Ontario Budget 2024 tops up existing funds and innovation centres, allocates funding to healthtech procurement
Province hints that the OSC is developing new rules to support angel investors.
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Dialogue acquires IP, other assets of fellow digital health platform Koble
Deal is hoped to strengthen Dialogue’s support for women’s healthcare.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Toronto biotech secures $2.2M to treat immune diseases
Plus: Healthcare startup Tempus preps for IPO.
Fusion Pharmaceuticals to be acquired by AstraZeneca for more than $2 billion USD
AstraZeneca says the deal marks “a major step forward” in its goal to transform cancer treatment.
Clarius, Fintel Connect among seven Vancouver tech orgs receiving new PacifiCan funding
The regional development agency is doling out nearly $14 million.
Flosonics Medical raises $27-million CAD Series C to scale uptake of wearable ultrasound device
Startup’s FloPatch product measures blood flow for critically ill patients.
With $45-million CAD Series B, PocketHealth gears up to continue North American expansion, AI push
Startup adds Round13, Deloitte, Samsung to fuel efforts to help patients understand their medical images.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Salesforce launches an AI healthcare assistant
Plus: Vancouver looks to join the global big leagues of modern medicine.
Biotech startup Noa Therapeutics raises $2.2 million in pre-seed funding
Pre-clinical startup discovers drugs that treat inflammatory diseases.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Canadian pharmaceutical research spending dropped in 2022
Plus: Myanmar Molecular seeks Health Canada approval.
Three Canadian startups earn spots in Google’s latest Women Founders accelerator cohort
MedReddie, SkyAcres, and Nimble Science represent Canada in the class of 2024.
Virtual mental health platform Cognito raises $2 million in seed funding
Cognito plans to expand its mental health services across Canada this year.
Fuelled by new funding, RetinaLogik wants to prevent vision loss with AI and VR
Startup closes $783,000 in pre-seed funding led by HaloHealth.
Myomar Molecular closes $1.1 million to bring its muscle monitoring device to market
Healthtech startup recently won $50,000 from the Firehood Angel Camp at SAAS NORTH.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Apple Vision Pro goes to the hospital
Plus: Abridge raises $150 million to increase the speed and accuracy of medical note-taking.