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InnovateNB Nominees Announced
The organizers of the InnovateNB Celebration and Awards 2025 have announced the nominees for the innovation awards in nine categories.
The awards program recognizes individuals and organizations contributing to innovation across New Brunswick.
Top 7 Over 70 Seeks Nominations
Calgary-based non-profit Top 7 Over 70 will hold its awards ceremony in Halifax in May next year. The group runs an awards program that celebrates the recent successes of adults over 70 and it is the first time the awards will be held in Atlantic
7 Fathoms Makes a Splash on Dragons’ Den
Grates Cove, NL-based skincare company 7 Fathoms recently appeared on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, where they successfully pitched their business to one of the show’s investors.
The company is making skin and hair products incorporating the bioactives found
CVCA Says Region Booked $35M in VC in Q3
Atlantic Canadian startups raised about $35 million in venture capital in the third quarter of 2025, says Canada’s main VC body, which is small change compared to the total coming for the fourth quarter.
Templar Targets Electric Boat Market
A new company on Nova Scotia’s South Shore is setting out to electrify transportation on the water.
Based in Pleasantville, Templar Marine will produce a range of fully electric boats — from commercial craft and tour boats to water taxis — all
Martin ‘Tweaks” Genesis Programs in Year 1
Sitting at the centre of the region’s hottest startup market, Genesis has undergone changes in the last year that the guy in charge says are really a few “tweaks”.
Just after his first anniversary as Genesis CEO, Ed Martin spoke with Entrevestor in
Startup Atlantic Exhibits at Elevate and SaaS North
Startup Atlantic, a network that unites the entrepreneurial ecosystem across the four Atlantic Provinces, has been travelling with a two-stop national showcase of Atlantic Canada’s innovation economy.
The Startup Atlantic Fall Tech Roadshow
CoLab Closes US$72M Series C Round
St. John’s-based CoLab Software on Monday announced the closing of a US$72 million (C$100.9 million) Series C funding round, the largest VC financing in the region in the past two years.
Founded by CEO Adam Keating and CTO Jeremy Andrew in 2017,
Bennett To Headline InnovateNB Gala
Sandpiper Ventures Founding and Managing Partner Cathy Bennett will deliver the keynote address at this year’s InnovateNB Awards, scheduled for Nov. 27 at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre.
Bennett brings more than three decades of
CanXP AI Launches Canadian-Trained SLM
CanXP AI has launched MaplePT, a small language model (SLM) trained entirely in Canada, marking what the company calls a step toward “sustainable, sovereign AI” that is accessible to all Canadians.
Built and hosted exclusively within Canada,
UNB’s Summer Institute Celebrates Six New Ventures
The six companies that comprise the 2025 Summer Institute Cohort presented their work to the public last Friday, illustrating a range of new technologies.
Now in its 12th year, University of New Brunswick's Summer Institute program teaches sales,
Six East Coast Startups Make Foresight 50
Six Atlantic Canadian cleantech ventures have been named to the 2025 edition of the Foresight 50, an annual exercise to find the most investible cleantech companies in the country.
Calgary-based Foresight Canada, which bills itself as Canada’s
