Nova Scotia founders are invited to apply to Spark Nova Scotia, the contest for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses.

The contest 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.

Spark NS also offers a pre-application training

Calgary-based non-profit Top 7 Over 70 will hold an awards ceremony in Halifax next month which will celebrate the recent successes of adults over 70. It is the first time the awards will be held in Atlantic Canada.

The Top 7 Over 70 movement began nine years ago when senior Jim Gray, a businessman and philanthropist, established a program to challenge stereotypes about seniors. Other award

Saint John-based Versos AI has announced a partnership with Tape Ark to convert large volumes of video stored on physical tape into structured datasets for artificial intelligence systems.

Founded in 2023 by serial entrepreneur Chris Keevill, Versos AI has developed its platform to help the owners of video content licence their libraries out to AI model trainers and hyperscalers. The goal is to

The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship (MCE) has launched a program aimed at helping Memorial University engineering co-op students identify real-world problems that could lead to the creation of new companies.

The initiative, called the Problem Identification Lab Program, is now accepting applications from students who have observed challenges during their co-op placements. The program is

Halifax-based Tribe Network, a support hub for BIPOC founders, and rural startup group IGNITE Atlantic have established a partnership to boost support for racialized entrepreneurs in the region.

The partnership connects Tribe's community, coaching, and capital for Black and racialized founders with IGNITE Atlantic's rural innovation hubs in Cape Breton, New Glasgow, and Yarmouth, the partners

Charlottetown-based Paytic has acquired GUPPY-AI for an undisclosed price, a move that has led to the launch of a new product suite called PayTic Intelligent Components.

The companies announced the development Wednesday in LinkedIn posts, with Paytic describing the launch as a milestone for the financial payments industry.

“Paytic Intelligent Components marks a defining milestone — shaped by

Yash Mehta is more interested in the quality than the quantity of early adopters as he plots the growth of four-month-old Mettara AI, which now has annual recurring revenue of US$40,000.

Yes, you read that correctly. Halifax-based Mettara was only an idea on New Year’s Day. But in the few months since, Mehta and Co-Founder Steve Day have launched the product, found paying customers, and been

Halifax-based Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic is looking for applicants for its 2026-2027 general and oceantech programs.

The Atlantic Canadian branch of the Toronto-based organization is currently seeking founders for two programs: the Prime Stream, which is open to companies in any sector; and the Oceans Stream for bluetech ventures.

CDL is a nine-month, milestone-based accelerator that

Having recorded a $2.7 million funding round and 10X revenue growth in 2025, St. John’s-based SiftMed now hopes to book more sales – including enterprise clients – and capital in 2026.

In fact, Co-Founder and CEO Holly Hill revealed in an interview that the company’s ambition for this year is to increase its annual recurring revenue, or ARR, by four times. Assuming revenues and ARR are roughly

Moncton-based startup hub Venn Innovation has announced the three winners of its pitch contest, held on March 28. The contest brought together 11 teams who pitched their ventures for a chance to win $7,000 in prize funding.

The winners of the contest were:

First place, winning $4,000: Trek.iQ, founded by Avery Cote.

The company is developing accessibility intelligence for venues and events,