Spring Impact Capital launches $20-million fund to back cleantech, healthtech startups
New impact fund sprung out of Spring to focus on “human and planetary health.”
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Sun Life makes $9.5-million investment into digital pharmacy Pillway
Sun Life’s Pillway deal echoes early strategy with now-acquired Dialogue Health.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – CarePod wants healthcare without health workers
Plus: Medical knowledge platform Pathway raises $5M in seed funding.
Semantic Health acquired by US-based medical documentation firm AAPC
Semantic uses AI to help hospitals improve their medical coding, auditing, and documentation processes.
PointClickCare’s Mike Wessinger on how Canada’s tech sector stacks up globally
Newly appointed C100 board co-chair talks community building, fundraising, and talent.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Mednow announces restructuring and search for buyer
Plus: Public servant tells MPs federal chief technology officer lied about ArriveCan app.
InBC invests $29 million into 4AG Robotics, Clarius Mobile Health, Pender, Amplitude Ventures
These startups, VC firms align with InBC’s “triple bottom line approach.”
Pathway raises $5 million in seed funding, opens free access to healthcare guidance platform
The healthtech startup also unveiled its “most advanced” AI assistant to date.
VentureLab’s latest HardTech Summit explores barriers, opportunities facing Canadian deep tech startups
Event surveys state of play in Canada for hardware firms in medtech, AI, and other sectors.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Former unicorn Olive AI winds down operations
Plus: Nova Scotia taps Maple for province-wide virtual care.
Virtual care platform Mednow announces restructuring, looks for buyer
Receivership occurs just over two years after listing on the TSX Venture Exchange.
Sanctuary AI, RainStick among #CDNtech companies named to TIME’s 2023 Best Inventions list
The list also recognized neural earbud developer Naqi Logix and lithium tech firm Li-Metal.
Nova Scotia taps Maple to expand free virtual care to the entire province
Maple will expand from servicing 145,000 Nova Scotians to over one million.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Amazon Clinic can now treat cough, cold, or flu
Plus: Well Health acquires cybersecurity businesses, CAE to sell healthcare unit for $311M.
RBCx hires former SVB Canada employees to bolster support for seed-stage and life sciences startups
RBC joins growing list of Canadian banks to add talent from now-defunct SVB Canada.