Invest Nova Scotia has announced payroll rebate agreements for two Halifax startups: medical scheduling platform Virtual Hallway and oceans data specialists Global Spatial Technology Solutions, or GSTS.

Payroll rebate agreements are the process by

Halifax-based Glas Ocean Electric, which is developing technology to electrify boats and optimize their energy performance, has won a contract from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA.

The company issued a

Boston-based bluetech innovation hub SeaAhead and the New England Aquarium have selected a fourth cohort of startups for BlueSwell, a program focused on early-stage bluetech innovation.   

The five startups target decarbonization, ocean data

The Halifax maker of anti-microbial film for fish packaging that was formerly called Impactful Health R&D has rebranded to Freshr Sustainable Technologies.

Freshr, which was founded by biomaterials researcher Mina Mekhail in 2017 and makes its

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a raft of new artificial intelligence-related research and development deals with the private sector, including a $10.5 million, six-company group working on environmental assessments for tidal energy

The Ghost Gear Fund, a federally funded program, has contributed $551,270 to Ocean Legacy Foundation to assist Nova Scotia in the clean up after Hurricane Fiona which struck the region a year ago.

B.C.-based Ocean Legacy Foundation is a Canadian

Sherbrooke, Que.-based Oneka Technologies has closed the $12.5 million first tranche of its Series A funding round, which included Invest Nova Scotia and was led by British Columbia’s Hoffecker family, with plans to raise up to another $10 million.

Nova Scotia supply chain analytics specialists BlueNode and the Port of Halifax are finalists for the International Association of Ports and Harbors’ Sustainability Awards, to be presented at the World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 1.

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a joint call for proposals with British government organization Innovate U.K. under its newly created Canada-UK: Collaborative Ocean Innovation Solutions Program.

The two groups are looking for private

Halifax’s Clean Valley CIC is extending a trial of its technology for growing algae in wastewater from land-based aquaculture pens with a major Portuguese operator.

Clean Valley Founder Nicholas LaValle said in an interview the test has been in

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

With World Water Week on the horizon, now is an opportune time to highlight a trio of oceans-related announcements.

Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute, the international event aims to encourage sustainable bluetech innovation