Preliminary data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association offers a look into one of the best years for venture capital in national history and reinforces the promise of strong numbers for Atlantic Canada in 2021.

The early figures show Canadian companies raised just shy of $15 billion worth of VC deals -- more than triple the roughly $4.5 billion from 2020 and more than

Research funding from external sources at Dalhousie University rose by about $13 million to $194 million in 2021, according to the school’s annual Research and Innovation Report.

In the report’s introduction, Vice President of Research and Innovation Alice Aiken said Dalhousie is on track to surpass its goal of $200 million worth of externally funded research by 2023. The $194 million includes

Saint Mary’s University is calling for startups to apply to participate in the only Canadian edition of the international Venture Capital Investment Competition, even as its own student-run venture capital fund prepares to compete in the VCIC’s Boston event.

Nicholas Perrin, a general partner at the student VC fund, Venture Grade, and a fourth-year Bachelor of Commerce student, said in an

St. John’s-based innovation hub Genesis has inked a deal with ExxonMobil Canada and Hibernia Management and Development Company to foster innovation in the energy sector.

ExxonMobil is the largest shareholder in the Hebron oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland, which is estimated to contain reserves of more than 700 million barrels of oil. Hibernia Management, meanwhile, operates the nearby

Halifax’s EndFirst Plans has launched a software product to add flow-chart like functionality to antiquated Gantt charts -- a project-planning framework that has been widely used since the early 1900s.

Gantt charts are used in project planning across a range of industries, and the most widely used project planning software, such as Microsoft Project, relies on them. But they can be confusing for

Memorial University of Newfoundland is launching a trio of new master’s degree programs in September aimed at filling talent gaps in the fields of software development, artificial intelligence and data science.

The university senate and board of regents -- board of directors -- signed off on the new programs last week, according to a release by the Gazette, which is Memorial’s official news

Several components of the Black Entrepreneurship Program are now closed but the loan component, which provides loans of up to $250,000 to eligible businesses, remains open.

A partnership between the Government of Canada, Black-led business organizations and financial institutions, the program is investing up to $265 million over four years.

In a statement, the administering Atlantic Canada

Transnational tech consultancy Cognizant, based in New Jersey, has announced it will open a branch office in Halifax that could employ up to 1,250 people.

“We chose Halifax as our next expansion location in Canada to support our growing number of clients, and we look forward to contributing to the region’s vibrant technology community,” said Head of Delivery Centers Jay Macisaac in a press

In the last two days, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has announced $3.2 million to help finance a new artificial intelligence fund in New Brunswick, Halifax’s Volta, and several Halifax-based tech startups.

The federal government’s East Coast economic development agency said on Wednesday it would contribute about $997,000 to a $3.2 million fund to develop artificial intelligence, or

Having launched its seaweed-based spice at a food fair in November, British Columbia’s Cascadia Seaweed is ramping up to launch such new products as seaweed burgers and a cattle additive that can reduce bovine methane.

Founded four years ago in Sidney, just north of Victoria, Cascadia has been farming seaweed in B.C. coastal waters, often in partnership with First Nations bands. Having