Canum Nanomaterials Wins $335,000 Grand Prize at Breakthru
Summary
Companies supporting Breakthru by providing professional services are Deloitte, Cox & Palmer, Symplicity Designs, Momentum, Bonfire Communications and Amy Parrill (LMI). Fullerenes are carbon allotropes that can be used in a wide variety of applications, including as antioxidants, antiviral solutions, solar cell components, hydrophobic drug deliverers and photosensitizers. Spun out of Dr. Chibante’s innovative research at the University of New Brunswick, Canum’s unique product processes allow for the affordable and environmentally friendly manufacture of these complex and versatile molecules. Founded by Janelle Sobey, Vanessa Paesani and Jess Peters, RIDDL’s pragmatic solution to this real-world problem is an important contribution to the corporate social responsibility movement. “From the initial batch of 34 startups that began the competition through our semi-finalists and finalists, we were consistently impressed with the quality of the ideas coming from this province’s entrepreneurs,” said Jeff White, NBIF’s CEO.