Build Ventures
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Give Atlantic Canadian technology founders an early-stage capital partner close to home. Build Ventures invests from Halifax and works with companies as they move from initial traction toward scale.
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Published organizations across Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Give Atlantic Canadian technology founders an early-stage capital partner close to home. Build Ventures invests from Halifax and works with companies as they move from initial traction toward scale.
Glen Margaret, Nova Scotia
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An editorial cluster of published Atlantic Canadian organizations working in ocean sensing, sonar, and autonomous maritime systems.
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Build the acoustic front end for naval detection and tracking in Canada. Nautel Sonar develops hull-mounted and variable-depth wet-end sonar products, subsystems, and complete systems in Nova Scotia.
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Explore Naval sonar OEM systems and subsystemsHalifax, Nova Scotia
CarteNav is a Canadian mission-software company and PAL Aerospace subsidiary whose AIMS-ISR and AIMS-C4 products integrate sensors, mission data and common operating pictures across airborne, maritime and command environments.
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Explore AIMS Maritime Mission SoftwareHalifax, Nova Scotia
QRA Corp is a Halifax-headquartered Canadian software company whose QVscribe platform analyzes natural-language engineering requirements to improve clarity, consistency, completeness, and reuse in complex mission-critical and safety-critical system development.
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Explore QVscribe requirements analysisHalifax, Nova Scotia
Modest Tree is a Halifax modelling, simulation, immersive-training, and digital-twin company providing XR, desktop, mobile, procedural training, maintenance support, and data-visualization solutions for defence, aerospace, and complex-equipment operators.
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Explore Immersive Operational and Maintenance TrainingMoncton, New Brunswick
Venn Innovation is a Moncton technology-innovation organization operating an incubator program for early-stage New Brunswick technology ventures, with coaching, mentors, workspace and commercialization support.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax-headquartered critical-minerals company commercializing RapidSX rare-earth separation technology through a Kingston, Ontario demonstration facility and planned commercial facilities in Canada and the United States.
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Explore RapidSX rare-earth separationPanmure Island, Prince Edward Island
MarineNav is an independently owned Prince Edward Island manufacturer of portable Oceanus remotely operated vehicles, marine-grade computers, displays, vessel monitoring systems and fleet-management software.
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Explore Oceanus Rapid-Deployment ROV SystemsMoncton, New Brunswick
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is the federal regional development agency for Atlantic Canada, supporting business innovation, productivity, commercialization, investment and regional economic growth.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Invest Nova Scotia is Nova Scotia's business development agency, combining start-up, commercialization, investment, export and business-growth support across sectors including defence, aerospace, ocean technology and digital industries.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Emera ideaHUB is a Halifax deep-tech incubator for physical-product ventures, providing prototyping infrastructure, engineering expertise, founder programs and commercialization support across cleantech, ocean technology, medtech and robotics.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's shipyard providing repair, refit, fabrication, emergency docking, maintenance, and vessel life-extension work for naval, government, and commercial marine operators.
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