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Tech About Town by Communitech
Communitech
38 episodes
6 days ago
Tech About Town gives you an inside look at what's happening in Waterloo Region tech. Each episode brings you a unique view from a founder, ecosystem partner, Communitecher, and maybe a local celebrity. Communitech was founded in 1997 by a group of entrepreneurs committed to making Waterloo Region a global innovation leader. At the time it was just a wild idea, but somehow this community managed to pull it off. Today, Communitech is a public-private innovation hub that supports a community of more than 1,600 companies — from startups to scale-ups to large global players.
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Tech About Town gives you an inside look at what's happening in Waterloo Region tech. Each episode brings you a unique view from a founder, ecosystem partner, Communitecher, and maybe a local celebrity. Communitech was founded in 1997 by a group of entrepreneurs committed to making Waterloo Region a global innovation leader. At the time it was just a wild idea, but somehow this community managed to pull it off. Today, Communitech is a public-private innovation hub that supports a community of more than 1,600 companies — from startups to scale-ups to large global players.
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Detecting the undetectable: Shalini Gupta on building Asima Health
Tech About Town by Communitech
29 minutes 30 seconds
4 months ago
Detecting the undetectable: Shalini Gupta on building Asima Health

When a personal health scare revealed the limits of existing diagnostic tools, scientist and entrepreneur Shalini Gupta saw an opportunity to build something better.

On this episode of Tech About Town, Shalini shares how that moment led to the creation of Asima Health, a startup focused on same-day, blood-based cancer screening.

She talks about the challenges of launching a biotech company as a solo founder in Canada, how her research background enabled a breakthrough in early detection and why she's focused on making cancer monitoring more accessible for survivors.

From Velocity to the FDA, it’s a conversation about perseverance, precision and purpose.

  • 0:04 — Intro and why preventative health matters
  • 1:51 — Shalini’s health scare and how it inspired Asima Health
  • 3:33 — Turning academic research into commercial technology
  • 8:56 — How the test works across multiple cancer types
  • 11:57 — Why she’s focused on cancer survivors as a market entry point
  • 16:48 — Navigating U.S. vs. Canadian healthcare systems
  • 19:15 — Shalini’s journey as an immigrant founder and personal sacrifices
  • 21:38 — Building a team in Kitchener and the support of Velocity and Communitech
  • 23:51 — Virtual Fierce Founders experience and the power of mentorship
  • 26:20 — Advice she’d give herself before starting the company
Tech About Town by Communitech
Tech About Town gives you an inside look at what's happening in Waterloo Region tech. Each episode brings you a unique view from a founder, ecosystem partner, Communitecher, and maybe a local celebrity. Communitech was founded in 1997 by a group of entrepreneurs committed to making Waterloo Region a global innovation leader. At the time it was just a wild idea, but somehow this community managed to pull it off. Today, Communitech is a public-private innovation hub that supports a community of more than 1,600 companies — from startups to scale-ups to large global players.