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2012 VenturePrize Winners Announced!

NanoVenturePrize

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Parvus Therapeutics Inc. – Calgary (Phil Coggins and Jord Cowan)
A privately held biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing a nanotechnology-based therapeutic platform for the treatment of autoimmunity.

Runner-Up
Aquila Diagnostics Inc. – Edmonton (Jason Acker and David Alton)
An early stage life sciences company focused on bringing revolutionary point-of-care diagnostic testing for infectious diseases and genomic markers to the livestock industry.

Fast Growth

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Innovative Trauma Care Inc. – Edmonton (Dennis Filips and Ian Atkinson)
Focused on the area of pre-hospital trauma care, Innovative Trauma Care develops point of injury solutions to treat common causes of preventable death.

Runner-Up
Pedpad Inc. – Calgary (Nima Rohani and Kamyar Arjomand)
Pedpad offers a digital shoe-sizing technology with in-store and online applications. Retailers who implement the Pedpad device will enable consumers to save time in finding shoes that fit.

Student Finalists

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Orpyx – Calgary (Breanne Everett, Marcel Groenland and Amanda Hehr)
Orpyx is developing a solution for diabetics who have lost sensation in their feet and are susceptible to undetected foot ulcers and infections, potentially requiring amputation.

Runner-Up
Enercal Data Systems – Calgary (Chad Grose and Eric Bouwsema)
Enercal is building CALTrack: intelligent data software for the oil & gas industry. CALTrack provides easy-to-use, intelligent tools to manage critical calibration processes in the oil & gas industry.

Runner-Up
CitizenBridge – Lethbridge (Aamna Zia)
CitizenBridge is developing Gov 2.0, an online platform that directly connects Canadians and government by facilitating conversations between citizens and their representatives.

Read the full press releases at our VenturePrize Media page.

 
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