Bluedrop Training and Simulation, a longtime player in the East Coast innovation economy, is receiving a $448,950 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to incorporate AI into its product offerings.

One half of an organization that also

Provincial economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to the next cohort of its GreenShoots accelerator, which offers up to $40,000 of funding.

GreenShoots offers agtech, biotech and cleantech companies funding and

Life Sciences Nova Scotia CEO Doris Grant will take on an additional role following a collaboration agreement between her industry group and Nova Scotia Health.

Grant has been announced as the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub’s new managing

Halifax supplements startup Infusd Nutrition has signed a partnership agreement with another, more mature life sciences company nearby in P.E.I., Natures Crops International.

Infusd, the creation of lawyer Jack MacDonald and chemical engineer David

BIOVECTRA, the Charlottetown drug maker that in 2019 was bought by Miami-based H.I.G. Capital for US$250 million, has reached an agreement to be sold again, this time for US$925 million or C$1.27 billion.

The deal with Santa Clara, California’s

Two alumni of cybersecurity unicorn Verafin have returned to the startup world with an AI tool meant to help business-to-business product teams gather customer feedback, and just months after founding their new business, they have raised about

John Risley’s World Energy GH2 plans to work with Dalhousie University to test a roster of potential replacements for the costly precious metals used in green hydrogen production — with the help of AI.

World Energy earlier this summer received

The University of New Brunswick is looking for applicants to its Saint John-based Axis Sales Accelerator, a 10-week program for business-to-business startups looking to grow their revenues and prepare to raise capital.

The program, which will begin

Six student teams from the University of New Brunswick’s Master of Technology Management and Entrepreneurship program pitched their startup ideas Thursday, with pet-sitting marketplace FURWARD taking home the $1,500 top prize.

The MTME program,

Just a month after it raised a funding round led by California’s Kern Venture Group, Halifax medtech startup MIMOSA Diagnostics is heading to Chicago in August to compete in the North American finals of the AI Healthtech Innovation Challenge.

The Ocean Startup Project, a national industry group, has announced the 25 very early-stage companies chosen to participate in its Ocean Idea Challenge, which offers up to $7,000 of funding, as well as training and support services.

The Idea

ReelData, the Halifax maker of AI for aquaculture operations, has launched its first physical product: an underwater camera meant to integrate with aquaculture operators’ computer systems.

The camera’s bandwidth and compression abilities are