E@UBC Unveils Pitch Event Presenting Ventures

Emmet McGonagle

September 14, 2023

Entrepreneurship@UBC has announced the 10 presenting ventures in its inaugural regional ecosystem startup pitch event, as part of Entrepreneurship Immersion Week 2023.

According to Entrepreneurship@UBC, the goal of this ecosystem startup pitch event is to “create awareness and demonstrate the tremendous impact BC entrepreneurs are having on Canada and the world at large”.

The evaluation committee is comprised of Valhalla Private Capital’s Kelowna and Vancouver chapter president Grant Lawrence, Irene Dorsman of Angel Forum ™ Vancouver and Aaron Stuart of WUTIF Capital (VCC) Inc. and VANTEC Angel Network.

Register for the pitch event via Entrepreneurship@UBC’s website.

VodaSafe

AquaEye is an advanced underwater scanner, using the latest in ultrasound and artificial intelligence technologies to identify human bodies underwater.

AquaEye sends a sonar pulse out to 50 meters or 165 feet and listens for the return echo. AquaEye then decides which echoes match the echoes from a human body and indicates the location of the missing persons on the screen.

Massive Canada

Massive Canada offers mass timber solutions for our sustainable future. Our mission is to make mass timber mainstream. High-quality products that stand the test of time.

Intellectulogy Solutions Inc.

IntellectuLogy Solutions Inc. is a research and development company with a focus on Materials Science and Nanotechnology. It is a private company and our main areas of business include innovative product development to address market needs.

Joni

When 1 in 3 Canadians with periods under the age of 25 are not able to afford period products and a box of tampons costs up to $30 in some remote communities, the industry needs a new approach.

With joni, someone living in a remote community in Canada will pay the same price for organic period care as someone living in an urban centre making sustainable period care accessible to everyone who needs it.

GoChip

GoChip makes hardware and software to revolutionize animal identification and provide effective tools for animal tracking, disease mitigation, and digital licensing. Every animal has a story and GoChip technology tells that story. Because healthy animals make healthy communities.

Ensuring the health of large animal, populations has historically been a challenge. The paper-based, labor-intensive tools and systems have proved inadequate for disease mitigation and animal management. GoChip’s hardware and digital ID platform effectively monitor animal populations to improve the health and well-being of communities around the world.

Hydragas Energy Limited

Hydragas Energy Limited is a cleantech developer based on innovative technology enabling bio-methane extraction from water bodies.

Asepha

With more and more patients to serve and a system that can’t scale, the mission to deliver exceptional care has its limitations. Asepha uses artificial intelligence to break this barrier for you.

Eigen

Eigen is a leading provider of PCI-validated P2PE managed payment solutions for the retail, restaurant and hospitality industries in North America.

D2Type

D2Type is an integrative digital platform to empower people with prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes to prevent, delay and reverse diabetes, improve health and lessen care costs for organizations.

Brave

A privacy-first, free browser that loads 3x faster — without slowing your computer down.

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