One of the highlights of our 2019 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report was the total number of new companies launched in the region. 

We tallied up 164 new companies last year. Not only was that the best year ever for the creation of new startups,

East Valley Ventures, the Saint John-based investment group, has named serial tech entrepreneur Brian Dunphy as an Executive-in-Residence.

Dunphy, who will continue his position as General Manager of Cvent Canada, posted on Facebook on Tuesday that

Halifax-based Appili Therapeutics Inc. has signed a manufacturing agreement for one of its drug candidates that could become a vaccine used to combat biological warfare.

The company, which is developing anti-infective drug candidates, issued a

We’ll be in Charlottetown on Monday to appear in a live lunch-and-learn event that will include Island Capital Partners Director of Operations Stefanie Corbett and CarbonCure Technologies President Jennifer Wagner.

My role in the program is to

Digital Nova Scotia has recognized five individuals or organizations with Digital Diversity awards for their contributions to diversity and inclusion in Nova Scotia’s tech sector.

Digital Nova Scotia, which represents the IT industry in the

Kathryn Lockhart has a vision for Atlantic Canada: A farm of baby unicorns.

Lockhart is almost through her second month as Chief Executive of the regional tech accelerator Propel, and she’s good with its long-term goal of producing an Atlantic

Halifax-based Fundmetric, which helps non-profits raise more money from philanthropists, has signed up Texas Tech University, one of its largest clients to date.

Fundmetric started seven years ago with a goal of helping charities enhance their

MESH/Diversity, which helps clients use data to support diversity initiatives, has closed a $750,000 equity funding round led by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and Concrete Ventures.

The Saint John-based company said in a statement that

Sixteen Atlantic Canadian companies will present at the Atlantic Venture Forum next week – a virtual event due to the pandemic.

Calgary-based Critical Path Group, which stages the forum for startups and investors, had considered waiting until next

After increasing its Atlantic Canadian staff 30-fold in the past six years, Cvent is hiring again, hoping to add 20 to 30 people in the region.

The maker of software for the event and hospitality industries has been a growth story in the region

I was astonished – and, to be frank, a little embarrassed – by how much I learned reading Gordon Pitts’ superb new book, Unicorn in the Woods: How East Coast Geeks and Dreamers Are Changing the Game.

Any regular reader of Entrevestor should be

Simonne Cormier, Founder of a company that will make breast prostheses from natural fibres, is celebrating making it into Emergence, the national Bioscience Business Incubator run by PEI BIoAlliance.

It’s a big step for the Montague-based breast