Research Nova Scotia, the provincial nonprofit that helps fund and coordinate scientific work, is getting a tidy boost to its budget.

About a $25 million boost, more specifically. Since Research Nova Scotia’s founding in 2019, it has received a

The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre is looking for applicants to two of its startup accelerator programs, Energia Ventures and The Summer Institute.

Now in its seventh year of operation, Energia Ventures supports startups from

Atlantic Canada is getting a new regional angel group.

The newly formed Atlantic Women’s Angel Fund was inspired partly by managing partner Andrea King’s experience on the board of the non-profit Atlantic Women’s Venture Foundation, which was

Precision BioLogic, a Dartmouth medtech company that sells diagnostic testing supplies, has received United States Food and Drug Administration approval for its product for the bleeding disorder Hemophilia B.

The Hemophilia test, also recently

The startup community is entering 2023 on uncertain footing, with a faltering global economy and contracting venture capital markets raising questions about young companies’ near-term prospects.

But an evolving startup support ecosystem and

In the space of just eight months, Charlottetown video game developer Iron Fox Games has grown to have a staff of 21 people and is already running in the black.

Founded by industry veterans Ryan Filsinger and Chris Gallant, who previously developed

Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to its Early Stage Commercialization Fund for university research, rolling over a program from the days of Innovacorp.

The fund offers startups up to $50,000 for assessing their products’ market

The University of New Brunswick will build a new, $38 million Health and Social Innovation Centre at its Saint John campus as part of the provincial government’s larger bid to revamp its flagging healthcare system with the help of innovative

In a bid to address the structural factors that observers have said contributed to 2022’s innovation economy labour shortage, industry group Digital Nova Scotia is spearheading a new information technology jobs training program across the four

Springboard Atlantic has announced that it will lead Atlantic IP, the regional component of a new federal program that will help entrepreneurs develop, leverage and protect their intellectual property.

The federal government unveiled its Elevate IP

As we do each year, we're taking off the week between Christmas and New Year's. So this is our last day of publishing until Jan. 3. 

It's been a fantastic year, and we would like to thank all our readers and clients for making it so great. In 2022,

The past year has been one of significant change for the East Coast startup ecosystem, as a tumultous global economy made its presence felt in Atlantic Canada. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest innovation stories of 2022:

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