Burlington, Ont.-based Terrapure Environmental Ltd. last week said it has purchased the Canadian industrial services and waste management operations of Envirosystems Inc., a private-equity-backed company based in Dartmouth.

Terms of the deal were

St. John’s-based Focus FS, a Software-as-a-Service company whose products encourage safety in industrial worksites, has closed a $1.4 million funding round, dominated by a “quasi-equity” contribution from  BDC Capital.

The capital markets arm of

RetailDeep, the Halifax company that is revolutionizing checkouts at brick-and-mortar retail stores, has been accepted into the XRC Labs accelerator in New York.

The company will receive US$100,000 (C$132,000) from XRC and will travel to New York

We have four positions to showcase in our Jobs of the Week column today. Dash Hudson in Halifax is seeking two Sales Development Representatives while Cribcut, also in Halifax, aims to hire a Full Stack Developer.

And in Sydney, Protocase, a

Energia Ventures, an accelerator founded by the Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship Centre at the University of New Brunswick, has extended its application deadline until July 27.

The TME team issued a statement saying the three-month

To help launch its new products, Somru BioScience of Charlottetown is raising a $7 million round of funding, and already has commitments for almost half this amount from government funders.  

During a presentation at the 2018 Atlantic Venture Forum

Securicy, the Sydney startup that helps companies develop cybersecurity programs, is hosting a series of free webinars to help small businesses protect themselves from cybercriminals.

The first webinar will be live-streamed on July 5 at 2 pm AST.

WoodsCamp Technologies, the Lunenburg, NS, company that helps woodlot owners manage their lands responsibly, has been acquired by Washington, DC-based American Forest Foundation for an undisclosed sum.

Co-Founders Alastair Jarvis and Will Martin

EY, the global accountancy and business consultancy, has announced the list of 33 Atlantic Canadian finalists for its 25th annual Entrepreneur of the Year Competition.

The businesses of this year’s finalists employ almost 3,700 people. They record

Registrations are now open for the 2018 Energy Innovations Forum coming up on Oct. 1 and 2 at the Fredericton Convention Centre. The event will bring together members of the region’s energy sector to discuss changes to the electricity industry.

The

Propel ICT, the regional tech accelerator, has revamped its programing so its companies will soon receive curriculum online over 12 months, replacing the previous 12-week, in-person program.

The pan-Atlantic-Canada organization unveiled the new

The University of New Brunswick has received almost $6 million in funding from federal and provincial governments and IBM. The money will go to UNB’s Centre for Advanced Studies to develop new runtime software that will enhance a computer's workflow