McCain Foods has invested in TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture, with the goal of helping the Bedford-based vertical farm company to accelerate its farm development and reach global markets.

The Florenceville, N.B.-based food giant issued a press release on Thursday announcing the investment, though it did not reveal the dollar amount. McCain was the only investor in the funding round.

The deal is

Three New Brunswick researchers have been awarded $50,000 each from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, as part of the 2018 R3 competition, which recognizes leading researchers in the province.

The winners, announced Thursday evening at a gala in the Fredericton Convention Centre, are:

Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard (Université de Moncton) 
Nursing Homes Without Walls: A Model for Aging in Place

The Genesis Centre on Thursday divvied up the proceeds of a poker extravaganza with the goal of helping six female entrepreneurs develop their companies.

The St. John’s-based startup incubator kicked off its Pitch and Pick event by dividing more than $40,000 between six female founders. The money was raised through a charity poker tournament titled the Big Raise All-In for Women hosted in

The federal government has announced a loan of $5 million to Charlottetown pharmaceutical manufacturer BioVectra to help it expand operations, including upgrading a plant in Nova Scotia.

Treasury Board Secretary Scott Brison made the announcement Thursday in Windsor, where the facility is being renovated, creating 28 jobs in the near term. Once the plant is operational in 2020, the company

A young Halifax company that includes a NASA scientist and a gecko called Obie has announced that your supply of black soldier fly larvae is just a click away.

The company is a one-year-old enterprise called Oberland Agriscience, which has just launched an e-commerce site called obiesworms.com. It allows anyone to order live black soldier fly larvae, or BSFL, the things that grow in your green

The organizers of the 19th annual Kira Awards have announced the finalists for the awards, which recognize success in New Brunswick’s knowledge industry.

The awards committee said in a statement the winners will be named at a gala in Fredericton on May 3. Tickets are available here.

Here are the finalists:

Innovation Champion Award Finalists:

BioNB

East Valley Ventures

Les productions

The federal government on Wednesday announced $4.4 million in funding for Venture for Canada, which will allow 505 graduates to intern at innovative Atlantic Canadian companies.

The government issued a statement saying that it will provide funding for the organization that helps graduates of Canadian post-secondary institutions land positions at startups and innovative companies. The funding is

An analysis of the 299 first-quarter job postings for Atlantic Canadian tech developers shows early-stage companies – not larger corporations -- are using most of the cutting-edge technology in the region.

Our survey of three job boards in the region between December and mid-March 2018 found 299 technology jobs open in the region. Our research also revealed only 23 percent of the postings are

Moncton-based Dovico Software Inc., which makes time-management software, plans to hire as many as 13 people full-time with about $460,000 of funding from the provincial and federal governments.

The governments said this week they would provide funding for the company, which has been selling its software for more than 25 years and now has about 30 employees. Its flagship product Dovico Timesheet

A University of New Brunswick student has been recognized for her smartphone app that allows people with food allergies to find safe places to eat.

Holly Ayles, a third-year UNB business administration student from Fredericton, captured first place in the ideas category of the 12th annual RBC Student Pitch Competition hosted by UNB’s Technology Management & Entrepreneurship program.

She came up