By the Numbers

UBC discoveries have been at the heart of products, services, and treatments that have generated an estimated $13 billion in sales, forming the basis of 284 spin-off companies. 

Spin-off

284+

spin-off companies

Funding

$190M

annually in sponsored research funding (which is more than 80% of provincial sponsored research funding)

capital raised

$8.4B+

capital raised

revenue

$13B+

revenue generated

collaborative

500

active intellectual property (IP) licensing agreements

jobs

2,800+

full-time jobs created by UBC supported ventures

 
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