NerView Surgical wins Falcons’ Fortunes 2026 for its precise nerve visualization technology making cancer surgeries safer for patients

April 24, 2026 – The $100,000 Ernsting Entrepreneurship award at FACIT’s Falcons’ Fortunes pitch competition was awarded to Mann Parikh, Founder and CEO of NerView Surgical.

Hamilton, Ontario startup NodeAI wins Falcons’ Fortunes 2025 for revolutionary lung cancer diagnostics using artificial intelligence

March 25, 2025 – The winning pitch at FACIT’s sold-out annual Falcons’ Fortunes pitch competition and recipient of the $100,000 Ernsting Entrepreneurship award was delivered by Dr. Waël Hanna, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of NodeAI Diagnostics (“NodeAI”). The Hamilton, Ontario based start-up is leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to improve the speed and accuracy in evaluating and staging non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The innovation is poised to address a long standing gap in lung cancer diagnostics that can better inform treatment decisions and ultimately improved patient outcomes.