KASTx Ventures is excited to announce today our digital health venture Lumiio is receiving $1.3 million in funding from Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan). The funds will help the company continue building out its digital health projects and expand into wearable technologies to better collect real-world health data. This generous contribution Read more…
KASTx Ventures is excited to announce our portfolio company Raft Digital Therapeutics and founding partner Biogen Canada have launched a therapeutic game for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) called Cloud Bazaar. The game is equipped with motion capture technology, designed to track players’ movements as they progress through progressively difficult level, Read more…
Two of KASTx Ventures’ portfolio companies have been selected to join global tech investor Plug and Play Alberta’s prestigious digital health accelerator program, the first of its kind at the newly built Alberta offices. Lumiio, a company specializing in developing digital health programs for the purposes of improving health outcomes Read more…
Lumiio recently announced in partnership with MitoCanada, the launch of a new patient registry for mitochondrial diseases. The registry will allow for centralized data collection from patients and their families. Providing this data to health communities and their stakeholders will allow for expedited drug discovery, faster diagnoses and ultimately deeper insights to help improve quality of life for patients. There Read more…
Pure Life Carbon (PLC), an advanced carbon growing medium producer and KASTx Ventures portfolio company, has recently completed a successful capital raise of $13 million, laying a strong foundation for future growth and expansion. The funds have allowed the company to start building out their production facility in Red Deer, AB to help meet the growing demand for their products from Read more…
Lumiio, KASTx Ventures’ cornerstone digital health and data collection company, has announced their successful System and Organization Controls (SOC2) Type 1 compliance. This rigorous auditing assessment is the first in a two-step process for the company to receive full SOC2 accreditation. Receiving this first certification is a step towards demonstrating the first-class data protection and cybersecurity practices company follows. The next Read more…
Dataffinity Health has announced an official rebrand to celebrate its continued growth and expansion of its programs to 18 countries. The new name Lumiio reflects the guiding force the company has become to other stakeholders across the health communities they work with. KASTx Ventures has been an integral partner supporting Lumiio’s growth through expertise in corporate strategy, governance, Read more…
KASTx Ventures is excited to announce a new collaboration with Dr. Geoff Frost, the first-ever Commercialization Fellow at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary. Frost is a physiatrist who is working to develop an innovative technology that will help individuals experiencing chronic pain to track the effects of physiotherapy exercises.