
MaRS HealthKick 2015 pitch competition offers $60,000 in prizes to health startups
It takes a special kind of person to be in healthcare. Caring for others takes heart and an enormous amount of patience. At the…
It takes a special kind of person to be in healthcare. Caring for others takes heart and an enormous amount of patience. At the…
Attendees at the Velocity Fall Fund Finals last November were shocked, shocked, when Suncayr didn’t walk home with one of the prizes. A member…
It’s not easy being a wearable hardware startup. It’s also hard being an impact health tech startup. Now, a wearable health tech startup dedicated…
Tech in Motion, a new player to the Toronto events scene, is kicking off a series of events hosted in HIGHLINE VC with a…
Last week, 10 startups from Toronto and Chicago pitched their wares as part of an event to help entrepreneurs from both cities break into…
The CVCA is reporting that Montreal-based CTI Life Sciences has held an initial close for its second fund, CTI II, with $134 million committed….
Toronto-based Interface Biologics announced this week that it has closed a Series B financing round led by DSM Venturing and BDC Capital. While terms…
The CVCA is reporting that Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) has placed a significant equity investment in continuing health education provider mdBriefCase (terms of the…
Montreal-based Hexoskin has launched a new biometric smart shirt this week at CES 2015. While Hexoskin’s wearable tech has been used recently by Canadian…
Formerly known as Lifestyle Insurance, Datify took home top honours at the Manulife Smart tech Challenge in Kitchener this past weekend. Manulife had challenged…
“Hardware is just a case around the software today,” said Bruce Croxon, notable early-stage investor and former Dragon, this past Sunday. Croxon made the…
The fitness bracelet is back. It hasn’t been since 2004 that I’ve seen so many people sporting a rubber band on their wrist in…
Dr. Jillian Roberts never wanted to run a startup. She just wanted to solve a problem. A registered child psychologist and tenured professor at…