July 12, 2024

Meet the 5 ventures graduating from HATCH this summer

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HATCH Venture Builder is a collaborative initiative between entrepreneurship@UBC and the Institute for Computing Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) supporting UBC’s thriving community of interdisciplinary innovators. As part of HATCH, teams work closely with our bench of Entrepreneurs in Residence (EiR’s) who lend their expertise and experience to the next generation of leaders creating impact. Teams go through curated training sessions, pitch events, present at showcases, as well as receive office space to create impact at UBC Point Grey and Robson Square, all while having access to ICICS’ state of the art Makerspace.

This summer, we are sending off 5 ventures who are graduating from the program after some 18-24 months of scaling their companies, achieving milestones, and raising capital.

It was a bittersweet moment for the entrepreneurship@UBC and HATCH teams to see all of the successes these ventures have reached so far within our program, but now we get to send them off into the next phase of their entrepreneurial journey. 

Here are the 5 ventures that are graduating from HATCH this summer:

Bioform Technologies:

Bioform aims to revolutionize the plastics industry by offering climate positive materials that match the performance, processing-speed and cost-effectiveness of conventional plastics.

Cohort: 2021/2022
Program: Lab2Launch
Stage: HATCH Venture Builder

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Three people smiling holding an award.

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CanDry Technologies:

CanDry revolutionized the agri-food dehydration with its innovative and sustainable low-temperature technology. Their mission is to prevent the nutritional loss in the drying process of food.

Cohort: 2022/2023
Program: Lab2Launch
Stage: HATCH Venture Builder

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Two people smiling holding an award

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OnDeck Fisheries AI:

OnDeck Fisheries AI is revolutionizing fisheries monitoring and enabling sustainably managed fisheries for generations to come.

Cohort: 2022/2023
Program: Lab2Launch
Stage: HATCH Venture Builder

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OnDeck Fisheries AI team receiving their award.

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Sarcomere Dynamics:

Sarcomere Dynamics has designed a near-human robotic hand for system integrators and manufacturers who are dissatisfied with heavy, bulky, expensive, and low-dexterity end-effectors.

Cohort: 2022/2023
Program: CORE
Stage: HATCH Venture Builder

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Sarcomere Dynamics member receiving an award.

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UVX:

UVX helps senior homes decrease infection risk, PPE and HVAC costs, ultimately increasing staff retention and productivity.

Cohort: 2023
Program: CORE
Stage: HATCH Venture Builder

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UVX team receiving an award

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Congratulations to our graduates! We look forward to championing the next steps of your venture building journeys.

 


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