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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Amazon Clinic can now treat cough, cold, or flu

Plus: Well Health acquires cybersecurity businesses, CAE to sell healthcare unit for $311M. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from…

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Nova Scotia taps Maple to expand free virtual care to the entire province
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Nova Scotia taps Maple to expand free virtual care to the entire province

Maple will expand from servicing 145,000 Nova Scotians to over one million. Toronto virtual care platform Maple and the province of Nova Scotia are…

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Sid Paquette will now head RBC Ventures and RBCx
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RBCx hires former SVB Canada employees to bolster support for seed-stage and life sciences startups

RBC joins growing list of Canadian banks to add talent from now-defunct SVB Canada. The Royal Bank of Canada’s technology and innovation arm, RBCx,…

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Kento Health raises $4.1 million CAD to bring AI to cardiovascular care

Dialogue alumni’s new startup is gearing up to strike hard in the battle against the leading cause of death. Montréal-based healthtech startup Kento Health…

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BDC Capital recommits to leading seed deals in startups across Canada with new $50-million fund
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BDC Capital recommits to leading seed deals in startups across Canada with new $50-million fund

VCs applaud BDC’s commitment to direct seed funding, ask for more emerging manager support. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has launched a…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – OMERS Ventures wants you to reset your expectations for healthtech investing

Plus: Pfizer Canada announces inaugural cohort of its Healthcare Hub. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around…

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Well Health acquires two cybersecurity businesses, Seekintoo and Proack

Well Health is beefing up its cybersecurity business unit, Cycura, with two new acquisitions. The firm announced it has acquired Seekintoo and Proack for…

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Boston-based Haemonetics announces intent to acquire OpSens in healthtech deal worth $345 million CAD
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – AI takeover: predictive pitfall or “medicine’s biggest moment” since antibiotics?

Plus: Quebec City-based OpSens acquired by US firm in $345M deal. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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CANImmunize, PharmaGuide, Wave View Imaging named to inaugural cohort of Pfizer Canada’s Healthcare Hub

Pfizer Canada is earmarking $1.4 million in in-kind support and donations as part of the program. Pfizer Canada has revealed the first cohort of…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – A collective $29 million committed to Canadian AI healthtech integration
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – A collective $29 million committed to Canadian AI healthtech integration

Plus: US mental health startup Headway raises $125 million at $1 billion valuation. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from…

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