Nova Scotia’s technology sector recognized eight companies and individuals Thursday night at the 2025 Tech Forward Awards in Halifax.

The event, organized by Digital Nova Scotia, honoured 24 finalists selected from nearly 200 nominees across the province. Organizers say the awards highlight activity in the province’s information and communications technology sector, which they value at $3.6

Guelf, Ont.-based GoodLeaf Farms, which began life as Halifax-based TruLeaf, has raised $52 million in equity financing to expand its vertical farming operations in Western and Central Canada and establish a new R&D centre in Ontario.

The company, which bills itself as Canada’s only national vertical farming operator, said the money will be used to increase production at its farms in Alberta and

Food Web, a Halifax startup that connects commercial kitchens with food entrepreneurs, will officially launch its new Food Web Kitchens platform on Dec. 8.

The digital platform allows kitchen owners to rent out unused hours in their licensed facilities and gives food businesses a central place to find and book space. After two years of research and community engagement across Atlantic Canada,

Wolfville, N.S.-based Acadia University researchers have created an all-natural and long-lasting fabric spray tick repellent. The work was conducted under the supervision of Nicoletta Faraone, recently appointed to head up the new Canadian Tick Research and Innovation Centre. The work has earned Faraone a national Mitacs Innovation Award — Outstanding Innovation. 

Faraone, an associate professor

The organizers of the InnovateNB Celebration and Awards 2025 have announced the nominees for the innovation awards in nine categories.

The awards program recognizes individuals and organizations contributing to innovation across New Brunswick. According to organizers, the program is intended to spotlight achievements in a range of fields, from startups to social impact initiatives.

This year’s

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

The public is now invited to nominate people over 70 in the region who are creating new work in the worlds of business, science, arts, culture,

Grates Cove, NL-based skincare company 7 Fathoms recently appeared on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, where they successfully pitched their business to one of the show’s investors.

The company is making skin and hair products incorporating the bioactives found in North Atlantic seaweed, one of the province’s most abundant natural resources.

On the show, the two founders, married partners Courtney and

Atlantic Canadian startups raised about $35 million in venture capital in the third quarter of 2025, says Canada’s main VC body, which is small change compared to the total coming for the fourth quarter.

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, known as CVCA, on Wednesday released its VC data for the first nine months of the calendar year. It showed the four eastern provinces

A new company on Nova Scotia’s South Shore is setting out to electrify transportation on the water.

Based in Pleasantville, Templar Marine will produce a range of fully electric boats — from commercial craft and tour boats to water taxis — all completely emissions-free. The vessels are approved by both the U.S. Coast Guard and Transport Canada.

“We’ve seen what’s happened with electric cars and

Sitting at the centre of the region’s hottest startup market, Genesis has undergone changes in the last year that the guy in charge says are really a few “tweaks”.

Just after his first anniversary as Genesis CEO, Ed Martin spoke with Entrevestor in a phone interview and discussed the evolution of the innovation hub over the past 12 months. The changes have come about as the advent of artificial