Halifax-based MARIN X, which sells sensor technology for aquaculture operators, has won the Innovation Award at global bluetech conference Aqua Nor, held in Trondheim, Norway.

The brainchild of entrepreneurs Sheamus MacDonald and Aleksandr

Just a quick note to say we've begun our annual late-August break. 

We always take off the week before Labour Day, recharging our batteries at a time of slow news flow. We hope all of you enjoy the last few days of August and look forward to being

Entrevestor Live, our third annual conference on Atlantic Canada's most successful startups, is coming to Halifax startup hub Volta Nov. 14. This year's theme is Going Global.

The half-day, hybrid event is dedicated to learning from the region’s

Halifax-based Hollo Medical has swapped out its CEO, replacing one co-founder with another.

Former CEO David Hodgson, who in June won the 2023 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, beating out almost 1,100 competitors internationally, will become

Dalhousie University’s startup hub, Dal Innovates will hold a virtual pitch day on Sept. 12 for its health cohort of Lab2Market Launch, part of a national research commercialization program for post-secondary institutions.

The students, researchers

Halifax medical technology startup NovaResp, which is developing an algorithm to help manage sleep apnea, has added a new member to its board of directors: Raj Sodhi, who has extensive experience selling technology to treat the condition.

Sodhi

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is looking for grant applicants to its new, $2 million Climate Change Mitigation Fund, and the deadline is Oct. 16.

NBIF and economic development agency Opportunities New Brunswick created the fund to

The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship will host this year’s Future of Innovation conference Oct. 17 and 18, and the first speaker to be announced is prominent business journalist

Correction: An earlier version of this article mistakenly said the CVCA's second-quarter data overlooked the CarbonCure deal. We have corrected the article to state that the CarbonCure round closed in the third quarter. 

While venture capital

Economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to the 2023-2024 edition of its Launch Export Atlantic Incubator for young companies looking to develop sales outside of Nova Scotia or Canada.

The virtual incubator will help

Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub Genesis is renaming the “microfund” it uses to back early-stage startups in honour of a US$1 million donation it received as part of Nasdaq’s purchase of cybersecurity unicorn Verafin.

Now called the Nasdaq

Global consultancy EY has named 18 finalists in the 2023 Atlantic division of the Entrepreneur of the Year competition, now in its 29th year.

With competitors grouped into five regions nationally, the Atlantic Canadian winners will go on to compete