Spin-off Companies

UBC Computer Science has been a hub for many spin-off companies. With access to on-campus resources and collaboration, many go on to have great success. If you're interested in entrepreneurship, see our Spin-off Guide on how to build a company from your UBC research.

Check out some of the spin-offs that have arisen from UBC CS in past years:

Startup company

BBTV, a global media company with the world's only comprehensive tech-powered solution for creators, brands and media companies
Brightside Technologies, high-dynamic range display hardware company, acquired by Dolby Laboratories in 2007
Canexia Health: pairs the latest advances in oncology with machine learning to provide cancer professionals with the insights needed to make targeted treatment decisions for their patients. Founded in 2012
Cloudburst Research was a computer vision start-up to produce AutoStitch, acquired by Google in 2015
Curatio.me: helps private social health networks connect and empower patients, increase adherence and improve outcomes, founded in 2013, merged to become RxPx in 2022.
Exotic Matter: computer graphics company which made physical stimulation software for the film industry; acquired by Autodesk in 2012
Gaze: an AI startup that offers visual recognition technologies for online transactions; launched in 2018
Hemisphere Games: an indie game studio with a penchant for physics, audio and uniquely compelling gameplay. "Games for both sides of your brain." Creators of Osmos, and co-founded 2009
HomeCourt (NEX Team): a mobile artificial intelligence company focused on bringing utility and joy to millions of basketball players worldwide, founded in 2017
Inverted AI applies predictive modelling to map human behavior 3 seconds into the future, with particular focus on self-driving vehicles. Founded 2018
Mobify: co-founded in 2007, and acquired by SalesForce in 2020 for $60M
NEX Team Inc.
Nytilus Inc. makes it possible to convert a smartphone to an industrial camera. Created in 2017
Pixile Studios: creator of multiplayer games, including Super Animal Royale
Plot + Scatter: data analysis, UX, & UI
PocketPixels: creator of Colour Splash, a digital retouch app selected by Apple for the App Store Hall of Fame
Point Grey Research: computer vision-sensing hardware company acquired by FLIR in 2016
Skylab Technologies: digital image retouching using Machine Learning, founded 2019
Sleepycat Software Inc: software company primarily responsible for maintaining the Berkeley DB packages from 1996 to 2006 and later was acquired by Oracle
Spare: mobility management platform
Tasktop: software development and delivery company, bought by Planview
Visier: recognized global leader in people analytics and on-demand answers for people-powered business
Vital Mechanics: patented technology simulates how the human body moves and interacts with physical objects using soft tissue biomechanics and high-performance computing
Webnames.ca: spinoff of Canada's .ca original domain registrar, owned and operated since 2000
Zite/Worio, personalized news aggregator, acquired by CNN in 2011