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Elle, MD Named CIX Startup Award Winner

  • Feb 17, 2026
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Applications Open for GreenShoots

  • Feb 16, 2026
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Sustane Reveals Milestones

  • Feb 12, 2026
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Elle, MD Named CIX Startup Award Winner

The reproductive health company is developing a contraceptive.

New Minas, N.S.-based Elle, MD Biotechnologies has been recognized in the Emerging Category of the national CIX Startup Awards run by Toronto-based Elevate.

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Applications Open for GreenShoots

  • Feb 16, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

Applications have opened for the six-month GreenShoots program, designed for high-potential, early-stage, knowledge-based ventures based in Nova Scotia.

The program seeks innovators in the areas of agriculture, agri-food, bioeconomy, cleantech and

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Sustane Reveals Milestones

  • Feb 12, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

Chester, N.S.-based Sustane Technologies has announced major project milestones at its advanced recycling facility and welcomed Marc Donaldson as its new project director.

The company converts difficult-to-recycle plastics into valuable resources

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Modest Tree Lands $32M Contract

  • Feb 11, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based Modest Tree has been awarded a $32 million subcontract by Fleetway Inc. to develop training systems for the Royal Canadian Navy’s future River-class destroyers.

Modest Tree will deliver immersive training platforms built from

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SMU Venture Capitalists Score Another Win

  • Feb 10, 2026
  • Carol Moreira

The Sobey School of Business and the Venture Capital program at Saint Mary’s University have won the New England Venture Capital Investment Competition, marking the latest success for the Halifax university’s young venture capitalists.

VCIC is an

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Founders/CEOs: Please Fill In our Survey

  • Feb 10, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Now we’re into the new year, we’re ramping up our efforts to get startup CEOs to fill in our short, confidential survey.

We understand how busy everyone is so we hate to keep asking. But we also hear from a lot of founders that they appreciate our

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