Provincial Ecosystem Guides
Provincial Ecosystem Guides is a tool offered by Startup Atlantic for entrepreneurs and small businesses in Atlantic Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador).
Dedicated province-specific pages providing curated overviews of the startup ecosystem and relevant support organizations for each of the four Atlantic provinces.
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Program details
Startup Atlantic provides individual ecosystem guide pages for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Each page includes a narrative overview of the province's startup ecosystem highlighting key strengths and sectors, followed by a curated list of organizations that provide startup support specifically in that province, plus a second section listing programs that operate across all of Atlantic Canada. For example, the Nova Scotia page highlights strengths in ocean tech, life sciences, and clean energy and features province-specific organizations like Volta, Tribe, Emera ideaHUB, Dal Innovates, COVE, CEED, Cape Breton Capital, Build Ventures, Invest Nova Scotia, and IGNITE Atlantic. The New Brunswick page highlights technology and cybersecurity with organizations like Venn Innovation, Planet Hatch, NBIF, Pond Deshpande Centre, UNB, and Research NB. PEI features biosciences, agriculture, and IT with Catherine Callbeck Centre, Food Island Partnership, PEI IT Alliance, Island Capital Partners, Emergence, and Bio Food Tech. Newfoundland highlights ocean technology with Genesis, Bounce Health Innovation, Pelorus Venture Capital, and Memorial University.
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