Learn how to get your venture off the ground in 2022 at our January 19th Community Town Hall! As part of our ‘Open House Week’, we will be featuring founders across our community of CORE, Lab2Launch and HATCH ventures, sharing their journeys through entrepreneurship from idea to launch.

Find out what is happening at entrepreneurship@UBC from space planning to program updates and be the first to meet our newest cohort of 14 (!) HATCH ventures joining us this January. Don’t forget to share your own news, announcements and asks (are you hiring?) during our open mic!

Grab your lunch and join us for the afternoon.

During this event you will:

• Find out what is happening at entrepreneurship@UBC in 2022; important dates and announcements on our spaces
• Hear from founders in our program on how they got started with us and their recent milestones
• Share your own news, announcements and asks (are you hiring?) with our community during our open mic (come with your updates!).
• Meet our community of UBC entrepreneurs and connect with like-minded entrepreneurs and innovators!

Agenda:

• 12:00 - Welcome Remarks and updates from entrepreneurship@UBC
• 12:10 - Meet the (14!) new ventures in our HATCH Winter 2022 cohort
• 12:15 - Venture panel on how you can get started with us in 2022
• 12:40 - Venture panel Q&A via Slido
• 12:50 - Open mic (share your news, announcements and asks!)

Meet our Panelists

Lanna Last, Co-founder and CEO of AIMA

Stream: Lab2Launch

AIMA is transforming the way menstrual pain is managed by developing a new generation of pain management systems.

Laura Rollock, Co-founder of Vibe

Stream: CORE

Vibe is an online dating experience that allows users to spontaneously connect with one another through gamified video chat-based conversations.

Amanda Newlands, Business Development Specialist at Daanaa, former Venture Development Specialist Intern at entrepreneurship@UBC

HATCH Venture Builder

Daanaa’s proprietary chip-based technology allows forward-thinking manufacturers to reimagine fundamental engineering problems through advanced, integrated power transfer.

Who should attend

This event is for entrepreneurship@UBC’s community of ventures, Entrepreneurs in Residence (EiRs), Mentors, and UBC community. Anyone interested in our programming and learning more is encouraged to attend.

Location

This event will be hosted online via Zoom. Details will be provided in your confirmation email as well as on our online event page.

About Open House Week

In anticipation of our Spring 2022 CORE and Lab2Launch cohorts (currently open for applications) we will be hosting an online ‘Open House Week’ to share the many ways you can get involved with entrepreneurship@UBC, tips on how you can get started and how we work with partners across UBC campus to help you succeed.

• Monday, January 17, 3:30 - 5:00 pm: entrepreneurship@UBC Info Session: The many pathways to innovation for UBC entrepreneurs —> RSVP here

• Wednesday, January 19, 12:00 - 1:00 pm: January Community Town Hall featuring founders from our program sharing how you can get started with us in 2022

• Friday, January 21, 1:00 - 3:00 pm: Venture Studio Office Hours: Learn about our Studios and how you can engage —-> RSVP here

About entrepreneurship@UBC

entrepreneurship@UBC propels UBC innovations out into the world through venture creation, providing UBC students, researchers, faculty members, alumni and staff with the resources, networks, and funding they need to succeed.

As one of the world’s top 40 research universities with 80,000 students, faculty and staff and over $650M annual research funding, UBC has long been a catalyst for innovation. Part of the Innovation UBC network, entrepreneurship@UBC supports UBC ventures and entrepreneurs to generate social and economic impacts in B.C. and around the world. To date, entrepreneurship@UBC has worked with over 623 ventures who have raised more than $1.43 billion in funding, generated more than $119 million in revenue and hired more than 1056 employees, stimulating the economic and social landscape of B.C. while building anchor companies that have a global impact.

Visit our website entrepreneurship.ubc.ca to learn more.