Women with early-growth businesses on PEI are invited to apply to Accelerate HER PEI, a 12-week program to be delivered virtually and in-person by the PEI Business Women’s Association (PEIBWA) and partners.

The pilot program will begin on January 18 next year and will serve high-potential women business owners, no matter their location in PEI. 

PEIBWA Executive Director Margaret Magner said the

Venture Grade, a university venture capital program, is inviting the public to join its digital AGM to learn what companies the nationally recognized group has invested in, who has invested in them, and their plans for the future. 

David Howe, CEO of Bright, a company which offers online health and wellness services, will also talk about pivoting in a pandemic.

Based at the Sobey School of

Dispension Industries, which makes opioid-dispensing equipment to help prevent overdoses, has been accepted into the first cohort of Telus L-Spark MedTech Accelerator.

L-Spark, an Ottawa-based accelerator, teamed up with several partners this year including Telus and Blackberry to launch a new national accelerator for medical technologies. Last week, they announced the eight members of the first

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