Kicking off an interview about her new music-technology business, Laura Simpson excused herself to text a friend in Los Angeles about an upcoming Janet Jackson concert in someone’s L.A. home.

This is the world that Simpson lives in now — organizing and promoting concerts in people’s homes. Her new startup, Side Door Access, is developing a platform on which performers can link up with homeowners

Having raised almost $1 million in equity funding, GoBumpFree is now launching its new travel platform for airline employees and retirees.

The Halifax company said in a statement this week it is launching the latest version of its travel platform and is running several promotions (including vacation giveaway packages) to coincide with the launch.

GoBumpFree aims to make it easier for the

It’s become a springtime rite in Atlantic Canada. Companies from across Atlantic Canada on Tuesday stood up at the Atlantic Venture Forum to tell investors from across the continent about their success.

Eight companies presented on Tuesday and another four will take the stage today, telling a story of growth in their businesses. The AVF has become the region’s leading meeting place for investors

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has announced $772,438 in funding for Moncton-based Venn Innovation Inc. to help the facility to continue supporting IT startups in New Brunswick and across Atlantic Canada.

The two-project funding announced Tuesday will include a two-year project that will help companies from across the region increase their competitive intelligence to help grow their

Halifax’s Swell Advantage has raised US$100,000 in equity financing from the Port of San Diego, and will help the southern California port develop the technology for a smart marina.

Swell will undertake a one-year pilot project to refine development of smart marina software and a smartphone app for the port, which is making the investment through its Blue Tech Incubator. The app would be a

On the fifth anniversary of its first Demo Day, Propel ICT and its community gathered in Halifax last night to witness presentations by another 11 of its graduates.

The Spring 2017 cohort graduated last night, bringing the number of companies to pass through its accelerators to 190. Board member Jeff White noted in a speech that 80 percent of these companies are still in operation, speaking to

Beauceron Security Inc., a Fredericton company that assesses clients’ cybersecurity risks, has raised more than $500,000 in equity funding after signing up 11 clients.

The company announced Monday that it has raised money from Mariner Partners and its East Valley Ventures investment affiliate, and received a $150,000 investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

Launched two years

Charlottetown-based iWave Information Systems Inc. has exited, selling to a California private equity funding after almost three decades as an independent company.

Sverica Capital Management LLC of San Francisco announced last week it had acquired the company from Jamie Hill of Charlottetown for an undisclosed sum.

Sverica is a private equity fund, meaning it takes major or total stakes in

Fredericton-based Envenio has secured investment $1.3 million in venture capital from Celtic House Venture Partners, Green Century Investments and New Brunswick Investment Foundation.

The computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, software developer said in a statement the funding will be used to grow and strengthen the sales and engineering teams. This growth is in keeping with its plans to increase

The federal government is providing $2.1 million in funding to the Nova Scotia Health Authority, or NSHA, to assist with the development of five novel radiotherapy technologies.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, which is providing the money through its Atlantic Innovation Fund, said in a statement the funding will help NSHA researchers to develop and improve five radiotherapy and