s Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC, has announced grants for four Atlantic Canadian startups: Hampstead, N.B.’s PLAEX Building Systems, and Halifax-based ZeroIN Foods, Drinkable Water Solutions and OceanSync Data Solutions.

In a statement, SDTC did not disclose the exact amounts of the grants, but said they were each worth between $50,000 and $100,000.

Atlantic Canada's IT accelerator Propel has announced seven graduate companies from the latest cohort of its Traction and Growth program.

The Traction and Growth program is meant for startups that have already completed Propel’s more basic Vision and Validation accelerator for very early startups. Traction and Growth companies must have at least $1,000 of monthly revenue and founders who are

Virtual Hallway has helped doctors to schedule more than 500 meetings with specialists through a pilot program with Nova Scotia Health’s Innovation Hub since the end of May.

The six-month program will evaluate whether the province should partner with Virtual Hallway on a longer-term basis, as the government looks to the innovation economy for ways to help Nova Scotia’s struggling healthcare

Invest Nova Scotia Executive Chair Tom Hickey has resigned, citing other professional commitments, mere weeks after his appointment to helm the new amalgamation of Innovacorp and Nova Scotia Business Inc.

Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston announced the creation of Invest Nova Scotia last month as the provincial government looks to address what it describes as “overlapping mandates,

When IBI Group bought Fredericton transportation software-maker HotSpot in June for its recurring revenue business, the Toronto engineering and technology company agreed to pay a total of $5.74 million, regulatory filings reveal.

IBI paid $2.76 million in cash at the close, with $2.97 million to be paid over the next three years, contingent on the HotSpot business unit meeting performance