EY, the global accountancy and business consultancy, has announced the list of 33 Atlantic Canadian finalists for its 25th annual Entrepreneur of the Year Competition.

The businesses of this year’s finalists employ almost 3,700 people. They record more than $1.5 billion in annual revenues.

“Whether you’re an entrepreneur or an established business, the prospects for growth and opportunity in

Registrations are now open for the 2018 Energy Innovations Forum coming up on Oct. 1 and 2 at the Fredericton Convention Centre. The event will bring together members of the region’s energy sector to discuss changes to the electricity industry.

The forum will be hosted by Ignite Fredericton and the Smart Grid Innovation Network, a New Brunswick based collaboration between NB Power, the

Propel ICT, the regional tech accelerator, has revamped its programing so its companies will soon receive curriculum online over 12 months, replacing the previous 12-week, in-person program.

The pan-Atlantic-Canada organization unveiled the new system called Incite at a reception at the Halifax Central Library on Wednesday. It is the most radical shift for Propel since it launched its

The University of New Brunswick has received almost $6 million in funding from federal and provincial governments and IBM. The money will go to UNB’s Centre for Advanced Studies to develop new runtime software that will enhance a computer's workflow and function.

The investment, which was announced Tuesday, builds on the university’s partnership with the blue-chip tech company to develop

St. John’s-based CoLab Software said Monday it has closed a $600,000 financing round from Pelorus Venture Capital, Killick Capital, and Panache Ventures.

CoLab has developed a collaboration platform that helps engineers and others work together on 3D designs. The company is closing its first funding round as it wraps up its early adopter program, in which nine companies (including some paying

The folks at HotSpot Parking in Fredericton are celebrating the fact their mobile parking service is spreading across Atlantic Canada. HotSpot has logged over 100,000 parking sessions since its December roll-out in Halifax and nearly 12,000 Haligonians have subscribed to its service.  

HotSpot Parking is now available in almost every major Atlantic Canadian city. Its services are free to

The keynote speakers for the 2018 BioPort conference will be Corrina Lathan, CEO of AnthroTronix in Maryland, and William Charnetski, Ontario’s Chief Health Innovation Strategist.

BioNova, which organizes the annual gathering for life science innovators, industry leaders, and investors from across North America, revealed the keynote speakers in a statement last week. BioPort will take place at

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is looking for a new CEO, based in Fredericton. The non-profit announced last month that its leader Calvin Milbury was no longer with the organization. Since 2003, the non-profit innovation agency has invested over $85 million into New Brunswick companies.

This position and three more with Spring Loaded Technology and Cribcut in Halifax feature in our Jobs

Patrick Hankinson, a Halifax entrepreneur and investor who specializes in information technology companies, will manage the new $17-million-plus pre-seed fund set up by the Nova Scotian government.

The government announced Thursday that Hankinson won the competition to manage the fund, which will make investments of $250,000 to $750,000 mainly in IT companies. At least half the money must be

When Mark Gauci, a retired veteran in Newfoundland, learned that his son had been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) he prepared for a huge lifestyle change. But one thing he didn’t foresee was the paperwork. Stacks upon stacks of it.

The paperwork was a bi-product of his son’s Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, a form of therapy that helps improve social function.

“There’s a