UBC’s HATCH Venture Builder is celebrating the graduation of six research-based startups, highlighting the depth and diversity of venture creation emerging from the university’s innovation ecosystem.
The accelerator, which supports established UBC research-based spin-off companies, celebrated the graduating ventures on May 26. Over up to 18 months, HATCH teams receive mentorship from Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, access to office and makerspace facilities, and programming designed to help them reach major commercial milestones, including investment rounds, partnerships, and repeatable sales.
This year’s graduating cohort includes companies working across technology, mining, healthtech, sustainability, medical imaging, and water treatment.
Broadsight Technology, led by CEO Steve Lowry, helps organizations turn fragmented messaging across shared drives, emails, and spreadsheets into a unified workspace. During its time in HATCH, the company focused its scope, doubled its annual recurring revenue, built an internal data chatbot, and secured major clients including BC Ferries, Colliers, health authorities, and large universities.
Minpraxis Solutions, led by CEO Stefan Nadolski, is focused on helping the mining industry design, build, and operate assets more efficiently. The company achieved real commercial revenue with strategic customers and graduated with what UBC described as a strong balance sheet and growing pipeline.
Mitra Biotechnologies is developing nanomaterial-integrated diagnostic platforms for real-time, small-sample, point-of-care testing. Founder Neil Mitra advanced the company’s technology from theoretical equations into laboratory demonstrations while completing his biomedical engineering degree. The company also raised a funding round and earned recognition through the Z Fellowship, a Presidential Scholarship, and SoftBank Group’s Masason Foundation.
Mosa, founded by CEO Prishita Agarwal, is reducing waste by upcycling discarded glass bottles into home decor. The startup more than doubled its sales, secured a corporate supplier arrangement with Shopify, and landed a major FIFA contract for custom glassware. Agarwal was also honoured with a 30 Under 30 award.
Sonus Microsystems is developing customizable ultrasound transducers using polymers. Since incorporating in 2018, the company has built its polyCMUT technology into a functional array platform for a wearable cardiac ultrasound patch and is now entering clinical testing for autonomous imaging with Providence Health Care and Kinetic Medicine.
Viridis Research is working to help communities protect water sources around the world. Over the past two years, the company completed paid trials with major textile firms, secured an agreement to clean manufacturing wastewater contaminated by colour dyes, and placed in the top five at the MistyWest International HARD Tech Awards.
The graduating ventures reflect the range of companies moving through UBC’s commercialization pipeline, from enterprise software and mining innovation to medical diagnostics, hardtech, and climate-focused solutions.
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