Halifax startup hubs Volta and the Emera ideaHUB on May 23 will host a free seminar on media relations for startups, delivered by Entrevestor Co-Founder Peter Moreira.

Slated to be held at noon at the IdeaHUB on Dalhousie University's Sexton

St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostats has bought the intellectual property of Zen Ecosystems, with plans to incorporate the Costa Mesa, Calif. startup’s offerings into its own product line and ramp up efforts to land commercial clients inside of a

The Sydney-based Verschuren Centre, which provides lab space to startups that need industrial fermentation and bioprocessing facilities, is receiving $926,500 from the Nova Scotia Forestry Innovation Transition Trust to help with the

Halifax maker of sugar substitutes ZeroIN Foods, which last year received funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Sustainable Development Technology Canada, is one of six companies to win startup accelerator MassChallenge

The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship has announced the latest cohort of its Summer Institute accelerator for pro-social startups.

The five participating companies, which span a

Nova Scotia’s provincial business development agency and venture capital office, Invest Nova Scotia, is looking for applicants to its Productivity and Innovation Voucher Program, which provides funding for small companies to tap university research

St. John’s-based trophi.ai has raised a $3.3 million seed round led by Halifax venture capital fund Build Ventures and plans to use the money to hire 10 to 15 people, with a test version of its product boasting a 10,000-person waitlist.

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Nova Scotia-based inclusive innovation group ONSIDE has opened applications to its virtual startup accelerator for female founders, Start Now. Inc., which it runs in partnership with the Bridgewater-based virtual program for rural startups Mashup

Aruna Revolution Health, a Halifax startup developing biodegradable menstrual pads, won $3,000 at a “pop-up” pitch competition hosted Tuesday in Halifax by industry group Startup Canada.

Co-founder Rashmi Prakash, an adjunct professor at the

Memorial University’s Research Innovation Office is accepting applications from startups for its Insight Business Consulting Program, which allows MBA students to consult for early-stage technology companies.

Funded by the Atlantic Canada

Dartmouth drug discovery company IMV has entered creditor protection in Canada and is pursuing Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. months after the Nasdaq warned that its shares had dropped below the minimum price required to maintain a

Social Media Day Halifax, a day-long social media marketing conference, will be held at the Cineplex in Halifax's Bayer’s Lake on June 9.

The event is one of many that will be held around the world next month as part of an initiative started by