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Sep-2021
Jonathan Hills, founder of Payd and Lions Lair finalist, featured on the Disruptor Podcast. About Payd Technically, we’re a financial management app specifically designed to help you pay off your student debt without you even knowing it. But, we like to think of ourselves as so much more. Everyone can work towards paying off student […]
Innovation Factory welcomes three new board members after AGM Innovation Factory is pleased to welcome our new Board Directors following our 2021 Annual General Meeting on September 16th. We are thrilled to welcome these individuals and look forward to engaging their expertise to help guide Innovation Factory forward! Please welcome, Kelly Dore, Co-Founder & VP […]
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Micah Toub, marsdd.com, September 21, 2021 Thanks to the pandemic, edtech companies such as Top Hat, Crowdmark and Altus Assessments are seeing record demand for their software innovations. As post-secondary students start the 2021–22 academic year, many of them will be walking onto campuses that haven’t seen much foot traffic since the pandemic […]
ORIGINAL POST, Barry Chong, marsdd.com, September 22, 2021 MaRS and RBC launch the Women in Cleantech Accelerator, a 12-month program that will help these companies grow into global players. Let’s start with the facts. We know that female-run companies are more successful than those run by men; we also know that climate-change innovation will be a staple of […]
Sep-2021
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, firehouse.com, Sept 14, 2021 LONDON, Ontario – Sept. 10, 2021 – Excessive blood loss is one of the leading causes of death in trauma patients, and trauma is the fourth leading cause of death overall for all ages. That’s where Front Line Medical Technologies, a medical device company lowering the barriers to bleeding control and resuscitation […]
Innovation Factory’s 11th Annual LiONS LAIR awards over $45,000 to 3 local startups LiONS LAIR has concluded its 11th year with over 500 registrations and awards a whopping $45,000 in cash prizes to winners. EmergConnect, a start-up that uses cutting-edge AI and ML to improve patient waits, enhance patient care, increase ER efficiency and save […]
Sep-2021
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Leila Hawkins, healthcareglobal.com, September 10, 2021 The following women are leading companies that are changing people’s lives – whether it’s facilitating more heart transplants, developing life-saving, chemical-resistant PPE suitable for womens’ bodies, preventing suicides or creating the world’s first totally silent breast pump. Here is our list of top 10 women leading healthcare […]
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Josh Scott, betakit.com, September 15, 2021 Healthcare security, privacy, and compliance startup MedStack has raised $3.93 million CAD ($3.1 million USD) to bolster its offering and support its expansion plans. The all-equity round was led by existing investors Blu Venture Investors (BVI) and Telus Ventures. It saw participation from existing investor Donville Kent Asset […]
Sep-2021
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, thefutureeconomy.ca, Sept. 8, 2021 Karen Mossman / Vice President, Research – McMaster University Sheila Singh / Professor, Founder – McMaster University, Empirica Therapeutics Ty J. Shattuck / CEO – McMaster Innovation Park Alex Muggah / Director – Synapse Life Science Consortium With world-class companies and Canada’s leading research and education cluster in the life sciences, Hamilton […]
Sep-2021
PRESS RELEASE by Webility Solutions, September 8, 2021 Webility Solutions Inc., a Hamilton based software development firm, is announcing the acquisition of Nuway Software Inc., a Burlington, ON based mobile software firm. Nuway Software Inc. is a Canadian leader in the enterprise mobile software space and provides scalable mobile solutions for companies like Wesbell Logistics, […]
