Government of Canada Helps UNB Establish Energy Innovation Program

Program will support development of energy and cybersecurity startups

December 9, 2016 – Fredericton, N.B. – Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency  

Currently, the new entrepreneurial accelerator has attracted five company startups including: 

Stash Energy - Jordan Kennie, Daniel Larsen, Erik Hatfield
Stash Energy has created an energy storage solution that works with residential heat pumps in order to shift peak energy usage and optimize the use of renewable generators. They are currently working with utilities across Atlantic Canada to bring their product to market. Their product will allow for the reduction of environmentally harmful generators being used across North America while saving utilities hundreds of millions of dollars.
URL - http://stash.energy

Beauceron Security - David Shipley
Beauceron Security helps companies measure, monitor and manage cyber risk through an innovative focus on people, process and culture - as well as technology based risk. Our software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform adapts the tactics used by cybercriminals into a series of metrics, methods and counter-measures. We help organizations' measure their members' cybersecurity attitudes, behaviours and perceptions as well as providing baseline education to improve their awareness. Our cyber-attack simulations test employee awareness and along with our incident reporting tool, helps improve accountability throughout an organization. Beauceron bridges the gap between the C-suite, boards and cybersecurity by presenting easy-to-understand S.M.A.R.T (specific, measurable, actionable, realistic and timely) metrics. Beauceron helps organizations of all kinds make more informed decisions about their cybersecurity strategies, programs and investments. Beauceron is currently beta testing its platform with UNB.
URL https://www.beauceronsecurity.com/

Trispectra Innovation Inc. - Emmanuel Albert
Trispectra Innovation Inc. (Trispectra) is a New Brunswick based start-up that is developing a sensor-based communication and analytics platform that provides real-time monitoring of power lines. The company is focused on delivering a cost-effective and innovative product that can disrupt the Smart Grid industry in Canada and around the world. By combining sensors, hybrid communications architecture, web-based interface, and an advanced grid analytics platform, Trispectra is creating a data-centric hardware and software solution that will increase the efficiency and efficacy of outage response.
URL - www.trispectra.ca  

Rising Tide Technologies - Scott Shreenan, Dr. Mauricio Hernandez
In the burgeoning field of tidal energy extraction, Rising Tide Technologies is developing a new approach for producing clean electricity. The method seeks to overcome some of the technical limitations and environmental impact of competing technologies. A major emphasis of the design is to incorporate energy storage with the tidal power extraction in order to have the capability of generating on-demand power.
URL - www.risingtidetech.ca

Mbissa Energy Systems - Caleb Grove
Mbissa Energy Systems is making a difference in rural Africa. We develop and deploy sustainable wind, solar and hydro energy systems. This allows us to empower local individuals with the tools and knowledge needed to build, maintain, and use these systems so that they may lift their own communities out of the cycle of poverty. With over a decade of experience in Cameroon, Africa, and the success of the pilot project on Mbissa, our international team is ready to lead rural Africa into a bright, renewable future.
URL - www.facebook.com/mbissaenergy/