Ignite Labs and Dalhousie University hosted a startup weekend-style event this past weekend to encourage ocean technology companies in Southwestern Nova Scotia.

At the Launch Oceans event in Yarmouth, teams of students, researchers and community

Two lists of Canadian high-growth companies in the past few months have highlighted the fact that Atlantic Canada is still a long way from building tech companies with a truly national and global presence. However, the region is doing better than

Matthew Pauley has been around the world studying entrepreneurship, and now he’s set up shop in Charlottetown where he wants to help new businesses launch and young businesses thrive.

As well as being an assistant prof at University of Prince

Kraken Robotics, the St. John’s-based OceanTech company, announced two sales last week, the total value of which is worth more than all its revenues in its most recent quarter.

Publicly listed Kraken, which specializes in making software-based

Bill Wilson, the founder of Mindsea, has handed management of the mobile app developer over to his former technology chief so that he can focus on a new product-based company SalesRight.

Halifax-based Mindsea announced earlier this week that Wilson

Today is the last day for Fredericton companies to apply for the Export Igniter, a 12-week program to help companies sell effectively in foreign markets.

Organized by Ignite Fredericton and Planet Hatch, the program delivers comprehensive

SomaDetect, an AgTech company that launched in Fredericton two years ago, has begun installations of its Version 2 in-line milk monitoring system at Cornell University, marking the beginning of its early adopter program.

The company, which is now

The Volta Cohort program awarded a total of $150,000 to six companies on Wednesday night, handing out an extra $25,000 bundle due to the strength of the pitches.

In its third pitching event, the Volta Cohort advertised that it would invest as much

Dental technology company BlueLight Analytics has closed a $3 million funding round and plans to use the money to launch a new data analytics product that can be installed in any dental office.

The Halifax company released a statement Wednesday

EhEye, the Saint John company that has developed video recognition software for public security, has been purchased by Patriot One Technologies of Toronto for more than $3.2 million in stock.

The companies announced Tuesday that Patriot One would

Energia Ventures, the University of New Brunswick’s cleantech accelerator, will hold the Demo Day for its second cohort Wednesday night at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton.

Six companies will present at the event, which begins at 6 pm.

Atlantic Canada recorded almost twice the venture capital investment in the first nine months of 2018 compared with the same period last year, powered by record funding in New Brunswick.

The Canadian Venture Capital Association on Monday released