Profitual Launches No-Pitch Competition

Fredericton-based fintech company Profitual has launched a startup competition that assesses founders’ business models rather than their talent for spinning a yarn.

Entries for the “No-Pitch Competition” are open until the end of the month, and the winner of the $10,000 first prize will be announced on June 16.

Profitual, a financial intelligence startup that specializes in working with other

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Data Farms Eyes Growth with $900K Raise

St. John’s-based Data Farms is working on a funding round with a target of $900,000 to refine its product and boost its use among farmers practising regenerative farming, which focuses on soil and ecosystem health and regeneration.

Climate change and soil and ecosystem degradation make regenerative agriculture of growing interest to farmers, but gathering and analysing the data created by soil,

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Anessa Wins Another Export Award

For the second year in a row, Fredericton-based Anessa has won an export award from Opportunities New Brunswick, this time an Exporter of the Year Award for export sales under $5 million.

The New Brunswick economic development agency announced the winners of its annual export awards last week. A year ago, Anessa also captured an ONB export award for Innovative Exporter of the Year.

Founded by

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MedReddie Enters Maine Healthcare Accelerator

Saint John-based healthcare procurement company MedReddie is celebrating getting into the Roux Institute of Healthcare Founder Residency based in Maine.

The program, designed in partnership with Northern Light Health, MaineHealth, and Maine Venture Fund, is said to be the first of its kind in northern New England and aims to accelerate the growth of digital health, healthcare technology,

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ResolveHD Accepted into National Program

Halifax-based ResolveHD is one of eight Canadian companies accepted into the 2025 Vendor Innovation Program, or VIP, offered by the national organization Canada Health Infoway.

Led by CEO Chris Crowell and Chief Scientific Officer Louis Beaubien, ResolveHD securely automates the collection, enrichment, and organization of vast amounts of unstructured health data, making it easier for healthcare

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NACO Speakers Call for Reform

Speakers at the NACO 2025 Summit in Ottawa this week were virtually unanimous in their calls for the new government to revolutionize the country’s innovation economy.

The two-day conference hosted by NACO Canada, the National Angel Capital Organization, kicked off the day after the new Liberal government was elected, and against the backdrop of the country feeling threatened by U.S. President

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NovAI Labs to tour Nova Scotia

A new roadshow called NovAI Labs: Everyday AI for Everyday Business is being launched to help Nova Scotian small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) understand and adopt artificial intelligence.

It features a practical AI workshop designed to introduce SMEs to accessible AI tools that can help improve efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen competitiveness—particularly in rural industries.

The

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Calls for More Angel Investing

A recurring theme at the National Angel Capital Organization’s 2025 NACO Summit in Ottawa this week has been the need for funding at all levels of the startup lifecycle, but especially in the early stages.

Given that the get-together for angel investors took place just as a new, economy-focused government was elected, the two dominant themes at the conference were the need for ecosystem/economic

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