Peter and Sarah Eastwood, local potters and creative entrepreneurs, have launched a new online marketplace to help Nova Scotian crafters and makers sell their creations amid the COVID-19 crisis.

The new site, novascotiamakersmarket.ca, gives local artisans the ability to create their own store to sell their products online in a virtual marketplace, without the initial upfront costs of designing

We’d like to welcome Avery Mullen to the Entrevestor team for the next four months.

Our regular readers will recognize Avery’s byline as he’s been our intern for the past two years, and now he’s joined us as our full-time reporter for the summer.

Avery is going into his final year at the University of King’s College Journalism School, and has a keen interest in business journalism. When we

Halifax-based blockchain company Peer Ledger has teamed up with two international partners to produce a platform that will hasten the delivery of medical supplies and needed goods during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company said Thursday it has partnered with the Washington, D.C.-based nongovernmental organization RESOLVE and Israeli artificial intelligence company Truvi to collaborate on the

A group of Fredericton business and economic agencies have come together to let citizens know what local businesses are open and how to do business with them.

The #SupportFredLocal partnership wants to encourage residents to buy from local businesses. It has set up a dedicated webpage that directs residents to businesses that are open or offering alternative forms of purchasing, like online

The news these days is full of stories of local manufacturers pivoting to produce medical supplies needed for the fight against COVID-19. The untold story in Atlantic Canada is the extent of the collaboration between companies, government and academia to produce these goods.

More than 40 businesses and organizations are working together in a coordinated effort to get personal protection

Sydney-based Securicy, which helps medium-sized enterprises meet the cybersecurity requirements of larger customers, is developing healthcare and disaster recovery solutions in light of the COVID-19 crisis.

The company, which went through the Boston cohort of the prestigious Techstars accelerator in 2018, had been planning on working on the products before the pandemic. The crisis has

Halifax entrepreneur Ron Lovett is opening up free access to a webinar on relationships, trust, and team culture, featuring leadership guru and author Frances Frei. 

Frei is a Harvard professor, author, and former senior strategic adviser for Uber. Her best-known book, which she co-authored with Anne Morriss, is Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business.

Halifax-area education technology company Squiggle Park has partnered with the Halifax Wanderers Football Club so content from the team’s players is now on the company’s Dreamscape platform.

The company and the Canadian Premier League soccer team issued a statement on Tuesday announcing the partnership, which builds on Squiggle Park’s recent success in growing its client base to 2.5 million

Sixteen Atlantic Canadian early-stage startups will vie for $125,000 in total investment at the Volta Cohort virtual pitching event on May 13.

Volta Cohort is a pitching competition held every six months for early-stage innovation companies in Atlantic Canada. It usually awards $25,000 each to five companies. The event next month will be the sixth time it’s been held since 2017.

Until now, the

Searching through our “Better Late Than Never” folder, we found the CVCA venture capital data for 2019, which shows a record year for Newfoundland and Labrador and an interesting development in Western Canada.

The Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association, known by its former initials of CVCA, released its annual VC data in mid-March. I admit it: I missed the release amid the