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Synapse Competition prepared Bisep Inc. for challenges of turning an innovative product into a viable business Niagara-based start-up Bisep Inc. aims to have its game-changing mobility device on the market as early as September after winning the top prize at the Innovation Factory’s (iF) seventh annual Synapse Life Science pitch competition. Bisep’s innovative device, called […]
Mariner Endosurgery is an Innovation Factory client and the 2nd place winner of the 2016 Synapse Life Science Competition. Note: This article originally appeared on Business Wire. To read the original posting visit this link. HAMILTON, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bay Area Health Trust (bayareahealthtrust.com), a Hamilton, Ontario based company that operates life science businesses with the goal […]
Innovation Factory is pleased to share that teams have been finalized for the third annual Synapse Life Science Competition! During the Meet & Greet on January 6, life science innovators and grad students got to know each other in a speed dating-style session where both the innovators and students had the opportunity to select their […]
Yesterday, Hamilton’s life science community gathered at McMaster Innovation Park to take part in the second annual Synapse Life Science Competition final showcase. The showcase is the culmination of months of hard work. Back in January, the competition teamed up life science innovators with business and engineering students from McMaster University and together, each team […]
After weeks of hard work and training, three top finalists have advanced to the final round of the 2015 Synapse Life Science Competition! Congratulations to Avertus, Blue Orchid and Sound Options. Avertus has created a home based, wireless, brain monitoring and seizure warning system, Blue Orchid has developed the OrchidLift: a compact and portable sit-to-stand […]
Written by: Sara M. Nolte The next Synapse Life Sciences competition is just around the corner. So what better time to have a chat with some of last year’s participants about their experiences with the competition and how that has affected their future plans?! Check out the results of the inaugural Synapse competition here! […]
Written by Sara M. Nolte On March 7, Innovation Factory hosted the final stage of the Synapse Life Science Competition at McMaster Innovation Park. The event was the culmination of months of hard work and training that saw teams of Innovators and MBA and post-graduate students create an Executive Summary (addressing business and market potential) and a Commercialization Plan. […]
Innovation Factory, The DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, the Xerox Centre for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Mohawk College have announced the three finalists who will advance to the final round of the Synapse Life Sciences Competition. The finalists are: Advanced Theranostics, Pain-QuILT, and Pairwise Affinity. Each finalist will have 20 minutes to pitch […]
Innovation Factory, The DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, the Xerox Centre for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Mohawk College have announced the eight teams who will advance to the next round of the Synapse Life Sciences Competition. Thirteen teams submitted an executive summary of their innovative concept in early January that were subsequently evaluated […]
Innovation Factory, The DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, the Xerox Centre for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Mohawk College are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2013/2014 Synapse Life Science Competition. Synapse will provide thirteen companies with the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of top life science experts to solicit […]
