TechCrunch, the bible of the Silicon Valley startup cluster, published a long-form article on the Atlantic Canadian startup community this weekend, showcasing the growth of the segment in the world’s biggest tech centre.

Titled “Does Atlantic

Planetary Hydrogen, which plans to capture carbon in the world’s oceans, claimed the $2,000 first prize at the annual Start-Up Yard Pitching Event on Thursday.  

Start-Up Yard, Innovacorp’s oceantech hub on the Dartmouth waterfront, brought

Various national groups have announced funds that boost funding opportunities for diverse founders.

Toronto-based Bay Mills Investment Group has launched its Bay Mills Diversity Fund, which focuses on strengthening investment into BIPOC founders

Jason Pearson is a chemistry prof with a big sales job ahead of him.

Pearson is the Founder and CEO of Charlottetown-based Stemble, whose digital platform aids the remote teaching of chemistry to post-secondary students. The system is now used by

In its second Atlantic Canadian deal in a week, Arlene Dickinson’s District Ventures Capital has invested in Fredericton-based manufacturing company Vertiball, whose product helps ease back pain.

The Calgary-based investment group headed by

University of Toronto and University of Waterloo were the big winners at the 2021 Canadian finals of the Venture Capital Investment Competition, or VCIC.

The Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University hosted the event last weekend, with

Halifax-based ValidCert, a blockchain- and SaaS-based company that validates people’s credentials, has completed a soft launch of its product with the Research Innovation and Commercialization Centre in Ontario.

The company aims to prevent people

Corporate innovation specialist Highline Beta is looking for an Executive Director for Accelerators, an opening that headlines our Job of the Week column today.

Based in Toronto, Highline Beta helps Fortune 1000 companies identify new growth areas

Applications are open for the Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, which is targeting Nova Scotians between the ages of 15 and 30.

This year, over 100 internship positions are available, offering roles that aim to provide youth with lifelong

Charlottetown-based innovation hub Startup Zone has named Sheryl MacAulay its new CEO and local businessman Mikey Wasnidge as Entrepreneur-in-Residence.

An Islander herself, MacAulay is arriving from the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of

For International Women’s Day this year, we are celebrating some of the female leaders in Atlantic Canada.

Women are becoming a powerful voice in the community. More support organizations are naming women as CEOs and placing them in other senior

Passiv, the Fredericton company that helps passive investors rebalance their portfolios, has been growing so strongly that it can now say investors are using its software to manage $1 billion in assets.

The company experienced strong growth in 2020