Infralytix, which improves infrastructure monitoring, took home the first prize and $102,500 in cash Thursday night at the finals of breakthru, the main competition for new startups in New Brunswick.

The two runner-up awards in the competition

Invest Nova Scotia has announced the 12 startups they have selected for the 2026 to 2027 cohort of Accelerate.

This year, companies were accepted into one of two new streams: the Growth Stream and the Development Stream. In total, 12 Nova Scotia

OmaScan, which aims to make homes safer and more accessible, has captured the $25,000 first prize at the 10th annual Mel Woodward Cup at the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship, or MCE.

In the competition finals Wednesday night, OmaScan beat out

Volta, the Halifax-based tech hub, has launched a new program called Sprint to help participants from across Atlantic Canada to develop AI-driven projects that are market-ready in just four weeks.

The organization on Tuesday announced the launch of

Halifax-based Athena's Playground has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help boost the number and range of hobby-focused courses it offers online.

The startup’s platform has been created to allow users to embrace new skills and hobbies with ease,

The federal government has committed $200 million to the launch pad based in Canso N.S. to help develop the Canadian space industry.

The government announced Monday it is signing a 10-year lease on the space launch pad operated by Halifax-based

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is providing just over $3.25 million to three companies: MilAero Electronics Atlantic, GSTS and Survival Systems.

The money will help the ventures scale operations, boost production capacity, and respond to

Invest Nova Scotia and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation – the two main public sector venture capital investors in Atlantic Canada – invested a total of $8.3 million in 2024-25, according to the most recent figures available.

Late each year,

A new group in Halifax is encouraging collaboration in IT, the arts and other disciplines, and is beginning to have an impact on the city’s startup community.

Collect is a loose organization that brings together creators – anyone with their own

We still need more Atlantic Canadian founders and CEOs to complete our quick-and-confidential survey, which is the backbone of our coming Entrevestor Atlantic Canada Startup Data report.

The startup report provides a benchmark used by governments

Having re-engineered the traditional rickshaw and re-designed his business model, Simon Herbinger is envisioning Rickshaw Collective franchises across Canada and internationally.

Herbinger incorporated Halifax-based Rickshaw Collective in 2023. The

Young companies are being sought for ideaBUILD, a 10-month program run by the Dalhousie Emera ideaHUB in Halifax.

IdeaBUILD offers founders a $10,000 grant towards prototyping materials, a 12-week bootcamp, and deep-tech-leading industry advisers