# entrepreneurship@UBC

> entrepreneurship@UBC is a VC fund in Vancouver backing Software and Health Care. See 100 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 100
- Last investment: Jul 2020
- Lead investor: 1%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneurship-at-ubc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ubcentrepreneur
- Website: http://entrepreneurship.ubc.ca
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Entrepreneurship-at-UBC/129954927048142

entrepreneurship@UBC is a VC fund in Vancouver focused on Software and Health Care. 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 researchfunding, 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 ventures have raised more than $221 million in funding, generated more than $30 million in revenue and hired more than 600 employees, stimulating the economic and social landscape of B.C. while building anchor companies that have a global impact.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 22 | 22% |
| Health Care | 20 | 20% |
| Biotechnology | 14 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 10% |

161 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 88 | 88% |
| Seed | 9 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 91 | 91% |
| United States | 6 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RiskMetrics | RiskMetrics provides a digital risk tolerance toolkit to Financial Advisors allowing them to better understand their clients’ risk profiles by quantifying risk tolerance through market simulations and behavioural analysis. RiskMetrics assigns a risk score to every individual and creates a detailed risk report. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 18, 2020 |  |
| Avivo Biomedical | Avivo Biomedical operates as a preclinical-stage company, has identified enzymes that convert the cell surface antigens that determine a person’s blood group to group O, the universal donor type. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 15, 2020 |  |
| Skylab Technologies | Skylab Technologies ULC is a Vancouver-based computational photography SaaS company that focuses on the next generation of AI-powered photography tools. We develop image processing algorithms using a proprietary dataset of high-resolution images. To date, we have processed over one million portraits for commercial purposes. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 09, 2020 |  |
| Cyberspline Games | Cyberspline Games is home to passionate game developers and artists who work together in a non-traditional and stimulating environment. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 09, 2020 |  |
| Kre.is Immersive Spaces | Kre.is creates scalable solutions for XR content distributors and creators in the entertainment sector. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 09, 2020 |  |
| FLIK | FLIK is a platform & community hub connecting female leaders and students across the world via meaningful apprenticeships. Founders get helping hands on their businesses and students gain career-relevant experience, skills training, and mentorship. |  | Pre-Seed | May 09, 2020 |  |
| Informedin | Informedin utilizes hardware-AI integration to monitor nutrients' concentrations and pesticides in smallholder farms, in order to help farmers increase yields of higher quality produce as well as reduce operational costs. |  | Pre-Seed | May 08, 2020 |  |
| Verdi | Verdi is building the data science platform for hyper-specific farm actions, starting with irrigation. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 18, 2020 |  |
| healthQb | HealthQb remotely monitors patients’ biopsychosocial health and empowers health providers, clinicians and practitioners (like your physiotherapist, your massage therapist and your osteopathic manual practitioner) who, armed with these objective assessments, guide you to your health goals. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 04, 2020 |  |
| FoodBuddy | FoodBuddy is an application based platform that is aimed at assisting students at The University of British Columbia to grab a meal at one of the dining options on and near campus with another student and enhance the community involvement on campus. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 31, 2020 |  |

10 of 100 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HATCH ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hatch-ventures-d64c) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [University of British Columbia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-british-columbia) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [BC Tech Association](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bc-technology-association) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nimbus Synergies Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/discovery-park-technology-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Innovate BC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovate-bc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does entrepreneurship@UBC invest in?

entrepreneurship@UBC invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Biotechnology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 100 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did entrepreneurship@UBC last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for entrepreneurship@UBC closed in Jul 2020. Shizune tracks 100 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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