A pair of researchers from Dalhousie University has struck a partnership with a venture capital fund from Toronto to commercialize their pneumatic rotary engine and develop other projects.

Braden Murphy, a Masters student in mechanical

When Trevor MacAusland participates in the prestigious Grow conference in Vancouver this month, it will provide a break from the task of building PropelICT into an organization whose influence spreads well beyond New Brunswick.

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When Dalhousie Professors Mary Kilfoil and Ed Leach recently posted a landing page for an innovative entrepreneurship course they’d developed together with their team, they were hoping it would generate some buzz. They didn’t expect more than 85

If Jeff Thompson hadn’t had so much trouble checking in online for a flight to Australia last autumn, New Brunswick might have missed out on one of its most exciting new startups.

As repeated error messages kept popping up on his screen,

The revitalization of the Newfoundland and Labrador Angel Network is gaining traction, as can be seen in the numbers. Membership last year tripled from 10 to 30, and the group that had no financing deals in 2011 is now preparing to close its third

Innovacorp’s announcement Wednesday that it will boost its funding for Halifax biotech DeNovaMed to $500,000 is further evidence that 2012 will be a strong year for venture capital funding in Nova Scotia.

The provincial innovation agency said in

As it moves toward its Phase I regulatory trials, Halifax-based biotech DeNovaMed is showing admirable flexibility in its financing options.

The company, which is developing compounds that can battle “superbugs”, sprang to prominence in January

Neurodyn, the P.E.I. biotech developing early treatments for neurological diseases, has closed a deal to buy NeuroQuest, the Halifax-based drug development company spun out of Origin Biomed two years ago.

This interprovincial deal is significant

Clarity, the Moncton-based online marketplace for entrepreneurial advice, is welcoming a few new employees to its office today, bringing its total number of staff to six. It’s another small sign that serial entrepreneur Dan Martell is driving

Flush with the success of its first major installation in the U.S., Halifax Biomedical is out to raise at least $17 million in capital to finance the roll out of six more sites in the next 18 months.

Mabou-based Halifax Biomedical has retained

On August 14, Chris Dobbin will wade into the chilly water of the Northumberland Strait for the second time in a year and swim from New Brunswick to P.E.I. to raise money for children with chronic diseases.

The gruelling 14-kilometre swim --

For the second time in 85 days, Jordan Smith and I met Monday at Fred’s Café in Halifax. What a difference. In less than three months, the OneLobby CEO has raised $200,000, hired a `Dream Team’ of executives and attended SeedCamp New York.

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