Breakthru

A key aspect of the NBIF’s mission is to support research at its earliest stages. Ideas are always the launching pad for innovation, and without early support, many projects that would otherwise bloom into productive technologies or viable commercial products are instead left to wither on the vine...

At NBIF, we think it takes the efforts of an entire community to create a true culture of innovation. There is no doubt that New Brunswick’s growth strategy relies heavily on generating innovation, but is it possible to just snap your fingers and make it happen? Probably not. Without active collab...

Lisa Pfister loves horses. She’s even breeding her mare, who is expected to foal sometime this Spring. Sometime. “The gestation period for a horse is between 320 and 370 days. That 50-day window creates a lot of uncertainty as to when the foal will arrive,” says Pfister. Owners and veterinaria...

It was in her third year of studies at the University of Prince Edward Island that Erin O’Halloran knew she wanted to start a business. “I started writing down an idea per day,” says O’Halloran. “They were mostly thoughts on making existing things better or more fun. I had 70 ideas down on...

Bethany Deshpande says the light-bulb moment behind her Fredericton-based agro-tech start-up happened by accident. Her father, an inventor, was working with a diagnostic tool he had developed, which uses light-scattering technology to provide information about blood samples. He made it a practice to...