Meet the ventures
changing our innovation landscape.

We’ve worked with hundreds of UBC entrepreneurs finding solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems. From technological trends and advancements to cutting edge research innovations, UBC is a rich landscape of entrepreneurs who are ready to transform the world as we know it. 

Meet (some of) the ventures in our portfolio:

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  1. Stoko

    Stoko

    Stoko develops technologies that enable active individuals to rehabilitate joint injuries more effectively, allowing them to engage in activity without the limitations of joint pain.

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    • Stream: Lab2Launch
    • Stage: Alumni Venture
  2. Susgrainable logo

    Susgrainable Health Foods

    Susgrainable Health Foods provides baked goods (cookies and pancake mixes) using upscaled, spent grain flour.

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    • Cohort: 2020/2021
    • Stream: CORE
    • Stage: Alumni Venture
    • Studio: Climate Venture Studio
  3. Sustained Therapeutics logo

    Sustained Therapeutics

    Sustained Therapeutics develops proprietary sustained release analgesic formulations to treat chronic intractable genito-urinary pain, starting with chronic scrotal pain.

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    • Cohort: 2020/2021
    • Stream: Lab2Launch
    • Stage: Alumni Venture
    • Studio: Human Health Venture Studio
  4. Takachar Logo

    Takachar

    Takachar turns trash into cash (crop and forest residues into higher-value bioproducts).

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    • Stream: CORE
    • Stage: HATCH Venture Builder
    • Studio: Climate Venture Studio
  5. Total Flow Medical

    Total Flow Medical

    Total Flow Medical is an early stage medical device company with a product to eliminate injury or death caused by equipment used to keep patients alive, when their heart and lungs stop working.  

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  6. UmbraCity

    Umbra City

    Umbra City brings rainy communities to life and creates a more livable, sustainable, and sharable world. UmbraCity is a network of smart, automated umbrella rental kiosks, allowing users to borrow umbrellas when needed, and return at anytime.

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    • Stage: HATCH Venture Builder
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entrepreneurship@UBC propels UBC innovations out into the world through venture creation, providing UBC students, researchers, faculty members, alumni and staff with the resources, networks, and funding they need to succeed.

We are a part of Innovation UBC in the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) portfolio

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