A new Halifax venture capital fund backed by Natural Products Canada and agricultural lender Farm Credit Canada, helmed by a pair of startup ecosystem stalwarts, has announced the $20 million first close of a planned $50 million to invest in seed

St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostats has launched its fifth product, Mysa LITE, which is a low-cost version of its flagship control system for electric baseboard heaters.

The new thermostat is positioned as an affordable way for consumers to cut

Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions, the Rothesay, NB, maker of safety equipment for drones, has won a high-profile pitch competition at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas.

Led by chief executive Josh Ogden, the 2017-founded startup was one of three

Online startup accelerator Propel has announced the 16 companies participating in its Vision and Validation program, which is its new training program for the founders of early-stage companies.

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador both have

The Women’s Equity Lab Atlantic angel fund, the recently created, female-focused angel investing group from the non-profit Atlantic Women’s Venture Foundation, has announced its first three investments.

Founded six months ago and representing

The Prince Edward Island BioAlliance is seeking innovation-driven companies to lease space in its new BioAccelerator facility, which is slated to be completed in 2025 and will offer biomanufacturing facilities and office space.

In a statement, the

Dalhousie University held its inaugural Pitch Day for graduates of its Dal Innovates and Emera ideaHUB accelerators Thursday, with HerBiome Skincare and XO Technology winning for Launch and ideaBUILD, respectively.

In total, 19 startups competed

The organizers of the second annual InnovateNB Awards, which will be presented at a celebratory event in Fredericton Oct. 12, have announced their finalists.

The list includes contenders across nine different categories, ranging from Diversity and

We were shocked and saddened to learn this week that Dr. Mary Kilfoil, one of the pioneers of the Atlantic Canada startup community, had passed away peacefully at home last week.

A woman of great kindness and generosity, Kilfoil is best known in

This year’s BioPort life sciences summit in Halifax came complete not just with a selection of presentations from pre-seed and seed-stage startups, but also an announcement: provincial industry group and conference organizer BioNova is now Life

Some of the most successful Atlantic Canadian startup founders in the region's history will headline the 2023 edition of Entrevestor Live, our three-hour conference that showcases the biggest and best of the region’s high-growth companies.

This

Acuicy, the Halifax-based maker of business intelligence software for emissions reduction, is demoing its technology with double-digit numbers of enterprise clients on the back of completing its minimum viable product last spring.

Chief executive