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Versos AI Launches Video Management Platform

  • Feb 23, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Saint John-based Versos AI has launched its Video Library Intelligence Platform, and announced its partnership with and strategic investment from CuriosityStream of Silver Springs, MD.

Founded in 2023 by serial entrepreneur Chris Keevill, Versos AI

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Genesis Launches Build48

  • Feb 22, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

St. John’s-based innovation hub Genesis is introducing Build48, a startup event where participants will take a problem to a launched product over two days.

Build48 is a hands-on experience focused entirely on execution, the group said in a press

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ACOA Puts $4M into N.S. Defence Companies

  • Feb 19, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) has announced funding of more than $4 million for nine Nova Scotia defence companies under the Regional Defence Investment Initiative.

The funds will assist with developing and manufacturing critical

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VC Surged in Region in 2025, Says CVCA

  • Feb 18, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Atlantic Canadian startups raised $348 million in venture capital in 2025, according to the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, or CVCA, driven by a strong fourth-quarter performance in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia.

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ABK Closed US$35M Round Last Year

  • Feb 18, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

ABK Biomedical late last year raised US$35 million (C$47.9 million) in a Series D financing round to support clinical trials, manufacturing expansion and development of a product to be used in treating liver cancer.

The Halifax-based medical device

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Elle, MD Named CIX Startup Award Winner

  • Feb 17, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

New Minas, N.S.-based Elle, MD Biotechnologies has been recognized in the Emerging Category of the national CIX Startup Awards run by Toronto-based Elevate.

The awards are the largest national showcase of innovative tech companies, the group said

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Applications Open for GreenShoots

  • Feb 16, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

Applications have opened for the six-month GreenShoots program, designed for high-potential, early-stage, knowledge-based ventures based in Nova Scotia.

The program seeks innovators in the areas of agriculture, agri-food, bioeconomy, cleantech and

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Sustane Reveals Milestones

  • Feb 12, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

Chester, N.S.-based Sustane Technologies has announced major project milestones at its advanced recycling facility and welcomed Marc Donaldson as its new project director.

The company converts difficult-to-recycle plastics into valuable resources

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Modest Tree Lands $32M Contract

  • Feb 11, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Modest Tree has been awarded a $32 million subcontract by Fleetway Inc. to develop training systems for the Royal Canadian Navy’s future River-class destroyers.

Modest Tree will deliver immersive training platforms built from

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SMU Venture Capitalists Score Another Win

  • Feb 10, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

The Sobey School of Business and the Venture Capital program at Saint Mary’s University have won the New England Venture Capital Investment Competition, marking the latest success for the Halifax university’s young venture capitalists.

VCIC is an

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Vimy Forge Unveils First Cohort

  • Feb 09, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Two New Brunswick startups – Seafarer AI and Vartis Space – have been accepted into the inaugural cohort of Vimy Forge, a new defence-focused accelerator that has just received $1 million in federal funding.

The federal government issued a press

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Remsoft Acquires Brazilian Company

  • Feb 08, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Remsoft has acquired forest management software company INFLOR, adding a forest management system (FMS) to its portfolio of digital products for the forestry industry.

The companies announced the acquisition in a press release

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