When pharmaceutical companies are ready to ramp up the output of their products, they turn to BioVectra.
Organization: Communitech
The Short Report – November 2, 2022: National Women’s Health Research Initiative; Ted Rogers Centre for Health Research receives $90 million; Canadian VC funding declines; Gairdner Awards; and more
The Short Report – November 2, 2022: National Women’s Health Research Initiative launched; Ted Rogers Centre for Health Research receives $90 million; VC funding declines across Canadian ecosystems; Gairdner Award winners feted; and more
The Short Report: October 19, 2022 – Transforming Nokia HQ, investing in oral health research, CASTL officially opens in Charlottetown, and more.
A big expansion for Nokia with support from all levels of government; CIHR invests in a pan-Canadian network to lead oral health research, biomanufacturing training site CASTL officially opens, and more.
Billion-Dollar Babies: Clutch reinvents Canada’s used car market
The second of Research Money’s “Billion-dollar babies” interviews, this one with Dan Park, CEO of the on-line automobile retailer Clutch.
Billion-Dollar Babies: Previan’s innovation driven by customers
Team True North’s “billion-dollar babies”: Q&A with Martin Thériault, founder and CEO of Previan, a Quebec-based industrial technology focused on customer-driven innovation.
Billion dollar babies: what Team True North means for Canada
Communitech CEO & President Chris Albinson explains the vision and implications of his organization’s “Team True North” strategy.
Canada growing more $1-billion “unicorn” companies, global startup ecosystem report shows
More Canadian companies are remaining in Canada to grow “unicorns” (firms with a $1-billion or more valuation) rather than selling early to foreign entities, according to data in Startup Genome’s 2022 Global Startup Ecosystem Report. Meanwhile, in Atlantic Canada the number of startups slowed for the second year in a row, according to a separate report by Nova Scotia-based Entrevestor.
Canada looks to own another podium
Waterloo-based business accelerator Communitech has announced the roster of Team True North, which consists of Canadian firms that are poised to grow to at least $1 billion in revenue by 2030. The methodology for identifying these enterprises is similar to the highly successful Own the Podium initiative, which dramatically increased Canada’s Olympic medal count.
Conference recap: finding your best people in all the right places
A Research Money conference panel heard that the difficulty many companies have in find good employees may be less about a lack of candidates are more about taking a different look at the wider pool of talent available to them.
The Short Report – October 13, 2021: CIHR launches Indigenous opportunity fund to tackle COVID-19 challenges; a new president for PHAC, Communitech focuses on company scaleups, and more.
A new CIHR-led opportunity fund will provide up to $6 million in support for Indigenous health and well being; PM Trudeau makes changes to the senior ranks of the public service; Communitech announces True North Strategy to bolster revenue of Canadian startups, and more.
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