Breakthru

In 2015 a friend approached Amir Akbari with a challenge. “He needed help with a client – a municipal waste site, with 25 years of garbage,” explains Akbari. “They wanted to do something with that waste. They wanted to efficiently understand their options related to converting their waste in...

March 23, 2017 Fredericton, NB: The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) is pleased to announce the 2017 winners of Breakthru, their biennial start-up competition. The national grand prize winner is Newpy, a social app designed to make product photography more engaging for users and more valua...

Our Breakthru provincial finalists were each featured on CBC New Brunswick news through the week of March 13th – 17th, 2017. Viewer’s had a chance to vote for their “Viewer’s Choice” on Facebook by liking their favourite video. The winner of CBC’s Viewer’s...

NBIF is pleased to announce the 2017 Breakthru finalists, who are competing for over $1,000,000 in cash & in-kind services in the biennial startup competition. From 61 entries, seven teams have been selected to pitch live on stage at the Breakthru LIVE Awards Dinner on March 23rd, 2017 at...

Tickets now on sale for the BREAKTHRU LIVE Awards Dinner. We at the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation are excited to reveal the provincial and national semi-finalists for our BREAKTHRU 2017 competition. We received 53 of an eligible 59 business plan submissions, a record 90% conversion rate. We wo...