Serenity Bioworks wins $35,000 from Velocity Fund Finals
The University of Waterloo hosted their 18th annual Velocity Fund Finals, where 20 companies pitched for a share of $125,000.…
Healthtech
Therapia wants to make physiotherapy more accessible with its on-demand app
Therapia, one of the latest pitches on The Disruptors, wants to help people get access to physiotherapy in an environment they’re…
RESI conference wants over 200 global investors to invest in Toronto life sciences startups
MaRS is hostings its second RESI Conference, which will bring together fundraising CEOs and early-stage investors from around…
Therapia raises $750,000 seed round for on-demand physiotherapy platform
Toronto-based Therapia, which provides a platform for physiotherapy on demand, has raised a $750,000 seed round. Therapia plans…
#smallrooms Podcast: Collage’s Elijah Moore on reinventing benefits in Canada
Rob Kenedi has a coffee with Elijah Moore, co-founder of Collage, a platform that helps businesses manage their HR and benefits…
Cloud DX wants its health monitoring devices to help people avoid long waits at clinics
Many Canadians know the pain of having to wait hours in a walk-in clinic waiting room to get care. Toronto-based Cloud DX,…
Dot Health wants to give a strained Canadian health care system data-backed insights
While Huda Idrees is well-known in Toronto for her work designing products at companies like Wealthsimple and Wave, she’s…
“Mystery buyer” reportedly acquiring STI Technologies for $200 million
Halifax-based STI Technologies, a company that offers a card-based program allowing drug companies to distribute product samples…
eSight launches new smart glasses promising 20/20 vision for the legally blind
Toronto-based eSight, which develops wearables allowing the legally blind to see, has launched a new pair of smart glasses.…
10 Montreal tech companies to watch in 2017
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Despite 2016 being labelled the worst year ever in terms of politics…
Six startups selected to scale at Boston’s Canadian Technology Accelerator
The Consulate General of Canada in Boston has announced that six Canadian software and healthtech companies will be joining…
Hyasynth wants to harness the therapeutic benefits of cannabis, without marijuana
The question is no longer if cannabis contains chemical compounds that can be used therapeutically, but how these compounds…
Mike Serbinis gives “all-in” lesson for startup founders at #TechTO
For entrepreneurs eager to create massive, world-changing companies, LEAGUE founder and CEO Mike Serbinis has some words of…
#smallrooms Podcast: Sam Molyneux of Meta on AI, machine learning and science
In this special retrospective recorded one year ago, Rob Kenedi speaks with Sam Molyneux, founder of Meta (at the time known…
Highland Therapeutics raises $263 million through Morgan Stanley to commercialize ADHD drug
Highland Therapeutics, the parent company of Ironshore Pharmaceuticals, has secured a $263 million private placement due by…