Resolution Optics, a Halifax maker of sophisticated microscopes, has hired Sandra Wood as its CEO, building on the trend of experienced business people collaborating with university researchers to commercialize a product.

Wood was most recently

 Fredericton-based Inversa Systems, which makes scanning technology for the construction industry, has raised $500,000 from the New Brunswick Innovation Fund and private venture capital firm, Technology Venture Corp. of Moncton.  

The

Invest Atlantic concluded yesterday with a reasoned plea to allow the coming Regional Venture Capital Fund to make investments beyond the borders of Atlantic Canada.

The fund, being championed by Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, will have a better

In just two years, Invest Atlantic has established itself as a leading forum for an outward-looking and cooperative business policy in Atlantic Canada.

Though conference attendance is down across the country, Invest Atlantic in its sophomore

Editor’s note: We’ve received a lot of emails in the week since we launched, but we wanted to post this one from Orville B. Pulsiver of Grapell Bioenergy. This note spoke to us because it highlights the importance of marrying innovation with

On Friday night, I found myself wishing I’d attended the Moncton CyberSocial’s Angel Den in July. 

I was sitting in the packed auditorium at the Dalhousie University Computer Sciences Building enjoying the ten pitches at DemoCamp Halifax,

We’ve known for months that Radian6 Technologies Inc. was a great deal, but we’re only now understanding just how great a deal it was.

Canada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association on Wednesday awarded its Deal of the Year to the

Sailing into the busiest week of the autumn, there might be a few innovators feeling a bit of stage fright today. At least 10 startups and researchers are pitching in public in the next five days in Halifax.

There will be five researchers

After six years spent building a network of investors, the First Angel Network is undergoing changes that will enhance the benefits it brings to Atlantic Canadian businesses.

The changes range from a cosmetic shift like opening a new office to

Green Imaging Technologies of Fredericton is beginning to reap the rewards of its partnership with Oxford Instruments of Britain, as the two companies on Monday released their fully integrated Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) cell for performing

The venture capital investor didn’t bother trying to hide his contempt for my theory. ``It’s just because of one deal,’’ he shot back as we chatted last week.

I’d just said that the investment, entrepreneurship and innovation community in

Kudos to Atlantic Canadian startups that have recently received recognition beyond our borders.

TitanFile, the Dartmouth digital file-sharing company, received glowing coverage Friday from the Financial Post, in its special reporting on the 50