Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB incubator has opened applications for this year’s ideaBUILD accelerator — a 10-month program meant to help deeptech startups develop and manufacture their products.

Previously called simply BUILD, the program lasts 10 months and offers participating companies up to $10,000 of funding, as well as access to training workshops, research and development

The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, or TME, will host three demo day events in Fredericton next week.

The J. Herbert Smith Centre oversees a host of entrepreneurship programs at the university, including its Energia Ventures and Summer Institute accelerators, and its Masters of TME. The two accelerators will both hold demo

Construction has started on Newfoundland and Labrador industry group TechNL’s new, $9.6 million Innovation Centre for Remote Operations.

TechNL is creating the centre in response to a pair of reports issued by the provincial government and management consulting giant McKinsey & Company that both recommended the creation of new initiatives to address a lack of communication and collaboration

Seven cleantech companies have been accepted into the inaugural Atlantic Canada Cleantech Scale-up and Investment Challenge, which offers a chance to win $100,000 in equity funding.

The Challenge, which is presented by Imaginal Ventures, Foresight Canada and Spring Activator, is made up of several regional competitions. Christine Whiteside, Program Manager at Spring Activator, said there will

Nominations are being sought for the InnovateNB awards that recognize individuals and companies that are boosting the innovation sector in New Brunswick.

This is the second year that a consortium of New Brunswick startup support groups are offering these awards, which are the successor to the long-standing KIRA Awards. Nominations are sought in ten award categories, ranging from the Emerging

A St. John’s company has devised a seaweed-based solution to one of the more stubborn and widespread forms of waste generated by universities: single-use laboratory plastics.

BioLabMate, founded by Memorial University biochemist Sarika Kumari and process engineer Sanjay Dubey, has created technology for converting kelp into recyclable, biodegradable plastic products. The company’s technology is

Cascadia Seaweed, the Sidney, B.C. maker of kelp-based fertilizer products, has received $1.5 million of funding to “fast-track” its commercialization activities from the non-profit British Columbia Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy, or CICE.

The money will go towards developing a 100 hectare seaweed farm in Prince Rupert, B.C. under a partnership with Metlakatla Development Corporation,

Halifax life sciences startup 3D BioFibR, which is developing advanced materials derived from collagen, has launched its first two products.

One offering, dubbed μCollaFibR and pronounced “micro-colla-fibre”, is an additive for the ink used to 3D print tissues — a process called bioprinting. The second product, called simply CollaFibR, uses similar underlying technology but takes the form of a

Four Canadian teams have won a collective $22,500 in the first-ever Ocean Communities Climate Challenge, a program designed to help businesses improve ocean sustainability.

The Challenge was presented by the Ocean Startup Project, a national organization that offers resources and support to help sustainability-focused startups. The challenge started in May, and supported startups focused on:

Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada is donating $3 million to help grow B.C.'s ocean and marine technology sectors and foster Indigenous entrepreneurship and expertise in emerging industries.

The federal government’s economic development agency is contributing the money to the South Island Prosperity Partnership. The Partnership will use the funds to support the blue economy through