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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 ...

February 22, 2021
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Problem Solver: Q&A

Meet: James Steward, CEO and Co-founder, Troj.AI Inc.James is a dedicated entrepreneur, passionate about building high-performance technical teams and contributing to regional economic success. His background is in computer science with experience in cyber and physical security as a former crime ana...

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...