Planet Hatch and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation have opened applications for the Breakthru-Newcomer competition for startups founded by recent immigrants and international students.
The competition will comprise two streams – newcomer entrepreneurs and international students. The winner of each stream will receive $25,000 and access to the Planet Hatch newcomer or international student accelerator.
Breakthru used to be NBIF’s flagship competition, held every second year and offering three companies hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money. In the past year or so, the