In the closing fireside chat at Invest Canada, Champagne was interviewed by Benjamin Bergen, the Chief Executive of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, or CVCA, which hosted the conference in Halifax. The recurring theme of the minister’s talk was that investors around the world want to put money in Canada for many reasons, but mainly because this

Founded by serial entrepreneur Sam Sanandaji, Arken has developed a product called the Knowledge Fusion Engine, which employs artificial intelligence to help clients in regulated industries make crucial decisions. It bases these decisions on a closed universe of data so that the user knows that the decision-making process has not been corrupted by extraneous information

In a newsletter, organizers say the program can help founders whether they are shipping their first MVP or have a business idea in mind.

The program offers:

* Bi-weekly applied builder sessions.
* Milestone-driven coaching and mentorship.
* Peer accountability pods.
* A complete AI-supported venture building toolkit: ICP, GTM, pricing, pitch deck, and

The round also included investments from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Frostbite Capital and existing investors Blue Bear Capital, 18West and Blue Wing Ventures.

Lastwall develops identity and authentication technology designed for government, defence and critical infrastructure networks. The company said its systems are built to operate across cloud, hybrid and disconnected environments,

HealthEMe has developed its own platform which supports pre, during and post care for individuals with chronic diseases.

“Paired with HealthEMe’s expertise in digital health technology, this partnership has the potential to create real, lasting change for patients and communities across North America,” said Ashwin Kutty, President of HealthEMe.  

In detail, the MoU includes the following:

1   The

The MERGE program connects municipal needs and startup solutions, creating opportunities for new startups to validate their businesses while offering cost-effective solutions to community challenges, the group said in a statement.

Ignite launched MERGE early last year after receiving initial funding from ACOA. Startups that participate receive mentorship, business support, and

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, or CVCA, is hosting its annual Invest Canada conference in Halifax Tuesday through Thursday. It will be the first time the CVCA has met on the East Coast since Tom Hayes, then the head of GrowthWorks Atlantic, chaired the conference in Halifax in 2007.  It’s also the first Invest Canada conference to be held since Benjamin Bergen, the former President

The National Angel Capital Organization, or NACO, issued a paper last week saying that investors within its network deployed $113.8 million via 490 funding rounds in 2025. That amount of capital was down 22.1 percent from the previous year and marked the lowest level of angel investment in five years.

“The contraction is structural, not cyclical,” said the NACO report. “The 2025 figures describe the

Speaking at the Venture Capital Outlook held Wednesday in Fredericton’s Planet Hatch, White said the new environment is an improvement on the unpredictability of the last few years, which he described as “a test of endurance, requiring hard decisions for NBIF.”

White and Daniel Armali, who joined NBIF in October as Vice-President of Investment, told the gathering that they

While several of the companies are in the artificial intelligence space, the list this year touches on a range of disciplines, from creating packaging from seaweed to modernizing the weighing of trucks. All of these companies came to our attention in 2025 and were highlighted in our 2025 data report, which was released Wednesday.

To be frank, this is always the most subjective part of the report because we