Startup support organizations in Atlantic Canada are re-opening again, within the parameters laid out by provincial governments. 

For example, Planet Hatch in Fredericton is re-opening with improved safety regulations, as explained in this video.

Halifax-based Adaptiiv Medical Technologies has won the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s first Health Challenge pitch competition, bagging a $100,000 prize.

Announced in February and hosted by innovation hub Volta, the Health Challenges are a series

The Atlantic Canadian division of the Fondation de Gaspé Beaubien’s AquaHacking Challenge startup competition has announced its five finalist teams.

AquaHacking challenges are nine-month programs held across Canada that see competitors work to

Eight Atlantic Canadian companies and organizations have been recognized as part of the 2020 Canie Awards, presented by the Ottawa-based Innovators and Entrepreneurs Association, and Startup Canada.

The eight East Coast winners are part of a group

Do you drink coffee?

I want to start by asking, how do you take your coffee? 

Black? A bit of milk? One, maybe two lumps?

Well, if you’re the kind of person pulling up to the drive-thru ordering a double-double, you need to say thank you to one

Three online startup events will be held in the next two days, recognizing Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurship and in one case awarding a six-figure prize to the winner.  

The Aquahacking Challenge Semi-Final and the Atlantic Canadian presentation

Gene sequencing firm Nucliq Biologic and nutrition tracking startup Prospre won Memorial University’s Mel Woodward Cup pitch competition on Tuesday, beating out three other finalists.

Created in 2016, the Cup is the Memorial Centre for

Halifax-based b4, which offers Software-as-a-Service solutions to the hospitality industry, has launched a contactless payments process to help hotels bounce back from the pandemic.

The new physical distancing and hygiene requirements make the old

Cannabis testing startup Greenlight Analytical is preparing to launch a device that will measure the quality of cannabis crops without the need for slow and costly lab testing.

CEO James Wylde said in an interview that the product will be a

Halifax biopharma company Appili Therapeutics has raised about $16.9 million to fund Canadian trials of influenza drug Favipiravir, which is owned by Japanese photography and biotech giant FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Company.

The private placement

Editor's note: Given the events of recent weeks, we wanted to host a discussion on whether people from the Black, First Nations and other minority communities are welcomed, supported and funded in the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem. We've asked

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