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Lockhart Leaving Propel for McKenna Institute
Kathryn Lockhart, CEO of Propel, the regional virtual accelerator for tech-enabled companies, has announced she is joining the McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick as Executive Director, effective Nov. 10.
Lockhart has headed up
GIT Opens New Facility and Lands EDC Funds
Dartmouth-based GIT Coatings, which creates biocide-free, graphene-based marine coatings, has opened a new facility and received an additional $5 million in funding from Export Development Canada. The money was presented during the opening of the
Business Hall of Fame Recognizes Young Entrepreneurs
Cat Adalay, founder and CEO of Dartmouth-based Aurea Technologies, is one of four emerging entrepreneurs to be recognized this week by the Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame.
Aurea is the cleantech company behind the Shine and RISE turbines,
Elle, MD Lands $100K from Invest NS
Elle, MD Biotechnologies has secured an equity investment of $100,000 from Invest Nova Scotia, matching the amount it received earlier this year from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
Invest Nova Scotia, the provincial economic development
ImmigrateAI Global Wins at G20 YEA Summit
Halifax-based ImmigrateAI Global has won third place in the Global Business Competition at the G20 YEA Summit in South Africa.
The company has won a package of $5,000. What’s more valuable, founder and CEO Max Medyk told Entrevestor, is the
Spellbook Closes US$50M Series B Round
Spellbook, which makes AI products for law firms, has closed a US$50 million (C$70 million) Series B round led by Khosla Ventures, one of the top venture capital firms in Silicon Valley.
Based in St. John’s and Toronto, Spellbook announced the
MarineNav, Precision Design Win Naval Tech Challenge
Two Atlantic Canadian companies have been recognized for developing advanced technologies to improve naval operations through the 2025 Naval Technology Innovation Challenge.
Supported by the Dartmouth-based COVE, Thales Canada, and the Atlantic
Alaagi Focuses on Getting to Market
Sheheryar Khan speaks very fast in a voice full of excitement and a fair bit of incredulity. Less than a year after the Saint Mary’s University student founded Alaagi to make biodegradable, seaweed-based food packaging, the company is celebrating
Tribe and GEN Launch Startup Huddle Halifax
Halifax-based Tribe Network, a support organization for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour, has got together with the Global Entrepreneurship Network to launch Startup Huddle Halifax.
A global
CDL Recognizes Ledwell for Mentorship
Lauren Ledwell has been named CDL-Atlantic’s Mentor of the Year in the group’s Prime Stream.
A CDL-Quantum alumna from the first cohort in 2017 to 2018, Ledwell returned as a mentor in 2022 and has since contributed across CDL-Atlantic and
Voltai Closes $1.83M Pre-Seed Round
Voltai, a Dartmouth-based cleantech company developing ocean and renewable energy technologies, has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round of $1.83 million.
The round was led by Invest Nova Scotia. Other participants included an angel
10 Deeptech Startups Join ideaBUILD Cohort
The Emera ideaHUB has announced the launch of its Fall 2025 ideaBUILD cohort, welcoming 10 deeptech startups focused on creating physical solutions for a healthier world.
The ideaBUILD program is designed to support companies as they journey from