As we have each year, we're taking off the week before Labour Day. 

We need to recharge the batteries before a busy autumn. So we're not planning to publish articles again until Sept. 7.

See you all next month. 

Innovate Care, a conference with strong East Coast involvement focused on strategies to help seniors stay more active and contribute to the economy for longer, has announced this year’s headlining speaker: Dr John Muscedere.

The conference is not specifically startup-based, but focuses heavily on innovation and is backed by Aging2.0 Halifax, which is headed by serial entrepreneur and angel

The Atlantic Venture Forum has announced five guests for its Meet the Investors event, which will offer attendees the chance to hear senior venture capitalists discuss what they look for in potential investments.

Slated to be held virtually for the second year in a row, the Atlantic Venture Forum is scheduled for October 20 and 21. Its organizer is Calgary-based Critical Path Group, which

Nova Scotia life sciences industry group BioNova has chosen eight semi-finalists for its annual BioInnovation Challenge to be held virtually this year, with $55,000 of funding and in-kind services up for grabs.

Now in its eleventh year, the pitching competition will be held during BioPort  Atlantic -- the annual conference for life sciences and biotech in Atlantic Canada -- between Nov. 2 and 5.

A consortium of bluetech support organizations that includes Dartmouth’s COVE ocean technology hub has signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on research planning, technology commercialization and supply chain management.

Announced at the Digital Ocean Convention in Rostock, Germany, the deal includes three other organizations: Norway’s GCE Ocean Technology, Germany’s Subsea

Augsburg, Germany-based RENK, a subsidiary of automotive giant Volkswagen Group, will expand its stake in Modest Tree as the Halifax maker of augmented reality software looks to expand its product offering.

Modest Tree’s software allows the use of extended reality (XR) – a blanket term for augmented reality, virtual reality and other technologies that immerse the user in a virtual world – that

Fredericton-based Stash Energy, which builds energy storage technology for heat pumps, has announced its new CEO: Jamie Davison.

Founded in 2015, Stash uses heating registers -- systems that use opening and closing slats to control the movement of warm air -- to bank heat for later use, saving energy and preventing excess warmth from going to waste.

“Jamie has had an extensive experience that

Canadian angel investors defied economic headwinds and fears from industry leaders to book $102.9 million worth of deals in 2020, a report by the National Angel Capital Organization with input from Entrevestor has found.

The Changing Landscape, this year’s edition of NACO’s annual report on angel investing, was authored by Colin Mason -- a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of

Halifax-based equipment rental marketplace Frenter has acquired Alberta’s Rentbridge and now its 15-year-old Founder and CEO Zach Laberge is working on a $450,000 pre-seed funding round.

Labege said in an interview his company paid for Rentbridge with equal measures of cash and stock, although he declined to name the price. Of the $450,000, Laberge said he has received soft commitments for

We’ve got great news: Nicole LeBlanc has kindly agreed to be the chair and host of Entrevestor Live, our virtual event taking place on Oct. 6.

Entrevestor Live will be a celebration of success in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, with some of the region’s best founders appearing with their investors to tell their stories. LeBlanc is the perfect person to host such an event because of her