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April 22, 2026 (Oakville, ON) – Today, the CAN Health Network and Thin Air Labs announced a new partnership designed to support Canadian startups and founders with the tools needed to accelerate their growth, including how to access non-dilutive funding opportunities and build the connections needed to increase the likelihood of securing that funding.
Thin Air Labs – one of Canada’s leading venture capital and consulting firms – works with innovative companies across Canada, providing capital, strategic funding, and ecosystem support to help founders build globally competitive businesses. The CAN Health Network is a national platform that connects Canadian health innovators with leading health care operators to validate solutions that address the top challenges in health care across the country.
At the core of this collaboration is access to Thin Air Labs’ Funding Catalyst Service – a professional service that equips companies with expert guidance to unlock non-dilutive funding sources such as grants and tax credits, while helping them craft compelling narratives and build the relationships essential to securing capital and scaling globally. To date, the service has helped companies raise almost $90 million.
“At our core we help companies grow so they can create meaningful impact in the world,” says Thin Air Labs Co-founder and Managing Partner, James Lochrie. “This partnership with CAN Health Network means our trusted experts can help even more health and life science companies secure the funding they need to scale, ensuring improved healthcare for Canadians.”
“At our core we help companies grow so they can create meaningful impact in the world,” says Thin Air Labs Co-founder and Managing Partner, James Lochrie. “This partnership with CAN Health Network means our trusted experts can help even more health and life science companies secure the funding they need to scale, ensuring improved healthcare for Canadians.”
Eligible companies who are part of CAN Health Network’s Membership Program will have access to the Funding Catalyst Service, working directly with dedicated funding experts across sectors to identify the right funding opportunities to ensure they are set up for success now and in the future, while saving companies time and capacity to stay focused on building the business.
“This partnership is about giving Canadian health innovators the support they need to succeed, from validation in real-world health care settings to the capital required to grow and scale,” said Dante Morra, Founder & CEO, CAN Health Network. “By combining our strengths with Thin Air Labs, we’re helping companies navigate the funding landscape more effectively, ensuring more homegrown solutions are adopted in Canadian health care, and helping to build a stronger, more resilient Canada.”
About CAN Health Network
CAN Health Network is a federally supported national platform that connects Canadian health technology companies with healthcare organizations to validate and scale innovative solutions. By pairing innovators with health system operators, the network accelerates the adoption of technologies that improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
About Thin Air Labs
Thin Air Labs is a Canadian venture capital and consulting firm fuelling the growth of founders. They invest in early stage companies through their venture fund, help founders secure non-dilutive capital with their Funding Catalyst service and they nurture the Canadian innovation ecosystem through their involvement and influence with community builders and critical partners.
