Healthtech startup Vopemed lands $2.29-million pre-seed funding for AI-powered surgery visuals
A mini Montréal healthtech boom may be on the horizon as several early-stage companies attract investment.
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The first medical X-ray to go to space will use Canadian imaging tech
Waterloo startup KA Imaging will help understand the effects of microgravity on astronauts.
Atomic discovery made at University of Ottawa could one day advance quantum computing, medical imaging
Physics team devised a new method for controlling ionization.
Paging Dr. Cube: UniDoc to buy software from AMD Telemedicine to improve remote healthcare offering
Vancouver company recently shipped its first cube-shaped kiosks to help in conflict zones like Ukraine.
Sprout Family raises $1.7 million pre-seed round to make fertility benefits more accessible in Canada
Platform helps employers include fertility, surrogacy, and adoption coverage in their health plans.
Phoenix secures equity funding from Valspring, venture debt from CIBC for prescription drug service geared to men
Toronto healthtech startup plans to at least double its team with $50 million in equity and debt.
Xatoms and Knead take home top prizes amid strong Canadian showing at SXSW pitch competition
Canada was represented in five of the more than 70 companies pitching.
Facit and OBIO reveal first cohort of women founders working on health and cancer innovation with WeSEED
Program aims to help women-led life sciences startups advance healthcare and homegrown IP in Ontario.
Healthtech Connex snags $3.7 million from PacifiCan to help measure brain health
Surrey, BC life sciences firm plans to expand sales in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand.
Avitia launches AI-powered cancer diagnostics platform with assets from defunct Imagia Canexia
CEO James Lumsdaine secures $5 million seed round from firm where he is also a partner.
Paperplane Therapeutics raises $1.5 million to ease anxious patients with VR gaming
Funding to help company expand its reach across North America and Europe.
Reverb Therapeutics closes $17-million seed round led by Amplitude Ventures
Reverb looks to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases with its antibody modification platform.
Toronto and Waterloo Region orgs get $34 million in FedDev funding
Accelerator Centre, TIAP, OBIO, and University of Waterloo among supported organizations.
PrairiesCan doles out $6.7 million to help four Edmonton companies scale and expand into new markets
Levven Electronics, Care Group, Demir Engineering, and Grengine to benefit from latest federal funding.
Coral closes $4.1-million seed round to launch menopause virtual care platform
Ex-Dialogue, Skylight co-founders aim to address gaps in management of “debilitating” menopause symptoms.