The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) has announced that Halifax will host the 2026 edition of its annual conference, Invest Canada, from May 26 to 28.

New Brunswick Innovation Foundation CEO Jeff White, who was recently appointed to the CVCA board, will be the official host of the conference. 

This return to Halifax recognizes the region’s expanding influence and

Dartmouth-based DeNova, which makes sustainable feed ingredients for aquaculture, will lead a $7.2 million Microbial Protein for Sustainable Aquaculture Project outlined this week by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster.

The project was the largest of five projects worth a total of $18 million unveiled by the Supercluster Monday at the H20 Conference in Halifax. Each of the five projects features

A total of 20 student teams will take part in Dal Innovates’ Lab2Market Launch and Collide Launch summer accelerator programs.

Comprising 33 students and recent graduates from 10 post-secondary institutions, the students will develop their ventures over 12 weeks. The two accelerators will offer students entrepreneurial training and access to $10,000 in funding.  Lab2Market Launch is primarily

Having graduated from the most recent cohort of the Techstars Sustainability Paris Accelerator, the team at St. John’s-based Nditive is setting its sights on launching their gas monitoring product in 2026.

Founded by Dr. Salar Salahi and Dr. Seyed Nabavi, Nditive is developing a proprietary system that can proactively monitor industrial infrastructure for hazardous events. Its initial target

New Glasgow, NS-based Essential Recruit, now known as Judy Intelligence, has secured $600,000 in federal funding to lead a two-year pilot test of its AI-powered workplace development platform that helps employers and communities find, attract, and retain talent.

To date, the company has been funded through grants, company revenue, and personal finances. It is now raising a bridge round that

Four startups led by underrepresented founders presented at an event at Tribe on Friday, telling their stories of resilience and rising sales to a group of community members.

Tribe, which supports BIPOC entrepreneurs and members of other underrepresented groups, hosted an afternoon event that featured panel discussions with both entrepreneurs and investors.

In the first panel session, Tribe

Jennifer Johnston, Founder of Elle, MD Biotechnologies, has won this year’s Fueling Female Founders Pitch Competition run by Fredericton-based New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

Johnston is a family physician and assistant professor at Dalhousie University School of Medicine. In 2022, she founded Elle, MD in New Minas, NS. The company focuses on enhancing reproductive autonomy by developing a

Dartmouth-based Aurea Technologies has won a 2025 HardTech Award for its portable Shine Turbine. The recognition comes from Vancouver-based MistyWest, a product development firm focused on sustainability.

Aurea, which has just celebrated eight years in operation, was nominated by crowdfunding site KickStarter after pre-selling $407,000 of revised product in September last year. Aurea raised over

Halifax-based natural materials company 3DBioFibR has closed a $3 million funding round to help it to scale up its manufacturing capacity to meet soaring demand for next-generation biomaterials.

The company issued a statement Tuesday saying the participants in the round included new investor AoA Innovation Fund (part of the Seattle-based Alliance of Angels), as well of returning investors Build

For years, the ambition of the Atlantic Canadian startup community has been to produce a unicorn. Now, it’s worth asking whether it’s too soon to talk about developing a cluster of unicorns on the East Coast within a few years.

The fact is we’re a lot closer to having a group of unicorns than many people realize. There are a few companies in the startup community that could cross the threshold