Virtual startup accelerator Propel has announced 12 businesses joining the spring cohort of its Traction and Growth accelerator for scaling companies.

Traction and Growth is meant for startups with more developed operations than those in Propel’s

A young St. John’s founder is launching an entrepreneurship camp to teach kids the basics of running a startup, with the help of counsellors hired from Memorial University’s business school.

Vivienne Wilkinson, aged 13, is the creator of Venture

At the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia, a newly completed pilot project has been innovating in the field of human resources, with the help of a group of longstanding startup community members.

Aging Proactively is the Canadian affiliate

Dalhousie University and the University of New Brunswick are looking for applicants to their 16-week Lab2Market Validate startup program this fall.

Aimed at scientific researchers looking to evaluate the market potential of their work, the program

Springboard Atlantic, an industry network that aims to foster the commercialization of research, including by helping young businesses develop intellectual property strategies, is receiving $9.8 million of operating funding over the next three years

Genesis, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub, is looking for applicants to the Summer 2024 cohort of its 10-week Evolution accelerator, which will start in June.

Genesis bills Evolution as a “pre-incubator” course meant to prepare young

Concrete additive-maker alterBiota will aim to grow its staff from nine people to 20 or more by the end of this year with the help of a $4 million equity funding round led by Invest Nova Scotia.

Chief Executive Mark Masotti, a chemical engineer who

Potential Motors, the Fredericton maker of control software for off-road electric vehicles, has raised $2 million as CEO Sam Poirier looks to scale the company’s technical capacity in anticipation of major production deals with manufacturers.

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It must be a decade ago that Ross Simmonds began espousing his DREAM mantra in his marketing seminars. It stood for “Distribution Rules Everything Around Me.”

Years have passed and Simmonds is still preaching about the importance of distribution,

Two East Coast businesses, Halifax’s EmployNXT and St. John’s-based qualiTEAS, will participate in events hosted by startup support organizations outside Atlantic Canada in the coming weeks.

EmployNXT, which sells an AI system that matches

Tribe Network, the Halifax-based startup house focused on supporting BIPOC founders, will award $15,000 at the finals of its Youth Climate Pitch Competition on May 9.

Slated to be held at Tribe’s offices on Barrington Street at 1:00 p.m., the event

St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics has announced a $17.5 million equity funding deal with a syndicate of investors led by Toronto’s Cormark Securities, with plans to spend some of the money in expanding its manufacturing capacity and physical capital.