Newfoundland and Labrador startup hub Genesis is renaming the “microfund” it uses to back early-stage startups in honour of a US$1 million donation it received as part of Nasdaq’s purchase of cybersecurity unicorn Verafin.

Now called the Nasdaq Genesis Microfund and freshly replenished with money from the donation, the fund offers startups in Genesis’s flagship Enterprise incubator program an

Global consultancy EY has named 18 finalists in the 2023 Atlantic division of the Entrepreneur of the Year competition, now in its 29th year.

With competitors grouped into five regions nationally, the Atlantic Canadian winners will go on to compete against entrepreneurs from the Pacific coast, the Prairies, Ontario and Quebec. The regional winners will be announced in October and the national

Halifax-based edtech startup Shoelace is one of 22 companies and the only Atlantic Canadian business accepted into this year’s cohort of startup support non-profit C100’s prestigious fellowship program.

C100 specializes in leveraging the Canadian technology sector diaspora to help nurture the country’s startups. The Fellows program will kick off in September with 48Hrs, which is C100’s name for

Nova Scotia-based inclusive innovation group ONSIDE is looking for applicants to its virtual Start Now Incubator for female founders or other women, which it runs in partnership with the Bridgewater-based virtual startup house Mashup Lab.

The program is funded by the federal government’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Fund and has a particular focus on backing “rural, indigenous, diverse and

With World Water Week on the horizon, now is an opportune time to highlight a trio of oceans-related announcements.

Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute, the international event aims to encourage sustainable bluetech innovation and will take place Aug. 20 to 24.

At home in Canada, meanwhile, several industry groups have their own opportunities to offer in the oceans economy.

The Nova Scotia Health Authority Innovation Hub, which works with the private sector to deploy new healthcare technologies, will host a one-day informational session on 3D printing in healthcare Aug. 22.

Slated to be held at the Innovation Hub’s Nova Centre location in Halifax, the event will feature St. John’s-based PolyUnity, which was co-founded in 2018 by Memorial University-trained doctors

The Halifax-based Centre for Women in Business is looking for applicants to its Grow Now virtual incubator for female-led startups.

The program includes a total of 45 hours of training over six months on topics including sales, pricing and navigating regulatory regimes. Participants will also have access to networking opportunities and a $5,000 international travel grant.

“The program offers

Invest Nova Scotia is seeking applicants for the second of two cohorts it will host this year for its Accelerate startup program.

Accelerate offers companies four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding, as well as weekly one-on-one coaching sessions and monthly workshops on a range of investor readiness-related topics. Invest Nova Scotia is specifically looking for

Fredericton-based financial intelligence startup Profitual has announced a partnership agreement with Halifax startup hub Volta.

Profitual, founded by former New Brunswick Innovation Foundation investors Raymond Fitzpatrick and Daniel Hoyles, promises to use artificial intelligence to probe small and medium-sized enterprises’ financial records and generate models, revenue projections and other

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Ignite is looking for applicants to its Business Builder Bootcamp for ideation-stage startups, which will run from Friday, Sept. 22 to Sunday, Sept. 24.

The program promises to help founders determine whether their startup ideas are viable, as well as develop business models. The course material is based off the WKI ideation framework from Ottawa startup coach