CARRÉ
Carré Technologies inc. is a privately held Montreal-based company that develops Hexoskin wearable health-monitoring garments and complementary biosensor devices, paired with AI-driven signal analysis software for healthcare providers, consumers, and medical device manufacturers, plus R&D consulting services to Canadian corporations.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2008
- HeadquartersMontréal, Canada
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingServices
What CARRÉ does
Carré Technologies inc. operates from a single headquarters in Montreal, Quebec (5800 St-Denis, suite 601) and runs two interconnected lines of business under the leadership of founder and CEO Pierre-Alexandre Fournier. The first is a product business built around the Hexoskin sub-brand of smart garments and a broader portfolio of wearable medical technologies — ECG/EMG/EEG monitors, electrodermal activity meters, pulse oximetry, electronic thermometers, blood pressure monitors, breathing sensors, and Computer Aided Diagnosis software — designed to capture continuous biosignal data for telemedicine, telecardiology, and personal health tracking. The second is an R&D consulting practice that monetizes the company's underlying expertise in audio, video, and biomedical signal processing, algorithm design, and machine learning, delivering R&D planning, technical training, testing, and custom software development to Canadian corporations, with explicit support in obtaining SR&ED Tax Incentive Program credits.
The company's revenue model is therefore a hybrid of hardware sales (Hexoskin DTC via a global e-commerce storefront and complementary medical devices), subscription or recurring software revenue (health analysis tools for physicians), and project-based professional services (R&D consulting). Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: enterprise consulting is sold through inbound email inquiries to Canadian corporations, while consumer hardware is sold through the hexoskin.com storefront. Customer segments span healthcare providers and physicians using wearables for remote patient monitoring, health-conscious consumers seeking 24/7 tracking, and medical device manufacturers contracting specialized algorithm and sensor development work.
Underlying technical capabilities include proprietary biosignal processing pipelines, machine-learning-based pattern recognition across ECG, breathing, and activity streams, and supporting infrastructure spanning analog/digital circuit design, FPGA, Bluetooth/Zigbee/802.15.4/USB connectivity, embedded firmware, and iOS application development. The company indicates ISO 13485 quality management compliance for medical device production and serves North American (primarily Canadian) markets, with no disclosed revenue, funding rounds, headcount figures, named enterprise customers, patents, or partnership agreements in the available source material — all of which represent material data gaps for any investment assessment.
CARRÉ firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- CARRÉ
- Legal name
- Carré Technologies inc.
- Website
- https://carretechnologies.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2008
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Carré Technologies inc. is a privately held Montreal-based company that develops Hexoskin wearable health-monitoring garments and complementary biosensor devices, paired with AI-driven signal analysis software for healthcare providers, consumers, and medical device manufacturers, plus R&D consulting services to Canadian corporations.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
CARRÉ industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Wearable Health Monitoring Devices
- NAICS
- Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)
- SIC
- Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845), Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Smart Fitness & Training Devices (Connected Fitness Sensors, Smart Jump Ropes, etc.) (CRACAQAH)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- ECG/EKG & Heart Rhythm Monitors (Consumer) (CRACAQAC), Fitness Wearables & Training Tech Retail (Heart-Rate Monitors, GPS Watches, Sensors) (CRAMADAH)
Keywords
Where CARRÉ is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Montréal
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
CARRÉ business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- R&D Consulting Services: Provides R&D consulting services at different levels including R&D planning, independent technological and scientific advice, technical training, testing, and custom software development for Canadian corporations eligible for SR&ED tax credits
- Wearable Health Devices: Develops and sells wearable medical devices including Hexoskin smart clothing for health monitoring
- Health Analysis Software: Provides software tools for physicians and telemedicine/telecardiology applications to analyze biosignal data
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels3 records
CARRÉ product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Carré Technologies develops and sells wearable biosensor devices — headlined by the Hexoskin smart clothing line that monitors ECG, breathing, and activity 24/7 — and provides R&D consulting services in audio, video, and biomedical signal processing, algorithm design, machine learning, custom software development, technical training, and testing for consumer products and medical devices.
Product overview
Carré Technologies develops a portfolio of wearable health monitoring solutions centered around Hexoskin smart clothing, which monitors health metrics 24/7. Supporting this core product are multiple medical technology devices including ECG/EMG/EEG wearables, pulse oximetry, electronic thermometers, blood pressure monitors, and breathing sensors. The company also provides Computer Aided Diagnosis software to help physicians analyze the collected biosignal data. In addition to products, Carré Technologies offers R&D consulting services in signal processing, algorithm design, and machine learning for consumer products and medical devices.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Hexoskin: Wearable body metrics product line including smart garments that monitor health metrics 24/7 including ECG, breathing, and activity monitoring for telemedicine and telecardiology applications.
Products and services
- Hexoskin Smart Clothing Smart clothing line that monitors health metrics 24 hours a day, recording ECG, breathing, and activity data for personal health tracking and telemedicine/telecardiology applications. Targets health-conscious individual consumers as well as healthcare providers.
- R&D Consulting Services R&D planning, independent technological and scientific advice, technical training, testing, and custom software and web development for consumer products, medical devices, and sensors, with pre-approval and report-writing assistance for Canadian corporations seeking SR&ED tax credits. Targets Canadian enterprises developing consumer products, medical devices, and sensors.
- Wearable Medical Sensor Portfolio (ECG/EMG/EEG, Pulse Oximetry, Blood Pressure, Breathing, Electrodermal Activity, Electronic Thermometers) Portfolio of wearable biomedical devices for monitoring electrical activity of the heart (ECG), muscles (EMG), and brain (EEG), as well as electrodermal activity, blood oxygen saturation (pulse oximetry), continuous body temperature (electronic thermometers), continuous blood pressure, and respiratory patterns (breathing sensors). Targets healthcare providers, researchers, and medical device manufacturers.
- Computer Aided Diagnosis Software Software tools that help physicians find the most relevant data from wearable device recordings to support medical diagnosis in telemedicine and telecardiology workflows. Targets healthcare providers and physicians using wearable monitoring for patient care.
Companies that use CARRÉ
Customer profileSegments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
CARRÉ technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability4 records
Feature5 records
CARRÉ partnerships and signals
Strategic signalRecent moves5 records
Expansion highlights5 records
CARRÉ competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Apple (Apple Watch): Apple Watch offers FDA-cleared ECG, heart-rate, and health-monitoring features at massive consumer scale; an incumbent that competes with Hexoskin in continuous personal cardiac monitoring despite not offering ECG-equivalent clinical apparel.
- Fitbit (Google): Fitbit (now under Google) is a broad consumer fitness wearable platform with heart-rate, sleep, and activity tracking at scale; comparable end-user health-monitoring use cases though lacking the clinical-grade ECG and smart-garment focus of Hexoskin.
- Garmin: Garmin is a major incumbent in fitness and health wearables with ECG-equipped watches, optical HR sensors, and broad global distribution; comparable on continuous biosignal monitoring for athletes and health consumers, though it does not offer a smart-garment form factor.
Direct peers
- iRhythm Technologies: iRhythm\u2019s Zio patch is a wearable continuous cardiac monitor used in clinical arrhythmia detection; directly comparable in continuous ambulatory cardiac biosignal monitoring for healthcare providers and telemedicine workflows.
- Withings: Withings builds consumer and clinical-grade connected health devices including ECG, blood pressure monitors, sleep analyzers, and pulse oximeters; closely comparable multi-modality consumer health-monitoring portfolio and telemedicine positioning.
- Polar Electro: Polar manufactures heart-rate monitors, sports watches, and wearable sensors widely used in sports science and clinical research; directly comparable in continuous HR/HRV biosignal wearables serving athletes and research institutions.
- VitalConnect: VitalConnect produces medical-grade wearable biosensor patches (VitalPatch) streaming continuous ECG, HR, respiration, and temperature to remote patient monitoring platforms; closely comparable medical-grade wearable multi-parameter monitoring business.
- Whoop: Whoop sells a strap-based continuous biometric monitor capturing HR, HRV, sleep, and recovery metrics on a subscription model; directly comparable in continuous-wearable health monitoring for consumers, athletes, and researchers, using a different but adjacent form factor to Hexoskin.
Emerging players
- OMsignal: OMsignal was a smart-shirt wearable biometrics company offering ECG, HR, and breathing sensing in apparel; an emerging/specialized smart-clothing peer to Hexoskin in the niche of biometric smart garments for fitness and health.
- Athos (Mad Apparel): Athos developed EMG-based smart apparel for muscle activity and fitness training; a niche emerging player in the smart-clothing wearable category most adjacent to Hexoskin\u2019s EMG/ECG biosignal garments.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
CARRÉ social profiles
Digital presenceCARRÉ compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
CARRÉ financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
CARRÉ leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
CARRÉ funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
CARRÉ M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about CARRÉ
What does CARRÉ do?
Carré Technologies develops and sells wearable biosensor devices — headlined by the Hexoskin smart clothing line that monitors ECG, breathing, and activity 24/7 — and provides R&D consulting services in audio, video, and biomedical signal processing, algorithm design, machine learning, custom software development, technical training, and testing for consumer products and medical devices.
Is CARRÉ a public or private company?
CARRÉ is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was CARRÉ founded?
CARRÉ was founded in 2008. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is CARRÉ based?
CARRÉ is headquartered in Montréal, Canada, in the North America region.
How does CARRÉ make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. R&D Consulting Services are the primary driver. The others are wearable Health Devices and health Analysis Software.
Who are CARRÉ's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Apple (Apple Watch), Fitbit (Google) and Garmin. Direct peers are iRhythm Technologies, Withings, Polar Electro, VitalConnect and Whoop. Emerging players are OMsignal and Athos (Mad Apparel).
Does CARRÉ have an API?
No public API is recorded for CARRÉ.
What industry is CARRÉ in?
CARRÉ's product category is Wearable Health Monitoring Devices. Its primary akta.pro industry code is CRACAQAH, Smart Fitness & Training Devices (Connected Fitness Sensors, Smart Jump Ropes, etc.), with a secondary code of CRACAQAC, ECG/EKG & Heart Rhythm Monitors (Consumer). Its NAICS code is 334510 and its SIC code is 3845.