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

Calgary-based non-profit Top 7 Over 70 will hold an awards ceremony in Halifax next month which will celebrate the recent successes of adults over 70. It is the first time the awards will be held in Atlantic Canada.

The Top 7 Over 70 movement began nine years ago when senior Jim Gray, a businessman and philanthropist, established a program to challenge stereotypes about seniors. Other award

Saint John-based Versos AI has announced a partnership with Tape Ark to convert large volumes of video stored on physical tape into structured datasets for artificial intelligence systems.

Founded in 2023 by serial entrepreneur Chris Keevill, Versos AI has developed its platform to help the owners of video content licence their libraries out to AI model trainers and hyperscalers. The goal is to

The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship (MCE) has launched a program aimed at helping Memorial University engineering co-op students identify real-world problems that could lead to the creation of new companies.

The initiative, called the Problem Identification Lab Program, is now accepting applications from students who have observed challenges during their co-op placements. The program is

Halifax-based Tribe Network, a support hub for BIPOC founders, and rural startup group IGNITE Atlantic have established a partnership to boost support for racialized entrepreneurs in the region.

The partnership connects Tribe's community, coaching, and capital for Black and racialized founders with IGNITE Atlantic's rural innovation hubs in Cape Breton, New Glasgow, and Yarmouth, the partners

Charlottetown-based Paytic has acquired GUPPY-AI for an undisclosed price, a move that has led to the launch of a new product suite called PayTic Intelligent Components.

The companies announced the development Wednesday in LinkedIn posts, with Paytic describing the launch as a milestone for the financial payments industry.

“Paytic Intelligent Components marks a defining milestone — shaped by

Yash Mehta is more interested in the quality than the quantity of early adopters as he plots the growth of four-month-old Mettara AI, which now has annual recurring revenue of US$40,000.

Yes, you read that correctly. Halifax-based Mettara was only an idea on New Year’s Day. But in the few months since, Mehta and Co-Founder Steve Day have launched the product, found paying customers, and been