​BVZ Health Innovation Showcase

​Where Healthcare Meets Innovation

​Event Details

​📅 Thursday, August 13, 2026

​🕕 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

​📍 TMU School of Medicine, 150 Central Park Drive, Brampton

​About the Event

​Join the Brampton Venture Zone (BVZ) for an inspiring evening celebrating the next generation of Canadian health innovation.

​Focus Activations:

• ​BVZ HealthTech Pitch Competition

• ​Entrepreneurial Healthcare Panel

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​The BVZ Health Innovation Showcase features the Top 10 startups from our 2026 BVZ Launch HealthTech Cohort as they deliver fast-paced, 3-minute pitches, presenting innovative solutions across health, wellness, clinical care, and community health.

​This showcase serves as the qualifying event for the BVZ Demo Day, taking place during the Brampton Venture Expo (BVX) on September 10, 2026. Founders will pitch before a panel of healthcare and innovation leaders, with the Top 5 startups advancing to compete for up to $70,000 in non-dilutive funding at the BVZ Demo Day.

​Whether you're a healthcare professional, entrepreneur, investor, student, researcher, or ecosystem partner, this is an opportunity to discover emerging ventures, connect with innovators, and experience the future of healthcare innovation being built in Brampton and beyond.

​Featured Panel Discussion

​The Entrepreneurial Healthcare Professional: Innovation in Modern Clinical Practice

​Panelists: Dr. Jobin Varughese, Latchmi Raghunanan, Ph.D., & Andrea England

​This engaging panel brings together founders and healthcare professionals working at the intersection of clinical practice and entrepreneurship. Together, they'll explore how frontline experience drives innovation, what it takes to transform healthcare challenges into scalable ventures, and why entrepreneurial thinking is becoming an essential skill for the next generation of healthcare leaders.

​Whether you're a medical student, resident, clinician, founder, researcher, or simply passionate about healthcare innovation, this conversation offers practical insights into how innovation is reshaping modern clinical practice and creating new opportunities for impact.

​Event Agenda

​6:00 PM – Registration & Networking

​6:20-6:30 PM – Opening Remarks

​6:30 PM – 7:20 PM – BVZ Health Innovation Showcase
Top 10 Founder Pitch Competition

​7:25 PM  – Featured Panel
The Entrepreneurial Healthcare Professional: Innovation in Modern Clinical Practice

​8:00 PM – 8:30 PM – Networking & Closing

​Who Should Attend?

• ​Healthcare professionals and clinicians

• ​Medical students and residents

• ​HealthTech founders and entrepreneurs

• ​Researchers and academics

• ​Investors and industry partners

• ​Startup ecosystem leaders

• ​Innovation supporters and community members

​Registration

​Admission is free, but space is limited.

​Register today to discover Canada's next generation of health innovators, connect with healthcare leaders, and witness the startups advancing to the BVZ Demo Day at the Brampton Venture Expo on September 10.

​Organized by Brampton Venture Zone (BVZ)
Co-Hosted by the School of Medicine at Toronto Metropolitan University
Powered by Brampton Innovation District

​Photography Disclaimer

​When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to such recording media and its release, publication, exhibition or reproduction.