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  • Nov 23, 2025
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Tribe and GEN Launch Startup Huddle Halifax

  • Oct 07, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based Tribe Network, a support organization for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour, has got together with the Global Entrepreneurship Network to launch Startup Huddle Halifax.

A global

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CDL Recognizes Ledwell for Mentorship

  • Oct 06, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Lauren Ledwell has been named CDL-Atlantic’s Mentor of the Year in the group’s Prime Stream.

A CDL-Quantum alumna from the first cohort in 2017 to 2018, Ledwell returned as a mentor in 2022 and has since contributed across CDL-Atlantic and

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Voltai Closes $1.83M Pre-Seed Round

  • Oct 05, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Voltai, a Dartmouth-based cleantech company developing ocean and renewable energy technologies, has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round of $1.83 million.

The round was led by Invest Nova Scotia. Other participants included an angel

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10 Deeptech Startups Join ideaBUILD Cohort

  • Oct 03, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

The Emera ideaHUB has announced the launch of its Fall 2025 ideaBUILD cohort, welcoming 10 deeptech startups focused on creating physical solutions for a healthier world.

The ideaBUILD program is designed to support companies as they journey from

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Deadline coming for 2 Invest NS Programs

  • Oct 03, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Two Invest Nova Scotia programs for startups – GreenShoots and the Early-Stage Commercialization Fund – have deadlines for applications on Monday, Oct. 6.

Offered by Invest Nova Scotia and the Greenspring Bioinnovation Hub, GreenShoots offers

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O’Keefe Graham Joins Imaginal Ventures

  • Sep 30, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Erin O’Keefe Graham, formerly Director of Dalhousie University’s Emera IdeaHUB has joined Halifax-based Imaginal Ventures as joint Managing Partner alongside Founder Dorothy Spence. The partnership arose from their shared commitment to helping

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Boeing Invests $1.4M in Bluedrop

  • Sep 30, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Boeing said Monday it is investing $1.4 million in Bluedrop Training and Simulation to support the Halifax-based company’s CV-22 Osprey program.

The funding is being made under Canada’s Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) program and is

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Oliver Technow Wins 2025 Bloom Burton Award

  • Sep 29, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Toronto-based Bloom Burton, a healthcare services company, has named Oliver Technow, former CEO of Charlottetown-based BIOVECTRA, the winner of the 2025 Bloom Burton Award, which recognizes a remarkable contribution to the healthcare sector.

“We

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Kraken Robotics Is Now a Unicorn

  • Sep 29, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

The term “narwhal” was probably never more appropriate than when it’s applied to St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics, given its work with undersea technologies.

The publicly listed company’s shares have been on a roll lately, and its market

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Enactus Saint Mary’s University Wins Globally

  • Sep 29, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Enactus Saint Mary's University, representing Canada, has won the international Enactus World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.

Enactus Canada is a charity that focuses on inspiring post-secondary students to initiate and operate socially and

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BrainGym Aids Healthcare Workers

  • Sep 29, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based mental health technology company AIR (the Atlantic Institute for Resilience) has received encouraging feedback from a digital pilot with Shannex, a provider of living options and care for older adults.

Supported by a CAN Health

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Check Out My New Startup-Focused Novel

  • Sep 27, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Some big news for me personally: my next novel, Presidio Biotech, is on the way. It’s a thriller set inside a San Francisco startup — and this time, the plot pulls in a couple of Atlantic Canadian companies we’ve covered at Entrevestor.

The story

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