Home + Health Raising Funds for Care and Wellness Platform

Halifax-based Home + Health has created an app to streamline the provision and receipt of healthcare and other services for seniors at home. The new company is now seeking financial investment and partners to refine its product and boost public awareness.

To date, the 18-month-old venture has been bootstrapped by founders Alan MacKeen, Managing Partner, and Principal Matt Shaw. The company was

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Genesis Opens Applications for Evolve

St. John’s-based innovation hub Genesis is seeking founders for its winter cohort of Evolve, a program designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs turn tech-driven ideas into viable businesses.

The upcoming cohort begins on January 29, offering founders a hybrid blend of hands-on workshops and mentorship, the group said in a statement.

The eight-week immersive program is designed for those who

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Atlantic Fintech Inks US Partnership

Moncton-based Atlantic Fintech has announced a strategic partnership with U.S.-based Wellesley Hills Financial to provide customized financial support to companies within the Atlantic Fintech Growth Network.

The collaboration aims to strengthen the region’s fintech ecosystem by offering tailored financial solutions that could include strategic investment, mergers and acquisitions guidance, or

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Cape Breton Gains New Business Centre

The new Cape Breton Business Innovation Centre on George Street in Sydney is bringing key supports together in one location.

By bringing mentorship, programming and shared workspaces together under one roof, the centre helps startups and growing businesses reduce costs, connect with experienced business leaders, explore funding opportunities and focus more time and resources on growing their

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Founders/CEOs: Please Fill In our Survey

Now we’re into the new year, we’re ramping up our efforts to get startup CEOs to fill in our short, confidential survey.

We understand how busy everyone is so we hate to keep asking. But we also hear from a lot of founders that they appreciate our data report and promise to fill in the survey  . . . soon.

So we’re sure there are lots of founders who mean to get to it, but haven’t quite found

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Invest NS Seeks Accelerate Applicants

Applications are now open for the first 2026 cohort of Invest Nova Scotia’s Accelerate program, which aims to help support the growth of Nova Scotia startups.

The program has been restructured for 2026 to include two distinct streams aligned with different stages of company development. The Growth Stream is intended for startups that are already in market and focused on scaling revenue,

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Propel Names 10 Traction & Growth Grads

Atlantic Canada's virtual accelerator Propel has announced the 10 companies graduating from its most recent Traction & Growth cohort, its program designed for later-stage companies with demonstrated traction.

Traction & Growth is designed to help founders accelerate revenue, refine strategy, and prepare for their next phase of growth, the group said in a statement.

“Propel helped bring real

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