Fredericton-based Picketa Systems has raised C$2.1 million in an oversubscribed financing round to expand its real-time crop nutrition platform across North America and add support for more crop types.

The round was led by Tall Grass Ventures of

[Editor's note: This is the latest in a series of articles highlighting segments of our Atlantic Canada Startup Data Report.]

Florian Villaumé, then the CEO of TechNL, posted in January 2026 that Newfoundland and Labrador is on track to become the

Halifax-based ZEMÎ Technologies has secured its first commercial contract, signing an agreement with Tudor Gold Corp. to provide AI-assisted analysis for the company's Treaty Creek gold project in British Columbia.

Under the contract, ZEMÎ will

Halifax-based Floqer has closed a $2 million pre-seed funding round to expand development of its artificial intelligence platform for sales and marketing teams.

The company said the funding will support the development of an autonomous customer

Sanjay Dubey of Memorial University has won the $80,000 second prize in the 2026 Student Entrepreneur Climate Solutions Prize for his work developing seaweed-based alternatives to conventional plastics.

The award recognizes Dubey as a Co-Founder of