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UNB to Host 3 Startup Events Next Week
The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, or TME, will host three demo day events in Fredericton next week.
The J. Herbert Smith Centre oversees a host of entrepreneurship programs at
TechNL Starts Construction on Remote Operations Hub
Construction has started on Newfoundland and Labrador industry group TechNL’s new, $9.6 million Innovation Centre for Remote Operations.
TechNL is creating the centre in response to a pair of reports issued by the provincial government and
Cleantech Event Offers $100K Prize
Seven cleantech companies have been accepted into the inaugural Atlantic Canada Cleantech Scale-up and Investment Challenge, which offers a chance to win $100,000 in equity funding.
The Challenge, which is presented by Imaginal Ventures, Foresight
InnovateNB Returns for Second Year
Nominations are being sought for the InnovateNB awards that recognize individuals and companies that are boosting the innovation sector in New Brunswick.
This is the second year that a consortium of New Brunswick startup support groups are offering
BioLabMate Readies Seaweed Plastics
A St. John’s company has devised a seaweed-based solution to one of the more stubborn and widespread forms of waste generated by universities: single-use laboratory plastics.
BioLabMate, founded by Memorial University biochemist Sarika Kumari and
Cascadia Bags $1.5M from CICE
Cascadia Seaweed, the Sidney, B.C. maker of kelp-based fertilizer products, has received $1.5 million of funding to “fast-track” its commercialization activities from the non-profit British Columbia Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy, or CICE.
3D BioFibR Launches First Two Products
Halifax life sciences startup 3D BioFibR, which is developing advanced materials derived from collagen, has launched its first two products.
One offering, dubbed μCollaFibR and pronounced “micro-colla-fibre”, is an additive for the ink used to 3D
4 Community Ocean Projects Recognized
Four Canadian teams have won a collective $22,500 in the first-ever Ocean Communities Climate Challenge, a program designed to help businesses improve ocean sustainability.
The Challenge was presented by the Ocean Startup Project, a national
Feds Fund SIPP, COAST with $3M
Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada is donating $3 million to help grow B.C.'s ocean and marine technology sectors and foster Indigenous entrepreneurship and expertise in emerging industries.
The federal government’s economic development
Gray Wolf Hunts Crypto Crime Ring
The cryptocurrency world’s first public look at the sophisticated hacking operation in its midst, which Fredericton crypto-sleuthing startup Gray Wolf Analytics is playing a key role in investigating, came via a Twitter thread from an anonymous
Galaxia Receives $1.7M from Canadian Space Agency
Halifax space startup Galaxia Mission Systems is receiving $1.7 million from the Canadian Space Agency to launch the first two in a “constellation” of satellites equipped with its edge computing technology.
Galaxia, founded in 2020 by Dalhousie
Hodgson Wins Global Entrepreneurship Award
David Hodgson, CEO and Co-founder of Halifax-based Hollo Medical, has won the 2023 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, or GSEA, beating out almost 1,100 entrepreneurs from all over the world.