Energia Ventures, the Fredericton-based accelerator affiliated with University of New Brunswick, launched its 10th cohort this week, with five participants from as far away as  Israel.

Energia is hosted by the university’s J. Herbert Smith Centre

Chester, N.S.-based circular economy company Sustane has won Canadian Food Inspection Agency approval for its organic GroBoost Fertilizer product as it eyes commercialization.

Sustane has developed technology for repurposing curbside garbage into

Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to its Early Stage Commercialization Fund for university research, which offers startups up to $50,000 of funding.

The money can go towards assessing a product’s market potential, developing go-to-market

The Ghost Gear Fund, a federally funded program, has contributed $551,270 to Ocean Legacy Foundation to assist Nova Scotia in the clean up after Hurricane Fiona which struck the region a year ago.

B.C.-based Ocean Legacy Foundation is a Canadian

The U.S. manufacturing partner of Halifax drug discovery company Appili Therapeutics has won Food and Drug Administration approval to sell Appili’s liquid formulation of the common antibiotic metronidazole under the name LIKMEZ.

The news comes just

Halifax-based SkinFix has divested its SweetSpot Labs line of women’s health products in a deal with Miami-based private equity shop AOI Capital.

Launched in California in 2003 by entrepreneur Shari Creed, SweetSpot was bought by SkinFix in 2015 in

Resson, the Fredericton developer of artificial intelligence systems to advise farmers about how to care for crops, has wound up its operations and officially been dissolved by Corporations Canada as of Wednesday, according to a regulatory filing in

Two startup support organizations, an economic development specialist and a social venture focused on alleviating food insecurity were among the winners Wednesday of the fifth annual Ecosystem Impact Awards.

Hosted by Halifax startup hub Volta at

After a break due to the pandemic, Futurpreneur is offering in-person business support and potential funding in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Futurpreneur is a national non-profit providing financing and mentoring to aspiring entrepreneurs.

Sherbrooke, Que.-based Oneka Technologies has closed the $12.5 million first tranche of its Series A funding round, which included Invest Nova Scotia and was led by British Columbia’s Hoffecker family, with plans to raise up to another $10 million.

Halifax-based Tribe Network, which offers national startup support services to BIPOC entrepreneurs, has officially opened its new, two-storey office on Barrington Street.

The property, located near City Hall, will not only house Tribe’s operations,

A new Halifax venture capital fund backed by Natural Products Canada and agricultural lender Farm Credit Canada, helmed by a pair of startup ecosystem stalwarts, has announced the $20 million first close of a planned $50 million to invest in seed