Halifax-based Athena's Playground has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help boost the number and range of hobby-focused courses it offers online.

The startup’s platform has been created to allow users to embrace new skills and hobbies with ease, creating community, and overcoming the difficulties people often feel when getting started with a new interest.

“Our mission is to transform the way

The federal government has committed $200 million to the launch pad based in Canso N.S. to help develop the Canadian space industry.

The government announced Monday it is signing a 10-year lease on the space launch pad operated by Halifax-based Maritime Launch Services as part of its new defence industrial strategy. The statement said that the strategy calls for Canada to be able to put

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is providing just over $3.25 million to three companies: MilAero Electronics Atlantic, GSTS and Survival Systems.

The money will help the ventures scale operations, boost production capacity, and respond to growing market demand, ACOA said in a statement.

“This is good for MilAero, but it’s also good for Nova Scotia,” said Paul Greedy, Founder and

Invest Nova Scotia and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation – the two main public sector venture capital investors in Atlantic Canada – invested a total of $8.3 million in 2024-25, according to the most recent figures available.

Late each year, the two provincial agencies released annual reports with little fanfare, and these documents reveal the VC investments they made in the previous

A new group in Halifax is encouraging collaboration in IT, the arts and other disciplines, and is beginning to have an impact on the city’s startup community.

Collect is a loose organization that brings together creators – anyone with their own idea or an enthusiasm for other people’s ideas – for weekly sessions. They exchange ideas in such fields as art, design, music or software and work on

We still need more Atlantic Canadian founders and CEOs to complete our quick-and-confidential survey, which is the backbone of our coming Entrevestor Atlantic Canada Startup Data report.

The startup report provides a benchmark used by governments and support organizations for the entire innovation sector in the region. Entrevestor is completely independent, absolutely agnostic in terms of sector

Having re-engineered the traditional rickshaw and re-designed his business model, Simon Herbinger is envisioning Rickshaw Collective franchises across Canada and internationally.

Herbinger incorporated Halifax-based Rickshaw Collective in 2023. The company has recently expanded to the city of St. John’s, taking their lightweight rickshaws to popular George Street and the pedestrian mall on Water

Young companies are being sought for ideaBUILD, a 10-month program run by the Dalhousie Emera ideaHUB in Halifax.

IdeaBUILD offers founders a $10,000 grant towards prototyping materials, a 12-week bootcamp, and deep-tech-leading industry advisers who work alongside them to validate and build their product’s first operational prototype, organizers said on LinkedIn.

The deadline to apply is April

Amlamgog First Nation of New Brunswick and Cape Breton-based Aeon Blue are finalists for the inaugural Canadian Cleantech Awards, which aim to highlight the country’s cleantech successes.

Foresight Canada, which is organizing the awards, released the list of finalists in five categories this week. It will announce the winners May 13 at the Climate Innovation Zone at this year’s Web Summit

Innovators in Newfoundland and Labrador are invited to apply for the Bounce Health Innovation Challenge, a four-month program focusing on developing digital health solutions around aging and brain health.

The challenge offers $75,000 in funding, including a $25,000 top prize. Solutions are expected to support older adults, caregivers, and communities across the province, organizers said in a