Keith McIntosh, the CEO of Fredericton-based software-testing specialists PLATO, is the overall winner of global consultancy EY’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award in its Atlantic Canadian division.

Founded by McIntosh in 2015, PLATO

Net Zero Atlantic, a cleantech industry group that aims to spearhead applied research projects, is looking for applicants to its Net Zero Emerging Concepts and Technologies Research Program in New Brunswick.

The Net Zero ECT-NB Research Program,

Charlottetown’s BIOVECTRA has reached a key milestone in its plans to develop one of Canada’s first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facilities, having inked a deal with pharma startup Acuitas to use the Vancouver-based company’s manufacturing technology.

The University of New Brunswick is offering entrepreneurs a total of $30,000 worth of funding via this year’s Apex Startup Challenge.

The event, organized by UNB’s International Business & Entrepreneurship Centre, will see students and early-stage

A week after Halifax advanced materials-maker Meta Materials swapped out its CEO, the company’s stock price woes continue to worsen, despite the recent dismissal of a class action lawsuit filed against it in New York. 

The one-time unicorn said it

Halifax startup hub Volta is looking for applicants to its first Investment Day event, which it will host in collaboration with accelerator Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic.

The event will be held at Volta’s new offices in downtown Halifax’s

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation will host a climatetech summit in Saint John Nov. 23 — this year’s iteration of the organization’s long-running R3 events, which highlight applied research in the province.

The day-long gathering will give

A group of bluetech industry support organizations will host an innovation competition called the Ocean of Data Challenge on Nov. 20.

The challenge will be held virtually and is spearheaded by the Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, or

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, the national group that co-funds research and development projects with the private sector, is looking for climatetech-related proposals.

The Supercluster, which splits the cost of projects with companies and

A pair of Halifax startups familiar to Entrevestor readers were among the companies honoured at this year’s Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards from the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia: Sparrow BioAcoustics and MOC Biotechnologies.

Sparrow

Six life sciences startups are receiving almost a combined $3 million worth of loans from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to expand their product offerings, scale production and tap new markets.

“This funding has been instrumental in

Halifax-based EmployNXT, whose AI-driven technology aims to encourage equity in hiring, has been accepted into the esteemed Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub – three months before its product is launched.

Growing out of Saint Mary’s University’s