Alberta Innovates is investing $348,750 to launch a new initiative aimed at putting Alberta on the map as a leader in wearable health technology. The funding supports a one-year program led by the Canadian Sport Institute Alberta (CSIAB) through its Sport Product Testing (SPT) platform. The initiative will provide a centralized hub to help Alberta […]
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Discover the Future of Health Tech at HaloHealth Live! XXIV in Calgary
See the next generation of innovative health tech companies at HaloHealth’s upcoming event at Platform Calgary. HaloHealth is a physician angel group that provides specialty matched advisory, healthcare connections & capital to early stage healthtech ventures. HaloHealth Live! will feature founder pitches from HaloHealth selected health tech ventures RetinaLogik, Aya Care, OraQ AI, and XeroStrip. Dive into discussions, […]
Elevating Health Tech Innovation: Exploring Innovate Calgary’s Life Sciences Fellowship Program
Do you have a technology-driven solution to a compelling and unmet need in digital health or life sciences? Innovate Calgary’s Life Sciences Fellowship (LSF) program takes early-stage startups with technology-driven solutions to important problems and adds funding, technology development resources, professional development training and expert support. Supported by Alberta Innovates; Alberta Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Northern […]
From Bench to Market: Commercializing Alberta’s Life Sciences and Health Tech Innovation Ecosystem with Biohubx
Join us every month as The Agency connects you to some of the most exciting people and companies putting Calgary on the map as a global centre of innovation. In this month’s Tech Connections article, we take a look at Biohubx – a not-for-profit dedicated to igniting the life science ecosystem in Alberta by supporting health ventures’ […]
Calgary’s Kaleidoscope XR Garners Funding to Improve Healthcare Training with AI Tech
An Alberta-based upstart this month received capital toward its tech-forward approach to tackling the complex problem of dementia. By 2030, it has been estimated that nearly one million Canadians will be living with dementia, and experts warn there is already an urgent need for better training and more support for those caring for individuals with […]
Healthcare Innovators in Alberta Attract Investment to Advance Medical Tech
Alberta has been attracting investment recently. The province garnered more venture capital than British Columbia for the first time. Alberta’s success that quarter was largely powered by energy technology company ClearSky Global, who provided a major boost to the province’s numbers thanks to a raise of more than $200M in June. That kind of capital […]
Calgary Startup Nimble Science to Accelerate Health-Tech Platform at Google
Many chronic diseases are associated with dysbiosis of the small intestine, representing a $75 billion total addressable market. Knowing this, Calgary healthtech startup Nimble Science raised $2.7 million last April to commercially scale their tech-forward health platform to food, diagnostic, and drug companies. The funding brought Nimble out of stealth mode to enable academia, government, […]
Health-Tech Startup BioMimir Graduates from Calgary’s Life Sciences Fellowship
Last year, a medical device company developing biomaterials-based solutions for complex wounds graduated from the 2023 Biomedical Engineering stream of the Creative Destruction Lab program at University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. The Quebec-born BioMimir uses synthetic biomimetics to design biomaterials that are self-adhesive, anti-inflammatory, and anti-fibrotic, with products targeting complex wounds like ulcers, […]
Alberta Targets Tech with Capital to Innovate Healthcare for Aging Canadians
Small- and medium-sized health technology companies play a vital role in developing innovative solutions that contribute to the quality of life of Canadians of all ages and abilities, according to the government, who says that their technologies are pivotal in enabling older adults who prefer to age in place within their own homes and communities […]
Calgary Tech Connections: Disrupting Female Representation in Health… and Tech
Join us every month as The Agency connects you to some of the most exciting people and companies putting Calgary on the map as a global centre of innovation. In this month’s Tech Connections article, we take a look at My Normative – a female-focused health platform driving innovation in health sciences through clinically validated […]