The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation launched its Breakthru competition last week, ramping up the total prize pot to $1 million and opening the competition to startups across the country.

The Innovation agency holds the Breakthru competition every other year with the goal of helping young companies to get off the ground with funding and mentorship. When it held the 2014-15 edition of the

Qimple Lands $500,000 from ACOA

Qimple, the Moncton startup that works to improve hiring for companies and applicants, has received a conditional loan of almost $500,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Business Development Program.

ACOA said in a statement the “conditionally repayable contribution” will help the company undertake business development and marketing activities to

As Halifax-based Bob Williamson prepares to host Invest Atlantic in New Brunswick for the first time, his years of mentoring entrepreneurs are being recognized by a national startup organization.

Williamson, who has won Startup Canada’s regional Entrepreneur Promotion Award, finds he is impressed with New Brunswick. He said the province is leading when it comes to collaborating to grow the

DemoCamp Halifax, where nine startups will present their products without the aid of PowerPoint, will be held Thursday at the Potter Auditorium at Dalhousie University.

The idea for DemoCamp is to get founders that are still at the early stages to demonstrate their products. They can’t talk about revenue projections or the size of the market – it’s all about getting this product to work in front

Chinova Bioworks, a Fredericton company striving to develop new preservatives made from chitosan, has emerged from the IndieBio accelerator in Ireland with a relationship with a multi-national juice maker.

The young company, which was spun out of another Fredericton startup, Mycodev, is now working with two different multinationals, which could provide a path to market for the product.

Chinova

The city of Fredericton set a record Tuesday evening when more than 250 people showed up for the Atlantic Canadian regional ceremony for the Startup Canada Awards.

It was the first time in the event’s three-year history that a regional awards ceremony has been sold out.

The crowd was treated to motivational advice and keen observation from the winners and guest speakers.

In accepting the Woman

Scott Gallant and Jordan Patterson realized they were on to something with their new startup Forestry.io when details of the product leaked to a tech publication and 3,000 people suddenly signed up.

Things were already heading in the right direction for Forestry.io. This summer it was accepted into the New York cohort of Techstars, one of the world’s most famous accelerators. The Charlottetown

It’s been said that just about every startup is looking for developers, and this week in Jobs of the Week we’re highlighting companies from around the region in the hunt for tech talent.

Companies based in three of the four Atlantic Provinces and New York City are looking for tech staff in the region.

The New York company is Pharm3r, which provides actionable intelligence about medical product

Events in Fredericton this Week

The Startup Canada Awards on Tuesday evening are just one of a series of events taking place in Fredericton this week.

Startup Canada, the national organization dedicated to developing startups, will hand out their Atlantic Canadian regional awards at a ceremony at the Fredericton Convention Centre starting at 5:30 pm on Sept. 13. Tickets are available here.

St. John’s-based entrepreneur Chris Gardner is doing a lot to foster and grow his community. He, in turn, will need community support if his biotechnology company Sequence Bio is to succeed.

Gardner and co-founder epidemiologist Tyler Wish aim to study the genetic profiles of 100,000 Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.

The company is developing systems that use machine-learning and artificial