Smart brains up in Canada: 11 early-stage neurotech entrepreneurs receive award by The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)

— A record 11 Ontario innovators awarded $50,000 to become Ontario Neurotech Entrepreneurs (press release): “The Ontario Brain Institute [OBI] today announced the 2017 winners of its pioneering Ontario Neurotech (ONtrepreneurs) program to help early-stage entrepreneurs take their ideas “from the lab to the marketplace.” Since 2012, the ONtrepreneurs program has awarded $50,000 to each winner and has supported 34 entrepreneurs to-date. The program flows directly from OBI’s mandate to unlock the huge commercial and medical potential from what is already one of the largest communities of brain scientists in the world. One new benefit, through a collaboration with IBM Canada, is the opportunity to access the entrepreneurial services offered through IBM Global Entrepreneur Program…” The vast majority of the Winners are working on Digital Brain Health solutions and devices: Ahmed Elmeligi HiNT HiNT is developing a wearable point-of-care device that monitors high-risk patients, and alerts them if they are having a stroke, enabling immediate medical attention before it’s too late. Joseph Geraci NetraMark NetraMark services pharmaceutical companies by using a new machine-learning process in order to save time and money during the clinical trial process by revealing precise insights about patient populations. Andrea Palmer Awake Labs Awake Labs is building a platform to measure indicators of anxiety in real-time to empower care and self-management for people with n...
Source: SharpBrains - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Technology Awake Labs Brain-health digital health Epineuron Technologies HiNT IBM IBM Canada IBM Global Entrepreneur Program marketplace Mobio Interactive NetraMark neurological neurotech Ontario Onta Source Type: blogs