Ideation → First revenue · Bridges
Pre-Revenue Bridge
You've spotted a problem in care that no product solves, and you have an idea for something better, or an MVP that needs to prove itself. Most programs wait until you have traction; we back you while the idea is still taking shape, when the right guidance changes everything. We help you prove you're solving a real, validated clinical problem, shape something the health system can actually adopt, and carry it through evaluation to your first paying customer, whether or not you've ever called yourself a founder.
Most great health ideas never leave the clinic, not because they're wrong, but because no one helps early, when it matters most.
Who it's for
Is the Pre-Revenue Bridge right for you?
Canadian-based clinicians, researchers, founders and teams building:
- Digital health solutions
- Digitally-enabled medical devices
- Wellness technologies with a clear healthcare application
Ideal teams are early (around TRL 3–6, from a proven concept to an early working prototype) and may be:
- Validating the problem space and clinical need
- Defining or refining their minimum viable product (MVP)
- Unsure how their solution fits into real-world care
- Preparing to engage early users, customers or partners
Whether you're still shaping the idea, starting to test it, or hunting for your first customer, the Pre-Revenue Bridge meets you where you are.
We help you navigate your IP. We never take it.
Your intellectual property stays exactly where it already sits, with you, or with your institution if that's the arrangement. We don't change who owns it, and we never take a share for ourselves. What we do is help you navigate it early: understand ownership and disclosure, know how and when to protect it, and get funding direction and mentors who've protected health inventions before, so you make the right moves before they get expensive.
What you'll get
Tailored business-model coaching
Refine your solution and articulate your value clearly.
Product alignment
Align your MVP with user needs, regulatory pathways and market expectations.
End-user feedback
Get input from the people who live the problem.
Health-tech-focused resources
Tailored resources and workshops built for health tech.
Ecosystem connections
Meet funders, partners and clinical champions.
Fundraising preparation
When you're ready to raise, build investor-ready materials.
Your journey to first revenue
A structured, staged path from concept toward commercialization.
Invention Bootcamp
The fast-paced entry point: pressure-test your assumptions, validate the problem you're solving, and sharpen your value proposition and MVP focus.
Invention Studio Session
Top teams are invited into a 6-month cohort with deep mentorship: problem and customer discovery, clinical workflow mapping, MVP refinement, and preparing for early traction and investment.
Invention Studio Session timeline
Invention Bootcamp
- Entry point into the full program
- Rapid assessment of business desirability, feasibility and viability
Six-month Invention Studio Session
- Cohort selection
- Objective alignment and customer discovery
- Deep mentorship, technical validation and clinical feedback
- Fundraising preparation and national showcase
- Ongoing growth support
Program outcomes
- Clear path to market
- Defined business model and investor ready
- Connected to the health-tech ecosystem
Our programs
From validated prototype to a product people buy
Once your idea holds up, these are the steps that turn it into something the health system will pay for. Each one builds on the last, and you can enter wherever you are.
Product-Market Fit (PMF) Program
Our flagship 3-month, milestone-driven program.
Refine, evaluate and position your solution for market success through structured support and direct engagement with health-care stakeholders.
- Sharpen your target market, positioning and unique value proposition
- Validate key assumptions with hospital users and customers
- Build the pricing and sales strategy to win your first customers
- Develop a clear pathway to product-market fit
- Explore progression to a product evaluation workshop or trial
Who it's for: Medtech and digital health companies with an MVP or prototype (TRL 5–6) ready to validate in real care environments.
Product Evaluation Workshop (PEW)
A fast-paced, high-impact session for quick, actionable insight.
Connect with real users to gather immediate, hands-on feedback on your MVP, surfacing usability gaps, refining features and strengthening your value proposition early.
Who it's for: Companies that have completed our Product-Market Fit Program, or that arrive with an MVP ready to put in front of real users.
Product Evaluation Trial (PET)
A 4-month, in-field evaluation in real care settings.
Structured testing in clinical settings gives you critical insight into:
- Usability and workflow alignment
- Adoption potential among providers
- Operational fit within real-world systems
- Overall readiness for market entry and scale
Who it's for: Companies that have completed our Product-Market Fit Program or a Product Evaluation Workshop and are ready for structured testing in the field.
Impact spotlight
“A game-changer, it connected me with a community of like-minded innovators who truly understood the journey.”
Konain Qurban
Founder, Axon Health · Invention Studio Session
Beyond the Pre-Revenue Bridge: CORE Innovation supports ventures across the full lifecycle. Once you have revenue, the Post-Revenue Bridge carries you into scale and hospital adoption, and the Research Bridge runs alongside both whenever you need clinical evidence.
Have an idea worth validating?
Tell us where you are and we'll find your next step.
Find your next stepor email contact@coreinnovation.ca