Dartmouth-based Meta Materials Inc., which specializes in producing synthetic materials for industrial applications, has announced a plan to raise US$50 million or about C$64 million by selling additional shares.

Meta’s stock, which trades on the

Charlottetown’s RPS Biologiques has signed an exclusive distribution deal with pharmaceutical and life sciences specialist Agrovet Chile to distribute RPS’s treatment for sea lice on farmed salmon.

In a press release, RPS said it expects the

Nineteen companies from the two Creative Destruction Labs programs in Atlantic Canada this week joined the annual CDL Super Session, the program’s annual international summit.

The Toronto event, which featured companies that graduated from the 10

A year ago, Emma Faulkner was worried her 12,000-word thesis on women’s rights and education in 18th Century England might not be the educational milestone that tech startups were looking for in a potential employee.

She was wrapping up her Masters

Dartmouth-based Graphite Innovation and Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Eastern Pacific Shipping under which the Singapore-based shipping line will apply GIT’s protective coating to its ships.

The two companies issued a press

Applications have opened for the third Ocean Startup Challenge, which will offer idea- and early-stage bluetech startups up to $40,000 each, as well as specialized training, mentorship, networking, and events. 

Organized by the Ocean Startup

Dalhousie University has won international recognition for its work facilitating the transition of student and researcher innovations into commercially viable products and services.  

Its Dal Innovates program is one of two winners of the Deshpande

Dartmouth-based Meta Materials Inc., which specializes in producing synthetic materials, is acquiring the assets and intellectual property of Devens, Mass.-based Optodot Corp., which signals a move into next-generation battery materials.

Meta,

Swell Advantage, the Halifax company that made software for marinas, quietly exited in the last year and a half with the sale to the American company Oasis Marinas Management.

Iaian Archibald said in an interview last week that he and Co-Founder

Designed to address the region’s demand for skilled workers in web development and data analytics, industry group Digital Nova Scotia and Bluedrop ISM have launched Skills for Hire Atlantic for tech enthusiasts looking to re-skill and up-skill.

Up

Dalhousie University-based SuperNOVA, along with Acadia First Nation and Ulnooweg Education Centre have announced their first STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program for Indigenous youth.

The August program will see 20 high

Jennifer Wagner posted on social media last week that she is stepping away from Dartmouth-based CarbonCure Technologies, where she has served as President for several years.

We asked Wagner a few questions about her tenure at CarbonCure and what