After successful medical trials in India, Halifax's NeoCare is aiming to recreate the promising results in Canada as it looks to secure regulatory approval and close a $750,000 funding round.

NeoCare’s flagship product is SAMIRA — a system that uses light shone through a newborn’s thumb to test for jaundice, anemia and hypoxia, all of which are leading causes of infant mortality globally.

Dalhousie University’s startup hub Dal Innovates has announced the cohort for three Lab2Market Launch accelerators, part of a national research commercialization program for post-secondary institutions.

The programs include a research stream for Atlantic Canadian companies, a national health stream and a generalized Atlantic stream.

The Atlantic Canadian research cohort and the general stream

Two years on from its dramatic stock matket spike during the pandemic, Dartmouth-based Sona Nanotech is once again focused on using its gold nanorods to battle cancer.

The company has had some major announcements in the first half of 2023. Having raised $1.1 million by selling shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange earlier this year, Sona also grew by acquiring Boulder, Co.-based Siva

The Joint Economic Development Initiative, which supports economic opportunities for Indigenous people in New Brunswick, launched its JEDI Trades Trailer last week to introduce skilled trades to Indigenous youths.

The trailer has been under construction for the last year and is part of the Indigenous Skilled Trades Awareness and Readiness project, which is funded by the federal government’s

We were delighted to participate in the presentation of the Halifax Index on Thursday, explaining to the Halifax Partnership’s annual event the progress of the city’s startup community in 2022.

Each spring, the Partnership releases its Halifax Index, a detailed examination of every conceivable facet of the city’s economy and life. For the past few years, Entrevestor has participated by

Three Atlantic Canadian startups are among 112 international companies accepted into the 2023 cohort of the MassChallenge Switzerland accelerator, which will take place in the Alpine country this summer.

Bonavista, NL-based MycoFutures North Atlantic, Pleax Building Systems of Dieppe, NB, and Dartmouth-based Clean Valley CIC will attend boot camps and connection events in Switzerland. The only

Saint John-based Shift Energy, which uses machine learning to control energy use in large complexes, has partnered with Toronto’s Blackstone Energy Services, which plans to adopt Shift’s technology.

The two companies issued a press release on Wednesday saying Blackstone Energy would incorporate SHIFT’s artificial intelligence-driven technology into its energy management systems.

Shift Energy,

Covina Biomedical, once considered one of the hottest young bio startups in the region, has shut down and filed for insolvency.

Covina, which grew out of research at Dalhousie University, aimed to use injectable bone cement to repair the bones in people’s knees so they would not need expensive and troublesome knee replacements.

A person familiar with the situation said the company had three

Rafaela Andrade has received the Outstanding Entrepreneur award at the Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards, which took place in Waterloo, Ont., earlier this month.

The CEO and Co-Founder of Halifax medtech company Myomar Molecular received the national award presented to former participants in Mitacs programs. Mitacs is a national association that works with post-secondary institutions to provide

Ignite Atlantic has opened applications for its $100 youth startup challenge to help foster entrepreneurship in rural Nova Scotia.

The youth startup challenge is a four-day summer camp that allows individuals from Grades 7 to 11 to develop and refine their entrepreneurial skills. Ignite Atlantic, an innovation hub dedicated to fostering innovation in rural communities, said it will provide