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.
CITM Renewed as OVIN Regional Technology Development Site Supporting Smart Mobility Innovation in Hamilton-Halton Regions
Rob McCann receives the Mark Chamberlain DiFizen of the Year Award at Innovation Factory’s Big DiF for his contributions to the ecosystem.
The Ontario government is investing $5 million through the fourth round of the province’s Life Sciences Innovation Fund (LSIF) to help 10 companies develop and launch made-in-Ontario medical technologies.
Stoked Bio Inc. announces the closing of an oversubscribed $2.5M Seed round to advance pipeline of novel therapeutics for conditions of high unmet medical needs.
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.
Innovation Factory announces LIOR Pupillometry as the winner of the 2026 New Venture Pitch Challenge, sponsored by Macers.
Jon Stokes receives over $2 million in funding from the Weston Family Foundation to advance a precision antibiotic for IBD to human trials.
Yellowbird Diagnostics Inc. announced the successful dosing and imaging of the first participants in its Phase I clinical trial of NeuCaVis.
Innovation Factory announced the 2026 Synapse Life Science Pitch Competition Winners, taking home $85,000+ in Cash and Prizes.
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