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Congratulations to iF client, Medstack for their recent announcement of a successful seed round. Innovation Factory accelerates the success of start-ups, providing strategic connections, business services, training and mentorship to help increase revenues, attract investment and create jobs. MedStack, a Toronto-based compliance solution for healthcare apps, has raised a $2.4 million oversubscribed seed round led […]

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Anita Grant wasn’t sure what she was going to do with her business degree, and had never anticipated becoming an entrepreneur. That is, until she saw the struggles her sister faced while trying to book clients and market her business as an independent hairstylist. Grant wondered what she could do for her hardworking sister that […]

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EMN, a Canadian medical nutrition company, has raised a $1.2 Million seed round led by several prominent angel investors from the Greater Toronto Area and leading medical device distributors based in Texas and Illinois. “We are thrilled to have strategic investors on board to support our growing commercial operations in North America and Southeast Asia,” […]

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The NFL’s path to improve player safety continued sat morning at the fourth annual “1st and Future” experience at the Ferst Center for the Arts at the Georgia Tech campus. In this year’s event, the NFL teamed with Arrow Electronics to host a live competition between five companies pitching innovative products and concepts aimed to enhance player […]

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After a successful summer of selling vegan and gluten-free treats at fairs and markets, Poletto ended up supplying three cafes (two in Hamilton, one in Toronto) and reconsidering her future. When Toronto-native Katarina Poletto launched Dolled Up Desserts in the spring of 2016, she did with a $3,000 grant from the City of Hamilton. Her […]

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Providing foster care to shelter animals can sometimes be stressful, which is why the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is implementing a new program that enables their foster “parents” across the province to connect with veterinarians online when after-hours medical attention is needed. Healthy Pets is Canada’s first solution for text and video-based medicine in […]

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