Addressing the needs of the next generation of companies developing innovative human health products

OBIO® supports early-stage and venture-backed life sciences and health tech companies enabling them to raise capital, hire and train industry-ready talent, facilitate the commercialization and market adoption of their technologies in health systems, and access infrastructure. Through the OBIO® membership, we offer companies and their teams access to mentorship & expert resources, grants and experiential learning opportunities.

WE SUPPORT COMPANIES WITH:

Capital Access & Adoption

 

We support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) at each stage of their journey:

  • Early-seed stage of venture financing with access to capital

  • Seed and post-Seed stage

  • Commercial stage and procurement programs

Skills Development & Training

 

Through our Skills Development and Training offerings, we help life sciences and health tech companies recruit and develop industry-ready talent, offer entrepreneurship programs to ensure the continuum of talent from early career to leadership and the C-suite, and collaborate with partners in the academic ecosystem to develop and nurture an industry-ready workforce.

Job Board: in partnership with BioTalent Canada, OBIO® is offering its members better recruitment support through the The PetriDish™ platform, a trusted hub for life sciences talent in Canada.

Infrastructure Support

 

Desk hoteling for emerging Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): fully furnished
co-working space available for rentals at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus (University of Toronto), in the heart of Toronto's Discovery District.

Wet lab space: working towards increasing the inventory wet lab space in Ontario by providing SMEs access to services through partnerships with wet lab innovation centres.

WE HAVE SPECIAL AREAS OF FOCUS IN:

Women in Health

 

Women in Health Initiative (WiHI): supports women entering and advancing their careers in business development roles in the health science industry. Among other initiatives, the WiHI Seed Program addresses the significant barriers that women-led health science companies face in accessing financing.

Critical Technologies

 

Life Sciences Critical Technologies & Commercialization (LSCTC) Centre of Excellence: provides infrastructure, commercialization, technology adoption and talent programming to accelerate the use of critical technologies: 5G and advanced networks, ethical artificial intelligence, blockchain, cybersecurity, quantum and robotics