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Fund for Researchers Coming to NB
After helping Nova Scotian researchers become entrepreneurs for 15 years, the Early-Stage Commercialization Fund is moving into New Brunswick.
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, or NBIF, announced Monday that it is launching the fund in New
NACO Summit Set for Thursday
The National Angel Capital Organization, or NACO, will hold its virtual Atlantic Summit on Thursday, and aims to attract not only Atlantic Canadian viewers but also national attendees.
Amber Mac, former co-host of BNN’s App Central and Bloomberg
Cyber Accelerator To Launch Next Year
CyberNB Inc. will launch a new accelerator for cybersecurity companies early next year, offering up to 20 companies a year programming, mentorship, and a six-figure funding opportunity.
The New Brunswick group that promotes the cybersecurity
ClearRisk Named Community Champion
St. John’s-based ClearRisk, which provides risk-management software, has won the 2020 RBC Business Resilience Awards in Newfoundland and Labrador in the Community Champion category.
Competing against a range of Newfoundland and Labrador
Gaining 10,000 Clients with no VC
From his base in Truro, N.S., Brad Tousenard has built his IT company Delicious Brains into a global enterprise over seven years with about 10,000 clients in 140 countries and sales increasing each year.
And there are two things about his story
NL Led Region in Revenue Growth
Even if Verafin did not exist, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup community would have had a really good year in 2019.
Of course, Verafin does exist, and it did raise $515 million in equity and debt in September 2019. Wrapping up our look at
Pioneering Cluster Employment
A Halifax human resources firm is pioneering a new service for clients that it calls “cluster employment”, which it hopes will improve working conditions for part-time or gig workers.
Placemaking 4G has launched the service that’s helping workers
Energia Demo Day on Dec. 16
Energia Ventures will hold a virtual demo day on Dec. 16, featuring the five companies from three countries that are completing its latest three-month cohort.
The program, which began Sept. 30, is part of University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert
One Winner from Verafin: NL Government
There’s no shortage of winners from Verafin’s pending sale to Nasdaq, and one of the big ones is the government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The provincial government may haul in $100 million from the deal at a time when it could really use the
A Look at Recent NB Startup Data
It would have been difficult for New Brunswick in 2019 to outdo its performance of 2018, especially in terms of funding.
The province in 2018 generated $84.7 million in equity funding, including three investment rounds worth more than $10 million
Kraken Sense Eyes Move to NS
As it proceeds through the prestigious IndieBio accelerator, Kraken Sense is also working on moving its headquarters from Mississauga, Ont., to Sydney, Cape Breton.
Kraken has developed a culture-based test that tells food producers and water
SimplyCast Aids Contact Tracing
SimplyCast, a Dartmouth-based automated marketing company, has launched a new solution to help businesses offer contact tracing services during the pandemic.
The company issued a statement last week saying the new mobile solution will help small
