Chester, N.S.-based circular economy company Sustane has won Canadian Food Inspection Agency approval for its organic GroBoost Fertilizer product as it eyes commercialization.

Sustane has developed technology for repurposing curbside garbage into high-value fuels and biomass pellets, converting up to 90 percent of  municipal solid waste into valuable commercial products.

The company itself grew

Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to its Early Stage Commercialization Fund for university research, which offers startups up to $50,000 of funding.

The money can go towards assessing a product’s market potential, developing go-to-market strategies and other planning, finishing a proof-of-concept, prototyping and leveraging other funds.

And for the second time this year, Invest Nova

The Ghost Gear Fund, a federally funded program, has contributed $551,270 to Ocean Legacy Foundation to assist Nova Scotia in the clean up after Hurricane Fiona which struck the region a year ago.

B.C.-based Ocean Legacy Foundation is a Canadian non-profit that develops and implements worldwide plastic pollution response programs with the goal of ending plastic pollution.

The new funds will

The U.S. manufacturing partner of Halifax drug discovery company Appili Therapeutics has won Food and Drug Administration approval to sell Appili’s liquid formulation of the common antibiotic metronidazole under the name LIKMEZ.

The news comes just four months after Appili announced it had secured a U.S. patent for the new formulation, which will be manufactured and sold south of the border by

Halifax-based SkinFix has divested its SweetSpot Labs line of women’s health products in a deal with Miami-based private equity shop AOI Capital.

Launched in California in 2003 by entrepreneur Shari Creed, SweetSpot was bought by SkinFix in 2015 in a bid to round out its own line of skincare products. SweetSpot sells a range of genital health products for women for treating issues such as razor

Resson, the Fredericton developer of artificial intelligence systems to advise farmers about how to care for crops, has wound up its operations and officially been dissolved by Corporations Canada as of Wednesday, according to a regulatory filing in India.

In a letter to the National Stock Exchange of India, mandated under that country’s security laws, farm equipment giant Mahindra said it was

Two startup support organizations, an economic development specialist and a social venture focused on alleviating food insecurity were among the winners Wednesday of the fifth annual Ecosystem Impact Awards.

Hosted by Halifax startup hub Volta at Dalhousie University’s Ocean Sciences Building, the awards recognize founders and members of support organizations who have made significant

After a break due to the pandemic, Futurpreneur is offering in-person business support and potential funding in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Futurpreneur is a national non-profit providing financing and mentoring to aspiring entrepreneurs. Upcoming events include Rock My Business (RMB), which will resume in Halifax and Moncton.

RMB is a free workshop series designed to help young

Sherbrooke, Que.-based Oneka Technologies has closed the $12.5 million first tranche of its Series A funding round, which included Invest Nova Scotia and was led by British Columbia’s Hoffecker family, with plans to raise up to another $10 million.

Oneka is developing seawater desalination buoys powered by wave energy in an effort to address the high energy requirements of conventional systems.

Halifax-based Tribe Network, which offers national startup support services to BIPOC entrepreneurs, has officially opened its new, two-storey office on Barrington Street.

The property, located near City Hall, will not only house Tribe’s operations, but also act as a community and knowledge-sharing hub for racialized entrepreneurs, chief executive Alfred Burgesson said during an event Wednesday.