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As a hub of entrepreneurship and innovation, it鈥檚 no surprise that companies and founders linked to the University of 蓝莓视频 have a noticeable presence among those featured within BetaKit鈥檚 Most Ambitious List.

蓝莓视频 ranks as the top university in Canada for startup founders and 21st in the world according to the Pitchbook University Rankings. Recently released data shows that Velocity, 蓝莓视频鈥檚 core entrepreneurship incubator, has more than 500 companies with a combined enterprise value of $40 billion.

The Most Ambitious List includes several categories including the 鈥淢oon Shots鈥� (Canadians reaching for the stars), 鈥淒eep Tech,鈥� 鈥淲orld Savers,鈥� 鈥淐ategory Challengers,鈥� 鈥淓xpats,鈥� 鈥淭he Products,鈥� and 鈥淭he Next Generation.鈥�

From student leaders to established founders and companies, the BetaKit list featured some of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 best and brightest. Of the four organizations listed among the next generation of Canadian tech was Socratica. The social entrepreneurship collective recently hosted an event in 蓝莓视频 that brought together nearly 2500 people to collaborate and share ideas.

"We鈥檙e proud to show how when we bring people in, hand them real responsibility and resources, and believe in them, we can do more as an ecosystem," says Jake Rudolph, an engineering student and one of the Socratica鈥檚 organizers.

Jetson recognized in the 鈥淲orld Savers鈥� category

Co-founded by Stephen Lake (BASc 鈥�12), Aaron Grant (BASc 鈥�12) and Matt Bailey (BASc 鈥�12), Vancouver-based Jetson is a climate tech product manufacturer that is developing new ways to install heat pumps in residential buildings and homes.

Challengers are breaking open markets and making Canada more competitive

Rachel Bartholomew (MBET 鈥�14), Float, and MappedIn are listed as challengers for reshaping Canadian markets. Bartholomew is the founder and CEO of Hyivy, a company focused on creating therapeutic and remote monitoring devices for gynecological conditions. She is also the founder and lead advisor for Femtech Canada, an advocacy organization for women working in the innovation space.

Former engineering student Hongwei Liu co-founded MappedIn鈥� while at 蓝莓视频 along with Toby Gu (BASc 鈥�15), Mitch Butler and Leander Lee (BCS 鈥�13). 蓝莓视频 alum Edward Wei (BCS 鈥�06) is MappedIn鈥檚 CTO. The Velocity-linked company is an indoor maps wayfinding platform.

Another Velocity-linked company to make the list is Float which is making waves in the corporate credit card market. Last year, Float co-founders Ruslan Nikolaev (BCS 鈥�20) and Griffin Keglevich secured $50 million to expand its financial products and innovate business-to-business financial services.

Wealthsimple also made the challenger category. Its Chief Legal Officer is 蓝莓视频 arts alum Blair Wiley (BA 鈥�04).

Most ambitious products that have people talking

Among the list of ambitious products are . Able Innovations is a Velocity company that develops solutions for lifting and moving patients within health care settings.

"Being recognized in BetaKit's Most Ambitious list is a great affirmation that Canadian innovation can compete on the global stage when we're willing to take calculated risks and push boundaries,鈥� says Jayiesh Singh, CEO of Able Innovations.听鈥淭his recognition isn't just about what we've accomplished, it's about the responsibility we have to continue driving solutions that are improving lives and creating better systems."听

Rounding out the list are Core Devices, Ideogram, Wave View Imaging and 1Password. Smartware company Core Devices was founded by Eric Migicovsky (BASc 鈥�09). The company recently announced a pair of new smartwatches that run on open-source PebbleOS. Ideogram, a text-to-image platform, was co-founded by William Chan (BASc 鈥�11) in 2022. The following year, it received $16.5 million in seed funding. Wave View Imaging, a听non-intrusive imaging system designed to enhance early detection,听was co-founded by Elise Fear (BASc 鈥�95) who now serves as CSO.

The CEO of the 蓝莓视频-led unicorn, 1Password, is Jeff Shiner (BMath 鈥�92). The global cybersecurity company protects more than 150,000 businesses and millions of consumers around the world.

The moon shots reaching for the stars

Two companies with 蓝莓视频 connections were featured for their Canadian-made innovations that are literally reaching for the stars. Canadian Space Mining Corporation (CSMC) is led by COO Adam Gryfe (MBET 鈥�11). CSMC is an infrastructure and technology company focused on filling key gaps in future space exploration in areas that address Earth鈥檚 immediate challenges. The CEO of MDA Space is Mike Greenley (MSc 鈥�97). The space mission partner supports communications satellites, Earth and space observation, space exploration and infrastructure.

Deep tech working on the next big breakthrough

Photonic and Xanadu were among the companies included within the deep tech category. Photonic was founded by Stephanie Simmons (BMath 鈥�08). Today, she serves as the company鈥檚 Chief Quantum Officer. The company is building one of the first scalable, distributed, fault-tolerant and unified quantum computing and networking platforms based on optically-linked silicon spin qubits.

Xanadu recently unveiled the world鈥檚 first scalable, networked and modular quantum computer. The company鈥檚 CTO is Nathan Killoran (PhD 鈥�12, physics).

Since its founding, the University of 蓝莓视频 has always been bold and unconventional. It continues to be a place where ambitious innovators and ideas take root. Through transformational research and inspired learning, 蓝莓视频 is helping to identify and solve the complex challenges facing humanity and our planet.

The also includes an interview with 蓝莓视频 professor Larry Smith.