Swibo: Physiotherapy as a game

Swibo takes the drudgery of physiotherapy and turns it into a fun, competitive game. The game itself, Tilt, runs on an Android phone, which is placed onto a balance board; the phone is connected wirelessly to a computer and monitor where the player can view the action. The player plays the game by using the balance board to do their prescribed physiotherapy exercises, which are cleverly disguised as a game. While they play, Tilt measures performance and balance, collecting data that can be used to track improvement, identify strengths, weaknesses, and patterns in a player's balance to tailor player training schemes.

Tilt has been tested with the New Zealand Artificial Limb service for use with amputees.  This is a large and growing market, with amputations due to diabetes growing rapidly. Tilt is also a useful game for injury prevention and sport training. This is also a large market – over $1B was spent in 2014 on out-of-commission professional athletes, and Swibo have signed up a high-profile Wellington sporting franchise as an early customer.

Cofounder and CEO Ben Dunn leads a team of five, including two devs, a designer, and a UX specialist. They're young, lean, and ready to take on the world from Wellington. Ben is a dual US and NZ citizen, and wants to lead the charge into the US market, whilst basing the research, development, and operations in Wellington.

SWIBO started life in the Victoria Entrepreneur Bootcamp, which was jointly run by CreativeHQ's and VicLink, and they're currently raising a seed round.