When Nova Scotia Premier-Elect Tim Houston’s campaign made news for his past in the business world, it was his time as a corporate consultant in The Bahamas that drew headlines. But it is the nearly two years he spent running software startup Znanja that typify a broader trend in Atlantic Canada’s innovation economy.

A roster of Atlantic innovation-driven entrepreneurs have been phasing between

Leah Skerry, whose career has ranged from co-founding the edtech startup Eyeread to training as a performance artist, will become the latest of three entrepreneurs-in-residence at Saint Mary's University. 

Skerry will work under the banner of SMU’s RBC Talent Hub, which was created in response to business students’ requests for more hands-on learning. Her job will involve giving lectures and

Atlantic Canada’s ocean technology sector is growing faster than ever, but Entrevestor’s 2020 Startup Data Survey shows possible trouble ahead on the funding front.

Although just a few years old, the segment has already achieved a degree of international reach unusual in the Atlantic provinces. Companies from other countries often attend the CDL Oceans accelerator and participate in the Oceans

We’re thrilled to announce that on Oct. 6 we’ll host Entrevestor Live, a virtual conference that showcases some of the greatest success stories in the Atlantic Canadian startup community.

Presented in collaboration with our Founding Partner BDC Capital, Entrevestor Live’s primary goal is to explain to investors outside the region how some of our finest companies grew their operations on the East

The Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism (CILAR) has developed a national grant program for Black-led businesses to help them through the remainder of the pandemic.

Funded by Facebook Canada, in partnership with Pitch Better Canada and Black Opportunity Fund, the program will provide between $2,500 to $10,000 to each venture, with the goal of providing capital to as many founders as

Ten years ago today, an unnoticed article was posted on an unknown website with a simple message: Welcome to Entrevestor.

Yes, today is the 10th Anniversary of the launch of Entrevestor, and we’ve spent a nostalgic week thinking back to the early days of the venture. The past 10 years have been fantastic, and we’re really looking forward to what’s ahead. We’re staying in the region, and hope to

Halifax’s Tranquility Online, whose digital solution helps people deal with anxiety, has been acquired by Toronto-based health insurer Green Shield Canada for an undisclosed sum.

The companies issued a statement on Wednesday saying Tranquility Online would retain its name and continue to be based in Halifax under the leadership of Co-Founder and President Joel Muise.

Founded in 2017,

Halifax’s Maritime Centre, the Barrington-street home of startup hub Volta, now sports a new mural celebrating Nova Scotia’s innovation community.

Painted by local artist John McPartland, who does business under the name ABSEN, the mural was paid for by ONSIDE, Halifax Innovation District, Volta, Slate Asset Management and the Downtown Halifax Business Commission. It faces Salter Street,

Texas energy giant Phillips 66 has paid US$150 million, or about C$188 million, for a 16 percent stake in Novonix Ltd., an Australian maker of materials for lithium-ion batteries that owns Novonix Battery Testing Solutions -- a startup spun off from research at Dalhousie University in 2017.

Brisbane-based Novonix Ltd. bought the company now called Novonix BTS in 2017, with Chinese battery

PanGeo Subsea, which was bought by fellow Newfoundland and Labrador company Kraken Robotics in July, will lead a $3.4 million Ocean Supercluster project to develop seafloor imaging technology for offshore energy installations.

Also on board are British Columbia’s Cellula Robotics and Memorial University’s Marine Institute. Canada’s Ocean Supercluster will ante up more than half of the funding --