Entrepreneurship

UBC was recently named Canada's most innovative universities by Reuters. It is a growing hub for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Some of the programs that have been a driving factor towards enabling this entrepreneurial spirit include:

Entrepreneurship@UBC

A powerful combination of mentorship, education, venture creation and seed funding to support UBC students.

An on-campus startup incubator that provides high-tech entrepreneurs with creative spaces, a networking cafe, tools to build prototypes, and mentorship. To help early stage UBC ventures to get crackig, Hatch provides a small grant called the Concept Fund.

Success Stories

Meet some of the creative thinkers who are inventing new technology, creating new companies and helping drive the global economy.

Aspect Biosystems Ltd.

Learn how Aspect Biosystems using its unique 3D bio-printing technology to print human tissues.

Iris Automation

Learn how Iris is defining the future of commercial drones through its advanced collision avoidance technology.

Microdermics

Learn how Microdermic's hollow microneedle platform provides a painless means of delivering vaccines.

Awake Labs Inc.

Learn how Awake Labs is improving the lives of children suffering from autism.

NZ Technologies

Learn how NZ Technologies is enabling touchless control of contemporary devices in the operating room.

Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc.

Learn how Ostara is creating better ways for a better future by changing how cities manage nutrients in water streams.

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