Halifax travel-planning software company Trip Ninja has pivoted to focus on brick-and-mortar travel agents and finished a major redesign of its platform.

Trip Ninja was originally conceived as a way for consumers using travel-booking websites like

BioNova, Nova Scotia’s life sciences association, has named six student finalists for its BIC Junior youth pitch competition, which will take place at the virtual BioPort conference on November 3.

The contest is intended to inspire Nova Scotia's

LifeRaft, a Halifax security intelligence company, has closed a round of funding from the Canadian Business Growth Fund, or CBGF, believed to be worth more than $3 million.

LifeRaft, which said CBGF was the only investor in the round, did not

The federal government said Wednesday it has contributed $1.3 million to the Lab2Market program at Dalhousie University, and the program is now looking for participants for its next cohort.

The Dal announcement was part of a major funding

Halifax’s ReelData AI has won a US$50,000 cash prize as one of the leading companies in the latest cohort of the prestigious MassChallenge accelerator in Boston.

MassChallenge, which receives thousands of applications each year, accepted 100

One of the highlights of our 2019 Atlantic Canada Startup Data report was the total number of new companies launched in the region. 

We tallied up 164 new companies last year. Not only was that the best year ever for the creation of new startups,

East Valley Ventures, the Saint John-based investment group, has named serial tech entrepreneur Brian Dunphy as an Executive-in-Residence.

Dunphy, who will continue his position as General Manager of Cvent Canada, posted on Facebook on Tuesday that

Halifax-based Appili Therapeutics Inc. has signed a manufacturing agreement for one of its drug candidates that could become a vaccine used to combat biological warfare.

The company, which is developing anti-infective drug candidates, issued a

We’ll be in Charlottetown on Monday to appear in a live lunch-and-learn event that will include Island Capital Partners Director of Operations Stefanie Corbett and CarbonCure Technologies President Jennifer Wagner.

My role in the program is to

Digital Nova Scotia has recognized five individuals or organizations with Digital Diversity awards for their contributions to diversity and inclusion in Nova Scotia’s tech sector.

Digital Nova Scotia, which represents the IT industry in the

Kathryn Lockhart has a vision for Atlantic Canada: A farm of baby unicorns.

Lockhart is almost through her second month as Chief Executive of the regional tech accelerator Propel, and she’s good with its long-term goal of producing an Atlantic

Halifax-based Fundmetric, which helps non-profits raise more money from philanthropists, has signed up Texas Tech University, one of its largest clients to date.

Fundmetric started seven years ago with a goal of helping charities enhance their