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Niven Steps Down as CarbonCure CEO
Founder Robert Niven has stepped down as CEO of CarbonCure Technologies. The company has named Chief Financial Officer Kristal Kaye as Interim CEO.
The Dartmouth-based company issued a statement Monday saying Niven – who founded the company
MedReddie Partners with HealthPRO Canada
Saint John-based healthcare procurement company MedReddie has signed a partnership with HealthPRO Canada, which connects healthcare teams to the supplies and solutions they need to care for Canadians.
The collaboration combines MedReddie’s AI
Veristart Chosen for VivaTech 2025
St. John's -based Veristart, which is improving the security around using construction equipment, has been selected as one of five global winners of the EDF Startup Challenge and will present at Viva Technology 2025.
EDF (Électricité de France) is
East Coast Startups Pitch at Global Tech Event
Atlantic Canadian founders were among the hundreds of international entrepreneurs chosen to pitch to investors at the recent Web Summit Vancouver.
Web Summit started in Ireland in 2009, and last month’s conference was the first time the Web Summit
Meet our Rookie All-Stars
Each year in our Atlantic Canada Startup Data report, we present a roster of Rookie All-Stars, highlighting the more promising first-year startups in the region.
We admit it’s always the most subjective part of the report. We never have the metrics
Fueling Female Founders Finalists Announced
Fredericton-based New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) has revealed the five female-led companies selected as finalists for the Fueling Female Founders Pitch Competition:
NBIF is hosting the second annual Fueling Female Founders Pitch
TechConnect Southeast Launching
An initiative designed to support newcomers and individuals facing barriers to employment in the tech sector is being launched by Moncton-based Venn Innovation and the McKenna Institute at University of New Brunswick.
TechConnect Southeast is
Profitual Closes $1M Round
Profitual, the Fredericton startup whose AI models help other startups master their financial projections, has closed a $1 million round of funding led by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
Two-and-a-half years after its initial $1 million
Spark Nova Scotia Finalists Named
Spark Nova Scotia has announced this year’s finalists. The contest for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses is run in three regions — Cape Breton, North, and Southwest — and offers winners up to $50,000. Each geographical
Angler Solutions Wins $50K Clean Energy Challenge
St. John’s-based Angler Solutions is the winner of the Clean Energy Infrastructure Optimization Challenge for its MESO (Model for Energy Systems Optimization), a software tool that integrates advanced geographic information system (GIS) mapping,
Solace, Innerlogic Pitched at NACO
Two of the 20 companies selected as Canada’s Top 20 Moonshot Ventures by NACO Canada hailed from Atlantic Canada – Mount Pearl, NL-based Solace Power and Halifax-based innerlogic.
When NACO – the National Angel Capital Organization – held its
NBIF Plans Growth-Stage Fund
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has fleshed out the strategy it outlined three years ago to develop an integrated ecosystem for launching and financing startups in the province.
At the New Brunswick Startup Outlook in Fredericton on