VANCOUVER – Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill (pictured), CEO and chief medical officer of Careteam technologies, a Vancouver based physician tech entrepreneur, received the Startup Canada’s Western Canada Women Entrepreneur of the Year Award, sponsored by the Business Development Bank of Canada.

The 5th annual Startup Canada Awards recognize and celebrate outstanding achievement in Canada’s entrepreneurship and innovation community.

“Congratulations to the 2018 winners of the Startup Canada Awards,” said Victoria Lennox, co-founder & CEO of Startup Canada. “These winners represent the very essence of entrepreneurship. We are proud to celebrate their success with Canadians and our partners around the world.”

“Being recognised by this national organization as a leader in tech entrepreneurship is a tremendous honour, and my hope will inspire people on my team, in my community as well as my own three daughters,” said Dr. Greenhill.

“We live in times where Canadian leaders can rapidly go from idea to massive scale and I am so thrilled to see the impact that our innovation will have for patients and physicians in Canada and beyond.”

Regional winners will now be evaluated by the National Adjudication Committee; comprised of some of Canada’s leading entrepreneurship and industry experts. The national winners will be announced and celebrated at the Startup Canada Awards Grand Finale in Ottawa on October 18, 2018, following Startup Canada Day on the Hill.

About the Startup Canada Awards
The Startup Canada Awards can be likened to the Oscars for the Canadian entrepreneurship community. The awards celebrate and recognize individuals, communities, and institutions that demonstrate innovation, excellence, outstanding achievement, and impact in advancing entrepreneurship in Canada:

• Celebrate those working to advance entrepreneurship in Canada;
• Increase awareness of the importance of strengthening Canada’s entrepreneurship ecosystem and culture; and,
• Incentivize efforts and elevate the ambitions of the Canadian entrepreneurial and innovation community.

For more information, visit www.startupaward.ca.

About Careteam Technologies
Careteam Technologies is a team of highly experienced individuals who have now come together around a common passion to solve the problem of healthcare fragmentation and enable patients to experience optimal health. Careteam is a digital health platform that enables patient-centered care collaboration and system navigation across different health conditions and contexts (hospital, clinic, community and home) so everyone involved is on the same page – patients, family and health professionals. Sold as SaaS to health organizations, Careteam is set to scale in Canada, US and the UK, with an initial focus on dementia. For more information, visit www.careteam.tech.