Halifax-based Tribe Network, the region’s support hub for BIPOC founders, is launching its AI Launchpad, a new accelerator program developed in partnership with Scale AI, Canada’s AI innovation supercluster.

This new initiative supports startups and SMEs creating applied AI solutions that have the potential to transform value chains across various industries, Tribe said in its newsletter. 

Fredericton agtech company Picketa Systems will be piloting its technology on Ontario farms after winning the Next-Gen Nitrogen Challenge organized by Foresight Canada and the Ontario Soil Network. 

The organizers announced Tuesday that Picketa had won the national competition, which offers the winner a chance to work with early adopters to encourage farmers and agri-businesses to use the young

PayTic, which modernizes payment operations for financial companies, has closed a US$4 million ($5.7 million) extension of its seed round, backed by such investors as Build Ventures, Concrete Ventures and Island Capital Partners.

CEO Imad Boumahdi founded PayTic in 2020 on the premise that most fintech solutions address the way end-users interact with financial companies. What he set out to do

Invest Nova Scotia has extended the deadline for startups to apply to attend an upcoming conference on the other side of the country.  

The new deadline is this Wednesday, April 9 at 5 pm. 

Organizers say the three-day Web SUmmit  will give thousands of international entrepreneurs, investors, partners etc. a chance to gather, learn and network in Vancouver from May 27 to 30.

The mission will

Foresight Canada has revealed its 2025 Atlantic Canada finalists for its cleantech awards. The contest seeks to recognize ventures and ecosystem leaders that are advancing innovation and growth in the region.

B.C.-based Foresight Canada is a cleantech innovation and adoption accelerator that works to connect public and private sectors to clean technologies.

The group already recognizes

Applications are closing for the Volta/CDL Investment Day pitching contest. The deadline is today, Thursday April 3, at 11.59 p.m. ADT.

Organizers are looking for early-stage founders seeking funding. The event will be held May 13 at Volta at 1800 Argyle St., Halifax. 

The contest offers founders the chance to:

• Pitch directly to active investors;
• Showcase their innovations in front of

St. John’s-based Weevva, a rental tech platform that uses AI to assist landlords and tenants, has launched in Newfoundland and Labrador and aims to be across the country by the end of the year with the goal of going global in 2026.

Weevva’s AI provides independent landlords with tenant verification, fraud protection, lease management tools, and guidance. It offers tenants a free and secure way

Shediac, NB-based Uresta, which makes a device to prevent bladder leakage, has closed a $3 million funding round, and is using the funds to launch its product in the United States.

The company said in a statement last week that BDC Capital led the round with a $1.5 million contribution. The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation said on social media it made a $500,000 follow-on investment in the

Alfred Burgesson has won the 2025 Emerging Leader Award from the Ottawa-based think tank Public Policy Forum. 

In a profile announcing the award, the Founder and CEO of Halifax-based Tribe Network said that the organization is on track to raise $20 million for its first venture capital fund, the next big project for the organization. The group has found a lead investor who contributed $2 million

Technology company Stellar Futures, which is based in Nova Scotia and Texas, has won the Commercial AI Pitch Competition hosted by AWS and PREDICTif Solutions for its work in artificial intelligence and digital transformation.

The company's core product is StellarAlerts.AI, a coastal safety solution designed to enhance real-time public messaging, impact-based forecasting, and emergency