Yash Mehta is more interested in the quality than the quantity of early adopters as he plots the growth of four-month-old Mettara AI, which now has annual recurring revenue of US$40,000.

Yes, you read that correctly. Halifax-based Mettara was only an idea on New Year’s Day. But in the few months since, Mehta and Co-Founder Steve Day have launched the product, found paying customers, and been

Halifax-based Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic is looking for applicants for its 2026-2027 general and oceantech programs.

The Atlantic Canadian branch of the Toronto-based organization is currently seeking founders for two programs: the Prime Stream, which is open to companies in any sector; and the Oceans Stream for bluetech ventures.

CDL is a nine-month, milestone-based accelerator that

Having recorded a $2.7 million funding round and 10X revenue growth in 2025, St. John’s-based SiftMed now hopes to book more sales – including enterprise clients – and capital in 2026.

In fact, Co-Founder and CEO Holly Hill revealed in an interview that the company’s ambition for this year is to increase its annual recurring revenue, or ARR, by four times. Assuming revenues and ARR are roughly

Moncton-based startup hub Venn Innovation has announced the three winners of its pitch contest, held on March 28. The contest brought together 11 teams who pitched their ventures for a chance to win $7,000 in prize funding.

The winners of the contest were:

First place, winning $4,000: Trek.iQ, founded by Avery Cote.

The company is developing accessibility intelligence for venues and events,

NACO Canada, the national organization for angel investors, is recommending the federal government address the funding gap for early-stage startups with two programs costing $750 million.

The group – officially the National Angel Capital Organization – released a white paper last week with recommendations on how Ottawa should support smaller startups through its $1.75 billion venture capital

With more than 1,000 active users, Fredericton-based Parados is seeking partnerships with long-term care and home care organizations as it scales its gait-analysis software.

Founder and CEO Pascal McCarthy said in an interview the company blew through the threshold of 1,000 active users and five-digit cumulative sales in 2025, driven by early adopters across research, education, and care

Saint John-based TrojAI has announced it has partnered with New York cybersecurity firm Wiz as part of the American company’s release of its new AI Application Protection Platform, or AI-APP.

Founded by James Stewart and Stephen Goddard in 2019, TrojAI sells cybersecurity software to guard artificial intelligence systems against having malicious code injected via training data. The company is

Climative has launched a new data platform aimed at helping insurers translate climate risk assessments into practical actions for homeowners, as the industry faces rising losses from extreme weather.

The platform, announced last week, is designed to provide insurers with insights into risks such as wildfire and flooding for specific properties. It also offers step-by-step guidance that

PLAEX Building Systems, which converts waste into modular building blocks, is working on a $3 million raise as it prepares for a launch this summer.

The Moncton-area company has secured $1 million to date and is seeking an additional $2 million in equity financing to put it in a position to begin delivering its products to customers in the coming months. The funding will support the transition

Having won $100,000-plus in New Brunswick’s breakthru competition, Infralytix CEO Ethan MacLeod has his sights on developing his hardware and launching some pilot projects to help his young company grow.

At a sold-out event in Fredericton last week, Infralytix captured the first prize at breakthru, which was hosted by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. The company will receive a $100,000