Dash Social, the social media management company formerly known as Dash Hudson, was named the Business of the Year at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 Halifax Business Awards on Monday.

We believe it’s the first time a venture-backed startup

With universities facing lower international student enrolments and drop-out rates sky-high, now is a good time to launch a business that focuses on student retention, said Newfoundland-based Founder Girish Verma.

Verma has started Lunisity

The province of Nova Scotia is providing new funding to Life Sciences Nova Scotia, the industry association that supports life sciences companies. The $1.4 million contribution through the province’s Community Economic Development Fund will support

Island Abbey Nutritionals, the maker of Honibe honey-based gummies and lozenges, has agreed to be acquired by TopGum Gummiceuticals for US$20 million (C$29.1 million) plus future considerations.

Charlottetown-based Island Abbey has been a

Leslie Magee has been appointed Board Chair of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

Magee first joined NBIF’s Board of Directors in 2020, and her appointment as Chair builds on the governance and leadership NBIF has established over the past

In only its second year of existence, Halifax-based medtech company Sound Blade Medical has closed a US$16.5 million (C$23.8 million) Series A funding round, which will help fund development and clinical trials of its product.

Sound Blade is

Student founders are invited to pitch at the upcoming RBC pitching contest at University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. The one-day, in-person event invites students to pitch their ideas for new products and services to judges from the business

Twenty-four teams from University of New Brunswick and other Canadian post-secondary institutions competed for up to $30,000 in cash awards earlier this month.

The BMO Apex Startup Challenge was held Jan. 23 and 24 at the University of New

Six years and one pandemic after it launched, St. John’s-based Granville Biomedical has secured its first round of equity investment and is setting its sights on a second raise before too long.

While more than half a decade of bootstrapping will

Many thanks to all the CEOs who have completed our survey, and a gentle reminder to other Atlantic Canadian startup leaders to please take a few minutes to answer our 10-question form.

We’ve had a great response to our campaign for more

The MERGE Program at Fredericton startup hub Planet Hatch has received $294,250 in support from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA).

MERGE has been set up by the Fredericton area economic development agency IGNITE and Planet Hatch to

For the fifth year in a row, the Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is hosting The Arena pitching contest for students.

The pitching contest brings together 64 student entrepreneurs from across Canada to