Atlantic Canadian startups are on track to raise more than $800 million in equity capital this year, buoyed by eight- and nine-figure deals from a new breed of super-elite companies.

When Dartmouth-based advanced-materials-maker Metamaterial

Atlantic Canada has minted its first publicly traded unicorn: Dartmouth’s Metamaterial Inc.

The company began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Monday thanks to a reverse acquisition of Texas-based Torchlight Energy Resources. By the close, Meta

Two Dartmouth-based oceantech startups, Marecomms and Sedna Technologies, have been accepted into the MassChallenge accelerator, one of the top startup programs in the U.S.

Participation in the prestigious program would benefit any startup, but it

Nova Scotia venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp has announced nine participants for the inaugural cohort of its revamped Accelerate program.

The program will replace both the old, longer program of the same name and the shorter Sprint

Vertical farm operator GoodLeaf Farms announced last week it expects to break ground on a new indoor vertical farm in the Montreal area by autumn – its first expansion since building its Guelph, Ont. plant in 2019.

Founded by Halifax entrepreneur

Our Jobs of the Week column today features a pair of openings: Fredericton-based Passiv is looking for a Marketing Associate, while Dalhousie University in Halifax needs a Manager for its Mentorship Skills Project.

Passiv has developed software

Atlantic Canadian startups have raised more than $1 billion in growth capital in the last 30 months, according to research released today by Entrevestor.

Today we're publishing the 2020 Atlantic Canadian Startup Data Report, which shows that East

St. John’s-based Metricsflow, which says it has created a privacy-friendly online tracking service, has inked a deal with GoAhead Ventures, a US$112 million Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

The GoAhead investment is part of Metricsflow’s latest

BoomersPlus, a Halifax company that matches seasoned professionals with part-time jobs where their experience is needed, is testing a new initiative to help startups find industry mentors.

The Virtual Startup Mentor Pilot program will see a roster

Sydney’s Verschuren Centre and Bioenterprise, Canada’s food and agri-tech organization, have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together in support of sustainable innovation in agriculture and the bioeconomy.

 In a statement,

Even after decades of attempts by governments and environmental groups to make recycling ubiquitous, the industry faces at least one constant challenge: finding uses for discarded material. But the founder of New Brunswick-based PLAEX Building

Entrevestor will be participating in the release of the Halifax Index on Thursday at 9 am, bringing our insights on startup and innovation to the Halifax Partnership’s annual assessment of the city’s economy.

The Halifax Index tracks the city’s