Cross Border Impact Ventures secures $58 million USD for fund focused on women’s, children’s health
Toronto-based impact investor hopes to more than double the fund by second half of 2027.
Healthtech
Claryx raises $3.5 million USD to detect hospital outbreaks before they start
Canadian co-founders say they’re starting in the US because it’s simpler to sell in private system.
How an Australian AI scribe won over Canada’s doctors
Heidi’s Dr. Tom Kelly talks clinician-led adoption and scaling AI responsibly.
Elle MD raises $1.1 million to develop non-hormonal, easily removable birth control ring
Nova Scotia femtech startup plans for Ottawa Hospital clinical trials in the fall.
Jane App acquires clinic software startup Ginger Desk
Ginger Desk is the first public acquisition for the healthcare software unicorn.
SiftMed lands $5 million to find the facts humans can miss in mountains of medical records
St. John’s software startup’s backers include Staircase Ventures and the founders of Verafin.
Ontario gets new fund to back university life sciences spinouts
U of T, McMaster, and Ontario government team up on new $40-million fund.
AI4Eyes sets its sights on faster dry eye diagnoses in Montréal clinics
Healthtech startup will start testing new tech as part of Quebec-backed medtech initiative.
Well Health to spin out and publicly list pure-play software business on TSXV
Vancouver-based healthtech has been preparing to spin out Wellstar since 2024.
Katalyze AI thinks the future of pharma operations is teams of AI agents
WFHomie co-founder and former Sanofi leader close $10.5 million USD to speed drug development.
For Canadian femtech, women’s autonomy is part of the business model
Virtual healthcare that puts women’s control at the forefront is attracting VC dollars.
Vancouver Police sergeant becomes first Canadian ALS patient to receive Neuralink brain implant
Toronto’s University Health Network debuts new neurosurgical technique to insert Elon Musk-owned medical device.
How university-born healthtech research can make the leap beyond the lab
WearDOXX is part of YSpace’s effort to help turn Canadian research into globally competitive healthtech businesses.
Signal 1’s AI platform adopted by New York’s Mount Sinai Health System
Toronto startup will help the medical network monitor its AI use.
Canadian surgical AI startup wins VivaTech pitch contest
Reveal Life Science uses molecular vision to detect cancers during surgery.