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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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Modest Tree Lands $32M Contract

  • Feb 11, 2026
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Applications Open for GreenShoots

The program offers up to $40,000 in non-repayable, non-dilutive funding.

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

The program

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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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Vimy Forge Unveils First Cohort

  • Feb 09, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Two New Brunswick startups – Seafarer AI and Vartis Space – have been accepted into the inaugural cohort of Vimy Forge, a new defence-focused accelerator that has just received $1 million in federal funding.

The federal government issued a press

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