Sudbury, North Bay entrepreneurs selected for Vale’s COVID-19 funding

A team of North Bay high school robotics students and a Sudbury-based med-tech startup are among the winners of the Vale COVID-19 Challenge.

In early April, the Brazilian nickel-mining giant announced a challenge seeking innovative solutions that could be rapidly commercialized to address problems posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Vale agreed to put forward up to USD$1 million in funding to help get the successful ideas to markket. Read more.