Spark Nova Scotia, the contest for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses, has announced this year’s winners.

The contest is run in three regions — Cape Breton, North, and Southwest — and offers winners up to $50,000 in non-dilutive funding. The competition featured five finalists in each of the three regions, including a competition in the North region that resulted in four of the five finalists being female-led ventures.

This year’s winners are:

Southwest Region

Nutrilolli. inc

Alex Dulay & Erich Daquioag

Nutrilolli is developing a child-friendly lollipop that detects nutrition-related health issues to enable earlier intervention. 

North Region

Is this a Scam?

Lauren Harback

The company is building a platform designed to make online safety simple and accessible, so Canadians can identify scams, report them and build a stronger and safer digital Canada.

Cape Breton Region

Decal Defender

Todd MacDougall

Decal Defender is a material-based protective solution that attaches directly to vehicles, protecting decals, graphics, and surface markings from wear and damage.