Social ventures were the big winners at the Volta Cohort pitching event on Wednesday, as five companies addressing problems like food insecurity and plastic waste were awarded a total of $125,000 in funding.

The five winners, which will each

The University of New Brunswick’s Summer Institute has launched its eighth cohort with seven companies participating in the virtual program.

Whereas most accelerators teach lean methodology to innovation-driven startups, the Summer Institute

A new report called the Nova Scotia Inclusive Innovation Monitor highlights inequities in the Nova Scotia innovation ecosystem.

The report, prepared by Ryerson University’s Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, is an offshoot of a

A Dartmouth-based maker of three-dimensional video software, led by an executive team stacked with former Netflix, Google and Pixar execs, has raised a US$5 million (C$6 million) seed round and plans to double its staff.

Arcturus is developing

With a major funding round in its sights this year, Moncton-based medtech company Picomole is aiming to have a product on the market in 2024 that can detect lung cancer from a single breath sample.

The technology has been in development for about a

Fredericton-based Energia Ventures, the accelerator for energy, cleantech, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence companies, has named six startups to its Spring 2021 cohort.

The accelerator, which is operated by the University of New Brunswick

A network of public health organizations created to support Canadian medtech businesses is expanding into the Atlantic provinces, with an eye towards giving local startups an edge on their American competitors.

The CAN Health Network organizes

Our Job of the Week column today features an opening for a Director of Quality at Protocase in Sydney.

Established in 2001, the company focuses on combining advances in software with advanced manufacturing techniques to offer unique custom

Nova Scotia venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp is launching a revamped version of its Accelerate program, which will replace both the old, longer program of the same name and the shorter Sprint accelerator.

Accelerate will be completely

St. John’s-based disinfectant maker Polyamyna Nanotech has inked a deal with Eastern Health to run clinical trials of its product once it receives Health Canada approval.

Polyamyna, which graduated from the Genesis Evolution program in January,

A fledgling company that allows individuals to rent and hire personal items like sports equipment has won a pitching contest run by innovation hub Volta.

Halifax-based frenter soft launched on April 5th.  Fifteen-year-old Zachary Laberge, the

With COVID-19 making the hiring process more complex than ever, a Riverview, N.B. company has developed a solution to help automate the process of finding and attracting job seekers.

Brad DiPaolo is the founder of CandidateHub.io, which lets