Five Years Bold: Healthcare Founder Stories Shaping Brampton’s Innovation Future

In the venture world, five years isn’t just an anniversary — it’s proof.

Proof that founders are rising.
Proof that an ecosystem is maturing.
Proof that a city is becoming something bolder than before.

To mark this milestone, Brampton Venture Zone (BVZ) by TMU created Five Years Bold, a video series that turns the spotlight toward the leaders, innovators, and healthcare founders who are actively reshaping Brampton’s innovation economy.

More than metrics, this series captures the heartbeat of venture building — the why, what, and how behind companies that began as a spark and grew into purpose-driven, scalable businesses.

At its core, Five Years Bold is a story about people. Founders who chose courage when things got hard, who built with heart, and who leaned into the power of a community determined to see them win.

In healthcare — more than any other sector — innovation often begins with something deeply personal. A moment of friction, a painful experience, or a question that simply won't go away.

The founders featured in Five Years Bold prove this truth over and over again.

• Latchmi Raghunanan (external link) , Maman Biomedical (external link) 
Her difficult IVF journey led to one powerful thought that changed everything:
“Man, this sucks. I wish there was a better way.”
That moment became her life’s mission — to build tools that improve fertility outcomes and reduce emotional and financial strain for families.

• Neelam Bance (external link) , MedGeneius (external link) 
Frustrated after years in “corporate pharma,” Neelam kept asking why medications work for some but not for others. Discovering pharmacogenomics answered that question — and unlocked her entrepreneurial purpose to end trial-and-error medicine once and for all.

• Sakeena Mihar (external link) , Savyn (external link) 
Driven by the desire to reduce trauma suffering globally, Sakeena built a platform that enables users to overcome severe trauma — often within weeks — through evidence-based digital therapy.

These sparks are powerful — but turning them into scalable companies requires strategy, structure, and an ecosystem that believes in building alongside you.

Every founder knows the leap from “idea” to “company” isn't romantic — it’s operational. It’s structure. It’s strategy.

It’s the part of entrepreneurship no one posts on LinkedIn.

Across every story in Five Years Bold, one theme stands out: BVZ gave founders the foundation they needed to build businesses that last.

For Tenomix, BVZ’s structured framework was the difference between overwhelm and clarity: "BVZ was the architect of our company’s foundational success.”

Shreyansh of Waive shared that while his team understood technology deeply, they didn’t yet understand how to build trust in healthcare settings.

BVZ became their bridge:
“The endorsement they gave us opened the door to our largest client.”*

This is what early-stage founders need most — someone to build the scaffolding while they build the future.

A founder can spark an idea alone.

But they cannot scale alone. Brad captured it perfectly: “Innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum.”

BVZ’s healthcare community is built on one principle: lead with heart, build as a collective.

Sakeena described joining BVZ as “coming home,” a place where mission-driven founders are met with empathy, support, and accountability.

Latchmi echoed that sentiment, calling BVZ a “huge champion ally… a game changer and door-opener.”

This is the ecosystem effect: where proximity leads to possibility.

Where founders accelerate not just because of resources — but because of each other.

Each story stands alone — but together, they reveal how healthcare innovation is taking shape in Brampton.

• Sakeena Mihar (external link)  — Savyn (external link) 

Restoring lives through trauma-healing technology.

• Neelam Bance (external link)  — MedGeneius Inc. (external link) 

Reimagining personalized medicine for every patient.

• Shreyansh Anand (external link)  — Waive

Building trust-driven healthtech that empowers care teams.

• Saumik Biswas (external link)  — Tenomix  (external link) 

Automating pathology workflows to accelerate diagnosis.

• Latchmi Raghunanan (external link)  — Maman Biomedical (external link) 

Reinventing fertility innovation through science and compassion.

• Brad Kewalramani (external link)  — Culture Mindful (external link) 

Championing psychological safety in workplace culture.

Over the last five years, BVZ has supported and graduated 80+ startups, helping founders transform ideas into ventures that are improving healthcare, driving economic growth, and shaping its innovation identity.

And now — with a renewed five-year collaboration with the City of Brampton — we’re just getting started.

The next chapter is bigger, bolder, and more collaborative than ever.

We’re building:

• A stronger healthtech pipeline
• A more connected founder community
• A more vibrant innovation district

Five Years Bold is not the end of the story — it’s the foundation for the next one.

To follow the journeys of the founders shaping the future of health innovation in Brampton, explore the full BVZ Five Years Bold playlist (external link)  on YouTube.

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BVZ is woven into Brampton’s innovation story — and we’re building its next chapter together, one bold founder at a time.