Spring has announced the winners of two consecutive Impact Investor Challenges and they are both Vancouver startups. Healthtech startup Tenzr will receive an investment of at least $70k as the winner of the NIMBUS Synergies Impact Investor Challenge. Tenzr combines intelligent wearable sensors, gamification, and healthcare expertise to provide clinicians and patients with motivation, guidance, and […]
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Decoding Vancouver Tech
As Vancouver’s technology publication of record, Techcouver reports on and discusses at length the many regional entrepreneurs and organizations applying technology and innovation to the Canadian economy. There are now more than 111,000 tech occupations in Vancouver, where tech work accounts for roughly one-third of all occupations—a figure up 69% over five years. The West Coast city proudly maintains the […]
Alertive Founder Bolsters Expertise of Tenzr Health Ahead of US Launch
Tenzr Health is a Canadian company using wearable sensors, gamification, and healthcare expertise to provide patients with motivation, guidance, and certainty in their musculoskeletal recovery journey. The Vancouver-based health-tech firm, which launched last year, announced recently the addition of Alertive Healthcare founder Nirav Shah, MD to its advisory team. Dr. Shah is noted as an experienced […]
Vancouver’s Tenzr Expands Its Wearable Health Tech Offering to Ontario
Combining wearable sensors and gamified exercises, Tenzr Health‘s physical therapy device gives invaluable feedback and data to patient and therapist. After wider adoption in clinics across British Columbia, the Vancouver startup’s wearable health tech is now available in physiotherapy clinics in Ontario. Thunder Bay’s Hand and Upper Limb Clinic and Toronto’s Orthopaedic Therapy Clinic have […]
Physical Therapy Is About To Witness The Next Innovation Wave
Nearly 1 out of 3 Canadians have sustained some form of Musculoskeletal injury. The prevalence of these injuries, which include carpal tunnel and tennis elbow among others, continues to rise due to our increasingly sedentary lifestyles, uptick of computer and cell phone usage, and growing aging population. In many cases, these individuals turn to a […]