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Bounce Health Innovation
Challenge

Aging + Brain Health Edition

Advancing Innovation in Aging and Brain Health

After four months of collaboration, mentorship, customer discovery, and solution development, the first Bounce Health Innovation Challenge has officially wrapped up.

The Challenge brought together entrepreneurs, students, and innovators from across Newfoundland and Labrador to tackle real healthcare challenges through digital innovation. In partnership with the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), participants explored challenge statements focused on aging and brain health and worked to better understand the needs behind them before developing potential solutions.

Throughout the program, participants received mentorship, milestone-based funding, and opportunities to strengthen both their understanding of the problem and the solution they were developing.

The program culminated in a Final Showcase, where the five Phase Two teams pitched their solutions to a panel of judges. Three teams were selected to receive additional funding to help continue advancing their ventures and bringing their solutions closer to real-world impact.

Advancing Through Phase One

The first phase of the Challenge focused on exploration and validation. Teams spent the first two months digging into their chosen healthcare challenge through research, stakeholder engagement, and customer discovery. Along the way, they refined their understanding of the problem, tested early solution concepts, and presented their progress to an adjudication panel.

Following that process, five teams were selected to advance to Phase Two and each received $5,000 in non-dilutive funding to continue developing their solutions.

Congratulations to:

  • DischargeHUB
  • eLumino
  • OmaScan
  • SafeStep AI
  • VOK Developments Ltd.

Congratulations to Our Winning Teams

During Phase Two, the five teams continued strengthening and refining their digital health solutions, exploring implementation considerations, and preparing for the Final Showcase. Each team pitched its solution to a panel of judges, with the top three teams receiving additional funding to help continue advancing their venture.

Congratulations to our winning teams:

1st Place – OmaScan ($25,000)

2nd Place – VOK Developments Ltd. ($15,000)

3rd Place – DischargeHUB ($10,000)

Congratulations to all five Phase Two teams for their hard work, dedication, and commitment throughout the Challenge. We’re excited to see how these solutions continue to evolve.

Thank You To Our Supporters

A program like this is only possible through collaboration.

Thank you to the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) for supporting initiatives that strengthen health innovation in Newfoundland and Labrador.

We’re also grateful to Genesis for supporting participating teams throughout the program and to the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) for helping shape this inaugural Challenge around an important healthcare priority.

Thank you as well to our judges, Charlene Brophy (Fonemed), Josh Taylor (TxtSquad), Brett Vokey (BreatheSuite), and Jason Trask (Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship), whose thoughtful questions and feedback helped make the Final Showcase a valuable experience for every team.

Most of all, thank you to all of the participants and teams who embraced the Challenge! We appreciate the time, energy, and dedication you brought to the program, and we’re excited to see where your passion for improving  health care takes you all and where the innovations and ventures created go next.

Interested In The Next Challenge?

The Aging + Brain Health Edition was the first Bounce Health Innovation Challenge, and it’s only the beginning.

We’re looking forward to launching our next Challenge this fall as we continue bringing innovators together to tackle meaningful healthcare challenges and accelerate the development of new digital health solutions.

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This programming has made possible in part to the support of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA).