A recurring theme at the National Angel Capital Organization’s 2025 NACO Summit in Ottawa this week has been the need for funding at all levels of the startup lifecycle, but especially in the early stages.

Given that the get-together for angel

New York-based Charli AI has acquired Sums Capital, a Halifax-based company whose platform delivers intelligence for investors, to form Charli Capital, a new company offering insights on companies in public and private markets.

Charli said in April

The National Angel Capital Organization kicked off its 2025 NACO Summit on Tuesday with a call for Canada to improve its innovation economy by revolutionizing the way entrepreneurs are funded.

NACO Chief Executive Claudio Rojas opened the two-day

Halifax-based Altheda Wellness Innovation is hoping to launch a flagship product this year that can help delay mental decline in older people.

Founded by a team with an eight-figure exit on its résumé, Altheda is developing a range of products that

Halifax supplement startup Infusd Nutrition has closed an oversubscribed funding round of more than US$2 million (C$2.8 million), with which it hopes to increase sales and work on product development.

The funding round was led by NextGen Nutrition

Project Zero, a new initiative working to solve homelessness in Fredericton, has been launched by the charity 12 Neighbours, the creation of former Radian6 co-founder Marcel LeBrun.

Marcel LeBrun was co-founder and CEO of social media monitoring

Halifax-based Planetary Technologies has won an XFACTOR award worth $1 million in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition. 

XPRIZES are global, multi-year innovation competitions with prizes in the eight or nine figures. The Carbon Removal

St. John’s-based gene sequencing firm Nucliq Biologics is launching a new product that measures how a woman’s gut microbiome influences her hormonal health.

The new product, launching May 14 at innovation hub Genesis, is called GutCheckVivo. It

Halifax-based Tidal Venture Partners, an Atlantic Canadian early-stage fund, has released its annual report showing it has built up a portfolio of eight companies in two years.

The fund says that for every dollar it has invested, its portfolio

The Nova Scotian government on Tuesday said it would contribute $5 million to the new Neptune BioInnovation Centre in Dartmouth, a month after the federal government announced a grant of the same size for the biomanufacturing facility. 

The

The National Angel Capital Organization, which represents angel investors from across Canada, is gearing up to hold its annual summit, with economic resilience a theme in various sessions. 

The conference, which is now sold out, will be held April

A new cleantech competition, the ECT-PEI: Clean Technology Challenge, has been established for entrepreneurs and researchers and offers a grant of up to $100,000, with up to four successful applicants being awarded the money.

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