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16 Pitch at UNB Summer Event
University of New Brunswick on Thursday held its annual summer extravaganza in Fredericton, showcasing the companies graduating from two of its programs, including an all-female cohort at its Summer Institute.
The UNB Technology, Management and
McGuire Eyes More Talent for Startups
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on our interview with ACOA President Francis McGuire.
To Francis McGuire, the growth of Atlantic Canada’s startup community is above all a youth retention strategy, and he wants to accelerate
Nautel Names Schmid CTO
Nautel Ltd., the Nova Scotia-based maker of AM and FM radio transmitters, has promoted Philipp Schmid to Chief Technology Officer.
Nautel said Schmid was most recently leader of the company’s digital systems team. In his new role, he will lead
Cybersecurity Programs for Natives
Six First Nations students will graduate Friday from a Collėge communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick program in cybersecurity -- the first graduates in a new suite of programs to help indigenous youth participate in New Brunswick’s burgeoning
UNB Demo Day Thursday Night
We’re closing in on Demo Day for the University of New Brunswick’s Summer Institute.
The event will take place Thursday night at the Boyce Farmers’ Market in Fredericton. Doors open at 6 pm and the presentations begin around 7.
Now in its sixth
Smart Skin in $4.5M Funding Deal
Fredericton-based Smart Skin Technologies has received about $4.5 million in funding to help develop new quality assurance products for the pharmaceutical and beverage industries and expand its markets.
The 11-year-old company has developed a
Bulletproof Wins Microsoft Award
Bulletproof, a Fredericton tech services company specializing in cybersecurity, has won the 2019 Microsoft Canada Modern Workplace Innovation Partner of the Year IMPACT Award.
The award recognizes a partner that delivers value to customers through
3D Planeta Books Sales, Eyes Round
As it makes inroads into its key markets of defense and emergency response, 3D Planeta is prepping to approach investors late in the summer in the hopes of raising more than $750,000.
Fredericton-based 3D Planeta has developed an online platform
BioInnovation Challenge Opens
BioNova is calling for early-stage life sciences startups from Atlantic Canada to enter the 2019 BioInnovation Challenge, or BIC, which will take place Nov. 5 and 6 at Pier 21 in Halifax.
Now in its ninth year, BIC is the pitching competition held
NATI To Release New Strategy
The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology and Innovation, with a new name and a new CEO running the show, is on the cusp of releasing a new strategy that will focus on home-grown companies and talent.
For years, NATI has been the
Jobs : Protocase, Dash Hudson
Our Jobs of the Week column today showcases openings for an R&D Software Developer at Protocase in Sydney and a Customer Success Team Lead at Dash Hudson in Halifax.
Established in 2001, Protocase makes custom electronic enclosures. It focuses on
Motryx Wins Women’s Fund Grant
Halifax-based Motryx, which produces sensors that monitor the storage conditions of blood samples during transport, has been awarded a $97,500 grant from the federally funded Women Entrepreneurship Strategy.
CEO Franziska Broell, who holds a PhD in