I had a whirlwind visit to St. John’s last week, touring the new Genesis facility and delivering my presentation on Entrevestor’s 2017 startup data. Here are three things I observed during the trip:

1. There are a LOT of new companies.

The St. John’s ecosystem is accelerating its production of new companies. The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship, or MCE, has now been going for a couple of

Halifax Biomedical Inc. has received U.S. regulatory clearance to use its latest advanced imaging technology with x-ray equipment produced by GE Healthcare.

HBI, which is based in Mabou, Cape Breton, issued a press release Friday saying it has been granted 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Halifax Radiostereometry Upgrade.

Hospitals add this technology to GE

I’m thinking today of two distant cousins I never met because they sacrificed their lives in battle more than 40 years before I was born.

William and Nigel Boyd grew up Edinburgh, the only sons of William Boyd and Pictou, NS-native Laura (Crerar) Boyd. She was the sister of my great-grandmother, Jane (Crerar) MacKeen.My own link to them was a battered footlocker that was in our house until last

Picomole of Moncton won the $65,000 first prize at the BioInnovation Challenge on Thursday, the money will help the company conduct clinical trials on its device that detects cancer through breath samples.

Held during the BioPort Atlantic conference, the BioInnovation Challenge is the region’s main pitching competition for life sciences companies. This year, the winner of the competition

Three women with a range of international startup experience have recently joined support organizations in New Brunswick, greatly enhancing the expertise in the ecosystem.

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation announced this week that Laura Richard, who received her PhD in chemistry from Oxford University, has joined the organization as its new Director of Research. And Venn Innovation has

After raising $450,000 from specialist angels who can help the company, St. John’s-based Cyno this week is planning the soft launch of its digital platform for physiotherapy clinics.

Cyno is a year-old Software-as-a-Service company that helps physiotherapists to work with the patients outside of their clinics and outside of office hours. It has developed a digital platform that includes a secure

Fredericton student Cameron Ritchie is the perfect role model for entrepreneurs of any age.

Ritchie, a first-year engineering student at the University of New Brunswick, recently received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Startup Canada at a special award ceremony in Ottawa.

“The message I’ve always been trying to portray is that you’re never too young to make a difference,” the

Spritely Technologies, a Halifax startup that offers a personalized approach to tourism and immigrant services, is having its debut Toronto event Nov. 10 and is seeking local input.

The Spritely platform allows tourists and newcomers to connect with city locals in order to make visiting or relocating to a new city less stressful and more personalized. 

Users can choose and hire a city expert

Build Ventures, the Atlantic Canadian venture capital fund, has received more than $40 million in commitments for its second fund, including backing from two bodies within the federal government.

The Halifax-based VC fund said Monday it has received $7.5 million in funding from the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative, or VCCI. And in an interview, Build Partner Rob Barbara also said the company

Malcolm Fraser revealed a rather audacious goal last Thursday: the CEO of Innovacorp wants the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem to be one of the 10 best in the world.

Speaking to 800 members of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce at their annual dinner, Fraser said the pieces are in place to move into the top 10, and asked the broader business community to help out by working with high-growth