Crown corporations Nova Scotia Business Inc. and Innovacorp are being amalgamated into a single agency called Invest Nova Scotia, as Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservative government looks to streamline operations, the province announced Tuesday.
Both legacy organizations offer programs that support startups. NSBI is the provincial economic development agency, whose services include the Export Development Program and the Scale-Up Hubs in Atlanta and Cambridge, Mass. Innovacorp is a venture capital fund with a portfolio heavy on deep tech investments, and also provides incubation space and