Chronometriq raises $3.5 million to expand health appointment booking platform across North America
Montreal-based Chronometriq, which provides an online healthcare appointment booking solution, announced that it has secured…
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League partners with Dialogue to launch personalized consumer health concierge
League has launched a new addition to its group benefits offering with Health Concierge, a platform meant to help users more…
Recent Supreme Court patent ruling could put Canadian companies at a disadvantage
A recent ruling on Canadian patent law could put Canadian innovators at a disadvantage compared to foreign companies, according…
Hack To Start Ep.154: Huda Idrees, founder and CEO of Dot Health
Huda Idrees is the founder and CEO of Dot Health, a platform that enables secure and easy access to your personal health data.…
Figure 1 raises $13 million Series B as it explores new revenue streams
Toronto-based Figure 1, a medical sharing app known as the “Instagram for doctors,” has raised a $13 million Series…
University of Waterloo researchers develop machine learning-based rehabilitation system
Researchers at the University of Waterloo, in partnership with Cardon Rehabilitation and Medical Equipment, an Automated Rehabilitation…
Cloud DX named BNN’s Top Disruptor
After another season of featuring disruptive startups from industries like FinTech and edtech, the top startup of The Disruptors…
New Brunswick opens innovation hub to support tech solutions for the aging population
The New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF), in collaboration with the AGE–WELL Network of Centres of Excellence…
The future of health care is both automated and personal
As the fusion of tech and healthcare continues to grow and evolve, so too do the tools that will allow health care consumers…
Zymeworks raises $80 million CAD in IPO
After announcing plans to raise $110 million CAD in an initial public offering (IPO) last week, Vancouver-based Zymeworks announced…
Canada and US gov’ts launch open data challenge to better understand public health
The Public Health Agency of Canada, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the US Department of Health and…
C100 announces the 21 startups headed to 48Hrs in the Valley program
After just over a month of deliberation, the C100 has announced the 21 companies that will participate in its semiannual 48Hrs…
Zymeworks plans to raise $110 million from its IPO
Vancouver-based Zymeworks plans to raise $110 million from a sale of as many as 5.2 million common shares at $13 USD to $16…
eSight smart glasses help legally blind teen to see, shoot hoops with the Harlem Globetrotters
Ethan LaCroix, a 13-year-old boy who is legally blind, not only got to shoot hoops with the players of the Harlem Globetrotters,…
Greenspace hopes its platform will match people with the best mental health care providers
Toronto-based Greenspace, one of the latest pitches on The Disruptors, wants to help mental health care providers improve the…