Brian Leedman

THERE is still room for businesses to get a piece of the action in the Foodbank Charity Golf Classic to be held at Lake Karrinyup Country Club on March 26.

FEATURE: Biotech and IT companies are enjoying renewed investor interest, but these innovative businesses are facing a changing capital raising market featuring less government support and, in Perth, a drastic shift in the venture capital sector.

A Perth based digital healthcare startup, ResApp Diagnostics has signed a heads of agreement to be fully acquired by Adam Sierakowski’s Narhex Life Sciences.

The number of backdoor listings or reverse takeovers in Western Australia is likely to rise after a change in ASX policy has simplified the process for emerging companies to access capital via existing entities.

Narhex Life Sciences has launched a $4 million capital raising to support development of a phone app that can diagnose illness by analysing the sound of a cough.

Perth-based biotech company ResApp Health had a steady first day of trade on the ASX today, after being acquired by Narhex Life Sciences in an $11 million backdoor listing.

ResApp Health develops digital healthcare solutions to assist doctors and empower patients to diagnose and manage respiratory disease.

Ardiden has appointed Bradley Boyle as executive director and Michael Stares as general manager – Canadian operations. Mr Boyle was formerly a managing director of Triton Minerals.

ResApp Health, a digital health company developing smartphone applications for the diagnosis and management of respiratory disease has appointed Nathan Buzza as non-executive director.

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