It is no secret that 2022 was a challenging year in funding for the health tech industry, and for most industries, across global markets. After the massive runup in funding generated by the COVID induced pivot towards telehealth and the tremendous move up in financial markets it was a matter of time before markets had […]
We’ve been following the digital health industry investment trends closely over the past many quarters, particularly in the context of an emerging narrative that 2022 would be a more challenging year of consolidation and retrenchment for investors after the torrid pace that was set in 2020 and 2021. A pace higher than the previous ten […]
The city of Montreal has become one of the leading medical technology and digital health ecosystems in Canada and the world. This process has evolved over decades due to a number of unique factors that coalesce in Montreal to produce leading research, innovation, supporting competencies, established firms and a plethora of new startups particularly in […]
The global economic developments that took place in the first half of 2022 were tumultuous. Already reeling from supply chain dislocations, labour force disruptions and all the difficulties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic the global economy is now dealing with historically high levels of inflation across most developed markets. Adding to that the war in […]
We’ve been tracking the financial evolution of the digital health industry very closely over the last many quarters because of the frantic pace of activity taking place. The explosion in all manner of investments at all stages of company development and financial exits (M&A, IPOs, SPACs) taking place in the sector in the years 2020 […]
In what has become a persistent trend that we’ve covered in detail over the past six months in our 2020 Year end review and 2021 Q1 Review and Roundup, the Digital Health Technology industry continues to be on an investment tear in the first half of 2021. Digital Health Investment in 6 months of 2021 […]
Congratulations go out to Laurent Laferrière, Olivier Bourbonnais, Christelle Luce and the whole team at Montreal based startup Ditch Labs on the closing of a $1.3 Million Seed investment round. The capital injection will allow the company to pursue preclinical studies, advance its global regulatory plan and further product and algorithm development. Founded in 2019 Ditch […]
The Peak, the business email newsletter delivering daily business news to Canadians, also maintains a list of emerging and innovative companies from across the country. They have recently come out with their ‘The Best of Quebec’ list of companies featuring what they consider to be the most exciting businesses in Quebec today. As could be […]
