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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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