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Cleantech Challenge Offers Grants up to $100K
A new cleantech competition, the ECT-PEI: Clean Technology Challenge, has been established for entrepreneurs and researchers and offers a grant of up to $100,000, with up to four successful applicants being awarded the money.
Co-founded by
CarbonRun, pHathom win Cleantech Awards
CarbonRun and pHathom Technologies have captured the top prizes for companies at the inaugural 2025 Atlantic Canada Cleantech Awards, organized by Foresight Canada.
The contest seeks to recognize ventures and ecosystem leaders that are advancing
Spark NS Challenge Seeks Applicants
Innovators are being sought to take part in the Spark Nova Scotia competitions for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses.
The contest is run in three regions — Cape Breton, North, and Southwest — and offers winners up to
Jayrell Diggs Claims Another Award for SudDrop
Halifax basketball player Jayrell Diggs has won the Retail Prophet Innovation Award for his work at SudDrop, a venture which collects and delivers laundry.
The new award comes with a $2,500 prize and joins earlier awards Diggs has earned, including
Energia Ventures Invites Community to Demo Day
Fredericton-based Energia Ventures is inviting the innovation community to celebrate the latest five ventures to participate in its program for new, technology-focused companies.
Based at the University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre
Das Returns with New Product for Knowledge-based Firms
Halifax-based Tukan Das is well known as a co-founder of marketing data vendor LeadSift. Now, he is behind Gia, which he calls the growth partner for professional services firms and agencies, and from which he hopes for a much bigger return.
“Since
Enactus National Competitors Named
Following a regional contest in Halifax, 12 post-secondary student teams are going forward to the Enactus Canada National Exposition.
Enactus Canada is a charity that focuses on inspiring post-secondary students to initiate and operate socially
Tribe AI Launchpad Accepting Applications
Halifax-based Tribe Network, the region’s support hub for BIPOC founders, is launching its AI Launchpad, a new accelerator program developed in partnership with Scale AI, Canada’s AI innovation supercluster.
This new initiative supports startups
Picketa Wins Next-Gen Nitrogen Challenge
Fredericton agtech company Picketa Systems will be piloting its technology on Ontario farms after winning the Next-Gen Nitrogen Challenge organized by Foresight Canada and the Ontario Soil Network.
The organizers announced Tuesday that Picketa had
PayTic Closes US$4M Funding Extension
PayTic, which modernizes payment operations for financial companies, has closed a US$4 million ($5.7 million) extension of its seed round, backed by such investors as Build Ventures, Concrete Ventures and Island Capital Partners.
CEO Imad Boumahdi
Applications Closing for Invest NS Trade Mission
Invest Nova Scotia has extended the deadline for startups to apply to attend an upcoming conference on the other side of the country.
The new deadline is this Wednesday, April 9 at 5 pm.
Organizers say the three-day Web SUmmit will give
Finalists Named for Atlantic Cleantech Awards
Foresight Canada has revealed its 2025 Atlantic Canada finalists for its cleantech awards. The contest seeks to recognize ventures and ecosystem leaders that are advancing innovation and growth in the region.
B.C.-based Foresight Canada is a