DuaScript, which makes software for compounding pharmacies, has won St. John’s-based Genesis’s Pitch & Pick competition, amid a field of heavily software-focused competitors.

The company, founded by pharmacist Jonathan Edwards, is building software

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When archaeologist Cora Woolsey conceived of the idea for a software platform that would help her peers gather and log data about their work, she drew inspiration not from her own field, but from the world of public health.

A report by industry group BioTalent Canada warns that the Atlantic Provinces face a potentially crippling labour shortage in the bioeconomy, deepening a staffing crunch that BioNova Executive Director Scott Moffitt and PEI BioAlliance CEO Rory

Halifax startup hub Volta is adding a virtual version of its Residency incubator program for companies based outside the city at a $100 per month price point, instead of the floor space-based invoicing system used for in-person companies.

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Charlottetown-based Sentry, whose technology gives utilities real-time analyses of their wastewater, has received a $1.9 million grant from Sustainable Development Technologies Canada, or SDTC.

Sentry, which uses real-time bio-electrode sensors to

The Port of Halifax's new living lab, designed to be a global centre for collaboration on maritime innovation, especially as it pertains to the port industry, is open for business.

Located in the old Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market building on

Halifax food delivery startup Smooth Meal Prep has hired organizational design firm Symplicity Designs to help with a franchising strategy and is eyeing expansion into a second community.

CEO Nevell Provo told Entrevestor in an interview that he

New Brunswick startup hub Venn Innovation has added a new board member: Welkom-U Chief Executive Oluwatosin "Tosin" Ajibola, whose company finished a closed test of its software last month.

Ajibola, a recent immigrant to Canada, started Welkom-U

Here are two ways to look at the funding environment in Atlantic Canada in 2021: it will likely be the second-best year ever, or it will likely be the worst year since 2014.

If you dive into data provided by the Canadian Venture Capital & Private

Halifax startup hub Volta has opened applications for its free LEAP program, which aims to prepare entrepreneurs to submit an application to a startup accelerator, such as Creative Destruction Lab or Techstars.

Created in 2019 and headed-up by

Halifax’s Centre for Women in Business will launch a virtual accelerator for women tech entrepreneurs beginning Feb. 25. Its aim is to introduce founders of companies with revenues to the fundamentals of running a business before they join more

Halifax science museum The Discovery Centre and rural innovation hub IGNITE have announced a joint project to encourage Grade 12 students to pursue careers in “STEAM” fields -- science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

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