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 […]
Mosa Technologies
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 […]
Vancouver’s Mosa Upcycles Glass Bottles into Chic and Sustainable Products
Glass is an under-recycled material that one Vancouver-based startup is up-cycling toward a most sustainable economy. Mosa Technologies founders Prishita Agarwal and Abhiudai Mishra hosted gatherings often, resulting in “countless empty glass bottles scattered on our kitchen counter and dining table.” “It saddened us thinking that these beautiful bottles would end up in trash,” they […]
Nine Startups to Pilot Pollution Solutions at Zero-Waste Demo Site in Vancouver
Vancouver’s landfill use highlights the need to find ways to improve the city’s waste disposal system, experts say. And innovation from regional startups may be able to help. However, one major hurdles for companies aiming to commercialize and scale up their technology is a need for industrial space to demonstrate solutions. The City of Vancouver is […]