hrough the Ontario Together Fund, the Ontario provincial government has committed $559,200 to support the domestic manufacturing and commercialization of NERv Technology’s breakthrough post-operative monitoring solutions as part of the company’s $1.118 million investment. NERv Technology Inc. is a Kitchener-based medical device manufacturer that aims to re-imagine care by empowering healthcare providers with data-driven solutions […]
Apr-2022
Ontario Building a Stronger, More Resilient Hamilton Health Sciences As part of its plan stay open, the Ontario government is investing over $20 million to modernize Hamilton Health Sciences. This funding will support planning for the redevelopment of Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre and the expansion of Hamilton General Hospital’s emergency department to improve access […]
Two Hamiltonians were among 4 winners (and eight finalists) in a national competition which provides funding for innovative projects that help people suffering from arthritis. The Arthritis Ideator Program — run by the Arthritis Society — received 21 submissions from innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups across Canada working on solutions to help improve the lives of […]
Two McMaster startups – Syndemix and Insight Medbotics – have received a combined $735,000 to move their innovations closer to reality in the first round of investments of the McMaster Seed Fund. Synmedix — a biotechnology company founded by Eric Brown, Distinguished University Professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences — received $300,000 to further its […]
Apr-2022
Hamilton could become the “catalyst” that will see Ontario become a global hub for biomanufacturing and life sciences growth. Invest Ontario is providing OmniaBio Inc. with about $40 million in a loan as part of a new $580-million biomanufacturing facility at McMaster Innovation Park on Longwood Road. The goal for the Ontario government is to […]