Launchit Solutions and Privacy Horizon Partner to Help Canadian Health Tech Companies Build, Govern, and Scale with Confidence
Launchit Solutions and Privacy Horizon announced a strategic partnership that gives Canadian health tech startups and scale-ups coordinated access to healthcare software development, Canadian cloud infrastructure, data governance, privacy and security readiness, and responsible AI governance.
AI used to help improve lung cancer biopsies
Node AI, a Hamilton-based medical AI company, has developed a real-time decision-support platform designed to assist clinicians performing lung cancer biopsies.
For Canadian femtech, women’s autonomy is part of the business model
Every founder has an origin story. There’s one kind that may resonate with many Canadian femtech founders: interacting with a healthcare and benefits system that’s not designed to serve her at all.
AI-powered trial at Toronto General aims to improve accuracy of lung cancer biopsies
University Health Network and Hamilton-based NodeAI have launched a clinical trial testing an AI platform designed to improve the accuracy of EBUS lung cancer biopsies in real time.
Scispot closes $8-million USD Series A to become the operating layer for life sciences labs
Kitchener-Waterloo-based Scispot has secured $8 million USD in Series A funding to bring its platform to more companies.
NerView Surgical wins Falcons’ Fortunes 2026 for its precise nerve visualization technology making cancer surgeries safer for patients
Mann Parikh, Founder and CEO of NerView Surgical, won the $100,000 Ernsting Entrepreneurship award at FACIT’s Falcons’ Fortunes 2026 pitch competition for the real-time nerve visualization system his team is developing.
Eyes don’t lie: Assistant professor and PhD student launch start-up
Researchers at McMaster University are taking eye-tracking technology from the lab to the market with the launch of their new startup. Read the full story here.
Innovation Factory names 2026 Synapse Life Science Pitch Competition winners, awarding $85,000+ in cash and prizes
Innovation Factory announced the 2026 Synapse Life Science Pitch Competition Winners, taking home $85,000+ in Cash and Prizes.
FluidAI Medical announces an acquisition deal with Emmetros Limited
FluidAI announces the acquisition of Emmetros, enhancing patient engagement with Stream Inara™ and innovative AI solutions.
A Tumor-Driven vaccine by Esphera SynBio is accelerating in vivo therapies
A recap of the September Hamilton Health Innovation Check-up with Esphera SynBio, sharing their journey, updates, and what’s next.