Nova Scotia’s Black Business Initiative and startup hub Volta are seeking applicants for Boost, a new four-month program designed to support the growth and development of Black and Indigenous entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada.

Launching in mid-March, Boost will take entrepreneurs through workshops and skills development sessions. Applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis, but

With a growing business in greater Halifax, Vroom Crew is looking to long-term growth through a franchising model that could see it branch out to other cities.

Vroom Crew is a young company that takes the hassle out of getting your car cleaned. It lets vehicle owners book appointments online so a Vroom Crew team can come to their house or business and clean their car.

The company grew out of

The pandemic has forced many companies to pivot. Commlet Technologies’ app and wearable bracelet were developed to track children on school trips, but now the technology is being refined to improve care for vulnerable adults.

Commlet was formed in Sydney in 2018 by teacher Patsy Leadbeater who wanted to make monitoring children easier and safer.

“We had a beta testing plan lined up with schools

The Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship has partnered with several Nova Scotian groups to create a new program to promote oceantech industries to female high school students.

Exploring Opportunities in Ocean Tech for Young Women is an extracurricular program being offered across the province to young women in Grades 10 to 12 as part of a strategy to attract more under-represented

In a celebratory Zoom ceremony, a five-year plan to improve the prosperity of African Nova Scotian communities was launched on Wednesday in Halifax.

The African Nova Scotian Road to Economic Prosperity Action Plan aims to boost education, employment and entrepreneurship among African Nova Scotians, among other things.

“This work is very important and long overdue,” Irvine Carvery, co-chair of

After raising capital and being accepted into the Salesforce Marketplace in 2020, St. John’s-based Metricsflow is now lining up beta-testers for its cookieless analytics product.

The company in 2020 raised between $400,000 and $450,000 in equity financing, drawing investment from the Venture NL fund (which is managed by Pelorus Venture Capital) and three angels. With that funding, they were able

The TME group at University of New Brunswick has opened applications for the 2021 cohort of its Summer Institute, an accelerator that focuses on social impact more than innovation.

Whereas most accelerators teach lean methodology and product development for young innovation-driven companies, the Summer Institute is looking for companies that will benefit the community or environment. It focuses

Innovacorp has named Nicole LeBlanc as its new board chair, selecting an experienced venture capital fund manager who has worked in Atlantic Canada, Toronto and Europe.

The Nova Scotia government’s early-stage venture capital agency announced the appointment on social media this week, saying she is succeeding Rodney F. Burgar, who had held the position since 2014.

“As a venture capital

Dalhousie University has renewed its research partnership with Tesla and named two scientists as research chairs to deepen the science behind lithium-ion batteries and energy storage.

The Halifax university issued a statement on Monday saying the 2015 agreement between Tesla and the Jeff Dahn Laboratory at Dal has been renewed and will run at least until 2026.

Under that partnership, the lab

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has issued a call for proposals for its new Ocean Supercluster Resilience program, which will provide up to $15 million for projects that will benefit the ocean economy.

The supercluster – an Atlantic Canadian-based group that supports the Canadian ocean economy – said the new program will support projects that can be completed within 30 months and