Genesis has announced six graduate companies from its flagship Enterprise accelerator, including four women-led companies, which represents a new record for the St. John’s-based startup hub.

Enterprise targets companies looking to reach $1 million in annual revenue, and which have a minimum viable product and traction in the marketplace. They also must have completed Genesis’s intermediate-level

Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB has announced the 10 companies accepted into the latest cohort of its ideaBUILD accelerator, with startups ranging from a maker of tracking devices for marine safety to a sustainable manufacturing business.

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

The Newfoundland and Labrador government is looking for applicants to its newly announced CCUS Innovation Challenge, which stands for carbon capture, utilization and storage.

Specifically, Newfoundland is offering up to $3 million for research and development work on technologies to decarbonize the province’s offshore energy sector, as well as another $3 million to transform it into a regional

Nine New Brunswick innovation economy players, including such innovation-driven companies as building materials startup PLAEX and industrial internet-of-things specialists SmartSkin, were honoured Thursday at the InnovateNB Awards.

Held at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, the awards were part of the annual InnovateNB gathering, which included a full day of workshops and community

Invest Nova Scotia has announced payroll rebate agreements for two Halifax startups: medical scheduling platform Virtual Hallway and oceans data specialists Global Spatial Technology Solutions, or GSTS.

Payroll rebate agreements are the process by which a government subsidizes some of a business’s payroll costs to incentivize job creation. In this case, Virtual Hallway could receive as much

Halifax-based personal chef service Easy Platter has joined the Seattle cohort of the prestigious TechStars accelerator, as it looks to cement its market position in Halifax, Vancouver and now Toronto.

Founded by CEO Mandhir Singh in 2020, Easy Platter matches customers with personal chefs to come to their homes and cook a supply of meals for them. The chefs’ cooking abilities are vetted by Easy

The Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University, which offers a broad suite of programming for aspiring startup founders, has opened its new Sobeys Inspiration Hub — a four-storey, 43,000-square-foot facility meant to act as a nexus between the academic and business communities, with facilities for prototyping and research.

The building was funded with the help of $5 million from the

Today, we're announcing the full lineup for the 2023 edition of Entrevestor Live, which we believe is the greatest single showcase ever for innovation in the region. 

This conference highlighting the biggest and best innovation-driven companies in Atlantic Canada will take place on the afternoon of Nov. 14 at the new headquarters of Tribe Network in downtown Halifax. Space to attend in person is

At the InnovateNB reception Thursday night, NBIF Chief Executive Jeff White said his agency will provide capital to three groups in Atlantic Canada and three outside the region. The goal of the new

With conflict of interest allegations leading Sustainable Development Technology Canada to temporarily halt new funding anouncements, East Coast cleantech founders are likely to be less affected than those elsewhere in the country because they were not receiving anywhere near as much funding from the federally backed, arms-length foundation to begin with.

SDTC's funding disclosures detail grants