Well Health software spin-out Wellstar begins trading on the TSXV
Three of Wellstar’s five board seats are occupied by current or former Well Health execs.
Healthtech
French VC firm AdBio expands into Canada with Montréal office
Québec fund Fonds de solidarité FTQ is backing AdBio’s 120-million-euro Fund III.
Biossil hits unicorn status with new OpenAI-led financing
Toronto-based biotech raises $153 million USD to give discarded drug candidates an AI-assisted second chance.
Canada invests $67 million in dual-use life sciences research
Funding will support organizations in Ontario, Alberta, and BC, as well as five pan-Canadian research hubs.
Blair Health secures $4.2 million to make specialized women’s care more accessible
Toronto startup aims to power “specialist-level care without the specialist wait.”
Bird&Be raises $13-million USD Series A for fertility support platform
Toronto startup sells supplements and test kits for reproductive health.
University of Alberta launches regenerative medicine hub at Life Sciences Week
Hub will unite stakeholders from across healthcare value chain to accelerate treatment commercialization.
Heidi invests nearly $26 million to establish Toronto as North American headquarters
Australian healthtech plans to hire 30 more staff in Canada, its second-largest market.
Altis Labs raises $25 million USD Series A to expand AI for cancer trials
New funding will help build out a platform designed to detect treatment effects sooner.
Amplify Capital prepares to place more early-stage bets with $60-million third impact fund
Ten-year-old VC firm will back up to 30 companies, with a focus on climate, health, and work tech.
Terry Fox Research Institute commits $25 million to AI powered health projects
Fourteen Canadian projects can use TFRI’s secure platform to analyze “vast amounts of complex health data.”
Wittington Ventures closes third, $180-million VC fund
Weston family-backed firm plans to back 15 more startups.
Launch alum closes $1.6 million to support healthier living with The Wellness Company
BDC, BKR, Launch back former Jason Calacanis associate’s consumer healthtech vision.
Scopia Surgical raises $2.65 million to build a GPS for robotic surgery
Montréal medtech company is gearing up to validate its navigation software in hospitals.
Feds commit $31 million to help Kardium manufacture its heart device in BC
German chemical giant Evonik is also getting $68 million to expand its BC presence.