Dal Innovates, the innovation arm of Dalhousie University, plans to launch the Scientific Venture Program this autumn, rounding out a suite of programs designed to develop entrepreneurial thinking.

The program will help people working on

The Halifax Innovation District has begun a series of articles that show how Halifax entrepreneurs are using the city’s startup ecosystem to develop their businesses.

The first two articles, which detail how companies receive support from Volta and

St. John’s-based PragmaClin Research has won first place and $25,000 in Memorial University’s annual Mel Woodward Cup, as Co-Founders Bronwyn Bridges and Gord Genge prepare to trial their software and hardware suite for helping Parkinson’s patients.

With emergency services organizations recovering from two years spent operating in a state of crisis, the chief executive of Halifax startup ELi Technology believes the time is right for a major sales push.

Peter Woodford founded ELi in 2017 and

Though two years of pandemic have disrupted academic life, there is some consolation in knowing that Atlantic Canada's leading research universities entered the pandemic with strong funding levels for research.

While classes moved online, the

Fredericton’s Potential Motors is preparing to build and sell its own electric off-road vehicle in a bid to demonstrate the value of its control system software, with a prototype already built and set to be publicly revealed next quarter.

Chief

Fredericton cybersecurity startup Gray Wolf Analytics has signed a letter of intent with Ocean Falls Blockchain for the Vancouver-based company to become the first member of Gray Wolf’s early adopter program.

In a press release, Gray Wolf President

Dartmouth cleantech startup Planetary Technologies has raised $7.8 million, including $4.2 million of equity funding and $3.6 million of grants to pilot its technology.

The investors include Nova Scotia venture capital Crown corporation Innovacorp

The CEO of a Dartmouth-based marketing and public safety automation startup with a history of innovation in employee management believes Atlantic Canada’s technology labour crunch is being mis-framed in the community discourse.

Saeed El-Darahali is

We’re changing our editorial policy at Entrevestor to reflect the greatest needs of Atlantic Canadian startups.

Starting today, whenever we profile a company, we will list some of the company’s staff openings at the end of the article, and include

The Halifax chapter of silver economy group Aging2.0 is holding a virtual pitch competition next month for early-stage startups whose products are designed to improve the life of seniors.

The event will be part of the Longevity Economy Showcaae, a

Eight teams will vie for a $2,000 first prize at Genesis’s next Pitch & Pick competition — the culmination of its eight-week Evolution accelerator.

There will also be a $1,000 second prize and a $500 Community Choice Award. 

The Evolution Program