Bedford, N.S.-based Ashored Innovations has a pair of key choices to make this month or the next, chief business development officer Stephen Jones said in an interview Tuesday, as the maker of rope-on-command fishing gear looks to capitalize on shifting attitudes from customers and regulators.

Ashored is preparing to begin mass producing its technology, but Jones said the team must first settle

One recurring message we’re getting from the dozens of founders who’ve completed our survey is: thanks for conducting this important research.

You won’t be surprised to learn that we also believe the research is important, and that’s why we’re repeating our request for founders to take five minutes and fill out the survey.  

The responses to the survey form the core of our annual Atlantic

A St. John’s company is aiming to use a combination of artificial intelligence and wearable devices to help seniors stay in their homes longer.

Techleft is the creation of Viral Galaiya and Kenneth Nwankwo — a pair of Memorial University students who met at startup hub Genesis. The duo are building the prototype of a system to track seniors’ movements and vital signs via wearables, with software

The Newfoundland government and two technology sector industry groups, techNL and the affiliated Bounce Health Innovation, are aiming to develop a unified plan for the future of the province's healthtech and biotech sector, with an internal draft potentially ready as soon as the end of March.

In a request for proposals, techNL has said it is seeking a consulting firm to conduct an economic

Four years after Halifax mentorship software startup EnPoint soft launched its product, the company has worked with more than 90 organizations and close to 250,000 people, CEO Chantal Brine said in an interview Friday.

The news follows Brine having been honoured last week as one of the Most Inspiring Immigrants in Atlantic Canada by digital media company and publisher My East Coast Experience.

Two Halifax startup hubs, Tribe Network and Volta, are collaborating to launch a new accelerator program for Black entrepreneurs, called Accelerate Black Tech.

Volta will provide coaching and advisory services for startups, while Tribe will provide network-related support and non-dilutive funding. In a statement Thursday, the two organizations said their goal is to combine Volta’s model of

Indiana pharmaceuticals giant Elanco Animal Health has sold its Prince Edward Island operation, a stalwart of the province’s life sciences cluster, to Merck & Co. for US$1.3 billion, or C$1.75 billion.

Elanco’s business unit for aquaculture pharmaceuticals, which began as one of P.E.I.’s earliest startups in the 1980s, employs more than 140 people on the island and generated about $175 million

A trio of Atlantic Canadian universities are offering STEM programs ranked among the top 20 percent globally by Times Higher Education’s prestigious World University Rankings, which rate the quality of post-secondary institutions.

The University of New Brunswick’s computer science and engineering faculties have both ranked among the top 20 percent in the world for 2023, as has Dalhousie

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency made just shy of $20 million of funding commitments to startups in 2023, less than half its 2022 total.

An analysis by Entrevestor of ACOA’s funding agreements finds that last year’s figure is a decline of about $24 million from 2022’s $44 million. The loans and grants are flowing to a proportionately reduced number of projects, at 129 compared to 224

Atlantic Canadian startups made a strong showing last week at the University of New Brunswick’s BMO Apex Startup Challenge.

The event, organized by UNB’s International Business & Entrepreneurship Centre, saw students and early-stage entrepreneurs from across Canada compete to develop business plans for new ventures.

Held Jan. 25 and 26, the event included multiple streams, including two for