Labfundr, a Halifax startup that has developed a crowdfunding site for scientific research, has launched its first campaign, which will help develop a databank of blood samples for Canadian children and teens.

Founded by scientific researcher Eric

Atlantic Canada is making a push to establish a “pan-Atlantic oceans cluster” with the hope of tapping the $950-million supercluster program announced in the last federal budget.

There’s been some scuttlebutt in economic development circles lately

Jesse Rodgers, the head of Volta Labs, has been named the regional leader of the Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic, the new Halifax-based accelerator that was officially announced Thursday.

CDL, which began at University of Toronto in 2012, is

Halifax-based DGI Clinical takes a two-pronged approach to boosting healthcare: the group gives patients a voice and allows pharmaceutical companies to better understand their clinical trial data. 

DGI Clinical has developed systems that allow

The French school system in New Brunswick is launching a pilot project that will teach computer coding to junior high school students, even when their teachers have no experience in computer science.

The initiative will use a new product from

There’s nothing like finding a possible early adopter to stoke the entrepreneurial fires, and right now Melissa Lunney seems stoked.

Lunney is the Founder and CEO of AppDigenous Development Inc., a young company whose technology opens doors

What if we told you that New Brunswick could revitalize its economy, retain young workers and help the environment to boot?

It might sound too good to be true, but it’s not. The bioeconomy can do all of those things and more. Some of those efforts

Steve Blank is coming to Halifax.

The father of the lean startup movement will be giving a fireside chat at Dalhousie University on May 30. He will be hosted by Launch Dal, whose founders Mary Kilfoil and Ed Leach adopted Blank’s methodology when

The Atlantic Venture Forum, which will take place June 27 and 28 in Halifax, has added digital content expert Sunny Lenarduzzi to its list of keynote speakers.

Lenarduzzi is an award-winning social media strategist and consultant. Working with such

Sustane Technologies, the Nova Scotia company that turns garbage into eco-fuel, has broken ground on its Chester plant and expects to have it operational in a year. The plant is expected to cost $16 million-$17 million.

The company came to

Rise, a Fredericton-based company dedicated to encouraging the use of sustainable materials in home renovations, is planning to launch two new services to help generate cash flow.

The company was founded two years ago, and has grown its user base

Halifax-based life sciences services provider Partner International has signed up one of the largest healthcare groups in China, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, as its first client in the Middle Kingdom.

The company known as PI announced the