The Nova Scotia Innovation Hub will host a bioeconomy summit at Saint Mary’s University’s Sobey School of Business May 19, marking one of the first forays back into real-world events for the life sciences community after COVID-19.

The summit will

St. John’s-based Cyno, which has developed a healthcare platform for corporations, has raised a $2.3 million seed round led by the Venture NL fund, which is managed by Pelorus Venture Capital, along with a handful of angel investors and industry

Mitacs is eyeing a potential funding increase from the Nova Scotia government as it plans to nearly double the number of STEM internships it offers in the province over the next four or five years.

New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and

Earthproof Proteins, the Halifax maker of protein supplements derived from sources with low environmental impact, has been acquired by PS Brands, the investment vehicle of entrepreneurs Pat Murphy and Scott Berty.

Earthproof was founded in 2019 by

Halifax startup hub Volta has announced the 10 finalists in its latest Volta Cohort pitch competition, slated for May 25 with up to $25,000 of prize money for winners.

Volta started holding its Cohort events four years ago and the upcoming event

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has announced a new artificial intelligence conference, dubbed R3: Accelerating AI Innovation, for June 23 in Moncton.

Slated to last a full day and be held at the Delta Hotels Beausejour, the conference will

Fredericton cybersecurity startup Gray Wolf Analytics has inked a “strategic partnership” agreement with blockchain service company SmartLedger. The deal will include some integration of the two companies' product offerings, as well as SmartLedger

Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions, the Rothesay, NB, maker of safety equipment for drones, says it has finished a $1.1 million federal testing contract with flying colours and is about to start pursuing a larger government sale.

The original deal was

Halifax’s Planetary Technologies has won a US$1 million Milestone Award from the new US$100 million Carbon Removal XPRIZE.

The latest version of the XPRIZE, which is funded by the Elon Musk Foundation and will award its grand prize in 2025, has

The federal government has announced $2.89 million of funding for innovation-related projects in Halifax and Cape Breton as part of its COVID-19 recovery package.

The money comes from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, via the federal

This Earth Day, we're recognizing a trio of Nova Scotian companies that are vying for the new US$100 million Carbon Removal XPRIZE, slated to be decided in 2025. Halifax’s Planetary Technologies and Reazent have both entered the competition as

Halifax medical device maker ABK Biomedical has begun human trials for its Eye90 microspheres — tiny, mildly radioactive glass spheres visible on x-rays and CT scans, which can be injected into patients and used to view the size and shape of