Recent Post

hero image

CVCA Head: Timing Perfect for Halifax Conference

  • Feb 04, 2026
hero image

Adaptiv Wins Top Prize at Spark Tank

  • Feb 03, 2026
hero image

Focus FS Launches $8m AI Project

  • Feb 02, 2026

recent news

Founder Institute to Launch in KW

  • Jan 05, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The Founder Institute, which aims to mentor idea-stage entrepreneurs, will hold an introductory session for anyone interested in joining the program in the Waterloo Region.  The session will take place at 6:30 pm on Thursday, Jan. 14, at the

read more

Athletigen Raises US$1.55M in VC

  • Jan 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based sports genetics company Athletigen Technologies Inc. has raised more than C$2 million to help to fund the growth of its flagship product, the Athletigen Performance Platform.

The company said in a statement today that the financing

read more

TranQool To Launch Mental Health App

  • Jan 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The treatment for mental health issues often involves particular difficulties we rarely hear about, and a Toronto-based startup called TranQool is hoping it’s found a way to alleviate them.

Just finding the right therapist is a challenge, and the

read more

Jobs of the Week: The Latest Postings

  • Jan 04, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Entrevestor and Qimple have launched the Entrevestor Job Board, which helps to match job openings and candidates in the tech and startup communities.

Today we’re featuring the latest posts on the board from companies based in Toronto, Halifax and

read more

Holiday Wishes to All our Readers!

  • Dec 24, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

What a year it’s been! The tech and innovation communities in our markets have been on fire and we’ve had the joy of chronicling it for all of you.

From the Breakthru competition in New Brunswick to Innovation Week in St. John’s to several

read more

MTEI Teams Focus on Africa

  • Dec 24, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Three students at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax are toiling away on a social venture that could soon help improve education in Africa.

SeeMePly is a nascent company dedicated to simplifying the process of finding and applying to private

read more

An NS Teen Tackles E. coli

  • Dec 24, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

Three media interviews, basketball practice, schoolwork—this is a typical week in Rachel Brouwer’s life.

The 14-year-old also needs to fit in time for her own project: a water pasteurization system she created which kills 100 percent of E. coli in

read more

Farewell to Allison Sparling

  • Dec 22, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Allison Sparling is leaving Halifax and has bid a thoughtful adieu to the city on her website.

Sparling is a 25-year-old blogger, community organizer and communications specialist who has tried to make a go of it in her native Halifax, but the

read more

A Business Founded on Resilience

  • Dec 18, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

Workplace stress is a common cause of mental illness and distress. A Halifax venture is working to protect the health of workers by increasing their emotional toughness.

The Atlantic Institute for Resilience was founded last year by psychiatrist

read more

QRA Working With Lockheed Martin

  • Dec 16, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

QRA Corp announced Tuesday it has begun to provide Lockheed Martin engineers with an advanced early-stage systems verification solution for the development of increasingly complex cyber-physical designs.

QRA helps machine manufacturers to detect

read more

SageCrowd, Dal to Study E-Learning

  • Dec 16, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

SageCrowd, the Halifax startup that enhances corporate training, has partnered with the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University to research the effects of training methods on online learning.

​This study, funded by an

read more

Ending the Atrocity of Sweat Stains

  • Dec 15, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Chanakya Ramdev got the idea for SweatFree Apparel when he had to trudge to work each day in the sweltering heat of Hong Kong.

During his coop work term with the University of Waterloo’s alumni office in Hong Kong last year, he would arrive at

read more