On Jan. 24, a group of business, financial, and legal experts will convene in rural New Brunswick to discuss what the province can and should do to allow companies to raise equity through crowdfunding.

This meeting, led by Nancy Mathis, the

Cellufuel’s plan to open a demonstration biofuel facility in Brooklyn, N.S., this summer is just the first step of an ambitious industrial enterprise intent on having 10 plants within five to six years producing $200 million in annual revenue.

Livelenz Inc., a Bedford, N.S., maker of analytics tools for fast food restaurants, and Epson America, Inc. have launched a smart receipt printer that helps restaurant owners analyze their operations in real time with a view to increasing profits.

Gerry Pond, one of the region’s leading tech investors, has been named to the board of directors of a national foundation that encourages startups to donate some of their equity to charities.

The Upside Foundation is a new philanthropic body

ScreenScape Networks, the Charlottetown-based video display developer, has named Ken Schneider, a former system engineer at Research In Motion Ltd., as its new Chief Technology Officer.

Schneider has been working with the company for the past

In a month surprisingly packed with tech conferences, camps and gabfests, Podcamp offers something a little bit different – an “unconference”, as its organizers call it.

Podcamp will take place at the Alderney Landing Library in Dartmouth on

Invest Atlantic, the leading conference for the Atlantic Canadian startup community, has announced a series of regional events to help novice entrepreneurs try their hand at pitching and provide more meet-and-greet opportunities.

Pitch101 will

Two veterans of the tech marketing community in Saint John have merged their businesses to form Bonfire Communications Inc., which will largely target startups.

Allan Gates’ Redgate Communications has merged with Lise Hansen Design, named for

Quietly and stealthily, Heimdall Networks of Sydney spent last year raising more than $1 million in angel funding and began developing its software that protects corporations and governments against distributed denial-of-service attacks.

CEO Jim

In 2013, I think the Atlantic Canadian start-up community will be akin to the smart twenty-something kid down the street you always thought would do well and you’re waiting to be proven right. He has graduated from university with flying colours

As it works on attracting $500,000 in seed funding, Resolution Optics of Halifax will sign a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese government agency this week to research the growing algae problem in Lake Taihu in eastern China.

The deal

FounderFuel, a Montreal-based accelerator for startups, will bring its roadshow to Halifax – an event that represents more than simply a chance for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs to meet with the accelerator organizers.

The announcement also