[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 Nova Scotia’s innovation community was an announcement that came out of the blue

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

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, 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, 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'