The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation said Monday it provided $1.3 million in funding for small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs, through its Innovation Voucher Fund in 2015-16.

Through the fund, NBIF provides as much as $80,000 to SMEs to help them work with universities, colleges or research institutes in conducting applied research.

“In today’s economy, finding new and better ways to

This week we are featuring three new postings on the Entrevestor Job Board – one each from Dash Hudson of Halifax, Remsoft Inc. of Fredericton and Clockwork Fox Studios of St. John’s.

Dash Hudson, a developer of Instagram retail solutions, is accepting applications for a junior brand strategist at its Halifax offices. The company provides data analytics on Instragram posts for major brands.

Aspiring entrepreneurs often go to great lengths to boost their creativity and connections. Now, a trio of students hope to raise enough money to become the first Atlantic Canadians to travel on a Startup Bus.

Similar in concept to the Startup Weekend, the Startup Bus hosts entrepreneurs for 72 hours, with the aim of allowing new networks and ideas to flourish. The difference, in this case, is

Propel Demo Day Set for June 21

Atlantic Canadian accelerator Propel ICT has announced that its next Demo Day will be held June 21 at Neptune Theatre in Halifax.

The event featuring company presentations will begin at 5:30 pm, and is being held on the eve of the Atlantic Venture Forum, which will take place at the Nova Scotian Westin on June 22 and 23.

Demo Day will include pitches from the

Executive search firm Venor has bought the assets of Equals6, a career-focused social network for students, for an undisclosed price.

Halifax-based Equals6 was designed to be a place where students could discuss career prospects, as opposed to other social media sites, which tend to be more about lifestyles. Students can communicate with one-another, or with companies that pay to join the site.

Innovation Week is taking place in New Brunswick over the next week with a range of events across the province.

The annual celebration began last night with the Open Data Awards in Saint John, which leads into the Canadian Open Data Summit in the port city today.  

This weekend, there will be a Startup Weekend New Brunswick at the Venn Centre in Moncton. Over 54 hours, teams will come together,

When the federal government announced funding in February for Charlottetown-based Natural Products Canada, it was the culmination of several years of effort by the PEI life sciences community.

The PEI BioAlliance first applied to create a natural products commercialization centre after the federal government launched its Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research, or CECR, program

Heather Anne Carson fully understood she was on to something big with her new startup Repable when she attended the KeSPA eSport championship in South Korea last autumn.

Operating out of Moncton and Toronto, Repable collects and analyzes data on eSports, or competitive gaming, a fast-growing international phenomenon. It’s estimated some 200 million people will watch competitive gaming this year.

Eigen Innovations Inc. has a new CEO and $1.4 million in fresh funds to help him grow the company.

The Fredericton-based Industrial Internet of Things company has been gaining international attention lately, and now it has named former CTO Scott Everett as its new CEO. He replaces Richard Jones, who will remain on the board of directors.

“Scott has grown from co-founder and visionary to an

Fish farming often gets a bad rap. New Brunswick scientist Dr. Amber Garber is working to make farmed salmon and farming processes healthier, more sustainable and more profitable.

She’s doing it by breeding for traits like fast growth rates and improved natural resistance to sea lice and bacterial kidney disease.

“Selective breeding programs use the fishes’ natural genetic variability to make