Plug and Play Alberta Announces 16 Startups for the Fourth Cohort of its Digital Health Program
CALGARY, ALBERTA, October 5, 2023 - Plug and Play Alberta has announced 16 startups selected for the fourth cohort of their Digital Health program. The aim of this initiative is to bring global innovation to the region through the expansion of businesses, providing guidance, and facilitating pilots and proof of concepts among selected startups.
Corporate partners will jointly select and guide participating startups in the Digital Health program, including Boehringer Ingleheim Canada and Takeda Canada. An Advisory Panel has been established to engage with startups during the 3-month program, including representatives such as Patty Wickson from Alberta Health Services, Sam Koirala from Novartis Canada, Dalton Thibodeau from Bayer Canada, and other representatives from Roche.
"We have a strong lineup of startups joining us for Batch 4 of our Digital Health startup accelerator program," said Lindsay Smylie, Director of Plug and Play Alberta. "These companies are at the forefront of pioneering health technologies, and over the next three months, they’ll be able to collaborate directly with leading health organizations aiming to revolutionize the healthcare sector.”
The Plug and Play Health vertical unites exceptional startups and corporations dedicated to addressing innovation hurdles in industries related to the essential resources that drive, nourish, and house our global community. Since the launch of Plug and Play Alberta in January of 2022, 36 startups have been accelerated in the Digital Health program, resulting in several business opportunities for Albertan, Canadian, and international startups.
The 3-month program officially launched on September 7, 2023 and will run until the Plug and Play Alberta EXPO on November 30th, 2023 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This EXPO will mark the highly anticipated graduation of Plug and Play’s Fall 2023 cohort.
Learn more about the 16 startups participating in the program:
Dedicated to scaling and democratizing access to effective medical care for obesity.
Ayble is a digital digestive health platform that combines nutrition and psychology to improve GI symptoms and reduce cost.
Focused on developing AI- enabled rapid diagnostics for cardiac diseases.
Creating a world where everyone affected by inflammatory bowel disease can thrive.
Our Digital Care Journey platform enables hospitals to engage, monitor, and stay connected with patients across healthcare journeys.
Sifio Health unlocks surgical capacity with technology. The AI solution optimizes surgical workflow to transform future performance.
Shifting the future of care through predictive clinical screenings and expert lab analysis.
Innovation at the Crossroads of Healthcare Supply Chain and Quality Care!
Our doctors guide patients through lifestyle changes to reverse the underlying process of Type 2 Diabetes.
Empowering healthier lives with personalized, AI-enhanced health coaching for chronic disease management.
My Viva Plan® automatically builds personalized care plans driving accountability for patient self-care & efficiency for health coaches.
Rare Disease Patient Community-Sourced PRO and RWE platform.
Hero AI is transforming care and saving lives by building one of the world’s most customizable AI platforms for Healthcare.
Search built for health.
Changing the way people think about same day care through digital health.
Pentavere is a digital health AI company with a proven and validated patient identification solution that improves patients’ lives, while creating revenue opportunities for pharmaceutical companies and cost savings for healthcare systems.
About Plug and Play Alberta
Plug and Play Alberta is building a world-class innovation platform to attract top technology and investment to the region and support Albertan entrepreneurs to scale and grow, hire tech talent, and propel digital transformation across the province. Plug and Play is part of the Alberta Scaleup and Growth Accelerator Program that is run by a consortium led by Alberta Innovates. The consortium, which also includes the Government of Alberta, Edmonton Unlimited, the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, and Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), allocated $35 million over three years to retain business accelerators. It’s part of the Alberta government’s goal to help create 20,000 jobs and increase technology firm revenue to $5 billion by 2030.
About Plug and Play Tech Center
Plug and Play is the leading innovation platform, connecting startups, corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we're present in 45+ locations across 5 continents. We offer corporate innovation programs and help our corporate partners in every stage of their innovation journey, from education to execution. We also organize startup acceleration programs and have built an in-house VC to drive innovation across multiple industries where we've invested in hundreds of successful companies including Dropbox, Guardant Health, Honey, Lending Club, N26, PayPal, and Rappi. For more information, visit www.plugandplaytechcenter.com.
Plug and Play Contact
Cameron Smithers
Program Manager, Health
Plug and Play Tech Center
c.smithers@pnptc.com