Reflecting broader trends across the Atlantic Canadian landscape, Halifax’s startup community is evolving into two distinct tiers: a high-performing group of growth-stage ventures, and a larger pool of startups facing mounting challenges in a tough economic climate.

These are the trends we outlined last week at the Halifax Partnership’s launch of the Halifax Index. The Index is the economic

Accelerate Tech organizers are seeking applicants for the program that offers coaching, capital connections, and a founder community to BIPOC entrepreneurs.

The program is run by Halifax-based Tribe Network, a support organization for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour.

Whether you’re validating your first idea, building your MVP, or gearing up

A multi-disciplinary team of undergraduate students from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Marine Institute have taken home various prizes from an international robotics contest.

Since being founded in 2002, Eastern Edge Robotics has designed and built Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to international standards to model real-world ocean-workplace scenarios.

This year,

Halifax-based ImmigrateAI Global has launched PR Compass, a platform geared toward immigrants already in Canada – particularly those in healthcare, construction, and other high-demand sectors – who are attempting to gain permanent residency. 

“If you’re a nurse, your time is better spent caring for patients,” founder and CEO Max Medyk said in a press release.

PR Compass is the latest solution

This year’s Atlantic Technology Summit will be held in Dartmouth, N.S., and Dieppe, N.B. at the same time. The event will take the theme "The Atlantic Edge: Talent, Growth and Sustainability".

Writing on LinkedIn, organizers said the theme covers:  

• Growing Atlantic Canada’s tech ecosystem on a global scale;
•  Strengthening AC’s talent pipeline and workforce innovation;
•  And building

Invest Nova Scotia is looking for early-stage tech companies to take part in Accelerate, its milestone-based program that helps Nova Scotia founders get investment-ready.

The program is delivered virtually over five months. Organizers are looking for startups with proprietary tech, customer-validated solutions and the potential to scale globally.

Participating companies each receive up to

Spark Nova Scotia has announced this year’s winners. The contest for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses is run in three regions — Cape Breton, North, and Southwest — and offers winners up to $50,000. Each geographical region functions independently, with its own applicant pool and local judges.

It was a tight competition, with a record number of applicants from across

The Calgary-based non-profit Top 7 Over 70 will hold its fifth awards ceremony in Halifax in May next year. The group runs an awards program that celebrates the new successes of adults over 70 and it is the first time the awards will be held in Atlantic Canada.

The group, which also raises funds for partner organizations, hosts an increasingly well-known biennial celebration, which began back in

Calgary-based Cashew Research, a startup offering AI-driven market research, has won Profitual’s first No-Pitch Competition, which was designed to assess companies based on their fundamentals, not their verbiage.

Profitual is a Fredericton-based company whose software assesses young Canadian companies’ prospects by analyzing their financial models and performance. It recently launched its No

Propel, Atlantic Canada’s virtual accelerator for tech-enabled companies, has announced the latest cohort joining its Traction & Growth Program. This group of founders represent a range of industries, from AI and health tech to retail, education, and clean technology.

“This cohort demonstrates the strength and creativity of Atlantic Canada's startup ecosystem,” said Kathryn Lockhart, CEO,