Life Sciences, Medtech Showed Resilience in 2024
The biggest concern was the reduction in life sciences funding from two years earlier.
Atlantic Canada’s life sciences and medtech sectors demonstrated resilience in 2024 with notable revenue growth, though equity funding for life sciences companies has
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Weevva Accepted into IFH Lab
Weevva, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup that helps landlords and tenants manage rentals with confidence, has been accepted into the 2025 cohort of the Innovate Financial Health Lab.
The IFH Lab is a national accelerator that supports startups
Dispersa Says Expansion is Under Way
Dispersa, a Laval, Que.-based cleantech company with a development team in Sydney, has posted that it is proceeding with expansion plans after closing a $5.8 million funding round earlier in the year.
Dispersa is developing “biosurfactants” derived
Aruna Revolution Wins Big at StartupFest
Dartmouth-based Aruna Revolution, a women-led company that makes compostable sanitary products from plants, has won the $100,000 Impact Investment Prize at Startupfest 2025.
In Montreal last week, the well-known event that brings together
Evolve Seeks Tech Founders
St. John’s-based innovation hub Genesis is seeking founders to participate in Evolve, a six-week program for early-stage tech founders. Entrepreneurs can join virtually or in person and will be helped to:
* Clearly define the problem the startup
7 Startups Join Scale-up Cambridge Phase Two
Bounce Health Innovation, the Newfoundland and Labrador life sciences and medtech organization, has named seven companies that have graduated to Phase Two of the Scale-Up Cambridge program.
The program is designed to help leading Atlantic Canadian