The 2025 InnovateNB Awards brought together a sold-out crowd of more than 440 people at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre on Thursday evening to celebrate the people, companies, and organizations driving innovation across New Brunswick.

This year’s event featured a keynote address by Cathy Bennett, Founding and Managing Partner at Sandpiper Ventures, as well as remarks from Premier

The federal government has committed $29.4 million to Canada’s first Maritime Defence Innovation Secure Hub (DISH), which will be developed at COVE in Dartmouth.

The federal government has announced it will spend $29.4 million to establish the hub that will be focused on resilience and collaboration with the Canadian innovation ecosystem and like-minded partners.

“Today’s investment connects

Saint John- and Waterloo-based MedReddie, which helps to streamline hospital procurement, has raised $1.55 million in equity financing and secured $500,000 in grants, bringing its latest round of capital to $2 million.

The equity round, announced Tuesday, was led by MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, with participation from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Business Development Bank of

Mount Pearl, NL-based Solace Power has secured a US$3.8-million (C$5.4 million) contract with Boeing, the company’s seventh engagement with the aerospace giant and the largest aerospace contract in its history.

The Newfoundland and Labrador company develops wireless power and data transfer technology for aerospace, defence and other sectors. Under the new agreement, Solace will supply its

Halifax-based QuickFacts has been named Best InsurTech at the 2025 Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) Awards. 

Co-founded by Christy and Jeff Barsalou, QuickFacts offers a platform that lets insurance brokers view packages from competing insurers side by side for easy comparison. The company says it can reduce the time brokers spend searching for information by 10 to 20 times. It

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