Life Sciences Nova Scotia has appointed Krista Bezanson, a seasoned leader in economic development and business growth, as VP Business Development and Strategy.

Bezanson will be taking a leave of absence from her position with the Atlantic Canada

Participants in the Evolution accelerator run by St. John’s innovation hub Genesis have marked their graduation with a prize-allocating pitching session.

Evolution is Genesis’ pre-incubator, a 10-week program designed for early-stage technology

Energia Ventures, a three-month intensive accelerator for entrepreneurs with an innovative business in the energy, smart grid, clean tech, and cybersecurity sectors, is holding its Demo Day next week.

Energia, which is based in Fredericton at UNB’s

A student engagement platform designed to help address student loneliness within universities has won the recent Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre’s second annual Innovation Cup at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.

The platform, called

Several members of the Nova Scotian startup community have received King Charles III Coronation Medals in recognition of their contributions to this burgeoning segment of the economy.

Senator Colin Deacon, himself a veteran of a few startups,

Fredericton-based SmartSkin Technologies has received the award for Best Manufacturing/Processing Innovation at the World Beverage Innovation Awards for 2024.

The award was presented last week by FoodBev Media in Germany at BrauBeviale, the trade

Halifax-based Tribe Network, the region’s support hub for BIPOC founders, is offering entrepreneurs a Consulting Advisory Services Grant (CAS).

The grant supports Black-owned businesses in Atlantic Canada by providing access to expertise that helps

Shubhra Singh, CEO of Halifax-based EmployNXT has received the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Saint Mary's University.

Singh is a co-founder of EmployNXT, which has developed an artificial intelligence system to help match employers

Tribe Network, the Halifax-based support organization for BIPOC entrepreneurs, is holding two networking sessions in New Brunswick next week. They are:

Tribe at ConnexionWorks in Saint John, Dec 4, 5 to 7pm. The event is free. Register here.
Tribe

The second Innovation Den contest run by Halifax-based QEII Foundation and the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub has boosted three young health innovation companies with $170,000 of funds.

The contest was set up last year with money provided by

As well as winning Nova Scotia’s recent Provincial Spotlight Award, rural innovation hub IGNITE Atlantic is celebrating taking the Science Champion Award.

The Provincial Spotlight Award, presented by Digital Nova Scotia, celebrates organizations

Government grants are valuable but Atlantic Canada’s technical founders need to stop focusing on perfecting their products and understand their own sales propositions and strategies straight off the bat, says Kent Summers, a Boston-based B2B sales