We are very pleased to announce the winners of the Generator Challenge 3.0 Competition.
Congratulations to BeanEvo, Dragonfly Instruments, Emberlight Technologies, MedVoxel, Optigo Networks Inc., PHEMI Health Systems Inc., Precision Nanosystems Inc., and Spokal.
We are looking forward to a hard-working, collaborative and successful year.
For more details regarding these companies and the Generator Challenge, please click here.
Generator Challenge competition has started (www.generatorchallenge.com)
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Awesense Wireless, Mavi Innovations, Nanocritical, Nova Bio-Rubber Green Technologies, Shailah Interactive, SterileCare, viDA Therapeutics and Views IQ are up and running.
All eight companies in The Generator have provided Q1 reports and it is looking great! Most are hiring more people and meeting the expectations set out in their business plans. Discovery’s challenge will be finding them space for their expansion!
Find out who won the inaugural competition for free space in Discovery Parks Vancouver’s Generator Competition
Discovery Parks has launched the competition for free office and cubicle space in Discovery Parks Vancouver. Go to www.generatorchallenge.com for details and submission requirements. Or phone me, Mark Betteridge, at 604-861-4623. Good luck
A big congratulations is in order for Discovery Parks tenant SOLEGEAR Bioplastics Inc.
After four years in the R&D phase, SOLEGEAR Bioplastics is ready to market its clean tech plastic.
The product, named POLYSOLE®, is a 100% natural bioplastic made for use in the automotive, electronics, pharmaceutical and consumer goods industries. The clean twist: this corn-based, plastic innovation is non-toxic and is biodegradable once disposed.
The company, located in the Gerald McGavin Building, owned and operated by Discovery Parks at UBC, plans to raise $3 million to fund its sales and marketing efforts.
Find out more about SOLEGEAR Bioplastics at http://www.solegear.ca/.
Research parks and commercialization centres provide a real alternative for start-ups with high growth potential. They have benefits and drawbacks, and depending on your needs, they may or may not be the answer for your start-up.
Pros:
Cons:
Again the itemized drawbacks pale in comparison to the benefits – or do they? If your organization is housed in a research park, how have you gained access to services provided by the accelerators?
The answer is complex and very personal. However, both options offer welcoming environments that want to see technology innovators succeed in the knowledge-based economy.
What solutions has your start-up found to this housing question? Where did you decide to grow your business: an accelerator, a traditional research park or neither?
