Authentic Business Initiatives, whose Checkmate Experience app helps shoppers enjoy a better retail experience, has launched its minimum viable product and is inviting Nova Scotian retailers to try it free for six months.

Checkmate allows shoppers to communicate with local retailers and even to book times to visit the store. Shoppers can use an iOS or Android mobile app to let retailers know

Dartmouth-based DynaGen Technologies Inc., which manufactures rugged control panels for industrial engines, has been acquired by the American company Cattron for an undisclosed sum.

Dynagen put out a statement on Tuesday saying the sale has closed after it was approved by the Dartmouth company’s board and shareholders.

Based in Warren, Ohio, Cattron has been in operation since 1946 and has more

Fredericton-based Beauceron Security has seen its annual recurring revenue increase by 60 percent in 2020, buoyed by more aggressive cyber-criminals and the specialized security needs of companies relying on remote work.

CEO David Shipley said in an interview that Beauceron’s growth has suffered only minimal disruption during the pandemic, with overall revenue rising 95 percent this year. And a

After helping Nova Scotian researchers become entrepreneurs for 15 years, the Early-Stage Commercialization Fund is moving into New Brunswick.

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, or NBIF, announced Monday that it is launching the fund in New Brunswick with $500,000 in support from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, or ACOA. Halifax-based Innovacorp has been operating the fund in Nova

The National Angel Capital Organization, or NACO, will hold its virtual Atlantic Summit on Thursday, and aims to attract not only Atlantic Canadian viewers but also national attendees.

Amber Mac, former co-host of BNN’s App Central and Bloomberg Brink, will lead discussions on mobilizing capital, leveraging national connectivity, and evaluating global perspectives on angel investing.

NACO has

CyberNB Inc. will launch a new accelerator for cybersecurity companies early next year, offering up to 20 companies a year programming, mentorship, and a six-figure funding opportunity.

The New Brunswick group that promotes the cybersecurity industry is hoping that CyberHatch, which is set to launch in the first quarter, will hold four cohorts a year, with each cohort accommodating as many as

St. John’s-based ClearRisk, which provides risk-management software, has won the 2020 RBC Business Resilience Awards in Newfoundland and Labrador in the Community Champion category.

Competing against a range of Newfoundland and Labrador organizations, ClearRisk won the award for offering a pandemic risk management product free to the business community and supporting local community

From his base in Truro, N.S., Brad Tousenard has built his IT company Delicious Brains into a global enterprise over seven years with about 10,000 clients in 140 countries and sales increasing each year.

And there are two things about his story that stand out: first, his staff is spread across three countries; and second, he hasn’t taken on a nickel of outside investment.

Tousenard doesn’t like

Even if Verafin did not exist, the Newfoundland and Labrador startup community would have had a really good year in 2019.

Of course, Verafin does exist, and it did raise $515 million in equity and debt in September 2019. Wrapping up our look at startup data in the four Atlantic Provinces, we’re examining the data in Newfoundland and Labrador, the province that drove the startup agenda in 2019.

A Halifax human resources firm is pioneering a new service for clients that it calls “cluster employment”, which it hopes will improve working conditions for part-time or gig workers.

Placemaking 4G has launched the service that’s helping workers land positions with benefits for multiple employers, and it has already had success in finding jobs for people.

The system allows employers who only