Bonsai Beta Inc.

$100,000.00 CAD

≈ 16 months of average Canadian pay
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2018-2019
Agreement period
September 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2018-2019-Q2-911395

Published purpose

Bonsai Beta is a startup medical device company located in Edmonton, AB. We have developed a consumer medical device to help maintain the health of our eyes due to the growing use of digital devices and the increased prevalence of dry eye. Our device stemmed from a routine visit to an optometrist when a member of the founding team was diagnosed with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD), the leading cause of dry eye that affects over 30 million people in North America.

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