Not only has Potential Motors pivoted to become a software company, but the Fredericton startup has brought two of New Brunswick’s most successful tech entrepreneurs on to its team.

Chris Newton and Marcel LeBrun have joined Potential Motors as

A new alliance of representatives for clean energy development was announced on Monday.

The Atlantic Clean Energy Alliance will work to foster energy innovation in the New Brunswick economy.

Representatives include the University of New

Having worked for decades in the technology industry in Israel, Alicia Ismach sees huge opportunities for Atlantic Canada’s tech sector in general and financial technology, or fintech, in particular.

The native of Argentina was hired as

Woodstock, NB-based Xplornet Communications Inc., which owns a hiybrid fiber wireless and satellite network, has reportedly agreed to be bought by a private equity investor for about US$2 billion (C$2.7 billion).

Citing people familiar with the

The AquaHacking Challenge, a national competition that encourages post-secondary students to find solutions to problems plaguing freshwater supplies, has launched in Atlantic Canada.

The East Coast program was launched Wednesday at an event at

St. John’s-based PolyUnity has joined Eastern Health Authority’s Living Labs initiative, which will support the young company in its mission to help train doctors around the world with the aid of 3D printing.  

Founded by three med students at

Dartmouth biotech company IMV on Tuesday revealed “breakthrough” results in the Phase 2 clinical trials of its flagship drug DPX-Survivac, which sparked a sell-off of its shares that was as puzzling as it was dramatic.

IMV, which specializes in

Appili Therapeutics Inc., the Halifax company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases, has raised $10.25 million by selling shares and warrants to mainly institutional investors.

The fundraising round – the company’s first since it listed on the

Milk Moovement of St. John’s has been accepted into the Thrive accelerator in Silicon Valley, and will receive a US$100,000 (C$133,000) investment on joining the program.

SVG Ventures-Thrive, the California group that says it operates the

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster on Friday unveiled a $6.8 million program that will support the creation of more and better oceantech startups in Atlantic Canada.

The Ocean Supercluster – a private-public partnership formed with the support of the

Two quite different jobs – a Data Scientist at Moncton-based Fiddlehead Technology, and an Instructor at Lab2Market in Halifax  – headline our Job of the Week column today.

Lab2Market is a new pan-Canadian program that aims to help researchers

Eighteen student teams will compete in the 2020 Enactus Atlantic Canada Regional Exposition in Halifax next month, all hoping to move on to the Enactus national championships.

Enactus is an international organization that helps students form social