Canadian developer Carrot Rewards to launch in England in spring 2019
Canada’s wellness app Carrot Rewards has partnered with the British government to expand its service to parts of England.…
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eSight appoints Kevin Banderk, former Telus VP as CCO
Toronto-based eSight, creator of advanced sight-enhancing glasses for visually impaired individuals, recently appointed Kevin…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – A smartwatch for senior citizens
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OntarioMD to provide clinicians digital access to provincial drug and immunization records
Toronto-based OntarioMD recently announced a project that will integrate certified electronic medical records (EMRs) with the…
NexTech AR and Cannvas MedTech to bring AR to cannabis education
Toronto-based NexTech AR Solutions today announced it has signed a deal to bring augmented reality (AR) to cannabis education…
Former OMERS Ventures CEO joins advisory board of medical cannabis platform CBx Data Labs
Former CEO of OMERS Ventures John Ruffolo has joined the advisory board of Toronto-based medical cannabis tech company CBx…
AmacaThera raises $3.2 million for phase I of non-opioid pain control therapeutic
Toronto-based AmacaThera has raised $3.2 million in seed financing led by Sprout BioVentures, Viva Biotech, with additional…
Acorn Biolabs closes $3.3 million, expands team, as company preps for launch
Toronto-based biotechnology company Acorn Biolabs has announced the close of $3.3 million in seed funding from Real Ventures,…
Fibrocor partners with Galapagos NV to commercialize new fibrosis drugs
Toronto-based Fibrocor Therapeutics will be working with Belgo-Dutch pharmaceutical research company Galapagos NV to develop…
Dalhousie University, MTI, and Mitacs form $1.62 million partnership exploring light manipulation
Dalhousie University, Metamaterial Technologies Inc. (MTI), and non-profit Mitacs have announced a $1.62 million collaboration…
WeedMD and BLOCKStrain announce cannabis strain verification program
Toronto-based WeedMD, a federally-licensed producer and distributor of cannabis, along with Vancouver-based BLOCKStrain, have…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Muse’s new brain sensing headband
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Vancouver’s Jane Software raises $2 million in debt financing from CIBC
BC-based Jane Software Inc., a cloud-based clinic management software company, has closed $2 million in debt financing from…
Orpyx partners with Alphabet subsidiary for virtual diabetes program
Calgary-based Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc. is working with Onduo, a joint venture between Verily (a subsidiary of Alphabet)…
Muse reveals Softband, a sleep meditation headband, at #CES2019
This week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Toronto wearable startup Muse unveiled its first soft headband designed especially…