There’s a new star in the constellation of Atlantic Canadian startups – DeNovaMed Inc.

The Halifax biotech, which is developing a new class of compounds to battle superbug viruses, was awarded the top prize Wednesday in Innovacorp’s I-3

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been doing a bit of work in the exempt market dealer segment, a class of asset I didn’t even know existed until now. You don’t hear much, if anything, about it here on the East Coast, but it’s an increasingly

Today, we launch our Reader's Views section, in which we publish contributions from members of the Atlantic Canadian investor and entprepreneur community. We're starting with Brent Newsome, CEO of NewPace of Bedford, N.S., writing on the need for

 Last week I tried to explain the landscape of entrepreneurship in Atlantic Canada to someone from Toronto. Before I continue, I should explain what I mean by “landscape.”

The person was in Halifax because he needs to learn more about

SimplyCast, the Halifax-based multi-channel marketing company, announced today that it has launched Version 7 of its software, as we reported in November.

SimplyCast is one of the more ambitious companies I follow here, and has been since its

Fresh off a new investment in Newfoundland, GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund has invested $1.75 million in three companies nestled in the bustling tech community of Saint John.

GrowthWorks announced Tuesday it has invested $1.1 million in

Viewpoint.ca , a Halifax-based online property data and brokerage site, is gearing up to enter the Ontario market this year if a regulatory case forces greater competition in Toronto. And the company may have to raise capital to do so.

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New Brunswick owned the technology podium last year.

The Vancouver-based tech site techvibes announced its startup awards on Friday and the Radian6-Q1 Labs-Gerry Pond grouping raked in the silverware.

Marcel LeBrun, Chris Newton, and Chris

Fresh from its astonishing success in 2011, the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has kicked off 2012 by announcing a new competition – the R3 Innovation Challenge.

The new competition is aimed at established companies that have a commercially

 Trite as it is to say it, 2011 was one sweet year for the Honibe brand.

I’m sure I’m not the first hack to use that corny line about the line of solid honey products produced by Island Abbey Foods Ltd. of Charlottetown. And given the growth of

 Tanya Shaw had to look it up when I asked how many scanning outlets Unique Solutions has now opened in malls in the U.S.

“Sorry,” she said over the phone Friday as she waited for the window to open. “The numbers are changing daily.”

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Adfinitum, the St. John’s-based advertising data bank, closed a round of funding initially worth $750,000 late last month, and will use the money to expand its sales and development teams.

CEO Ed Clarke said in an interview today that the