The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency made just shy of $20 million of funding commitments to startups in 2023, less than half its 2022 total.

An analysis by Entrevestor of ACOA’s funding agreements finds that last year’s figure is a decline of

Atlantic Canadian startups made a strong showing last week at the University of New Brunswick’s BMO Apex Startup Challenge.

The event, organized by UNB’s International Business & Entrepreneurship Centre, saw students and early-stage entrepreneurs

We’re calling on all startups to complete our quick-and-confidential 2023 Atlantic Canadian startup survey, which is the backbone of our coming Entrevestor Atlantic Canada Startup Data report.

The startup report provides a benchmark used by

Two Atlantic Canadian medtech companies have joined life sciences accelerators.

St. John's-based PragmaClin Research, which is developing technology to help monitor Parkinson’s patients, is joining the United Kingdom’s Plug and Play Health

Halifax- and Toronto-based MIMOSA Diagnostics, which makes a medical device for non-invasively assessing tissue damage, has received Health Canada approval six months after it launched its technology in the Untied States.

The sign-off paves the way

Halifax edtech-maker Shoelace Learning will be one of seven finalists to compete in the SXSW EDU Launch Startup Competition at the internationally recognized South by Southwest arts festival in Texas March 5.

Finalists also receive access to

New Brunswick’s Air Clarity Solutions is launching the pilot program for its water-based industrial air filtration systems with clients in Atlantic Canada next week as founder Mike Rushton looks to make environments like auto body shops and boat

Tribe Network, the Halifax-based professional organization for racialized startup founders, now counts more than 1,000 people and organizations among its members and has worked directly with 700 program participants in its three-year history.

Those

Motion capture and exercise software startup Parados has reached several hundred users as it scales up its Canadian business development efforts in the new year, says CEO Pascal McCarthy.

Parados’s software analyzes video of workers performing a

Provincial economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to the next cohort of its GreenShoots accelerator, which offers up to $40,000 of funding.

GreenShoots offers agtech, biotech and cleantech companies funding and

Invest Nova Scotia will host a virtual Investor Showcase presentation showcasing 17 of its portfolio companies to an audience of international investors Feb. 6 at 1:00 p.m.

The provincial agency, which invests in startups via its venture capital

Memorial University’s Centre for Social Enterprise is looking for applicants to its year-long Social Ventures Incubator, which offers $2,500 of funding.

The program is open to current Memorial students and alumni who graduated within the last 12