Sydney-based e-fuels company Aeon Blue, which is raising $4 million to finance its first pilot project, has been named the Startup Venture of the Year at the Canadian Cleantech Awards.

CEO Lark Meadows and CTO Deóis Ua Cearnaigh, siblings

The federal government has awarded grants of $197,250 to five Halifax-area companies to help them hire experts, streamline operations, increase production, and reach new markets.

The funding is provided through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities

Atlantic Canada suffered a weak first quarter for venture capital investment, says the country’s main private capital association, highlighting weak investment across Canada and around the globe.

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity

Halifax-based Myomar Molecular, which has developed a urine test that assesses muscle health, has closed a $3.5 million seed round that will help it expand into the U.S. and Asia.

In an interview, Co-Founder and CEO Rafaela Andrade said the round

Dr. Chris Burns, the former CEO of Novonix Battery Technology Solutions, has taken the battery innovator’s Halifax operations private, setting up two new companies, each with a distinct focus.

 Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Novonix said last week it had

New Brunswick has proposed changes to its Small Business Investor Tax Credit program that will improve the incentives for companies and individuals investing in the province’s startups.

The provincial government issued a statement last week saying

Three Atlantic Canadian startups – Aeon Blue, Aurea Technologies and Tracktile – were selected to pitch to investors at the 2026 NACO Summit held in Ottawa this week.

The three companies were among 27 pitching at Moonshot Ventures, which was a

When Lauren Ledwell talks about her vision for the Prince Edward Island life sciences community, it doesn’t take her long to mention two words: investment and infrastructure.

These two words are likely to play a big role in the strategic review now

Pelorus Venture Capital and the Venture NL Fund took centre stage at the 2026 NACO Summit on Wednesday, drawing applause for funding successful ventures, returning money to shareholders and attracting more capital.

Pelorus Founding Partner Chris

The Cape Breton Capital Group has invested $100,000 in Petite Riviere Farming Company, a Nova Scotia startup focused on agricultural innovation and value-added food products.

The company, founded by Gregg Curwin, produces nutritional supplements

A year after securing federal funding to lead the Atlantic region’s participation in the national Labs 4 network, the Nova Scotia Community College is celebrating a successful first year.

Labs 4 supports early-stage research commercialization with

Emera ideaHUB, the Halifax-based early-stage, deeptech incubator, has named 10 startups that have been accepted into its Spring 2026 ideaBUILD program.

Designed to help founders transform ideas into real-world solutions, ideaBUILD supports physical