recent news
Smallfood Named XPRIZE Finalist
Two years after Dartmouth construction technology startup CarbonCure won the internationally noted NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, another Atlantic Canadian company, Halifax’s Smallfood, is one of six finalists in the competition’s US$15 million foodtech
Bank Scan Pro, Apollo Festival Win Spark Cape Breton
The Spark Nova Scotia startup competition, which last fall held two pitching events on the province’s mainland, has announced its Cape Breton winners, both software companies: artificial intelligence bookkeeping startup Bank Scan Pro and festival
Ocean Tech Council of NS, Innovate UK, Fund Ocean Exploration
A quartet of oceantech and computer vision startups, two each from Canada and England, will receive a combined $500,000 to develop sensor and decision-making technology for uncrewed marine vessels under a partnership between the Ocean Technology
Volta, ideaHUB to Host Media Relations Event
Halifax startup hubs Volta and the Emera ideaHUB on May 23 will host a free seminar on media relations for startups, delivered by Entrevestor Co-Founder Peter Moreira.
Slated to be held at noon at the IdeaHUB on Dalhousie University's Sexton
Mysa Buys Zen Ecosystems’ IP
St. John’s-based Mysa Smart Thermostats has bought the intellectual property of Zen Ecosystems, with plans to incorporate the Costa Mesa, Calif. startup’s offerings into its own product line and ramp up efforts to land commercial clients inside of a
Verschuren Centre Bags Forestry Trust Funding
The Sydney-based Verschuren Centre, which provides lab space to startups that need industrial fermentation and bioprocessing facilities, is receiving $926,500 from the Nova Scotia Forestry Innovation Transition Trust to help with the
ZeroIN Wins Swiss Foodtech Competition
Halifax maker of sugar substitutes ZeroIN Foods, which last year received funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Sustainable Development Technology Canada, is one of six companies to win startup accelerator MassChallenge
Summer Institute Announces Cohort
The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship has announced the latest cohort of its Summer Institute accelerator for pro-social startups.
The five participating companies, which span a
Invest NS Offers Research Funding
Nova Scotia’s provincial business development agency and venture capital office, Invest Nova Scotia, is looking for applicants to its Productivity and Innovation Voucher Program, which provides funding for small companies to tap university research
Trophi.ai Raises $3.3M
St. John’s-based trophi.ai has raised a $3.3 million seed round led by Halifax venture capital fund Build Ventures and plans to use the money to hire 10 to 15 people, with a test version of its product boasting a 10,000-person waitlist.
Chief
ONSIDE Launches Virtual Accelerator
Nova Scotia-based inclusive innovation group ONSIDE has opened applications to its virtual startup accelerator for female founders, Start Now. Inc., which it runs in partnership with the Bridgewater-based virtual program for rural startups Mashup
Aruna Wins Startup Canada Pitch Event
Aruna Revolution Health, a Halifax startup developing biodegradable menstrual pads, won $3,000 at a “pop-up” pitch competition hosted Tuesday in Halifax by industry group Startup Canada.
Co-founder Rashmi Prakash, an adjunct professor at the