Fredericton-based company, Rise, was recognized at the Energy Efficiency Excellence Awards on Wednesday night for its web platform that helps people build energy efficient homes.

Rise received the Innovation Award at the dinner presented by New Brunswick Power. Six New Brunswick groups were honoured at the ceremony that celebrates the province’s innovation and leadership in energy efficiency.

Daniella Degrace is not resting on her laurels after capturing top prize at the Fundica Roadshow event in Montreal  earlier this month.

The CEO of Saint John-based ProcedureFlow has been on the road, meeting with clients and potential investors. The company, which helps call centres improve their operational efficiency, has doubled sales in the past year and staff since December. There’s no sign

One hallmark of Canada's East Coast is the bright, fluorescent buoys that fisherman release across our region’s oceans, freckling the Atlantic shorelines. But the ropes that link the buoys to the lobster and crab traps below are deadly hazards for marine life, especially for the endangered right whale.

Ashored Innovations, a young Halifax-based startup, aims to eliminate the risk of whale

The Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation has announced the three Atlantic Canadian companies whose founders are in the running for the $145,000 in cash prizes to be distributed later in the year.

The foundation said this week the Atlantic Canadian shortlist comprises: Mark Wood of Ocean Sonics in Great Village, NS; Chris Cowper-Smith, Stephen Fitzgerald and Robert Garrish of Spring Loaded

Having sold his last company Brovada for US$15.2 million in 2015, Karl Greenlaw is back in the startup game with a new fintech company called Brunvalley Cloud Solutions Inc.

The Quispamsis, NB-based company, which plans to use artificial intelligence to simplify applications for home and auto insurance, has already attracted funding from East Valley Ventures of Saint John and other investors.

Avrij Analytics, a Fredericton- and Ottawa-based sports analytics startup, has closed an equity funding round worth $1.2 million, led by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

NBIF said in a statement it invested $500,000 in the round, which also included investments by Technology Venture Corporation of Moncton and other public and private investors.

Avrij provides a software that helps

CareerBeacon, Atlantic Canada’s leading job board, has teamed up with Moncton-based Alongside to launch an updated recruitment tool that focuses on mobile devices.

The job site, which is owned by the Irving family’s media company, Brunswick News Inc., unveiled its revamped website today, saying it provides a richer and easier experience for both recruiters and jobseekers.

The updated product,

Virtual reality and augmented experiences have revolutionized entertainment and gaming industries. Now, Halifax entrepreneur Ryan Cameron is working on bringing this technology to a clinical setting.

His company Electric Puppets uses VR and eye-tracking technology to improve on the basic tests patients take when they visit the eye doctor.

“In current cases, they’re using tests that are over 100

A Software-as-a-Service startup in Victoria, British Columbia is our lone posting in our Jobs of the Week column today.

Sendwithus is a communications platform designed for email management by providing a centralized hub for email creation and publishing. Its latest product, Dyspatch is an email template, content management system.

The company is seeking talent from the East Coast to become the

When Todd Chant was developing his software for golf tournaments, he was worried about the narrow path to market. But he’s come up with a strategy that broadened his path to the width of the friendliest fairway.

Chant is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sydney-based Easy Golf Tour, whose software helps golf courses administer the tournaments they hold several times each season. The strength of the