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Core Halifax Startups Show Strong Growth
Reflecting broader trends across the Atlantic Canadian landscape, Halifax’s startup community is evolving into two distinct tiers: a high-performing group of growth-stage ventures, and a larger pool of startups facing mounting challenges in a tough
Accelerate Tech Applications Open
Accelerate Tech organizers are seeking applicants for the program that offers coaching, capital connections, and a founder community to BIPOC entrepreneurs.
The program is run by Halifax-based Tribe Network, a support organization for Atlantic
Eastern Edge Robotics Excels at World Championships
A multi-disciplinary team of undergraduate students from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Marine Institute have taken home various prizes from an international robotics contest.
Since being founded in 2002, Eastern Edge
ImmigrateAI Global Targets Those Seeking Permanent Residency
Halifax-based ImmigrateAI Global has launched PR Compass, a platform geared toward immigrants already in Canada – particularly those in healthcare, construction, and other high-demand sectors – who are attempting to gain permanent residency.
“If
2025 Atlantic Technology Summit in Two Provinces
This year’s Atlantic Technology Summit will be held in Dartmouth, N.S., and Dieppe, N.B. at the same time. The event will take the theme "The Atlantic Edge: Talent, Growth and Sustainability".
Writing on LinkedIn, organizers said the theme covers:
Invest NS Accelerate Opens Applications
Invest Nova Scotia is looking for early-stage tech companies to take part in Accelerate, its milestone-based program that helps Nova Scotia founders get investment-ready.
The program is delivered virtually over five months. Organizers are looking
Spark Nova Scotia Winners Named
Spark Nova Scotia has announced this year’s winners. The contest for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses is run in three regions — Cape Breton, North, and Southwest — and offers winners up to $50,000. Each geographical
Top 7 Over 70 Coming to Halifax
The Calgary-based non-profit Top 7 Over 70 will hold its fifth awards ceremony in Halifax in May next year. The group runs an awards program that celebrates the new successes of adults over 70 and it is the first time the awards will be held in
Cashew Wins Profitual’s No-Pitch Competition
Calgary-based Cashew Research, a startup offering AI-driven market research, has won Profitual’s first No-Pitch Competition, which was designed to assess companies based on their fundamentals, not their verbiage.
Profitual is a Fredericton-based
Propel Welcomes 12 Startups to Traction & Growth
Propel, Atlantic Canada’s virtual accelerator for tech-enabled companies, has announced the latest cohort joining its Traction & Growth Program. This group of founders represent a range of industries, from AI and health tech to retail, education,
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