New Ventures

How we work

We employ a unique in-house model to refine and de-risk commercially viable new venture opportunities at UHN. Our team of seasoned industry business development experts, IP specialists and legal counsel, in concert with our Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, work on nurturing newly-founded companies – maximizing patient impact around the world.

Our new ventures contain robust IP portfolios, most-often equipped with long-term protection.

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Many of our more mature companies are open to later-stage investments.

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4Ig

Biologic in development for CNS disorders with applications in ophthalmology

Porphysome

Nanomedicine therapeutic opportunity with new generation of multi-capacity photosensitizers

Enesar

Improving cardiac arrest survival rates after ventricular fibrillation (VF)

GLIACHEM

Harnessing neuroinflammation biology for innovation in drug development

DNT Therapeutics

Novel form of cell therapy platform

Vela

Harnessing the power of cytokines for the treatment of cancer.

Paradox Immunotherapeutics

Developing antibody therapies to treat rare diseases caused by protein misfolding.