Airntell Aerospace, which is developing a drone service to support search and rescue operations, claimed the $1,500 first prize at the Genesis Pitch & Pick competition on Tuesday.

Founded by CEO Mateus Saar, Airntell uses drone technology for

Halifax-based QRA Corp., which provides natural language processing for complex engineering tasks, has closed a US$3 million (C$3.8 million) funding round to enhance its business development and customer service teams.

The venture capital funds

Startup Weekend Nova Scotia will be held online starting on April 30, with a special focus on inclusion and diversity.

A division of the global accelerator Techstars, Startup Weekends are frequently held to bring community members together to

Atlantic FinTech, an association supporting financial technology in the region, has partnered with Fintech Cadence, a Montreal-based national non-profit, to help grow the region’s fintech industry and ecosystem.

The region is already home to a

Charlottetown-based Island Water Technologies said last week its Sentry subsidiary has closed a Series A funding round, with backing from two key ethical funds that can help it grow.

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

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has committed $2.2 million to support the growth of the emerging biotechnology sector at the Verschuren Centre in Sydney, Cape Breton.

The funding is being provided to the Centre and to four companies which

Eight teams will vie for a $1,500 first prize at Genesis’s next Pitch & Pick competition, which will be held Tuesday, April 13, at 3 pm NST.

Pitch & Pick is the demo day for the eight top teams in the Evolution Program, the eight-week program at

When QOMPLX of Virginia acquired Hyperion Gray of North Carolina last month in a union of cybersecurity companies, it had some impact in Nova Scotia due to remote working.

Hyperion Gray’s Chief Technology Officer was Haligonian Jason Hopper, and he

Sackville-N.B.-based Community Forests International is launching and seeking investors for its aggregated family forest carbon offsets project which allows individual forest landowners to pool their lands and join carbon markets. 

The charity

An advisory body with a mandate to grow the post-pandemic economy has been set up by the Nova Scotian government and features some of the province's most influential entrepreneurs and innovators.

The new 10-member council will be headed by Scott

Dartmouth-based oceantech company Sedna Technologies has released Sensor Globe, a piece of hardware that can gather real-time data on live seafood in tanks, fish farm pens or other environments.

The three-year-old company is dedicated to monitoring

Two regional companies have made the top 20 ventures entered into the inaugural Canada-wide Impact Investor Challenge. Run by Vancouver-based Spring Activator, the contest offers the chance to win $100,000 in impact investment.

The Farmers’ Truck,