The MERGE Program at Fredericton startup hub Planet Hatch has received $294,250 in support from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). MERGE has been set up by the Fredericton area economic ...

We’ve known for months that Radian6 Technologies Inc. was a great deal, but we’re only now understanding just how great a deal it was. The Venture Capital Association, known as CVCA, issued a ...

Many thanks to all the CEOs who have completed our survey, and a gentle reminder to other Atlantic Canadian startup leaders to please take a few minutes to answer our 10-question form. We’ve had a ...

Zen Electric CEO Ravindra Kempaiah speaks at a press conference in March. When Halifax’s Zen Electric said in March it had raised about $2.62 million from backers that included Nigerian utility giant ...

After a modest change to its business model of making automatically adjusting desks, Smartpods is reporting higher sales with particular success in selling to the federal government and the new market ...

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will administer $4.2 million of federal spending to fund Nova Scotia’s Spark Innovation Challenge and the regional Community Futures Program. The Spark ...

For the fifth year in a row, the Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is hosting The Arena pitching contest for students. The pitching contest brings together ...

Halifax-based Talkatoo has closed a round of funding led by Toronto’s Klick Ventures, which has been the voice-transcription startup’s mentor going through the Google for Startups Accelerator: Voice ...

A new investment group called 7th Wave Capital has been launched to support five established businesses a year in the Maritime Provinces. The new Halifax-based group is headed by Paul LeBlanc, best ...

We're thrilled to announce that Entrevestor Live-- the only conference dedicated exclusively to Atlantic Canada's greatest startup successes -- will return for a fourth year this autumn, packing a ...

Fredericton boasts a strong startup ecosystem with UNB TME and Planet Hatch. It would have been difficult for New Brunswick in 2019 to outdo its performance of 2018, especially in terms of funding. As ...

Ideally, my wish list for the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem for 2021 would begin with an East Coast angel network. But I’m growing more pessimistic about an angel network coming to fruition in ...