Hackers Eye Their Next Targets, From Schools To Cars

By: Leigh Kamping-Carder and Kevin Hand, OCT. 8, 2020 Hackers Eye Their Next Targets, From Schools To Cars Hackers will tell you that just about anything with software and an internet connection can get hacked. The next decade will test how much that is true, and the challenge it poses to everyday life. Security experts […]

RetiSpec Announces Partnership With Gentex To Commercialize Alzheimer’s Disease Detection Technology

RetiSpec Announces Partnership With Gentex To Commercialize Alzheimer’s Disease Detection Technology TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2020 – RetiSpec Inc. announced today that it is partnering with Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX) to engineer, manufacture and commercialize technology for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. “The Gentex-RetiSpec partnership reinforces our commitment to bring to market RetiSpec’s novel retinal imaging technology, a widely […]

Medchart Makes 2020 List of Best Workplaces™ in Healthcare and Startups

Medchart Makes 2020 List of Best Workplaces™ in Healthcare and Startups TORONTO, Sept. 15, 2020 – Medchart is proud to announce that it has been named on the 2020 list of Best Workplaces in Healthcare, Startups, and in Canada. These lists are based on direct feedback from employees, provided as part of an extensive and anonymous survey about the […]

eSight Certified as a Great Place to Work®

eSight Certified as a Great Place to Work® TORONTO, Sept. 28, 2020 – eSight is proud to announce that we have been certified as a Great Place to Work® after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. “Employees at eSight change lives every single day through technology. We are excited […]

Decentralization, Digitization of Healthcare and Aging in Place 

Decentralization, Digitization of Healthcare and Aging in Place    iGan Partners and its portfolio companies have been active on the frontlines and behind the scenes in the battle against Covid-19. As the impact of this epidemic is being felt globally – there will be profound and lasting changes in the way healthcare is delivered for young and […]

COVID-19’S Lasting Effects on Healthcare

By Anne Michaud & Xavier Cousens | The Wall Street Journal | Sept 5th 2020 COVID-19’S Lasting Effects on Healthcare Covid-19 will certainly change many aspects of drug approval and the overall regulatory process for biomedical product innovation—first and foremost, new and stronger emphasis on partnership and collaboration across sectors, across disciplines, across borders. There […]

eSight Launches Fourth Version of Wearable Glasses for People With Visual Impairments

By Isabelle Kikwood | Canadian Startup News | July 28th 2020 eSight Launches Fourth Version of Wearable Glasses for People With Visual Impairments Electronic glasses company eSight has launched eSight 4, the newest version of its wearable assistive device designed to enhance vision for those who are living with eye disease and disorders that lead […]

U.K. Tech Investment Fund Chooses Canada for North American Headquarters

By Anne Yeji Jesse Lee | The Globe and Mail | August 3rd 2020 U.K. tech investment fund chooses Canada for North American headquarters A U.K.-based investment fund that specializes in developing ultraearly-stage tech companies by backing individual entrepreneurs directly is launching operations in North America with a new office in Toronto. (Read Full Article […]

eSight Eyewear to Participate in 2020 Disability:IN Conference

eSight Eyewear to Participate in 2020 Disability:IN Conference eSight, the leading vision enhancement platform for low vision and blindness, today announces its participation in the 2020 Disability:IN Conference. The premiere disability inclusion event is being held virtually due to COVID-19 on July 13-16. Attendees include some of the most forward-thinking corporations in the world, such as Microsoft […]

More innovation by NHS could ‘save 20,000 lives a year

By Sarah Neville in London More innovation by NHS could ‘save 20,000 lives a year’ Greater use of technology within the NHS, inspired by the impact of digital solutions during the coronavirus pandemic, could help save 20,000 lives a year and billions of pounds, a report has said. The Institute for Public Policy Research, a think-tank, […]