The Invest Nova Scotia Fund on Tuesday announced a pair of grants totaling more than $1.5 million that will support the ecosystem for startups, especially in Cape Breton.

The fund — which aims to invest in the ecosystem rather than in individual

A Halifax medical technology company has a basic aim: to make anesthesia safer.

DMF Medical plans to release its signature product, Memsorb, in the next year and hopes it will improve the process of removing carbon dioxide from the system that puts

Flixel wins StartupFest Pitching Competition

A company with New Brunswick roots walked away from StartupFest on Friday with the $160,000 first prize at the Montreal festival’s pitching competition.

Toronto-based Flixel, which began life in

There can’t be many technology blogs that also offer reviews of summer shoes and proclaim a girl’s right to feel sexy, but Sage Franch is known for celebrating her love of tech and her femininity.

Franch, a.k.a. the Trendy Techie, is a computer

On July 20, a pilot project will begin at the University of New Brunswick Saint John that will advance the cause of teaching sales at Atlantic Canadian universities.

The MBA program offered at the Saint John campus will begin a new special topic

STI Technologies partners with PopRX

PopRx, whose mobile pharmacy app helps people to manage their medication, has partnered with Halifax-based STI Technologies’ innoviCares program to offer Canadians a mobile solution to their healthcare needs.

Halifax-based BuyMyLemonade.com, has unveiled a crowdfunding campaign with the aim of building sales for its product, which teaches young people entrepreneurship through online sales.

The company was founded by CEO Guy Shaham and chief IT Officer

Forum for business resources takes place next week

Aspiring and established business owners will converge on the Mount St. Vincent University campus next week to attend a reverse trade show focused on the business resources available in Nova

A couple of opportunities for specialized developers in Halifax are the focus of our Jobs of the Week column today.

MindSea Development, a Halifax company that develops apps for iOS and Android systems, is hiring an Android mobile software

Halifax-based PhotoDynamic Inc. has raised funding from members of the First Angel Network, which will help bring its oral hygiene product to market.

Formerly called Fenol Farm, PhotoDynamic has developed a system that kills plaque buildup on teeth

Shaw Brick, Atlantic Canada’s oldest concrete masonry producer, has implemented CarbonCure Technologies’ sustainable technology across its entire production line.

CarbonCure, a Halifax green building materials company, has been working with Shaw

In about a year, the co-founders of NB Biomatrix hope their company will have a plant in Saint John producing a solution that can help to clean heavy metals from the most contaminated water sites around the world.

CEO Jeff Jennings and chief