The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is lending $1.3 million to three Dartmouth companies to help them launch or expand their operations.

The federal government’s regional development agency issued a press release last week announcing the financing for Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc., Reftek Systems Inc., and Sensor Technology Ltd. The loans were issued under the federal

Saint John-based Four Eyes Financial doubled its business in 2020, and its founders see no sign of its growth trajectory flattening this year.

Co-founded in 2018 by Lori Weir and Kendall McMenamon, Four Eyes Financial set out to develop a digital platform to allow efficient communications between financial advisers, the firms they work for, and their clients. The founders had a background in

Innovacorp has announced seven winners of its latest Sprint competition, and will award $25,000 to each of them.

The Nova Scotia early-stage venture capital agency said Friday it selected the winners from 40 applications for its winter intake. As well as the cash, each winner will work with Innovacorp’s mentors.

Sprint is a funding program that provides as much as $25,000 in non-dilutive

A pandemic is a dodgy time to open a restaurant, but chef Jason Bourgoin knew he needed to leave the oil patch and get back in the kitchen. The result is CHARBOYZ boxed local meats that come with cooking tips, sauces and seasonings, delivered to homes or picked up in the Halifax area.

Halifax-based Bourgoin started CHARBOYZ in May with his wife Katelyn Bourgoin, a well-known marketing expert.

Planetary Hydrogen, a cleantech company that has just moved most operations from Ottawa to Halifax, has declared the lofty ambition of removing a gigaton of carbon from the atmosphere annually by 2035.

The cleantech company, which launched in Ottawa two years ago, has devised a system that has two components that can improve the environment and make money. First, it produces hydrogen, which is

Halifax-based Manifold has been acquired by Snyk, marking the second time in less than a decade that a company led by Jevon MacDonald has exited.

Snyk Founder Peter McKay posted a blog Tuesday saying his company – whose platform allows programmers to embed cybersecurity functions into their development process – had acquired Manifold. McKay did not reveal how much his company paid for Manifold,

Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods has partnered with SportChek in a deal that makes the sports retailer Outcast's biggest national retail partner and puts Outcast products in 150 SportChek stores across Canada. 

Outcast uses misfit, unsellable or cast-off produce and turns it into sustainable, nutrient-dense food for wholesale, retail and consumer use, preserving nutrients and extending shelf life

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As a computer science student in Nigeria, Rita Orji says she had little idea how influential her field would become. But as smartphones reshaped the world of IT, she was able to bring her expertise to bear on her true passion: social change.

At Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Orji split her time between studying and community development work. She was part of a World Health

With the introduction of new products and market segments, iTacit is considering raising equity capital for the first time in its almost decade-long history.

The Fredericton-based company has evolved over the past 10 years so it is now best known for an all-in-one communications app that allows large organizations to communicate with and train their staff. It has strength in such areas as

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