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Site 20/20 No. 6 in Deloitte’s Fast 50

  • Oct 23, 2025
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Ashored Wins $200K in TELUS Competition

  • Oct 22, 2025
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Further Acclaim for Infusd Nutrition

  • Oct 21, 2025

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Site 20/20 No. 6 in Deloitte’s Fast 50

  • Oct 23, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Dartmouth-based Site 20/20 has landed on Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 list of Canada’s fastest-growing startups for the third straight year after accelerating its revenue growth.

The global accounting firm announced its 2025 list of

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Ashored Wins $200K in TELUS Competition

  • Oct 22, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Ocean technology company Ashored Innovation has been named one of five grand prize winners in the national TELUS #StandWithOwners competition, receiving a $200,000 prize package in cash and in-kind services.

The Debert, NS-based company was

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Further Acclaim for Infusd Nutrition

  • Oct 21, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based supplement startup Infusd Nutrition has capped off a busy stretch with a series of national and international recognitions highlighting its role in the food technology sector.

Over the past 10 days, the company has participated in the

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Axis Accelerator Seeks Applicants

  • Oct 21, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

The Axis Accelerator at University of New Brunswick Saint John is seeking applicants for its six-month program for business-to-business startups from across Atlantic Canada looking to grow their revenues and prepare to raise capital.

The program

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NBIF Names Armali VP of Investments

  • Oct 20, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) has appointed Daniel Armali as Vice President of Investments, effective immediately.

Armali joins NBIF after relocating from Montreal and brings more than 15 years of experience in venture capital,

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Grant Named Managing Partner of Cuna del Mar

  • Oct 20, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Cuna del Mar, an impact investment fund focused on regenerative aquaculture, has appointed Halifax lawyer and entrepreneur Donald Grant as its new Managing Partner.

The appointment of Grant, who previously served as the fund’s Vice President, marks

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Lockhart Leaving Propel for McKenna Institute

  • Oct 19, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Kathryn Lockhart, CEO of Propel, the regional virtual accelerator for tech-enabled companies, has announced she is joining the McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick as Executive Director, effective Nov. 10.

Lockhart has headed up

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GIT Opens New Facility and Lands EDC Funds

  • Oct 18, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based GIT Coatings, which creates biocide-free, graphene-based marine coatings, has opened a new facility and received an additional $5 million in funding from Export Development Canada. The money was presented during the opening of the

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Business Hall of Fame Recognizes Young Entrepreneurs

  • Oct 16, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Cat Adalay, founder and CEO of Dartmouth-based Aurea Technologies, is one of four emerging entrepreneurs to be recognized this week by the Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame.

Aurea is the cleantech company behind the Shine and RISE turbines,

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Elle, MD Lands $100K from Invest NS

  • Oct 16, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Elle, MD Biotechnologies has secured an equity investment of $100,000 from Invest Nova Scotia, matching the amount it received earlier this year from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

Invest Nova Scotia, the provincial economic development

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ImmigrateAI Global Wins at G20 YEA Summit

  • Oct 14, 2025
  • Carol Moreira

Halifax-based ImmigrateAI Global has won third place in the Global Business Competition at the G20 YEA Summit in South Africa.

The company has won a package of $5,000. What’s more valuable, founder and CEO Max Medyk told Entrevestor, is the

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Spellbook Closes US$50M Series B Round

  • Oct 09, 2025
  • Peter Moreira

Spellbook, which makes AI products for law firms, has closed a US$50 million (C$70 million) Series B round led by Khosla Ventures, one of the top venture capital firms in Silicon Valley.

Based in St. John’s and Toronto, Spellbook announced the

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