12th Annual Canada-Chicago Mentoring Program (C2MP) Final Pitch Day
About this Event
Over the past six months, four strategically selected Canadian startups were matched with a cohort of PointB mentors to help them refine their business development strategy for the U.S. market.
Join us at MATTER for this in-person closing event. The four featured startups — Cobionix, Vessl Prosthetics Inc., Foqus Technologies and CliniScripts — will present their final pitches and share insights gained throughout the program. Following the presentations, please join us for the keynote address from Dr. Michael Bloom , Canada’s Global Executive and the Founding Director of the Center for Health Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Loyola University Chicago.
After the program, join us for a networking reception and refreshments.
Agenda (CT):
3:00pm | Doors open
3:30pm | Welcome remarks from MATTER CEO Steven Collens, Advisory Board Chair of PointB@MATTER Dr. Steven Gould and the Consulate General of Canada
3:45pm | Canadian venture pitches
5:00pm | Keynote from Dr. Michael Bloom, Canada’s Global Executive, Founding Director of the Center for Health Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Loyola University Chicago
5:15pm | Networking & open reception
6:00pm | Event concludes
ABOUT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Michael Bloom, PhD
Dr. Michael Bloom is the founding director of the Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CHIE) and clinical associate professor at Loyola University Chicago’s Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health. He also serves as a Canada Global Executive – participating in a program of the Trade Commissioner Service at Global Affairs Canada to connect accomplished leaders living abroad with Canadian enterprises needing strategic guidance.
Dr. Bloom joined Loyola from the University of South Florida (USF). As associate vice president for research and innovation, he oversaw system-wide engagement, innovation and strategic research initiatives, and supervised the incubation of more than 75 healthcare, medical device, and pharma startups in USF’s Tampa Bay Technology Incubator and Student Innovation Incubator.
He earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication from McGill University in Montreal, where he was selected as a Doctoral Fellow of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
ABOUT THE PRESENTING STARTUPS
, Ontario
CliniScripts (developed by MarkiTech) is an AI co-pilot for clinicians, offering a medical scribe tailored for pediatric development and mental health professionals.
, Ontario
Cobionix is a medical robotics company building AI-native systems to automate non-invasive clinical procedures outside the operating room. Founded in 2021, its flagship product, CODI®, is a collaborative robotic arm designed to integrate seamlessly with existing medical devices and clinical workflows.
, Ontario
Foqus Technologies is a med tech innovator transforming magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) through advanced software solutions. Their mission is to make MRI scans dramatically faster, more accessible and cost-effective for healthcare providers and patients. Foqus’s FDA-cleared solution leverages proprietary AI and quantum technologies to reduce scan times from around 40 minutes to under 10 minutes.
, Ontario
Vessl Prosthetics Inc. is pioneering novel prosthetics for amputees, led by biomedical engineers, clinical anatomists and prosthetists. The first product, Kinn, is an automatically adjusting socket system that empowers amputees through improved comfort.
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