BC B U S I N E SS NOVEM B ER/ D ECEM B ER 2025 | 35 Shane Madden: Tiffaney Lawson
FINALIST
THE KICKOFF:
Anyone who has ever waited an entire work shift in the
emergency room knows that North American health-care
systems are stretched thin—and so too do B.C.-based
entrepreneurs Shane Madden and Vahid Shababi. When
the COVID-19 pandemic had folks shifting away from visits
to the doctor's office in preference to remote solutions
(telehealth calls, for example), the two business partners
recognized it was time to move quickly with their platform
and merge technology, mobility and compliance.
Enter Hydreight Technologies Inc., a digital health com-
pany bringing licenced health-care professionals directly to
patients, wherever they are. The platform, which focuses
on the U.S. market, gives direct-to-consumer access to
nurses, doctors, labs and medications in full compliance,
plus offers weight loss treatments, hormone therapy and
other wellness services.
"We are the future of health care in the United States.
COVID expedited that because now people want to have
medications, doctor visits and all that at their convenience,
at their place with the cheapest price," says Shababi.
ACTION PLAN:
Hydreight Technologies Inc. aimed to give quick health-care
access to patients who were suddenly relegated to phone
calls and virtual visits, but the puzzle to solve was how they
could keep up compliance across 50 different states, each
with its own rules and regulations. The first step they took
was understanding all the legislation across the pharma-
ceutical boards, nursing boards and medical boards.
The result is that, today, Hydreight "creates that
platform and infrastructure that anybody can use," says
Shababi.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
Providing a solution to the health-care problem has defi-
nitely been profitable for Shababi and co., with reported
revenues in 2024 reaching to more than $16 million.
Hydreight Technologies has projected 27.5-percent rev-
enue growth—and with the company now public, enabling
Hydreight to leverage stock as a currency for acquisi-
tions and partnerships, it's well-positioned to reach that
mark.–K.A.
Shane Madden
FOU N D ER AN D C EO;
Vahid Shababi
PR ES I D ENT,
H Y D R E I G HT TE C H N O LO G I E S I N C.
An embarrassing
obsession of yours?
VS: Eating. I love food.
SM: Working!
An odd job
you've had?
VS: Club promoter.
SM: Professional golfer.
After work, we
can find you...
VS: Spending time with my
son and my family. And sports:
I play sports, I watch sports.
I live and breathe that.
SM: Entertaining 20-month-
old twins and maintaining
mama's sanity.
RAPID
FIRE
