The Ocean Startup Project has accepted 23 teams for its 2026 Ocean Idea Challenge, including 11 from Atlantic Canada.

The Idea Challenge is the OSP’s entry-level competition, in which novice oceantech entrepreneurs can conduct customer discovery and get an idea of whether their idea could lead to a viable business. Successful teams can graduate to the Ocean Startup Challenge, for teams

Propel, Atlantic Canada’s virtual tech accelerator, is asking members of the Atlantic Canadian startup community to complete a survey to help it assess the ecosystem.

The organization has released its confidential survey – which you can find here – and is asking founders, CEOs and others to take the time to fill it out.

Propel in January welcomed James Geneau as its new CEO, and under his

Tribe Network, the Halifax hub that supports BIPOC entrepreneurs, is moving to a new space at 1800 Argyle Street, the same space as tech hub Volta.

In a newsletter, the group said it is moving to facilitate a more integrated, collective approach to growth. 

“We’re establishing our home on the 8th floor of 1800 Argyle St, anchoring ourselves at the heart of the innovation ecosystem at Volta,”

Net Zero Atlantic’s Emerging Concepts & Technologies Research Program has received funding from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, with a further $1.15 million investment from Natural Resources Canada.

NRCan’s funding builds on previous contributions and the program is now expanding in scale, the group said in a statement.

This, the program’s third research call, received 28

Fredericton-based Profitual’s accounting software is being introduced into the University of New Brunswick’s management curriculum, marking the startup’s first agreement with a university.

Profitual will be used to teach financial forecasting and analysis to students in the faculty of management. The Fredericton university said it is the first post-secondary institution to adopt the platform,

After a decade of developing smart building technology, Halifax-based B-Line has wound down operations.

Founder and CEO Aaron Short posted on LinkedIn on Wednesday that “with a mix of emotions” he and his team had taken the difficult decision to cease operations.

“This decision follows a prolonged period of financial uncertainty driven by significant delays in enterprise contracts and a decline

Three rural Nova Scotian companies – Bioteem40, Petite Riviere Farming, and Bramble Hill Farms – have been named finalists in the International Network of Michelin Cities Start Up Pitch Competition.

These health-related companies were selected at events this past weekend and will attend the international finals in Cuneo, Italy, in October.

The International Network of Michelin Cities is a

The Woodward family has committed $500,000 to expand student entrepreneurship at Memorial University in St. John’s. The new capital will maintain the Mel Woodward Cup, the university’s flagship student startup competition.

Over the last ten years, the Cup has awarded $350,000 to student entrepreneurs, several of whom have gone on to build successful companies. It.was created through a donation

CoLab AI, which makes AI-driven collaboration software for engineers, was named the Nasdaq Verafin Tech Company of the Year last week at the fifth annual techNL Industry Awards.

The industry association presented awards in five categories during an event attended by about 200 people at JAG Soundhouse. The competition featured 23 nominees selected across the province’s technology sector. Winners

Nova Scotia founders are invited to apply to Spark Nova Scotia, the contest for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses.

The contest 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.

Spark NS also offers a pre-application training