MaRS HealthKick 2015 pitch competition offers $60,000 in prizes to health startups
byIt takes a special kind of person to be in healthcare. Caring for others takes heart and an enormous amount of patience. At…
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Suncayr’s Rachel Pautler on the importance of a killer pitch
byAttendees at the Velocity Fall Fund Finals last November were shocked, shocked, when Suncayr didn’t walk home with one of…
Medella Health is in the right place at the right time
byIt’s not easy being a wearable hardware startup. It’s also hard being an impact health tech startup. Now, a wearable health…
Tech in Motion #HealthTech drinks and demos event hits Toronto tomorrow
byTech in Motion, a new player to the Toronto events scene, is kicking off a series of events hosted in HIGHLINE VC with a drinks…
Going Global: Toronto and Chicago startups share dreams of international expansion
byLast week, 10 startups from Toronto and Chicago pitched their wares as part of an event to help entrepreneurs from both cities…
CTI Life Sciences holds initial close for second fund at $134 million
byThe CVCA is reporting that Montreal-based CTI Life Sciences has held an initial close for its second fund, CTI II, with $134…
Today in health tech: GenePOC and Interface Biologics close rounds
byToronto-based Interface Biologics announced this week that it has closed a Series B financing round led by DSM Venturing and…
Persistence Capital Partners invests in mdBriefCase
byThe CVCA is reporting that Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) has placed a significant equity investment in continuing health…
Hexoskin launches Hexoskin Junior for children and teenage athletes
byMontreal-based Hexoskin has launched a new biometric smart shirt this week at CES 2015. While Hexoskin’s wearable tech has…
Datify wins Manulife Smart Tech Challenge and a RED Lab residency
byFormerly known as Lifestyle Insurance, Datify took home top honours at the Manulife Smart tech Challenge in Kitchener this…
Team Raisins wins SportsHack 2014, Toronto’s first sports wearables hackathon
by“Hardware is just a case around the software today,” said Bruce Croxon, notable early-stage investor and former Dragon,…
Will the AIRO Health-Monitoring Wristband Kill the Activity Tracker?
byThe fitness bracelet is back. It hasn’t been since 2004 that I’ve seen so many people sporting a rubber band on their wrist…
The Unlikely Entrepreneur: How One Canadian Doctor is Spreading Awareness Through an App
byDr. Jillian Roberts never wanted to run a startup. She just wanted to solve a problem. A registered child psychologist and…
Seamless is the Mobile Answer to Reducing Hospital Readmissions
byTax-time can be tough on the wallet, root-canal therapy isn’t much fun and moving doesn’t count as one of life’s…
Toronto’s Kinetic Café Partners with Freshii to Start Health-Focused Startup Program
byToronto-based innovation firm Kinetic Café is teaming up with Freshii, a leader in healthy fast food, to offer a health, food…