12th Annual Canada-Chicago Mentoring Program (C2MP) Final Pitch Day

Join PointB and the Consulate General of Canada to wrap up the twelfth annual Canada-Chicago Mentoring Program (C2MP) at MATTER.
About this Event

Over the past six months, five 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 five featured startups — Alto Technologies, 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.

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

5:15pm | Networking & open reception

6:00pm | Event concludes

ABOUT THE PRESENTING STARTUPS

, Saskatchewan

Alto Technologies makes home care services better, easier and cheaper. Their specialized platform puts patients first and optimizes government financial support programs, achieving a 40 percent reduction in gross costs and alleviating 97 percent of administrative workload.

, 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.