Halifax drug discovery company Appili Therapeutics Inc., has raised $4.3 million in equity financing to further its operations and add to its number of drug candidates.

The company said in a press release it raised the money through a private placement, which was over-subscribed. It received money from new and existing investors, including Innovacorp, Nova Scotia’s innovation and venture capital

The startup community in Fredericton is organizing Startup Weekend New Brunswick: Social Impact Edition, to take place Feb. 23 to 26.

Startup Weekends are part of a global movement in which people with an interest in starting a business come together for one intensive weekend to work on the early stages of a startup. On the Friday evening, they present ideas and break into teams. By Sunday, they

Though his main goal is to help web designers collaborate more efficiently with their clients, Shane Long could provide a few lessons for entrepreneurs on bootstrapping.

Long is the Founder and CEO of Fredericton-based Prooflo, which is developing a Software-as-a-Service product that will help website designers communicate and collaborate with their clients. With a background in design, he has

The Sobey School of Business at St. Mary's University this month will host the 2018 Starting Point Student Entrepreneurship Conference, a three-day event that brings together student entrepreneurs for a series of classes, seminars, and presentations.

The conference will host many events for its student participants, including master classes, funder speed-dating and an entrepreneur

Four Halifax clean technology startups have been accepted into Innovacorp’s CleanTech Development Program.

The provincial venture capital and innovation agency established the program to help early-stage companies meet technical and business goals. It awards each winner as much as $50,000 in non-dilutive, non-repayable funds to help them bring their products to market. The goal is to help these

A team from the Sobey School of Business had an exciting weekend at the Venture Capital Investment Competition in Boston, taking home the silver medal and beating teams from prestigious schools like Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dartmouth.

The team from the St. Mary's University business school, comprising students from the university’s venture capital fund Venture Grade,

The Ulnooweg Development Group, a non-profit organization that encourages economic development among the Mi’kmaq people, will lead an initiative to teach digital skills to First Nations children in Atlantic Canada.

Chris Googoo, the chief operating officer of Ulnooweg, said the initiative will focus on key sectors like animation, big data, robotics, artificial intelligence and web development.

Last week, we were able to introduce facts into an emotional debate. We want to be able to do that again in the future, but we need your help.

When columnist Diane Francis wrote recently about governments wasting money on “fake startups”, her column had no data to back up her assertions. What was needed was hard data to show that startups in Atlantic Canada are actually selling products to

Brilliant Labs, a New Brunswick-based non-profit organization that works with schools to teach students about robotics and coding, is looking to hire seven program specialists across the region.

The candidates will help facilitate Brilliant Lab’s school and community activities, and provide support to teachers, school boards and the provincial Departments of Education.

“Those positions will be

Dash Hudson, a Halifax Software-as-a-Service company that helps corporate clients optimize and manage visual marketing strategies, hopes to hire a Customer Success Representative.

The CSR will help train and engage potential customers during a trial period with its software.

With its platform, Vision, Dash Hudson provides a one-stop spot for its clients to manage, source and engage with the