Medtech Drove NS Startup Activity in 2025
The province's startups raised $145M, up from $88M a year earlier.
[Editor's note: This is the latest in a series of articles highlighting segments of our Atlantic Canada Startup Data Report.]
The event that set the tone for 2025 in
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Jesse Wiebe Faces 2 Criminal Charges
One of Canada’s leading startup advocates has been charged with two criminal offences following an incident in Saskatoon last month, according to The Globe and Mail.
Jesse Wiebe, executive director of the Canadian Startup Capital Association, or
Breathe Biomedical Expands Clinical Study
Moncton-based Breathe BioMedical has expanded a clinical study of its breast cancer detection device after a clinical study found an 88 percent success rate in detecting breast cancer.
The company issued a press release recently saying that
Spark Nova Scotia Names Winners
Spark Nova Scotia, the contest for rural and coastal high-potential, knowledge-based businesses, has announced this year’s winners.
The contest is run in three regions — Cape Breton, North, and Southwest — and offers winners up to $50,000 in
Genesis Names First Residency Cohort
Genesis, the St. John’s startup hub, has launched Residency, an invitation-only program for founders building venture-scale companies.
Residency is Genesis's highest-tier founder program, and its members were selected by the new Genesis Founders'
Somru Makes Acquisition in Bangladesh
Somru BioScience Inc., a Charlottetown-based contract research organization, has agreed to buy Novus Clinical Research Services Ltd. of Bangladesh to expand its international clinical research operations.
The P.E.I. company announced Wednesday that
