In January 2019 we welcomed our newest cohort of HATCH ventures to join our collaborative startup community. Here is a little glimpse of what problems they are working to solve.

GenXys provides the world’s most comprehensive precision prescribing software to prevent adverse drug reactions, a leading cause of death in developed countries, and personalize drug selection to increase drug efficacy. Powering every prescription with their software improves medication safety, increases drug efficacy and reduces healthcare costs. Learn more at : https://www.genxys.com/content/

30 million people are sleep deprived specifically because they snore all night, every night, at a sound level greater than 30 decibels! Zennea is developing the first FDA cleared and clinically proven medical device solution for chronic snoring.

On January 21st e@UBC and CIBC hosted the inaugural innovation in Mining forum at the UBC Robson Square theatre. Four ventures from the e@UBC accelerator program HATCH showcased their mining related innovations followed by a discussion panel. The following ventures were present: Cambridge Energy Partners - Reducing energy costs with redeployable solar tracking. Aeriosense Technology - predictive maintenance with automated drone solutions and services. Carbonet - Reusable waste water with nano-technology. ExcelSense - Saving lives and operational monitoring with self cleaning camera technology.

Meet Orcacept, they are doing research on a blood-based biomarker for head and neck cancer recurrence. Listen to founder Cathie Garnis talk about their experience going through e@ubc's Life Science program.

Vancouver Startup Week connects entrepreneurs, investors, community leaders, and friends to build momentum and opportunity around our community’s unique entrepreneurial identity.

Three of our Social Ventures tell us a bit about themselves and what they got out of E@UBC programming! Social Venture Stream Applications are now open until Nov 30th! For more info: https://www.start.entrepreneurship.ubc.ca/social-venture Go follow our ventures on social media to keep up with what they are doing! 👚 Kanekta 📚 SiMBi: Read For Good 🥢 ChopValue

Alex Gillis is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for SiMBi one of our Social Ventures. SiMBi is an online reading platform that wants to help communities around the world fall in love with reading! They recently partnered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide the gift of learning to refugees in Bidibidi & Nakivale, Uganda. These two refugee settlements house 400,000+ people. SiMBi will be implemented at these camps to improve reading and fluency. In this video Alex talks about his experience with Entrepreneurship at UBC and value of the resources we provide. Our 2019 Social Venture Stream applications are open! For more info: https://www.start.entrepreneurship.ubc.ca/social-venture For more on SiMBi's partnership with the UNHCR: http://sim.bi/unhcr

Koonkie cloud services creates pipelines and analytical platforms to process high volumes of data. Their services include beautiful graphics that tell a visual story with the numbers. Find out more: http://www.koonkie.com/what-we-do/