9th Annual Canada-Chicago Mentoring Program (C2MP) Kickoff

Schedule

Wed Feb 08 2023 at 04:30 pm to 07:00 pm

Location

MATTER | Chicago, IL

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Join PointB and the Consulate General of Canada to kick off the ninth annual C2MP program at MATTER.
About this Event

Join PointB@MATTER and the Consulate General of Canada to kick off the ninth annual Canada-Chicago Mentoring Program (C2MP) at MATTER. During this opening event, five dynamic digital health Canadian startups will pitch their solutions followed by a Q&A session after each pitch. After the main program, mentors will have an opportunity to meet the startups in a networking session.

Following the event, the startups will be matched with a cohort of PointB@MATTER mentors to help them refine their business development strategy for the U.S. market.


Agenda

4:30pm–4:45pm CT | Welcome remarks from MATTER and the Consulate General of Canada

4:45pm–6:00pm CT | Startup presentations and Q&A (15 minutes each)

6:00pm CT | Closing remarks

6:00pm-7:00pm CT | Networking and refreshments


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FEATURED STARTUPS:

— Vancouver, British Columbia

Leading health organizations can now digitally support better care. Their innovative platform was created by physicians and health tech experts using human-centered design. They make it quick and easy to deliver on the promise of patient success, better outcomes and great experiences.

Their clients can scale proven approaches to thousands of patients as their platform enables 1) person-centered team-based care within and across organizations, 2) patient and family engagement and 3) data driven continuous improvement.

— Winnipeg, Manitoba

Cerebra Health is focused on improving access and quality of diagnostic technology for the assessment of sleep and sleep disorders. Cerebra works in partnership with leading sleep scientists and researchers within Canada with a focus on market development and sales. Cerebra is currently responsible for bringing to market a state-of-the art technology, developed in Winnipeg by Dr. Magdy Younes, which revolutionizes how sleep is evaluated within both a lab and home setting.

— Calgary, Alberta

They develop the next generation of stents. Fluid Biomed is commercializing the first bioabsorbable brain stent to cure aneurysms. Brain aneurysms afflict up to five percent of people and can lead to devastating stroke. The company team of neurosurgeons, scientists and engineers has designed the world’s first hybrid polymer-metal flow-diverting stent to cure this deadly disease. Uniquely constructed of dissolving polymer and metal, this innovative medical device provides a scaffold to allow better healing and visualization of blood vessels.

— Halifax, Nova Scotia

HealthEMe is designed and developed to be an end-to-end product supporting an individual for their mental health needs, prior to, during and post their clinical intervention with a care provider. It is the first evidence-based tool that is independently trialed in numerous countries for efficacy and use across the healthcare, academia, pharmaceutical and insurance industries.

— Calgary, Alberta

At Mikata Health, they make it easy for clinics to provide outstanding care to all patients. They provide software that uses artificial intelligence to free up doctors and staff from tedious, low-value tasks, while improving their patients’ care. Clinics across Canada use their tools every day, and they have helped over 1.5M patients to date.


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MATTER's COVID-19 policy:

All visitors will be required to present proof of vaccination upon entering the MATTER office. Boosters and masks are optional. See full guidelines here.

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MATTER, 222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, United States

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