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Gerry Pond Passes Away

  • Jul 10, 2026
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MTME: Next To Be Held Thursday

  • Jul 10, 2026
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East Coast Innovation Raises $550K+

  • Jul 09, 2026
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Gerry Pond Passes Away

Pond was the driving force behind the startup movement in the Maritimes.

Gerry Pond, the former telecom executive who championed the startup movement in Atlantic Canada, passed away peacefully on Wednesday. He was 82 years old.

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MTME: Next To Be Held Thursday

  • Jul 10, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Four enterprises will be on display Thursday when the J. Herbert Smith Centre hosts MTME: NEXT, the demo day for the Master of Technology Management and Entrepreneurship program at UNB.

The two-hour event will allow the latest cohort of MTME

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East Coast Innovation Raises $550K+

  • Jul 09, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

East Coast Innovation Inc. has raised more than $550,000 so far in its first institutional financing round, as the company gains traction with its fish-loading technology for the global salmon farming industry.

The New Brunswick Innovation

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Maritime Launch Inks Deal with German Company

  • Jul 08, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Maritime Launch Services has signed a 10-year facilities usage agreement with German launch company Isar Aerospace to develop a dedicated launch complex for the Spectrum rocket at Spaceport Nova Scotia near Canso.

The agreement advances plans for

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Climative Helps Assess Wildfire Risk

  • Jul 07, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Climative has partnered with Wawanesa Insurance to pilot a digital platform that provides homeowners with personalized assessments of their wildfire risk and recommendations to reduce it.

Announced last month, the pilot offers

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Picketa Systems Closes $2.1M Round

  • Jul 06, 2026
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Picketa Systems has raised C$2.1 million in an oversubscribed financing round to expand its real-time crop nutrition platform across North America and add support for more crop types.

The round was led by Tall Grass Ventures of

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