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Business trumps politics in funding calls: Alward

Business trumps politics in funding calls: Alward

By CBC News – link to original article The New Brunswick government should not be using politics to decide what companies receive provincial fun...
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Province pledges $15M to regional venture capital fund

Province pledges $15M to regional venture capital fund

By Polly Leger – Telegraph Journal | link to original article A $50-million regional venture capital fund could quench Atlantic Canada's cap...
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Student research assistance supported

Student research assistance supported

By Yvon Gagnon – Times & Transcriptj | link to original article University researchers working on projects ranging from cancer tumour imagi...
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NBIF awards $550,000 to student researchers

NBIF awards $550,000 to student researchers

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) today announced $550,000 in funding to support 58 student research assistants at the province’s unive...
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Inversa Systems inks unique deal with ACOA

Inversa Systems inks unique deal with ACOA

By Progress Magazine | link to original article A Fredericton company’s exclusive technology and its use in civil infrastructure management has caug...
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Portfolio Company Radian6 SOLD for U.S. $340 Million

Portfolio Company Radian6 SOLD for U.S. $340 Million

With much anticipation, Radian6 successfully closed its sale to Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) on May 2, 2011. For NBIF, a founding shareholder in the comp...
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Salesforce.com formally acquires Fredericton-based Radian6

Salesforce.com formally acquires Fredericton-based Radian6

By Quentin Casey – Telegraph Jounal | link to original article Radian6, the darling of New Brunswick’s emerging technology sector, has off...
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Radian6: Co-founders say buyout a sweet deal for employees

Radian6: Co-founders say buyout a sweet deal for employees

By Quentin Casey – Telegraph Journal | link to original article Life is about to change profoundly for a good number of Radian6's 350 employ...
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Salesforce.com to acquire Radian6

Salesforce.com to acquire Radian6

On March 30, 2011, Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Radian6 for $276 million in cash plus $50 million in stock. As o...
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Cleaning up with science

Cleaning up with science

By Jennifer Campbell – Telegraph Journal | link to original article Tired of washing the chemicals off your lettuce with the same vigour as you ...
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SceneSharp captures Breakthru Grand Prize

SceneSharp captures Breakthru Grand Prize

By Chris Morris – Telegraph Journal | link to original article FREDERICTON – A trio of academics from the University of New Brunswick who ...
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Surveillance camera developers capture Breakthru venture capital

Surveillance camera developers capture Breakthru venture capital

By Chris Morris – Telegraph Journal | link to original article A trio of academics from the University of New Brunswick who are developing a bet...
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