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Scotiaderm Gains Funding from Natural Products Canada
Port Williams, NS-based Scotiaderm, which produces a natural skin barrier formulation that protects against skin damage caused by exposure to urine, feces, sweat and chaffing, is one of five Canadian companies to receive funding from Natural
NBIF’s White Sees Startup Rebound
Jeff White, the CEO of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, has posted a blog saying his organization is noticing a rebound in the startup community in the launch of new ventures and fundraising by portfolio companies.
The article highlights a
Kraken Robotics Raising About $100M
St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics, which specializes in next-generation sonar systems and unmanned platforms to carry them, is in the process of raising about $100 million by selling shares on the TSX Venture Exchange.
The company issued a statement
Axis Accelerator Seeks Applicants
The Axis Accelerator at University of New Brunswick Saint John has seats available for its six-month program for business-to-business startups from across Atlantic Canada looking to grow their revenues and prepare to raise capital.
The program will
B. Corp Status Fuels Ethical Swag
Cape Breton–based sustainable promotional products company Ethical Swag is navigating the current economic chaos through the B-Corp certified systems it already had in place.
The Sydney company helps organizations make their values visible through
Toward Prosperity Sets Out New Economic Plan
For the first two-thirds of Toward Prosperity, the reader could be forgiven for thinking they’d picked up the wrong book.
In the title, this superb new analysis of the Atlantic Canadian economy by economist David Campbell and retired pollster Don
Mobile App Brings Bloomsday to Halifax
This Saturday through Monday, Haligonians can experience 1904 Dublin and 2025 Halifax in an app-based self-guided tour of the novel Ulysses. Billed as part literary excursion, part scavenger hunt, and part pub crawl, the app is the work of Andrew
Halifax Will Host 2026 Annual Invest Canada Conference
The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) has announced that Halifax will host the 2026 edition of its annual conference, Invest Canada, from May 26 to 28.
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation CEO Jeff White, who was
DeNova To Lead $7.2M Aquaculture Feed Project
Dartmouth-based DeNova, which makes sustainable feed ingredients for aquaculture, will lead a $7.2 million Microbial Protein for Sustainable Aquaculture Project outlined this week by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster.
The project was the largest of five
Dal Innovates Announces Teams for Summer Accelerator
A total of 20 student teams will take part in Dal Innovates’ Lab2Market Launch and Collide Launch summer accelerator programs.
Comprising 33 students and recent graduates from 10 post-secondary institutions, the students will develop their ventures
Nditive Eyes Product Launch in 2026
Having graduated from the most recent cohort of the Techstars Sustainability Paris Accelerator, the team at St. John’s-based Nditive is setting its sights on launching their gas monitoring product in 2026.
Founded by Dr. Salar Salahi and Dr. Seyed
Essential Recruit Rebrands to Focus on Rural Resilience
New Glasgow, NS-based Essential Recruit, now known as Judy Intelligence, has secured $600,000 in federal funding to lead a two-year pilot test of its AI-powered workplace development platform that helps employers and communities find, attract, and