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SOPHIE Success Stories Hyivy Health leverages SOPHIE to validate and scale medical device innovation
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Hamilton, Ontario, a long-standing leader in health and life science research and innovation, was recently recognized with a 2021 investment of $6 million from the Government of Canada, through the Federal Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario). Awarded to Innovation Factory and delivered in collaboration with Synapse Consortium, the funding was used to launch […]

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Innovation Factory client, Korechi Innovations, will be showcasing their autonomous AgriTech RoamIO HCW with Haggerty AgRobotics at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show this September. The mini farming tractor reduces the labour required for repetitive tasks through automation. ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, Aug 29, 2022 Woodstock, Ont., Aug 29, 2022 – Exhibitors at Canada’s Outdoor Farm […]

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While a global pandemic was still very much unfolding in 2021, that did not stop many ambitious local entrepreneurs in their pursuit of starting and growing a successful small business in Hamilton. In 2021 alone, the Hamilton Business Centre handled over 11,300 general inquiries related to starting and running a business, registering a business, marketing, […]

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Promote your products online with these creative ideas. In our new normal, online business is thriving. As a small business owner, now’s the time to start promoting your business online if you haven’t done so already. On the other hand, you may have already tried online promotion, but haven’t got the results you’re looking for. […]

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Koble logo with text: Knowledge that nurtures
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Christine Persaud, wifihifi.com, August 26, 2022 The latest candidate in our series of Q&As with influential women in the technology business in Canada is Swati Matta, Founder & CEO, Koble, a digital health app for expecting and new parents. Name: Swati Matta Job Title: Founder & CEO, Koble Years in the Industry: 13 Years The Quote […]

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Stefan Palios, betakit.com, August 24, 2022 Alex Muggah has seen hundreds of life sciences and healthtech companies work to commercialize their innovations. As Director of the Synapse Life Science Consortium, a partnership of public- and private-sector institutions in Hamilton, Ontario and administrator of SOPHIE life sciences commercialization grants, Muggah likens his job to […]

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For an invention to be granted a patent, three key requirements need to be met: the invention must be novel; non-obvious; and have utility (meaning it has to actually work.) Let’s take a closer look at how to ensure your invention is novel. To be considered novel (or new), the invention must not have been […]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Haltech (Halton Region), TechPlace (Burlington) and Innovation Factory (Hamilton) form partnership with LatAm Startups to promote economic growth in Southwestern Ontario. BURLINGTON, ON, August 17, 2022 – Today, a new program was announced to enable innovative international companies to grow in southwestern Ontario. The “Acceleration+” program, delivered through a partnership formed with […]

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ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE, Nicole Estrin, Innovative Health Diagnostics, August 16, 2022 Both laboratories join forces to expand access to an important and reliable endometriosis blood test that can be self-administered anytime, anywhere Innovative Health Diagnostics (IHD), a CLIA- and FDA-certified lab that empowers every person by providing access to accurate, clinical testing, announced today a […]

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Original Press Release, Provincial Government of Ontario, August 12, 2022. $500,000 in provincial funding will help Greenlid bring its supply chain home to Ontario DUNDALK — The Ontario government is supporting an investment of more than $14.8 million by Greenlid to build a new manufacturing facility that will bring the company’s production to Ontario. To advance […]

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