Hong Kong billionaire ups stake in Well Health Technologies with $81-million CAD private share purchase
After buying 18 million shares, Solina Chau now holds a 14 percent stake in Well.
Healthtech
Ontario launches second phase of life sciences strategy to bolster research and funding
$146 million commitment to support new Life Sciences Scale-Up Fund, wet labs programs, and procurement.
An 82-acre medtech campus emerges in Vaughan
“A truly unique opportunity for innovators.”
Feds announce $4 million for Atlantic Canada tech startups through ACOA
Eight of the 10 startups are Nova Scotia-based, including Milk Moovement and UpBeing.
Flora Fertility closes $1.5 million CAD to bring individual fertility insurance across North America
Insurtech startup led by repeat founders plans to launch in the US next year, with Canada to follow.
Ex-PathFactory CEO’s Sparrow BioAcoustics closes $10 million to turn smartphones into stethoscopes
Funding comes one year after the startup received FDA clearance for its Stethophone software solution.
PocketHealth kicks off breast cancer awareness month with AI-powered tools for early detection
Tool features a personalized breast cancer risk assessment and mammogram appointment manager.
Orpyx closes $26.9 million CAD in growth capital to fuel US expansion
Startup has focused on US commercial traction of its shoe-based sensor tech for people with diabetes.
Nomic Bio secures $42 million Series B to expand startup’s protein mapping platform
Montréal-based Nomic Bio claims technology now in use by more than 75 companies.
AI startups dominate latest Google for Startups Accelerator’s Canadian cohort
Ten of the 14 startups in the latest cohort claim to be using AI or machine learning as part of their core offering.
PathPresenter to establish subsidiary in Waterloo Region following Series A round
Canadian-led AI pathology startup believes a physical presence in Canada will drive its push into the local market.
Amplitude Ventures, Gates Foundation lead Radiant Biotherapeutics’ $35-million USD Series A
Amplitude-created biotech startup with scientific roots in SickKids and U of T aims to advance new disease therapies.
Ideon, Calabrio headline $53 million AI project investment from DIGITAL Innovation Cluster
DIGITAL said its investment joins an additional $106 million of industry partner backing.
Canadian healthtech company Deep Breathe bags top prize at US Army’s xTechInternational 2024
Portable ultrasound diagnostics startup takes home $95,000 after winning pitch competition in Spain.
Borealis Biosciences emerges from stealth with $202 million CAD from Novartis and Versant
Kidney disease treatment company looks to build on work of Chinook Therapeutics, acquired by Novartis last year.