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Burgesson Leaving Tribe to Work with Feds

  • Jan 20, 2026
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Future Ocean Foods Seeks Buyer

  • Jan 19, 2026
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Home + Health Raising Funds for Care and Wellness Platform

  • Jan 18, 2026

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Burgesson Leaving Tribe to Work with Feds

  • Jan 20, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

Alfred Burgesson, CEO of Tribe Network, the Halifax hub that supports BIPOC entrepreneurs, is taking an immediate leave of absence to work with the federal government. 

In an email to Tribe members, the founder of Tribe said he has joined the

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Future Ocean Foods Seeks Buyer

  • Jan 19, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Future Ocean Foods, a Halifax-based nonprofit that has positioned itself as a global hub for seafood and seaweed innovation, is seeking new leadership and may be open to acquisition, according to its founder and executive director, Marissa Bronfman.

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Home + Health Raising Funds for Care and Wellness Platform

  • Jan 18, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based Home + Health has created an app to streamline the provision and receipt of healthcare and other services for seniors at home. The new company is now seeking financial investment and partners to refine its product and boost public

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Infusd Nutrition Signs New Partners

  • Jan 15, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based supplement startup Infusd Nutrition has made more inroads in the food technology sector with new partnerships with Connecticut-based consumer-health company Blueroot Health and women's health company Fairhaven Health of Washington.

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Genesis Opens Applications for Evolve

  • Jan 14, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

St. John’s-based innovation hub Genesis is seeking founders for its winter cohort of Evolve, a program designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs turn tech-driven ideas into viable businesses.

The upcoming cohort begins on January 29, offering

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Atlantic Fintech Inks US Partnership

  • Jan 13, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

Moncton-based Atlantic Fintech has announced a strategic partnership with U.S.-based Wellesley Hills Financial to provide customized financial support to companies within the Atlantic Fintech Growth Network.

The collaboration aims to strengthen the

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Cape Breton Gains New Business Centre

  • Jan 12, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

The new Cape Breton Business Innovation Centre on George Street in Sydney is bringing key supports together in one location.

By bringing mentorship, programming and shared workspaces together under one roof, the centre helps startups and growing

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James Geneau Named Propel CEO

  • Jan 12, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Regional virtual accelerator Propel has appointed longtime tech entrepreneur James Geneau as its new Chief Executive Officer, the organization announced Monday.

Geneau, who was born and raised in New Brunswick, succeeds Kathryn Lockhart, who left

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Founders/CEOs: Please Fill In our Survey

  • Jan 11, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Now we’re into the new year, we’re ramping up our efforts to get startup CEOs to fill in our short, confidential survey.

We understand how busy everyone is so we hate to keep asking. But we also hear from a lot of founders that they appreciate our

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Community Invited to BMO Apex Startup Challenge

  • Jan 08, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

University of New Brunswick in Fredericton is preparing to host 24 teams of student entrepreneurs on Jan. 22 and 23 for the BMO Apex Startup Challenge.

The Challenge invites student entrepreneurs from across North America to compete for the chance

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Invest NS Seeks Accelerate Applicants

  • Jan 07, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Applications are now open for the first 2026 cohort of Invest Nova Scotia’s Accelerate program, which aims to help support the growth of Nova Scotia startups.

The program has been restructured for 2026 to include two distinct streams aligned with

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Dal Innovates Seeks Program Applicants

  • Jan 06, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Dal Innovates is accepting applicants for its Collide Launch and Lab2Market Launch programs, which are designed to help student founders and university-based research teams advance early-stage ventures. The deadline is Jan. 18.

The four-month

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