Alumni Companies

The Chang Institute's Incubator (formerly Venture Connection) has worked with over 300 early-stage ventures from the SFU community since it launched in 2008.  Below is a selection of program alumni offering innovative products and services, as well as those who achieved acquisition. 

Many alumni founders from the incubator program are now serial entrepreneurs and have gone on to launch new startups, including Cmd, Gitalytics, Lumen5, ethos, Better Bears, Battlefy, Utopia Labs, or achieve impact in entrepreneurship education and innovation adjacent areas, and even within federal politics.

Acquisitions

  • 2023 – ODEN Health Solutions, by Lifeguard Digital Health 
  • 2021 – GameSeta,  by PlayVS 
  • 2019 – Buyatab, by Stored Value Solutions
  • 2018 – OpenSpot Parking, by SmartShare Solutions
  • 2015 – Arts Ally, by Kabuni  
  • 2011 – MetroLyrics, by CBS Interactive 
  • 2010 – Layerboom Systems, by Joyent

A charitable organization supporting residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside community by providing access to development and entrepreneurial resources

Strives to provide greater access to renewable and reliable energy storage. As creators of battery units that can be used in a variety of applications, they are currently focused on storing energy for offgrid, end of grid customers and plans on powering remote communities in the future.

A handcrafted candle company born from the desire to bring comfort and relaxation to the modern home - wherever and whatever that may look like.

Enables the global renewal transition with advanced materials to unlock hydrogen & carbon-neutral technologies.  For more on how SFU's innovation ecosystem - including the Chang Institute - contributed to the journey of this 2024 Governor General's Innovation Award winner, see here.

A youth led charitable organization, empowering the next generation to take action for a better world through life education.

Multi-sided platform brings together pilots and aerial data customers to capture more insights about our world at a lower cost than was possible before.

Transforming mobility with its groundbreaking XoMotion™ platform, a next-generation exoskeleton designed for individuals with lower extremity motor deficits. XoMotion is the first device of its kind to mimic the natural physiological motion of the lower extremities, empowering users to perform complex mobility tasks with ease and independence.

A mobile tire shop currently servicing the Fraser Valley region and offering fast, reliable, and convenient mobile service direct to customer’s homes and work.

A medical device and digital health company developing intelligent wearables for physical therapy, using its patent-pending TENZR™ musculoskeletal sensing technology.

ODEN Health Solutions Inc. is a medical device company offering harm reduction solutions to reduce the number of deadly overdoses in Canada. Lifeguard Digital Health acquired ODEN Health Solutions Inc. in August 2022.

A digital health company dedicated to revolutionizing the dermatology and skin care industry with advanced, effective, affordable and intelligent tools.

An innovative twist on traditional Sicilian risotto balls. Called 'arancini', these savoury (or sweet!), gluten-free morsels come in vegan, vegetarian and meat varieties.

As a Hockey specific player agency we structure our services, business, and day-to-day activities to provide the highest level of Client Services in the industry. To do this we continually adapt and evolved new methods of increasing our Client satisfaction.

We’re a team of behavioural insights and business strategy specialists, working hard to help our partners drive innovation and positive change among their consumers, teams, and communities.

Raise attendance by pairing pre-event engagement with mobile accessibility. Save weeks by streaming with your favorite tool & letting speakers build their own bios. Event Managers with multiple shorter events per month can publish sites in minutes, onboard attendees in seconds, and be ready for sudden changes to gathering restrictions.

World’s largest website for football statistics. In January 2017, FootyStats started out on Reddit with just a couple hundred users. It is a globally used product with millions of page views a month from 166 countries. Its goal is to provide insightful and actionable football/soccer stats to everyday users, websites, and companies.

A collegiate track and field/cross-country recruiting platform for student-athletes to find the best college/university for them. With Streamline Athletes, athletes can create a recruitment profile, browse and filter college track and field teams, build their personalized list of schools, and contact coaches. Streamline Athletes also offers advisory services for 1:1 support.

A B2B Platform as a Service Company. We built the best lab-in-a-box to bring metal testing to the point of use, providing reliable results in near-real-time, and without the hassle of sample logistics. Our hardware and software solution unlocks process optimization in critical minerals refinement and timely environmental monitoring.

Founded in 2014, we are a digital healthcare company whose mission is to build smart, cost effective senior care solutions that offer caregivers peace-of-mind while enabling seniors to live healthier and safer lives. 

An award-winning Vancouver web design studio that has been expertly crafting websites for our clients since 2011.

Offers leading edge software that accelerates product design for manufacturers. Today’s market demands products with great quality, price, and safety. Our software helps manufacturers meet market needs with lower costs and shorter time-to-market using intelligent engineering design technologies.

Helping farm owners securely and easily pay their agricultural workers and benefit from the streamlined money transfer process from Canada back home. Further simplifying the administrative process, Labora assists workers by filing their tax returns and provides online services to farm owners and workers to keep their information up to date at no cost.

Most popular running app for discovering the best routes in the world with turn-by-turn voice navigation. Build your own route, or select one of over 1 million routes or 1000s of verified routes, and follow a voice-guided tour.