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Nucliq Test Focuses on Gut Microbiome and Women’s Health

  • Apr 24, 2025
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Tidal Venture Partners Builds Portfolio

  • Apr 22, 2025
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NS backs Neptune BioInnovation Centre with $5M

  • Apr 22, 2025

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Nucliq Test Focuses on Gut Microbiome and Women’s Health

  • Apr 24, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

St. John’s-based gene sequencing firm Nucliq Biologics is launching a new product that measures how a woman’s gut microbiome influences her hormonal health.

The new product, launching May 14 at innovation hub Genesis, is called GutCheckVivo. It

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Tidal Venture Partners Builds Portfolio

  • Apr 22, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Tidal Venture Partners, an Atlantic Canadian early-stage fund, has released its annual report showing it has built up a portfolio of eight companies in two years.

The fund says that for every dollar it has invested, its portfolio

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NS backs Neptune BioInnovation Centre with $5M

  • Apr 22, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

The Nova Scotian government on Tuesday said it would contribute $5 million to the new Neptune BioInnovation Centre in Dartmouth, a month after the federal government announced a grant of the same size for the biomanufacturing facility. 

The

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NACO Summit Scheduled for Next Week in Ottawa

  • Apr 21, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Cleantech Challenge Offers Grants up to $100K

  • Apr 16, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

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

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CarbonRun, pHathom win Cleantech Awards

  • Apr 16, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Spark NS Challenge Seeks Applicants

  • Apr 15, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Jayrell Diggs Claims Another Award for SudDrop

  • Apr 14, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Energia Ventures Invites Community to Demo Day

  • Apr 14, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Das Returns with New Product for Knowledge-based Firms

  • Apr 11, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Enactus National Competitors Named

  • Apr 10, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

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

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Tribe AI Launchpad Accepting Applications

  • Apr 09, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

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

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