Bedford, N.S.-based Ashored Innovations has raised US$1 million (C$1.36 million) from the Californian  Builders Vision impact fund as part of a larger seed round.

The funding comes as Ashored, which sells fishing gear designed to reduce accidental harm to marine life, eyes scaling up its production and business development activities to learn more about how its technology performs in real-world

TrojAI, the Saint John maker of cybersecurity software for artificial intelligence systems, has become the only Atlantic Canadian startup to make the Toronto-based Vector Institute’s inaugural AI20 for 2023 -- a list of startups to watch next year.

TrojAI’s inclusion in the list deepens a relationship with the Vector Institute that began with the AI-focussed non-profit incorporating the

Having doubled its staff to 200 in the past year, Moncton-based recruitment software company VidCruiter is now unrolling a two-track strategy in which most customers will use its platform for either automated recruitment or for interviewing.

VidCruiter started in 2009 by producing a tool that recruiters could use to conduct interviews online to streamline the hiring process. The company still

A new artificial intelligence centre at Memorial University, an expansion of Cape Breton’s Verschuren Centre bioprocessing hub and millions of dollars for two New Brunswick universities’ computer science programs are some of the innovation-related projects funded this year by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

ACOA spent about $316 million on 1,500 projects in 2022, according to its

Prince Edward Island’s bioeconomy has already surpassed its 2025 growth targets, posting a gangbusters $575 million in revenue in 2021, exceeding 2020’s figure by about $200 million.

Survey data from industry group the PEI BioAlliance of more than 65 companies of varying ages indicates the sector now employs more than 2,300 people, having added 400 new jobs since the beginning of the pandemic.

Halifax-based Tribe Network’s Black Startup Project hosted its first pitch competition Tuesday as part of its AYA Day event celebrating Black entrepreneurs, with startups from all four Atlantic Provinces participating.

Fifteen shortlisted companies pitched to a panel of BIPOC judges and five winners were awarded $500 apiece. Another company also received $500 as an audience choice award, and

Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for applicants to its annual Democamp, which gives startups the chance to showcase their technology for investors and other innovation community members.

Slated to be held at Volta’s Barrington Street offices Feb. 16, the event lets entrepreneurs expound on the technological aspects of their businesses. But they must do so without the help of a slide deck.

British Columbia-based non-profit Ocean Legacy has begun producing what it calls the first commercially available plastic pellet in North America made from 100 per cent recycled ocean plastics. The foundation has also announced a partnership with Full Circle Plastics of Alberta, which makes recycled plastic products to replace traditional lumber used in commercial, industrial and residential

The Halifax Business Awards this year will shine a spotlight on several innovation-driven companies, showing that companies developing their own intellectual property are gaining prominence in the city's business community. 

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce last week released the shortlist for the awards, which will be presented as part of a gala scheduled for the evening of Jan. 26. Of the 35

A year and a half after its sale to Green Shield Canada, Halifax-based virtual therapy specialist Tranquility Online is helping to anchor an expansion push into Atlantic Canada by the health insurance giant.

Joel Muise, who co-founded Tranquility and is now running the platform for Green Shield, said in an interview that the acquisition has allowed his business to grow far faster than it could