Investor Profiles
Listed below are the Investors who will be available to accept meetings during our event. We will be adding more to this list as the event draws closer.
AdBio Partners
Biotech
AdBio partners’ unique strategy combines early-stage investments in promising startups and strong entrepreneurial support to enable and strengthen the company’s growth.
As an early-stage investor, we act as a catalyst to create companies based on innovations coming from academic research. We have established relationships with leading research institutions and technology transfer offices in Europe and benefit from the support of strong network of scientific, clinical, industry and financial partners.
The operational team is managed by Alain Huriez, MD, Chairman and Managing Partner, and Clément Bertholet, Managing Partner. The team includes seasoned investment professionals with long-standing track records in entrepreneurial ventures, combined with strong scientific, medical and operational expertise.
As an early-stage investor, we act as a catalyst to create companies based on innovations coming from academic research. We have established relationships with leading research institutions and technology transfer offices in Europe and benefit from the support of strong network of scientific, clinical, industry and financial partners.
The operational team is managed by Alain Huriez, MD, Chairman and Managing Partner, and Clément Bertholet, Managing Partner. The team includes seasoned investment professionals with long-standing track records in entrepreneurial ventures, combined with strong scientific, medical and operational expertise.
Therapeutic focus
AllosteRx Capital
Biotech
Early-stage investor into companies developing therapeutics and therapeutic platforms in the advanced therapies with a focus on CGT and related technologies.
Raising seed to Sr A; therapeutics, cell and gene therapies or related, e.g. in vivo CAR, etc.
Alpha Bronze
Biotech
Life Sciences investor
Strong management team; quality of the assets, IP & scientific team
Amplitude Ventures
Biotech
Amplitude Ventures is a capital catalyst for highly innovative companies at the point of value acceleration. We work with the most promising healthcare companies that share our vision of bringing groundbreaking technologies to patients. Amplitude is building world-class companies in precision medicine and next-generation medical devices.
Since 2012, the Amplitude team has deployed a venture growth model used to build Canadian companies with world-class management teams and scale companies to breakout potential. This model has been used by the team to create, build, and grow companies, resulting in over $6 billion in company value.
Since 2012, the Amplitude team has deployed a venture growth model used to build Canadian companies with world-class management teams and scale companies to breakout potential. This model has been used by the team to create, build, and grow companies, resulting in over $6 billion in company value.
Seed to Series A biotechnology focused
Anik Capital
Apotex
Pharma
Apotex is a Canadian-based global health company. We improve everyday access to affordable, innovative medicines and health products for millions of people around the world, with a broad portfolio of generic, biosimilar, and innovative branded pharmaceutical products. Headquartered in Toronto, with regional offices globally, including in the United States, Mexico, and India, we are the largest Canadian-based pharmaceutical company and a health partner of choice for the Americas for pharmaceutical licensing and product acquisitions.
In-Licensing, collaborations, partnerships, and acquisitions of late stage, submission ready, or marketed products across our core TAs including Oncology, Ophthalmology, Specialty CNS, Women's Health, and Dermatology in Canada, the US, and LATAM. We will be opportunistic across other TAs
Arkin Capital
Biotech
Biotech VC focused on therapeutics
Preclinical with a drug candidate nominated, raising for a clinical PoC
Battiston Group
Biotech
Family Office
Status, Financials, Investment Request, Prospectus and Term Sheet is prepared
Bloom Burton & Co.
Biotech
Bloom Burton & Co. is a Toronto-based investment banking and advisory firm focused exclusively on the healthcare and life-sciences sector. Founded in 2008, the firm works with healthcare companies and investors to accelerate the development, financing, and commercialization of innovative medical technologies
No specific requirements, just the most compelling opportunities.
BoxOne
Biotech
BoxOne Ventures is a Montreal early stage investment fund investing across deep tech
Life Sciences
BSQUARED Capital
Biotech
BSQUARED Capital is a biotech-focused family office fund started in late 2023 by Roberto and Carlo Bellini. We invest in companies developing therapeutics in late preclinical or clinical stage with a disease- and modality-agnostic mindset.
Companies we are looking for
- Therapeutics companies only
- Late preclinical or clinical stage
- Therapeutics companies only
- Late preclinical or clinical stage
Continuum Health Ventures
Other
Early stage VC - healthtech, techbio, aging biology ++.
Deep bio+ tech expertise. Large global target problem. Early validation.
Covar Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Pharma
Covar Pharmaceuticals specializes in the contract development of small-molecule NCEs, 505(b)(2) products, and complex generics, including formulation development, clinical supply manufacturing, and regulatory strategy and submissions. Our Health Canada–approved site is located in Mississauga, Ontario.
Innovative companies developing small molecule drugs. We are also interested in connecting with investors which may be interested in identifying pre-clinical to Phase 1 assets on the behalf of our clients.
CPDC
Biotech
CPDC is actively seeking direct Seed and Series A investments, in-licensing and collaboration opportunities in the radiopharmaceutical space.
As dedicated partners, we bring sector expertise and a robust network to collaborate with management teams, enhancing value and advancing the impact of radiopharmaceutical-focused innovation.
As dedicated partners, we bring sector expertise and a robust network to collaborate with management teams, enhancing value and advancing the impact of radiopharmaceutical-focused innovation.
Seed, Series A
Radiopharma therapeutics, diagnostics and enabling technologies
Radiopharma therapeutics, diagnostics and enabling technologies
CQDM
Biotech
CQDM is a non-profit biopharmaceutical research consortium whose mission is to support and facilitate multi-stakeholder collaborative R&D that accelerates translation of leading-edge discoveries into vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics addressing unmet medical needs while generating significant benefits for the Canadian economy.
Early stage companies with platform technologies looking to connect with our 11 global paharma members
CTI Life Sciences Fund
Biotech
CTI Life Sciences Fund is a leading Canadian biotech VC fund investing in Canada, US and Europe. Our investment thesis centers around catalyzing and transforming investments through our hands-on approach. We are therapeutic and modality agnostic, deploying companies developing best-in-class or first-in-class therapeutics addressing real medical unmet needs and commercial potential
Biotherapeutics company
EKS Ventures
Biotech
EKS Ventures is an advisory and venture studio firm based in Toronto. We create value and build strong companies based on relationships with customers, financiers, research, clinical development, and commercial partners. By actively listening, asking questions, and focusing on people, EKS empowers companies to make the best possible decisions and executes commercial plans. Our combined expertise across multiple therapeutic modalities positions us uniquely to support companies in value creation. EKS is composed of seasoned executives with a combined 50+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
We would like to meet with companies looking towards their next value infection point and work with a team who can drive this value creation step. We are particularly interested in building a portfolio of assets in the area of muscle health and muscle biology.
Eli Lilly
Pharma
https://www.lilly.com
I focus on neuro but also happy to meet with oncology, immunology, and cardio metabolic companies. I like AI companies with application in Pharma field.
Esplanade Ventures
Digital Health
Esplanade HealthTech Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on digital health. Based in Toronto, with offices in Montreal, the fund invests globally and actively partners with early-stage and high growth digital health companies shaping the future of healthcare delivery. Esplanade has deep entrepreneurial, investment, and industry experience and provides its portfolio company founders with privileged access to the firm's partners, experts, and broader global ecosystem.
Primarily focused on Seed / Series A digital health and life sciences software opportunities with an interesting AI component
Fonds FTQ
Biotech
The Fonds de Solidarité FTQ is a Quebec labour sponsored fund. We invest in many different sectors, one of which is life sciences, in which we have invested more than 2B$ over the last 30 years.
We can only invest in companies that are based in Quebec. We mainly invest in biotech but are open to discussing with companies in other sectors

