Start-Up Yard at COVE: Space and support for ocean technology start-ups

Invest Nova Scotia’s incubation facilities offer start-ups the environment to grow stronger, faster – providing access to mentors, investors, and other support.

Start-Up Yard is the incubation facility at COVE, helping early stage ocean technology companies commercialize their products and services and succeed in the global marketplace. It offers programs, incubation space and services, funding, shared equipment, expertise and mentoring.

Start-Up Yard is more than infrastructure and other resources. It is a community – an environment with a strong innovation culture that lets start-ups engage with like-minded entrepreneurs and organizations that can help them start and grow. It also partners with post-secondary institutions to help drive commercialization of ocean technologies.

The acceleration programs, space and services, funding, equipment, and mentoring are designed to help startups grow quickly.

Shelley Hessian
Executive Director of Start-Up Yard