Invest Nova Scotia has put out a call for applicants to its GreenShoots funding and mentorship program, which offers agtech, biotech and cleantech companies up to $40,000 in grants.

The latest iteration of the program marks its first time being run

Leadership teams at mature startups might find a support program tailored to the unique needs of their larger enterprises in the form of the University of New Brunswick’s Scale Up Atlantic Canada program.

The six-month program, spearheaded by UNB’s

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is giving the University of New Brunswick just over $1.3 million towards a $2.8 million expansion of the school’s Off-site Construction Research Centre, which works with the private sector to develop

Several free webinars are coming up in the ocean communitity.

First, the Victoria-based Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies, or COAST,  is holding a webinar on March 15 on the role of ocean tech in climate security.

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Canada's Ocean Supercluster has had its mandate renewed by the Canadian government for another five years, although the federal money it will receive over that period has been cut compared to its previous funding package.

When Ottawa created the

Chris Cowper-Smith, the former CEO of high-tech knee and back brace maker Spring Loaded Technology, has a new company aiming to buy majority stakes in private medical clinics across Canada, with a focus on orthotics, bracing and prosthetics.

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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has inked a collaboration and knowledge-sharing deal with Fórum Oceano, a government-backed Portuguese nonprofit that nurtures the ocean economy.

Created in 2009, Fórum Oceano is now officially designated by Portugal as

As African Heritage Month draws to a close, we’re highlighting a quartet of companies led by Black entrepreneurs from the Atlantic Canadian startup community.

People of African descent are under-represented in the Atlantic Canadian startup group.

The Dartmouth-based Clean Foundation has opened Internship applications for its annual Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, which offers Nova Scotia youth aged 15 to 30 paid summer work in the clean sector.

In a statement, organizers said

TrojAI, the Saint John maker of cybersecurity software for artificial intelligence systems, is the latest in a small-but-growing list of Atlantic companies to join the Canadian iteration of Google for Startups, the tech giant’s accelerator.

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The federal government announced Friday it will spend $27 million on upskilling programs for workers in the province, to be administered by industry group TechNL.

In a statement, TechNL said it will work with the feds and educational institutions,

Halifax-based Tribe Network, a group that offers support and training to Black-owned companies, is inviting Black entrepreneurs to join workshops that aim to improve both sides of the mentorship experience and boost diversity in mentorship.

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