Though a foreign company's plan to hire more than 1,000 people in a tight job market may worry other employers, the arrival of tech consulting company Cognizant in Nova Scotia could represent a net benefit for startups, observers have said.

Martha

Preliminary data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association offers a look into one of the best years for venture capital in national history and reinforces the promise of strong numbers for Atlantic Canada in 2021.

The early

Research funding from external sources at Dalhousie University rose by about $13 million to $194 million in 2021, according to the school’s annual Research and Innovation Report.

In the report’s introduction, Vice President of Research and

Saint Mary’s University is calling for startups to apply to participate in the only Canadian edition of the international Venture Capital Investment Competition, even as its own student-run venture capital fund prepares to compete in the VCIC’s

St. John’s-based innovation hub Genesis has inked a deal with ExxonMobil Canada and Hibernia Management and Development Company to foster innovation in the energy sector.

ExxonMobil is the largest shareholder in the Hebron oilfield off the coast of

Halifax’s EndFirst Plans has launched a software product to add flow-chart like functionality to antiquated Gantt charts -- a project-planning framework that has been widely used since the early 1900s.

Gantt charts are used in project planning

Memorial University of Newfoundland is launching a trio of new master’s degree programs in September aimed at filling talent gaps in the fields of software development, artificial intelligence and data science.

The university senate and board of

Several components of the Black Entrepreneurship Program are now closed but the loan component, which provides loans of up to $250,000 to eligible businesses, remains open.

A partnership between the Government of Canada, Black-led business

Transnational tech consultancy Cognizant, based in New Jersey, has announced it will open a branch office in Halifax that could employ up to 1,250 people.

“We chose Halifax as our next expansion location in Canada to support our growing number of

In the last two days, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has announced $3.2 million to help finance a new artificial intelligence fund in New Brunswick, Halifax’s Volta, and several Halifax-based tech startups.

The federal government’s East

Having launched its seaweed-based spice at a food fair in November, British Columbia’s Cascadia Seaweed is ramping up to launch such new products as seaweed burgers and a cattle additive that can reduce bovine methane.

Founded four years ago in

With a new coach, Jon McGinley, now sharing duties with Founder David Alston, New Brunswick's Marketswell Solutions has opened applications to a revised version of its CMO Accelerator.

The annual program, created by Alston last year, is aimed at