Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires AI startup
Meta developed software to analyze and connect insights across millions of scientific papers, according to a description of the company on Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Facebook page.
Relay Ventures co-founder outlines digital health priorities for latest fund
So far, investments from Relay Ventures' third fund include personal wellness tracker OMsignal and health incentives startup CARROT Insights.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Apple brings in star YouTube doctor to work on digital health
Since Apple treats its works-in-progress as state secrets, those of us on the outside are left to speculate on what the tech company might be up to, including in healthcare. Sometimes, we get some clues and are left to fill in the blanks.
Tech entrepreneur raises $25M for health IT startup to support employer insurance choices
The financing follows the launch of League in cities such as Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver last year.
Memotext launches spinoff A4i that will call J&J’s Toronto innovation lab home
Memotext also embarked on a deal with Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada to develop and commercialize a mobile health intervention for people with schizophrenia.
Titanovo introduces a genetic wellness test to determine best lifestyle choices
The test provides fitness regimens, diet and supplement options, skin and dental care recommendations as well as mental health input.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Image-sharing app Figure 1 takes pulse of healthcare professionals
With a user base of half a million healthcare professionals around the world and more than 1 billion views of its medical cases, mobile healthcare image-sharing platform Figure 1 is starting to tap into its critical mass.
Atlas Venture seeds new gene therapy startup, AvroBio
AvroBio's lentiviral gene therapy approach works by infusing genetically modified cells into a patient.
LEO Pharma launches new innovation lab with $65M in funding for non-pharmaceutical dermatology expansion
LEO Pharma, which has had a primary focus on skin conditions like psoriasis, has launched its new Innovation Lab to further explore treatment options that don't involve medication.
Hospital co-develops app with SeamlessMD to improve joint replacement care
Toronto-based SeamlessMD is partnering with Holland Orthopaedic & Arthritic Centre, part of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in the same city, to introduce myHip&Knee, a free app that helps patients both before and after joint replacements.
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Surgery recovery coach developer raises $1.1M (Updated)
SeamlessMD raised $1.1 million in a seed round that included BDC Capital, FundersClub and angel investors.
Startup Newtopia gets $2M investment from Bloom Burton
Newtopia, a startup that uses genetics to develop personalized health plans, said it has received a “major” investment from healthcare investment banking firm Bloom Burton that will help the Toronto-based company expand. The company, started in 2012, didn’t disclose how much the investment was, but Canadian tech news site TechVibes reported that it totaled $2 […]
Big data business that analyzes how infectious diseases spread secures Series A financing
BlueDot, a spinout from St. Michael’s Hospital at the University of Toronto that uses big data to track and analyze risks posed by global infectious diseases, has closed a Series A round. Horizons Ventures was the main investor — it’s the private investment arm of Asian businessman Li Ka-shing, according to a company statement. The […]
Mobile health startup League raises $4M in seed funding
League Inc., a Toronto-based mobile health startup focused on wellness, has raised $4 million in seed funding to support its official launch in early 2015. The first round of investment was led by OMERS Ventures, Foundation Capital, Real Ventures and Infinite Potential Group, the company said in an announcement. The company aims to empower consumers, […]
Private equity firm Imperial Capital closes $295M fund, eyes healthcare opportunities
Toronto’s Imperial Capital has just closed its fifth fund and is hoping to funnel some of the $295 million it raised into middle-market healthcare companies in the U.S. and Canada. The private equity firm focuses on acquiring and building healthcare, branded consumer product and business service companies with consistent cash flow and good growth opportunities. […]