Join the Temerty Medicine Commercialization & Partnerships Unit and Translational Biology & Engineering Program for ECHO PITCH 2026!

Watch six startups from the 2025-2026 ECHO (Entrepreneurship for Commercialization of Health Opportunities) program pitch their groundbreaking health technologies and compete for funding from a $200K pool. The pitch competition will feature two streams, General Health and Cardiovascular Health, each offering a $100K prize. The startup finalists are: A2O, Aortico, ArteraNova, Heprion, Neuropeutics, and Sensible Vascular.

The event will also feature a fireside chat with Dr. John H. Wong (Co-founder & CEO, Fluid Biomed; Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Alberta Health Services) and moderated by Dr. Keith Pardee (Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, U of T; Lead Mentor, Health Innovation Hub).

Join to learn, network, and set your entrepreneurial spirit free!