Two teams of students from the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University have placed second in Boston University’s edition of the international Venture Capital Investment Competition.

In claiming two silver medals, the graduate and

Dalhousie University’s latest Lab2Market cohort has a new objective: supporting women in research.

Announced Tuesday, the new cohort includes 11 graduate and post-graduate level women researchers from five Canadian universities, mostly in Atlantic

Sandpiper Ventures has joined a US$1 million (C$1.27 million) funding round recently closed by Begin AI, whose software helps to personalize applications for consumers without needing expensive artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Sandpiper, an

Rural innovation hub Ignite has partnered with the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development to host a virtual accelerator, Amplify, for startups across Nova Scotia.

The accelerator -- which is now open for application -- will include

Though a foreign company's plan to hire more than 1,000 people in a tight job market may worry other employers, the arrival of tech consulting company Cognizant in Nova Scotia could represent a net benefit for startups, observers have said.

Martha

Preliminary data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association offers a look into one of the best years for venture capital in national history and reinforces the promise of strong numbers for Atlantic Canada in 2021.

The early

Research funding from external sources at Dalhousie University rose by about $13 million to $194 million in 2021, according to the school’s annual Research and Innovation Report.

In the report’s introduction, Vice President of Research and

Saint Mary’s University is calling for startups to apply to participate in the only Canadian edition of the international Venture Capital Investment Competition, even as its own student-run venture capital fund prepares to compete in the VCIC’s

St. John’s-based innovation hub Genesis has inked a deal with ExxonMobil Canada and Hibernia Management and Development Company to foster innovation in the energy sector.

ExxonMobil is the largest shareholder in the Hebron oilfield off the coast of

Halifax’s EndFirst Plans has launched a software product to add flow-chart like functionality to antiquated Gantt charts -- a project-planning framework that has been widely used since the early 1900s.

Gantt charts are used in project planning

Memorial University of Newfoundland is launching a trio of new master’s degree programs in September aimed at filling talent gaps in the fields of software development, artificial intelligence and data science.

The university senate and board of

Several components of the Black Entrepreneurship Program are now closed but the loan component, which provides loans of up to $250,000 to eligible businesses, remains open.

A partnership between the Government of Canada, Black-led business