The National Angel Capital Organization, which represents angel investors from across Canada, is gearing up to hold its annual summit, with economic resilience a theme in various sessions. 

The conference, which is now sold out, will be held April 29-30 in Ottawa, and Entrevestor will be attending. Some of the many panels will include:

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A new cleantech competition, the ECT-PEI: Clean Technology Challenge, has been established for entrepreneurs and researchers and offers a grant of up to $100,000, with up to four successful applicants being awarded the money.

Co-founded by Innovation PEI, the challenge is being administered by Net Zero Atlantic, and is open to applicants in the three maritime provinces. The grant is intended to

CarbonRun and pHathom Technologies have captured the top prizes for companies at the inaugural 2025 Atlantic Canada Cleantech Awards, organized by Foresight Canada.

The contest seeks to recognize ventures and ecosystem leaders that are advancing cleantech innovation and growth in the region.

B.C.-based Foresight Canada said the region's growing cleantech sector is well-positioned to increase

Innovators are being sought to take part in the Spark Nova Scotia competitions for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses.

The contest is run in three regions — Cape Breton, North, and Southwest — and offers winners up to $50,000 each. Each geographical region functions independently, with its own applicant pool and local judges. All applicants take advantage of the

Halifax basketball player Jayrell Diggs has won the Retail Prophet Innovation Award for his work at SudDrop, a venture which collects and delivers laundry.

The new award comes with a $2,500 prize and joins earlier awards Diggs has earned, including a big one from Futurpreneur, which netted him $10,000 for his business.

In an earlier interview with Entrevestor, Diggs said he will expand his

Fredericton-based Energia Ventures is inviting the innovation community to celebrate the latest five ventures to participate in its program for new, technology-focused companies.

Based at the University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, Energia Ventures is a three-month intensive accelerator for entrepreneurs with an innovative business in

Halifax-based Tukan Das is well known as a co-founder of marketing data vendor LeadSift. Now, he is behind Gia, which he calls the growth partner for professional services firms and agencies, and from which he hopes for a much bigger return.

“Since selling LeadSift in December 2021, I’ve had a chip on my shoulder that we did not dream big enough,” Das wrote on LinkedIn. “Don’t get me wrong -- we

Following a regional contest in Halifax, 12 post-secondary student teams are going forward to the Enactus Canada National Exposition. 

Enactus Canada is a charity that focuses on inspiring post-secondary students to initiate and operate socially and environmentally positive enterprises. Currently, more than 2,000 students at over 76 campuses across Canada are engaged in Enactus projects, the

Halifax-based Tribe Network, the region’s support hub for BIPOC founders, is launching its AI Launchpad, a new accelerator program developed in partnership with Scale AI, Canada’s AI innovation supercluster.

This new initiative supports startups and SMEs creating applied AI solutions that have the potential to transform value chains across various industries, Tribe said in its newsletter. 

Fredericton agtech company Picketa Systems will be piloting its technology on Ontario farms after winning the Next-Gen Nitrogen Challenge organized by Foresight Canada and the Ontario Soil Network. 

The organizers announced Tuesday that Picketa had won the national competition, which offers the winner a chance to work with early adopters to encourage farmers and agri-businesses to use the young