Providence Health Care Ventures and NIST Forge Research Partnership to Advance Privacy-Enhancing Technologies in Health Care
A new collaboration brings a real-world hospital environment into NIST’s Privacy Engineering Program for the first time with support from Samsung SDS and Knexus. The agreement marks a step forward in making advanced data privacy tools practical and accessible for health systems, researchers, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) worldwide. Samsung SDS and Knexus are…
Read MoreMeet Simone Peets: Bringing a new lens to innovation at PHC Ventures
Simone Peets grew up watching her parents navigate the health care system from the inside — her mother a hematologist, her father an intensivist, both physicians at St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH). It’s a vantage point that shaped how she thinks. “Seeing it from my mom’s lens has been really interesting,” she says. “She does a lot of value-based care…
Read MoreFirst participant at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital Phase 1 Clinical Trials Unit helps advance medical science
The new Mount Saint Joseph Hospital Phase 1 Clinical Trials Unit (MSJ CTU), which opened in September 2025, is helping advance early-stage research in British Columbia, enabled by the commitment of its healthy volunteers. Before any new medication or treatment reaches patients, it goes through a rigorous testing process to ensure that it is safe…
Read MoreThe Video Game the Body Plays Without Knowing It
How MindfulGarden is using biofeedback, nature, and a partnership with PHC Ventures to change how hospitals treat delirium without reaching for a vial. Imagine a hospital bed in a busy intensive care unit (ICU). A patient, someone’s mother, father, grandparent, suddenly doesn’t know where they are. They’re confused, frightened, agitated. They may pull at their…
Read MorePHC Ventures and Relentless Pursuit Management Partner to Accelerate Healthy Aging Innovation in BC
A first-of-its-kind collaboration in BC unites venture capital, clinical access, and AI-enabled health data built on institutional alignment that most partnerships take years to establish. Relentless Pursuit Management Inc., manager of the Relentless Venture Fund (Relentless), and Providence Health Care Ventures Inc. (PHC Ventures), the commercialization and investment arm of Providence Health Care, today announced…
Read MorePHC Ventures Profiled in CVCA’s 2026 Edition of The 50
We’re pleased to share that PHC Ventures has been featured in the 2026 edition of The 50, the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s (CVCA) annual guide to Canada’s venture capital market. Released in partnership with Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service, The 50 serves as a key resource for international investors, strategic partners, and market…
Read MoreHow Vancouver’s St. Paul’s aims to become the hospital of the future
This $2.18-billion hospital — which is designed for the latest and future technologies — is described as the first of its kind in Canada This story was originally published by the Vancouver Sun Vancouver was a rough-and-tumble but burgeoning frontier town when a group of nuns from Quebec arrived by train in the late 1800s,…
Read MorePHC Ventures joins Canada’s Delegation to Paris for the Adopt AI Summit
Inside the gilded halls of the Grand Palais in Paris, beneath vaulted glass ceilings that once hosted the first-ever aviation exhibition, a different kind of flight was being charted. Twenty thousand minds converged for Adopt AI—dubbed the “Davos of AI”—where presidents, tech titans, and health care pioneers gathered under the patronage of Emmanuel Macron to…
Read MoreBrian Simmers Joins National Conversation on Health Care Innovation
Providence Health Care’s Chief Financial Officer and President of PHC Ventures, Brian Simmers, recently took part in the Canada Health Innovation Summit in Montreal—a gathering of health care leaders focused on shaping the future of care delivery across Canada. Hosted by Bamberg Health, the summit explored critical themes such as digital transformation, system sustainability, AI…
Read MoreVentures Senior Director Moderates Health Care Innovation Panel at BC Tech’s Scaleup Academy
On November 18, Providence Health Care Ventures Senior Director of Medical Technologies, Vikram Devdas, stepped into the spotlight as moderator for the Scaleup Academy Webinar: HealthTech Innovation in BC – Scaling for Impact, hosted by BC Tech. The conversation tackled a big question: How do you scale breakthrough health care innovation in one of the most complex industries? Vikram guided an engaging…
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