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Fall 2024 Evolution Pitch Winners Announced

  • Dec 05, 2024
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Energia Celebrates Latest Cohort

  • Dec 05, 2024
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SMU Students Win with Idea to Fight Loneliness

  • Dec 03, 2024

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Book Explores Frustrations of Today’s Manager

  • Nov 21, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

Employees resistant to returning to the office, the changing face of AI, older and more experienced direct reports, and employee mental health are among the big issues challenging today’s managers, according to Modern Manager: Conquering the Five

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Rogers Wins with Plastic Solution

  • Nov 20, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

Fresh off her big win at an international science contest, Dalhousie University student Dina Rogers is aiming to transform our relationship with plastic with a novel method of deconstructing waste, allowing plastic constituents to be re-used.

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Experience Ventures Coming to Region’s Students

  • Nov 20, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

A national program that pairs students with startups and businesses for work experience is set to bring more opportunity to the region’s students.

The Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is now the

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Sandpiper, Tribe Make Progress on New Funds

  • Nov 19, 2024
  • Peter Moreira

Two Atlantic Canadian investment groups that back under-represented founders are working on new funds that could bring millions of dollars to high-growth companies.

Tribe Network, the Halifax-based support organization for BIPOC entrepreneurs,

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Dan Oshodin joins Tribe as COO

  • Nov 18, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based Tribe Network, the support organization for BIPOC founders, has named Dan Oshodin Chief Operations Officer.

Oshodin, formerly Growth Funding and Investment Strategy Manager at startup hub Volta, has experience helping entrepreneurs

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Atlantic Technology Summit Coming Up

  • Nov 15, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

The Atlantic Technology Summit will take place Nov. 20 in Halifax with the theme of Innovate, Integrate, Empower: Human-Centric Solutions for a Connected World.

The Keynote – Possibility Executed, Determining the Future of Your Organization in an

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InnovateNB Names Top Innovators

  • Nov 13, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

Last night, the third InnovateNB celebration honoured innovators from New Brunswick’s economy and heard a keynote address by new premier Susan Holt.

The awards ceremoney in Moncton was preceded by an afternoon of wide-ranging discussions with an

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$50 million BioAccelerator Coming to PEI

  • Nov 13, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

Work has begun on a new BioAccelerator in Charlottetown. Financed by the federal and provincial governments, the facility is designed to support Canada's expanding bioscience industry.

Spearheaded by the PEI BioAlliance, a private sector-led

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Tech Forward Award Winners Named

  • Nov 11, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

Digital Nova Scotia last week honoured members of the province’s tech community with its Tech Forward Awards, recognizing diverse contributors and contributions to the province's ecosystem.

The winners are:

Diversity and Inclusion Award: MOC

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InnovateNB Award Finalists Unveiled

  • Nov 07, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

Finalists have been announced for the third annual InnovateNB Awards, which recognizes innovators from all sectors of the province’s economy.

Winners will be revealed at the awards event to be held November 13 at the Delta Beausejour in Moncton.

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Heart App Wins Health Canada Approval

  • Nov 06, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

St. John’s-based Sparrow BioAcoustics is celebrating Health Canada’s approval of Stethophone, an AI-powered app that allows users to capture and analyze heart sounds using a smartphone.

Designed for both healthcare professionals and personal use,

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Bell’s Entrepreneurial Struggles Inform New Role

  • Nov 04, 2024
  • Carol Moreira

With her own business on ice after seven years of operations, entrepreneur Tracy Bell is able to bring a lot of empathy to her new role as executive director of the Wallace McCain Institute, which aims to help business owners and entrepreneurial

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