After Hurricane Arthur knocked out power in New Brunswick last July, Alex Kall lay sleepless in the dark. He wished he had someone to read to him.

Kall suffered several restless nights. But that time without power gave him the idea for Pilōtalk,

Startup Newfoundland & Labrador has issued the following press release:

15-Plus Speakers and Mentors Set Stage for Startup Week NL – June 12 to 18

ST. JOHN’S, NL – Startup Week is the latest initiative by Startup Newfoundland & Labrador that

For the first time in four years, Maritime DevCon, the conference for computer developers, will take place on Saturday in Fredericton.

Maritime DevCon was started in 2006, but was called DevEast and held in Moncton. It then occurred again in

TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture Ltd., a Halifax startup that grows plants in stacked trays under LED lights, has released the following press release:

GoodLeaf Farms, Exclusive Canadian Licensee of TruLeaf’s Smart Plant Systems®, Announces First

A mating ritual got under way at the Nova Scotia Westin in Halifax on Wednesday as the Atlantic Venture Forum brought together dozens of Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs with investors from across North America.

The third annual forum is a

New Brunswick’s Financial and Consumer Services Commission, or FCNB, is planning a series of education sessions about equity-based crowdfunding.

Crowdfunding is the process of raising money online from a broad range of people. Although it has

On the eve of the Atlantic Venture Forum, Brightspark Ventures of Toronto held a reception Tuesday night to outline its plans for Brightspark East, a collaboration with East Valley Ventures of Saint John.

The AVF begins today at the Nova Scotia

The Dalhousie Starting Lean initiative is continuing to mentor young entrepreneurs this summer by hosting the LaunchPad Accelerator and providing seed funding for the teams involved.

Now in its second year, the accelerator allows young companies

Unique Solutions Design Ltd., whose scanning technology helps people select the best-fitting clothes, has issued the following press release:

Me-Ality is Oversubscribed for $15 Million Equity Private Placement and Welcomes Seasoned Executive and

My enduring memory of the two days I spent last week with the Sydney startup community will be the sight of two developers setting up a chat room for the community as one event was breaking up.

On Friday, we held an Entrevestor Luncheon

You’d tend to have low expectations for a group of tech startups that were seeded with no more than $50,000 each, but the Spark Cape Breton Demo Day on Friday surprised on the upside.

The event in Sydney allowed seven startups to showcase what

When Phil Noelting attends Metabridge this week, he will demonstrate how his startup can help employers find staff members who share their values and therefore suit their organizations.

Noelting is the founder and president of Kitchener-based