2017 ONtrepreneurs

A record number of eleven Ontario Innovators were awarded to join ONtrepreneurs program to become Ontario Neurotech ONtrepreneur. We are excited to add eleven new innovative neurotech companies to our growing portfolio.

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 neurological disorders using machine learning to analyze behavioral and physiological data collected through a phone app and a wearable.

Adam Palter

Pronura

Using eye-tracking technology, Pronura is developing a non-invasive, and inexpensive method for testing multiple neurological diseases simultaneously with accuracy unseen in any current tests.

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.

Charles Cuerrier

Spiderwort

Spiderwort is developing a creative and original strategy to utilize cellulose biomaterial to recruit cells that are already in our body to repair the spinal cord and restore its function.

David Groppe

Waveminer

Waveminer produces AI-powered software to help physicians more accurately and efficiently identify seizure-producing brain regions in patients suffering from epilepsy. Our software will improve surgical access and outcomes for the 250,000 patients in North America who could benefit from epilepsy surgery.

Eliav Shaked

RetiSpec

RetiSpec is developing a non-invasive retinal scanner for early detection of Alzheimer's Disease pathology years before symptoms occur, so that clinicians can intervene with emerging therapeutics early, when there’s a chance of actually impacting the disease.

Erica Tathem

ParticipAid

ParticipAid provides neuroscientists with engagement and knowledge translation tools to make their research more accessible, transparent, and engaging. At the same time, ParticipAid makes it easier for the public to discover, learn about, and participate in research, all the while making the experience more rewarding.

Joseph Geraci

NetraMark

NetraMark services pharmaceutical companies by using a new machine-learning process to save time and money during the clinical trial process by revealing precise insights about patient populations.

Manmeet Maggu

Trexo Robotics

Trexo Robotics is building a robotic exoskeleton suit for children under the age of 13 with cerebral palsy that provides repetitive motion therapy through the robotic gait as well as everyday mobility.

Mark Thoburn

Mobio Interactives

Mobio Interactive’s mobile meditation platform delivers measurable, validated mindfulness meditation programs to high stress clinical and workplace populations.

Michael Willand

EpiNeuron Technologies

Epineuron Technologies is building the world’s first electroceutical device engineered to supercharge and accelerate regeneration of injured nerves. Our technology delivers electrical stimulation that boosts the nerve’s natural biochemical process to heal and repair itself when injured.