Invest Nova Scotia has announced the 12 startups that will join the second cohort of its Accelerate 2025 to 2026 program.

The milestone-based program is designed to help Nova Scotia founders get investment-ready. It is delivered virtually and participating companies each receive up to $40,000 in non-dilutive, non-repayable funding to address key technical and business milestones, the group said

Fredericton-based LuminUltra Technologies, which specializes in biological tests, has acquired GL Biocontrol, a French provider of microbial testing and risk management services for municipal and industrial water systems.

Headquartered in Montpellier, GL Biocontrol says it has worked with more than 500 municipalities and industrial operators across Europe. The company has been a key player in

Halifax-based Freshr Sustainable Technologies, which makes natural food packaging, has received $232,861 from the Canadian Food Innovation Network.

The money will help Freshr collaborate with Cooke Aquaculture to pilot FreshrPack, an antibacterial coating solution that is applied on film packaging to extend the shelf life of fresh proteins by 15 to 30 percent. Made with naturally derived

Dr. Annika Benson and her device for improving brain surgery outcomes are heading to Berlin in November.

Benson, a PhD researcher at Dalhousie University, captured the top prize at the Falling Walls Lab Atlantic competition at the Halifax Central Library on Monday evening. Her prize will be a fully paid trip to Berlin in early November, where she will compete against 100 other innovators in the

St. John’s-based innovation hub Genesis is offering new and aspiring tech founders the chance to put their business ideas to the test in a two-hour, interactive virtual workshop.

The workshop  helps participants shape and refine their concepts, explore how AI tools can support research and validation, and connect them with the resources available to founders in Newfoundland and Labrador,

Halifax-based Digital Nova Scotia, the industry association for the province’s tech sector, has announced the finalists for its 2025 Tech Forward Awards. The awards received nearly 200 nominations this year, the most in the event’s history.

Launched in 2016 and rebranded the Tech Forward Awards in 2022, the annual event aims to recognize the people and companies driving innovation, inclusion,

Halifax-based Tribe Network, a support organization for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour, is celebrating the first cohort to complete its Accelerate Tech program.

Twelve ventures completed the 2024 to 2025 cohort of the program for founders and ventures at various stages of development.

Organizers say the program offers:

• 1:1

Halifax-based medical data provider Blue Charm Adherence has raised $4 million in a seed funding round to enhance its patient engagement tools and attract more customers.

The financing was co-led by Crédit Mutuel Equity of France and Invest Nova Scotia, both of which are investing in the company for the first time. Blue Charm’s original early-stage investors also participated in the round.

The

Two Atlantic Canadian startups have been accepted into international programs for startups.

CropMind of Fredericton was named this week to the latest cohort of Techstars, joining the Build in Tulsa Techstars program. And Halifax’s QuickFacts has been selected to attend InsurTech NY’s InsurTech Match program in New York on Sept. 17–18.

CropMind was co-founded by Damilare O. Odumosu and Rilwan

At least 30 Atlantic Canadian companies specializing in artificial intelligence will participate in a trade mission to Montréal later this month, led by Digital Nova Scotia.

The companies will take part in ALL IN 2025, billed as Canada’s largest AI event, scheduled for Sept.24-25. The two-day gathering is expected to attract more than 4,000 participants and over 200 speakers from around the