The University of British Columbia is renowned for the entrepreneurial spirit of its student body and faculty, who regularly churn out startups through programs such as entrepreneurship@UBC. As one of the top 40 research universities in the world, UBC attracts world leading researchers and innovators who are translating their insights and discoveries to solve some of […]
entrepreneurship@UBC
Immersion Week at UBC: Innovators and Storytellers Unite to Drive Change
Immersion Week, powered by Innovation UBC, is coming up September 24-25 at UBC Robson Square. This annual celebration promises to bring together storytellers and movement builders from across the Vancouver ecosystem to share their insights on the strategies and tactics that helped them transform their innovation and ideas to impact. This year’s theme is Translating Inventions […]
Meet UBC’s Investor Ready Companies at the 2024 Investor Showcase
As one of the top 40 universities in the world, the University of British Columbia is a catalyst for innovation. Across the UBC landscape, we are seeing research and ideas brought to bear through entrepreneurial pathways, being propelled from the university into the world creating positive economic, cultural and environmental impacts through venture creation. entrepreneurship@UBC in […]
Wicked Rose Crowdfunds Online to Locally Craft Activewear for Women
The combat sport of boxing was a part of the Olympic Games in 1905, not long after the ancient event was revived at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens in 1896. More than a century would pass, however, before women were allowed to box in the Olympics. It’s part of a broader trend across the martial […]
UBC, Casa Foundation Co-Launch First Black Advisory Hub in Western Canada
Earlier this month, the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers and entrepreneurship@UBC co-hosted “BIPOC Leaders & Entrepreneurs in Tech: Voices of Change.” The evening of networking and community building among industry innovators was keynoted by Lekan Olawoye, founder of Black Professionals in Tech. In addition to empowering rich networking opportunities, the event celebrated an emerging partnership between […]
Empower Your Startup: UBC’s Venture Founder Program Paves the Way for UBC-affiliated Entrepreneurs
Are you a UBC-affiliated entrepreneur that is ready to take your venture to the next level? Transform your idea or invention to impact through UBC’s Venture Founder program. Venture Founder supports UBC-affiliated entrepreneurs (students, faculty, staff and alumni who’ve graduated within 5 years) with an approach that recognizes that the venture building journey is unique for […]
Mosa’s One-Year Success: Upcycling 10,000 Glass Bottles and Unveiling Holiday Collection
Vancouver startup Mosa is celebrating an impressive milestone on its one year anniversary. Since the brand’s launch in December 2022, the entrepreneurship@UBC alumni has successfully upcycled over 10,000 glass bottles, diverting them from landfills and reducing carbon emissions. From the outset, Mosa’s mission has remained steadfast: to establish resource efficiency as the new norm, one […]
UBC’s Global Impact: 19 Breakthrough Startups Pitch at 2023 Venture Showcase
The University of British Columbia is a bedrock of transformational research and innovation that is changing the world. From human health discoveries and technological advancements to climate solutions and social impact, UBC entrepreneurs are putting BC and Canada on the global stage, leading ventures who are solving the most pressing challenges we face today. A selection […]
Seven Ways to Accelerate Your Startup in Vancouver
Metro Vancouver’s economic development agency recently released a reporting profiling the innovation ecosystem of the region. In the report, Invest Vancouver identified more than a dozen accelerator-style organizations operating in the broader Vancouver area. The report defines an Accelerator as organization that “offers programs to give developing companies access to mentorship, investors, and other support […]
Innovating Impact: Entrepreneurship Immersion Week 2023 Focuses on Climate and Public Health Crisis
Entrepreneurship Immersion Week (EIW) brings together storytellers and movement builders from across our ecosystem, to share their insights on the strategies and tactics that helped them transform their ideas to impact. Organized by entrepreneurship@UBC and taking place on September 26-28, at UBC Robson Square, UBC Point Grey and online, Immersion Week is for UBC’s community […]