Halifax-based ImmigrateAI Global has launched PR Compass, a platform geared toward immigrants already in Canada – particularly those in healthcare, construction, and other high-demand sectors – who are attempting to gain permanent residency. 

“If you’re a nurse, your time is better spent caring for patients,” founder and CEO Max Medyk said in a press release.

PR Compass is the latest solution

This year’s Atlantic Technology Summit will be held in Dartmouth, N.S., and Dieppe, N.B. at the same time. The event will take the theme "The Atlantic Edge: Talent, Growth and Sustainability".

Writing on LinkedIn, organizers said the theme covers:  

• Growing Atlantic Canada’s tech ecosystem on a global scale;
•  Strengthening AC’s talent pipeline and workforce innovation;
•  And building

Invest Nova Scotia is looking for early-stage tech companies to take part in Accelerate, its milestone-based program that helps Nova Scotia founders get investment-ready.

The program is delivered virtually over five months. Organizers are looking for startups with proprietary tech, customer-validated solutions and the potential to scale globally.

Participating companies each receive up to

Spark Nova Scotia has announced this year’s winners. The contest for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses 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.

It was a tight competition, with a record number of applicants from across

The Calgary-based non-profit Top 7 Over 70 will hold its fifth awards ceremony in Halifax in May next year. The group runs an awards program that celebrates the new successes of adults over 70 and it is the first time the awards will be held in Atlantic Canada.

The group, which also raises funds for partner organizations, hosts an increasingly well-known biennial celebration, which began back in

Calgary-based Cashew Research, a startup offering AI-driven market research, has won Profitual’s first No-Pitch Competition, which was designed to assess companies based on their fundamentals, not their verbiage.

Profitual is a Fredericton-based company whose software assesses young Canadian companies’ prospects by analyzing their financial models and performance. It recently launched its No

Propel, Atlantic Canada’s virtual accelerator for tech-enabled companies, has announced the latest cohort joining its Traction & Growth Program. This group of founders represent a range of industries, from AI and health tech to retail, education, and clean technology.

“This cohort demonstrates the strength and creativity of Atlantic Canada's startup ecosystem,” said Kathryn Lockhart, CEO,

Port Williams, NS-based Scotiaderm, which produces a natural skin barrier formulation that protects against skin damage caused by exposure to urine, feces, sweat and chaffing, is one of five Canadian companies to receive funding from Natural Products Canada.

The company, led by CEO Johanna Mercer and CMO Dr. Ann Gordon, is launching early adopter marketing trials while conducting Class III

Jeff White, the CEO of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, has posted a blog saying his organization is noticing a rebound in the startup community in the launch of new ventures and fundraising by portfolio companies.

The article highlights a resurgence in New Brunswick’s startup community, which White outlined last month at the New Brunswick Innovation Outlook event in Fredericton.

St. John’s-based Kraken Robotics, which specializes in next-generation sonar systems and unmanned platforms to carry them, is in the process of raising about $100 million by selling shares on the TSX Venture Exchange.

The company issued a statement on Tuesday saying Desjardins Capital Markets is leading a syndicate of underwriters for the deal. They will buy 37.6 million shares at $2.66 each,