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NBIF announces two participants won the breakthru competition

Two Breakthru-Newcomer participants WIN
$25,000 SAFE Investment & Accelerator Program Acceptance

Our most recent Breakthru virtual event Breakthru-Newcomer, a partnership we formed with Planet Hatch, the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and the New Brunswick International Students’ Association, wrapped up on Thursday, May 20th with two grand prize winners. In mid-April we encouraged entr...

NBIF Announces First $100,000 Awarded from Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF)

NBIF Announces First $100,000 Awarded from Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF)

We are pleased to announce the first round of our Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF) in partnership with Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Nova Scotia-based Innovacorp has now closed. We have awarded $100,000 from the $500,000 fund to New Brunswick researchers to assist them in ...

December 4, 2020
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A BlueJay Breakthru In New Brunswick

Our biennial Breakthru event is a start-up competition, traditionally hosted as a formal gala event, with industry professionals, network connections and more. It encourages the creation and development of entrepreneurial, innovative business ventures in New Brunswick, giving participants ...

MESH/diversity: Creating Inclusive and Safe Workplaces

MESH/diversity is a Saint John-based start-up that recently closed a $750,000 funding round to accelerate its growth, led by NBIF and our friends at Concrete Ventures. MESH/diversity uses behavioral metrics to help organizations create more diverse and inclusive workplaces. We recently caught up wit...

September 23, 2020
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5 Myths of a Start-up

If you watch television news, read a newspaper or spend any time on Twitter, you might have run into David Shipley, CEO of Fredericton-based Beauceron Security. Beauceron focuses on the human factors of cybersecurity, and David has become a go-to resource for journalists and others trying to un...