HATCH Ventures Spotlighted at 2022 Investor Showcase
In a record breaking evening, the 2022 Investor Showcase welcomed over 650 attendees at UBC Robson Square and online to come out and support early-stage ventures building solutions to some of the most pressing problems the world faces today. Learn more about the evening and the ventures that pitched at the Showcase.
Dr. Karon MacLean Appointed CRC Chair in Interactive Human Systems Design
Dr. Karon MacLean of the UBC Computer Science (CS) Department has been appointed as a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Interactive Human Systems Design, Tier 1 (senior) from the Canada Research Chairs program. Karon founded the ICICS-supported research cluster Designing for People (DFP), which provides a UBC-wide focal point for human-computer interaction research and training [read […]
14 New Teams Join HATCH Venture Builder
The new HATCH cohort of 14 teams is solving large-scale and wide-ranging problems across climate, human health and social impact, whilst creating new markets and applications for technologies and innovation. Learn more about the Venture Builder Program and the new cohort.
The HATCH Serial Entrepreneur: Optimism against All Odds
Isolation, the perpetual threat of illness, and supply chain disruptions in the third year of the pandemic, compounded by the ominous portent of severe weather events, can challenge the optimism of even the most glass half-full people. But not some of the entrepreneurs coming out of the HATCH startup accelerator at UBC. Six years […]
$24 Million Spinal Cord Repair Project Funded
January 12, 2022
An international multidisciplinary team led by Dr. John Madden, who leads the ICICS Bionics Network is working on a novel approach that may help people with spinal cord injury.
Raymond Chau Appointed Program Manager of UBC-Rogers Partnership
Jan 11, 2022
Raymond Chau has taken on the newly created position of Program Manager, UBC-Rogers 5G Partnership.