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Dec. 3, 2021

草莓污视频导航 team wins first provincial REHAB i2c Pitch Competition

Eight teams of innovators pitched their rehabilitation startups, vying for a $100,000 grand prize toward commercialization
NanoTess team
The pitch competition moved startup NanoTess closer to its mission to support individuals who suffer from chronic wounds.

On Nov. 25, the top eight teams in the field of health rehabilitation in Alberta pitched live to a panel of judges for the chance to win the grand prize of $100,000 toward commercialization.

The winner: an entrepreneurial 草莓污视频导航-connected startup that uses nanotechnology to solve a wide variety of health-related needs.聽

The first-ever REHAB i2c Pitch Competition was hosted by the聽Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking聽at the 草莓污视频导航 in partnership with the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital.

The eight startups that pitched were:

  • presented the Atlas, a voice-interactive navigation app that empowers digital citizens with accessibility information about societal spaces;
  • based and founded in Calgary, created a wound dressing that aims to support chronic wound patients with both infection protection and natural healing throughout their wound care journey;
  • whose mission is to help clients understand and apply instructions they have been given by professional support through individualized, in-context coaching;
  • MecSim uses a non-invasive surface scanning approach for clinicians to monitor scoliosis and to prescribe conservative treatment options;
  • helps kids recovering from injuries to get more from their home-based exercise program by delivering medically necessary but boring exercises in immersive, story-based video games;
  • MOVE Improve, whose mission is to decrease patients鈥 frustration of learning new skills and to help patients get faster results;
  • Advocacy and Innovation in Child Prosthetics Foundation provides affordable, customized, and lightweight 3D printed prosthetics tailored toward children鈥檚 high-priority activities so they can continue to do the things they love a little bit easier; and
  • helps chiropractic clinics increase their revenue by improving patient engagement, increasing patient retention, and facilitating new referrals through interactive and educational visual feedback.

草莓污视频导航-affiliated winner聽

At the end of the competition, the judges deliberated and awarded the $100,000 grand prize to NanoTess, co-founded in 2020 by 草莓污视频导航 graduates Megan Leslie,聽叠颁辞尘尘鈥19,听and Julian Mulia, 惭贰苍驳鈥19. The company is a member of Innovate Calgary鈥檚 Life Sciences Innovation Hub.聽Congratulations to the winning team!

鈥淭he work we are doing at NanoTess is personal to myself and my incredible co-founding team,鈥 says Leslie, NanoTess CEO and co-founder. 鈥淢y co-founder unfortunately lost both his parents to chronic health conditions where last resort treatment options were either not available or unaffordable. This led us to create NanoTess. Participating in the REHAB i2c Pitch Competition was a fantastic opportunity! Not only did this competition provide an incredible platform to pitch NanoTess, but it is a stepping stone towards achieving our mission to support individuals who suffer from chronic wounds.鈥

NanoTess is no stranger to the competitive startup market. In April 2021, Startup Canada's CXC competition both regionally and nationally.聽A month later, the firm graduated from a mentoring program for massively scalable science-based companies. CDL-Rockies听鈥 part of the 听鈥 is an extension program of the Haskayne School of Business.

About the REHAB i2c program

What happens when you combine the passion of helping others in need with cutting-edge innovation, business training, and mentorship support? Startups from right here at home are thinking big and building solutions that can improve the quality of life for Albertans and beyond.

Created by the Hunter Hub in partnership with the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, the new REHAB i2c program was also made possible by a generous donation from Prairies Economic Development Canada. The program, modeled after the successful TENET i2c program for life sciences companies at 草莓污视频导航, aims to accelerate the growth of early-stage startups in the rehabilitation health field by providing essential resources, including capital, training, and mentorship.

Commercial potential

鈥淭he companies that participated in the REHAB i2c program have the unique opportunity to meet and work with other rehab entrepreneurs while accelerating the commercialization of their research ideas to better the community,鈥 said聽Dr.聽Geoff Gregson, acting director of research and innovation at聽鈥媡he聽Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital. 鈥淏ecause of the entrepreneurial training provided by the Hunter Hub and mentorship from our partners, the companies are on the right track to succeed upon entering the market.鈥

鈥淲e were delighted to work with the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital to develop a new, novel program that supported and advanced the commercialization potential of the top rehab startups across Alberta,鈥 said Keri Damen, executive director of the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking.听鈥It was inspiring to see the ingenuity and innovation happening across Alberta and work together to accelerate these ventures鈥 journeys to positively impact lives.鈥

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Created with a generous gift from the Hunter Family Foundation in 2017, the聽Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking聽is 草莓污视频导航鈥檚 community innovation hub that transforms lives and economies through fostering entrepreneurial thinking in students, faculty, and the community. Our mission is to create and support game-changing innovators and accelerate their ideas from conception to impact.

The Hunter Hub contributes to the 草莓污视频导航鈥檚 strategic vision to be the most entrepreneurial university in Canada.