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2025 Investor Showcase

Meet UBC’s Investor Ready Companies at the 2025 Investor Showcase

As one of the top 40 universities in the world, the University of British Columbia (UBC) is a catalyst for innovation. Across the UBC landscape, we are seeing research and ideas being propelled from the university into the world, generating positive social, health, economic, and environmental benefits. 

Innovation UBC has leveraged this entrepreneurial energy, working with UBC researchers to support and accelerate the translation of their research into real-world impacts through company creation. 

Our ventures have participated in rigorous training and mentorship to help prepare them for the uncertainty of entrepreneurship as they endure the riskiest stages of company building: creating networks, establishing market traction and accessing capital. A company’s investor is one of the most important relationships they will have and we’ve seen our innovation ecosystem come out and champion our founders time and time again as they embark on this next stage of their venture building journeys.

Join us Tuesday, May 13 from 4-8pm at UBC Robson Square for Innovation UBC’s 2025 Investor Showcase! 

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Meet the 17 teams presenting 

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What is it 

The Investor Showcase spotlights high-potential, investible ventures across industries currently supported by Innovation UBC to our investor community. 

How it works

The event will feature a selection of ventures raising Seed to Series A rounds, chosen by an external evaluation committee.

Presenting teams come from our community of ventures currently supported by Innovation UBC’s Venture Founder program and HATCH Venture Builder (HATCH), our collaboration with the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS). 

This year, we are featuring 14 teams with an additional 3 alumni ventures who are back to share 'where they are now' and their asks to our investor audience, for a total of 17 pitches.

Interested investors can learn more about the ventures by registering for the event to receive detailed information on who is pitching in advance. 

 

Agenda

4:00 pm Doors open & Networking begins

5:00 pm Introduction & Welcome Remarks

5:15 pm Show Begins

6:10 pm Break

7:45 pm Closing Remarks 

 

Evaluation Committee

 

Thank you to our Sponsors

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About Innovation UBC

Innovation UBC works with UBC’s researchers to support and accelerate the translation of their research into real world impacts. Through research partnerships, technology transfer, and venture building services, UBC researchers have access to a robust ecosystem of services and support to strengthen their translation opportunities. Innovation UBC is committed to fostering a unified innovation ecosystem, advancing research collaborations, accelerating early-stage innovation and support for spinoff companies, and strengthening equitable engagement and partnerships. Our successful history of translation and commercialization has led to the creation of 270 spin-off companies, establishing over 500 active licensing agreements, and enabling thousands of research partnerships each year with industry, government, and non-profit organizations. UBC spin-off companies have attracted over $4 billion in investment capital.  Our goal is to help create impact from UBC’s breakthrough research to generate social, health, environmental and economic benefits.

Join us Tuesday, May 13 from 4-8pm at UBC Robson Square for Innovation UBC’s 2025 Investor Showcase! 

 

Register now

 

 
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UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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