Startup Zone Names New CEO, EIR
Charlottetown-based innovation hub Startup Zone has named Sheryl MacAulay its new CEO and local businessman Mikey Wasnidge as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. An Islander herself, MacAulay is arriving from...
View ArticleFemale Entrepreneurs Set the Pace
For International Women’s Day this year, we are celebrating some of the female leaders in Atlantic Canada. Women are becoming a powerful voice in the community. More support organizations are naming...
View ArticleStartup Zone Names New CEO, EIR
Charlottetown-based innovation hub Startup Zone has named Sheryl MacAulay its new CEO and local businessman Mikey Wasnidge as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. An Islander herself, MacAulay is arriving from...
View ArticleClean Leadership Interns Program Open
Applications are open for the Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, which is targeting Nova Scotians between the ages of 15 and 30. This year, over 100 internship positions are available,...
View ArticleJobs: Highline Beta Seeks Accelerator Head
Corporate innovation specialist Highline Beta is looking for an Executive Director for Accelerators, an opening that headlines our Job of the Week column today. Based in Toronto, Highline Beta helps...
View ArticleValidCert Pilots with RIC Centre
Halifax-based ValidCert, a blockchain- and SaaS-based company that validates people’s credentials, has completed a soft launch of its product with the Research Innovation and Commercialization Centre...
View ArticleUofT, Waterloo, Victors at VCIC
University of Toronto and University of Waterloo were the big winners at the 2021 Canadian finals of the Venture Capital Investment Competition, or VCIC. The Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s...
View ArticleDistrict Invests in Vertiball
In its second Atlantic Canadian deal in a week, Arlene Dickinson’s District Ventures Capital has invested in Fredericton-based manufacturing company Vertiball, whose product helps ease back pain. The...
View ArticleStemble Aims for 30 Universities
Jason Pearson is a chemistry prof with a big sales job ahead of him. Pearson is the Founder and CEO of Charlottetown-based Stemble, whose digital platform aids the remote teaching of chemistry to...
View ArticleFunds Focus on Diversity
Various national groups have announced funds that boost funding opportunities for diverse founders. Toronto-based Bay Mills Investment Group has launched its Bay Mills Diversity Fund, which focuses on...
View ArticlePlanetary Hydrogen Wins Pitch Event
Planetary Hydrogen, which plans to capture carbon in the world’s oceans, claimed the $2,000 first prize at the annual Start-Up Yard Pitching Event on Thursday. Start-Up Yard, Innovacorp’s oceantech...
View Article#Startupeast Featured in TechCrunch
TechCrunch, the bible of the Silicon Valley startup cluster, published a long-form article on the Atlantic Canadian startup community this weekend, showcasing the growth of the segment in the world’s...
View Article23 New Teams Join Lab2Market
Twenty-three teams from 11 universities have been accepted into the Winter 2021 cohort of Lab2Market at Dalhousie University – the biggest representation of institutions in the program’s history....
View ArticleClearRisk Raises $3.3M in Growth Capital
St. John’s-based ClearRisk, which provides risk-management software, is hoping to accelerate its recent 30 percent annual growth rate on the back of a $2.5 million round of growth capital and a few...
View ArticleModest Tree Releases Xplorer 2.0
Halifax-based immersive technology specialist Modest Tree on Tuesday announced the launch of Xplorer 2.0, the latest iteration of its extended reality enterprise software. Modest Tree’s Xplorer...
View ArticleUsing Drones To Improve Potato Production
Sponsored Content Stephanie Arnold’s path to entrepreneurship has included not just a business degree, but also a PhD program, a rotating house and Prince Edward Island’s most famous export. The...
View ArticleSkillsHawk Celebrates Strong Start
St. John’s-based SkillsHawk – the new name for Creatros Technologies – is reporting strong sales of its talent-mining technology more than three months after its official launch. The company came...
View ArticleNatural Products Canada Launches $50M Fund
A new $50 million investment fund has been launched by Natural Products Canada Ventures to invest in early-stage Canadian companies developing naturally derived alternatives to synthetic products. NPC...
View ArticleFemale Founders Sought for Pitch Event
Halifax-based Innovation hub Volta is inviting applications for its Women Taking over the World with Tech pitch competition. The contest is for founders identifying as female working within the...
View Article2K Agrees To Buy HB Studios
HB Studios, a Lunenburg, NS, gaming studio with a staff of about 80, has agreed to be acquired by New York-based Take-Two Interactive Software for an undisclosed price. Take-Two, which is listed on the...
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