Nova Scotia has quintupled the size of its equity tax credits for people investing in young, innovative companies, and signaled that more changes are on the way.

The provincial government announced Friday that its new Innovation Equity Tax Credit

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There’s one big lesson from the most recent analysis of our data from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Funding is important.

There’s nothing startling in that statement, but as we look back on our data presentations from 2018, the

Three jobs from Charlottetown’s SpryPoint headline the Jobs of the Week column today. We also have openings at Spring Loaded Technology in Dartmouth and LifeRaft of Halifax.

Founded in 2011, SpryPoint has developed a cloud-based platform of

Fredericton-based Envenio, whose technology assists in the understanding of fluid dynamics, has quietly exited, being taken over by San Francisco electronic cigarette company Juul.

Neither Envenio nor Juul has put out a public statement on the deal

It was a bittersweet birthday for CarShare Atlantic as the Halifax company celebrated its 10th anniversary last month. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Pam Cooley, announced that she will step down from the position in February.

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The global consultancy Accenture has opened an innovation outpost at Volta in Halifax, made possible through a $400,000 grant from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

Halifax MP Andy Fillmore announced the funding at a reception at Volta on

Metamaterial Technologies Inc., Dalhousie University, and Mitacs on Tuesday announced a $1.62 million project to explore light manipulation for use in a range of commercial applications.

The project will be the largest ever financed in Atlantic

There’s a State of the Ecosystem discussion taking place at Volta in Halifax today, and you can tune in regardless of where you are.

Chris Crowell, VP of Corporate Innovation at Volta, and I will hold a fireside chat about what’s happening in the

Sonrai Security, an enterprise cybersecurity company launched by senior executives from Q1 Labs, has closed a US$18.5 million (C$24.6 million) round of venture capital funding, likely the largest VC round in Atlantic Canadian history.

With a

Raymond Fitzpatrick was positively giddy about the last deal he signed in 2018 – the US$18.5 million ($24.6 million) financing of Fredericton cybersecurity company Sonrai Security.

Fitzpatrick is the Director of Investment for the New Brunswick

With a new name and brand, MESH/Diversity is now building its client base, aided by a changing attitude among corporations toward diversity and inclusion, or D&I.

The New Brunswick and Toronto-based company launched as Enkidu more than a year ago

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian tech accelerator, has announced the 15 companies that will participate in the second phase of its Incite program, which is designed to ramp up sales.

Incite is a virtual program that startup founders can take for up to