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Finalists Named for Atlantic Cleantech Awards
Foresight Canada has revealed its 2025 Atlantic Canada finalists for its cleantech awards. The contest seeks to recognize ventures and ecosystem leaders that are advancing innovation and growth in the region.
B.C.-based Foresight Canada is a
Deadline for Volta/CDL Pitch Event
Applications are closing for the Volta/CDL Investment Day pitching contest. The deadline is today, Thursday April 3, at 11.59 p.m. ADT.
Organizers are looking for early-stage founders seeking funding. The event will be held May 13 at Volta at 1800
Landlord-Tenant Product Tackles Housing Crisis
St. John’s-based Weevva, a rental tech platform that uses AI to assist landlords and tenants, has launched in Newfoundland and Labrador and aims to be across the country by the end of the year with the goal of going global in 2026.
Weevva’s AI
Uresta Closes $3M Funding Round
Shediac, NB-based Uresta, which makes a device to prevent bladder leakage, has closed a $3 million funding round, and is using the funds to launch its product in the United States.
The company said in a statement last week that BDC Capital led the
Burgesson Wins Emerging Leader Award
Alfred Burgesson has won the 2025 Emerging Leader Award from the Ottawa-based think tank Public Policy Forum.
In a profile announcing the award, the Founder and CEO of Halifax-based Tribe Network said that the organization is on track to raise $20
Stellar Futures Wins AI Pitch Contest
Technology company Stellar Futures, which is based in Nova Scotia and Texas, has won the Commercial AI Pitch Competition hosted by AWS and PREDICTif Solutions for its work in artificial intelligence and digital transformation.
The company's core
Ten Startups Selected for Accelerate
The first cohort of Invest Nova Scotia Accelerate 2025-2026 has been selected. Now in its fifth year, Accelerate offers participating startups four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding.
The program is completely virtual
VidCruiter Donates Computers to Youth Clubs
Moncton-based recruitment software company VidCruiter has given $20,000 worth of computers to the BGC Clubs (Boys and Girls Clubs) in Dieppe, Moncton, and Riverview, as well as $10,000 worth of computers to Youth Impact Jeunesse Moncton.
The
Mulli Swing Wins UNB Pitch Competition
Mulli Swing Solutions, which helps golfers improve their swings, captured the top prize in the Growth Category last week at the University of New Brunswick’s RBC Student Pitch Competition.
The Fredericton-based company has developed sensors that
New Bio Facility To Open in Dartmouth
Backed by a $5 million federal grant, a new 51,000-square-foot bioinnovation hub is opening in Dartmouth to offer badly needed lab and bio-manufacturing facilities to a range of customers.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency last week issued a
AgroGene wins $50K Investment from NBIF
Breakthru is returning to New Brunswick.
As it awarded a $50,000 investment at the Breakthru Accelerating Cleantech pitching event on Tuesday, the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation unveiled its plans to resurrect the Breakthru brand, whose name
CoLab Secures $5.6M for AI Project
St. John’s-based CoLab Software has received $5.6 million in funding from two offshore oil projects to help develop its new artificial intelligence and machine learning tool.
The company, whose software supports collaborative 3D design and review,