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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When Dalhousie University neuroscientist Dr. Shaun Boe set out to study how visualization could help rehabilitate stroke survivors, he didn’t expect to find himself rethinking an entire field of research. But close to a decade

Navigate Startup House’s Island Entrepreneurs Exposition will feature a keynote speech by Clearbanc co-founder and TV personality Michele Romanow.

The conference was originally planned to be held in Sydney, where Navigate is based. The event is now

Workplaces are opening up, but not everyone is returning to their former office or even their former job. Remote working is increasing competition for talent and is leading some Atlantic Canadians to ditch local employers in favour of others based

Halifax food safety startup FoodByte has seen its revenue increase by about a third since March, with more growth on the horizon.

The company sells regulatory compliance-tracking software for food producers, who CEO Sean Pindar said in an interview

Our Jobs of the Week column today showcases Halifax-based Biotech company Adaptiiv Medical Technologies' search for a Medical Physicist and social media analytics company Dash Hudson's opening for a Senior Full Stack Developer.

Adaptiiv, which

Bursity, which helps post-secondary students find and apply for financial assistance, will launch its online platform for the United States market in 12 weeks, exclusively targeting African-Americans at first.

The Halifax-based social venture has

Wayne Sumarah has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of Digital Nova Scotia, the association for the $2.5 billion information technology industry in the province.

The association issued a statement on Thursday announcing that its board of

GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund Ltd., one of the first venture capital funds in Atlantic Canada, has decided to wind up operations.

The fund has not raised new capital since 2014, and has been reducing its holdings in recent years as its

The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship will hold the Mel Woodward Cup pitching competition on June 16 – a virtual presentation of the biggest event on its calendar.

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the St. John's-based MCE postponed the Woodward Cup

Sydney’s Navigate Startup House has signed a memorandum of understanding with regional tech accelerator Propel, under which they will work together to encourage tech entrepreneurship in Cape Breton.

The two groups issued a statement saying they