McCain Foods Limited has acquired a significant minority share of New Brunswick-based data science company Fiddlehead Technology.
With this investment, McCain and Shawn Carver, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fiddlehead, become the only shareholders in the company.
The company, which raised almost $1M last year, expects revenues will rise 300% this year.
Byos, Inc., whose award-winning solutions protect endpoints using the novel approach of hardware-enforced isolation from the risks of home and public Wi-Fi networks, announced the receipt of their Canadian patent, covering its Device and Method for Securing a Network Connection. Byos’ technology is also patent-pending in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
| When it comes to mental health, now more than ever, every action counts! Earlier this month Bell kicked off the campaign to mark it’s11th annual Bell Let’s Talk Day, and hope you’ll join in this important conversation about mental health. The theme of the 2021 campaign is: When it comes to mental health, now more than ever, every action counts. As we are all facing difficult times together and demand for mental health support has increased during the COVID-19 crisis, we can collectively take action to support everyone’s mental health this Bell Let’s Talk Day. Bell surpassed more than 1.1 billion messages of support for mental health bringing the total commitment to $113,415,135, which includes the original $50 million anchor donation when Bell Let’s Talk launched in 2010, as well as the additional $5 million committed in response to the COVID-19 crisis. You’re invited to join in on January 28, 2021. On Bell Let’s Talk Day, Bell will donate more towards mental health initiatives in Canada by contributing 5¢ for every applicable text, call, tweet or TikTok video using #BellLetsTalk, social media video view and use of our Facebook frame or Snapchat filter. Now more than ever, mental health matters. With your support, Bell hopes to take the mental health conversation to new heights. |
Saint John-based MESH/diversity has named Adrienne O’Pray, the former president and CEO of the New Brunswick Business Council, as its new VP of client success.
Spectrio, one of the nation’s leading providers of customer engagement technology, announced that it has acquired ScreenScape, a digital signage company based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The acquisition further augments Spectrio’s suite of digital solutions, enhancing its strategic communications capabilities and adding scalable third-party integrations to meet the needs of global brands.
Beauceron Securitytoday announced its participation in the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) third annual ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator, in partnership with The Venture Center. The ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program fosters fintech-community bank collaboration.
GovX ID verification technology has been fully deployed into Spinzo’s promotional ticketing platform. Sports teams and venues across all major leagues who use Spinzo ticketing can now easily activate military and first responder discounts for games and events.
Beauceron Security had a banner year in 2020 reaching $2-million in sales, says CEO David Shipley.
The cybersecurity company, founded in 2015, saw an increase of 60 percent in sales compared to 2019.
Eyeread and NSCAD ran the contest to help young students feel part of the COVID solution.