Meet the 37 new teams in our Spring 2021 CORE Venture Building program
UBC is a rich landscape full of intra and entrepreneurial thinkers ready to make an impact. Across faculties, backgrounds and disciplines like Arts, Business, Engineering, Law and Medicine, we see some of the best and brightest of the UBC community come through our program, working on the next wave of tech disruptions and innovations that will influence the world.
Our CORE program is for early-stage ventures driving innovation through disruptive technologies, ideas and trends. In CORE, ventures focus is on achieving product-market fit and preparing for investment and growth. Working with our team and pool of expert mentors, these innovators are set to be the next leaders in our ecosystem making their mark in industries like fintech and SaaS products to climate solutions and consumer goods.
This new cohort is buzzing with ideas, ready to make real impacts on local and global scales, capitalizing on the trends and societal shifts that will move us towards a better future.
We’ve been working with this cohort for only a few weeks now, but know they are already changing the game...
Meet the 37 new teams in our Spring 2021 CORE Venture Building program!
aDORMable
aDORMable is a dorm rating service aimed at providing students with the best residence life experience. We believe that university memories cultivate in the corners of your living space.
BARRET
BARRET will develop and manufacture autonomous robots to assist with material handling in the construction industry.
Beanbag
Beanbag is a playground for amateur writers, where writing is made bite-sized and publishing is made easy.
Bee My Guest
Bee My Guest is the AirBnB for plant-based food, connecting hosts and diners to share stories, make friends and exchange culture over a home-cooked meal.
BlueForce
Cost saving, sustainable, long-cycle life forklifts powered fully by supercapacitors and convenient fast charging system.
Compile Lab
Reimagining eCommerce for both Businesses & Consumers through building an efficient & super-fast operation platform.
Compoztech Innovations Inc.
Compoztech builds single-use beverage container products that are more aligned with a true renewable circular model.
DE Innovations Inc.
DE Innovations Inc. develops and sells new consumer drinking products through the social media brand known as "Drunk Engineers".
EATEGO
A restaurant POS platform that handles everything from payment and ordering to analytics.
Eco-Friendlier Company
EFC is building an easy to use, one-stop platform for dog owners that are looking to find sustainable, trusted and healthy dog food options for their pets.
Edutech
A one stop virtual learning platform.
EduVenture
Every learner should have a community to provide accountability, collaboration, and competition. We want to give every learner a community to learn and thrive in, for motivation and active commitment.
FinBits
FinBits is developing an interactive game with bite-sized content to help Canadian youth gain financial literacy skills through a fun, social, and intuitive learning experience.
Green Wallet
Eco-friendly digital bank.
Green Your Lab
Green Your Lab provides the tools for academic, industrial and healthcare labs to Go Green and reach their sustainability goals.
Hikma Strategies
We help complex thinkers bring their ideas to new contexts through consulting, content development, facilitation, and training programs.
JAEDI
Eradicating the Black inferiority complex through building diasporic African identities.
Karenbility
Karenability desires to be a leader in the productivity space and the go-to service for customers desiring academic or professional accountability.
KooKoo
KooKoo is a one-stop service shop connecting customers to service providers as efficiently as possible.
Lurnweb
Lurnweb is an E-Learning Marketplace where students and instructors can learn and teach any skill, anywhere at anytime.
Messen Design Inc.
We're changing the way people think about furnishing their home.
NeckTech
Vancouver tech start-up designing a posture-correcting software using computer vision to detect prolonged poor posture.
Node Switch
The Node Switch aims to provide an easy setup, minimal maintenance, affordable true smart light switch to all the homes.
Nutri Generator
Nutri Generator is creating a countertop kitchen appliance that can make soups, noodles and deserts where you can control the start time through your smart phone.
Pacific Moonlight Aquaculture
We make seaweed snacks sustainably harvested from the pristine waters of British Columbia.