Spinoffs
The most visible demonstration of the value of the intellectual capital created by the Faculty of Science faculty, staff, and students is in spinoff companies. These companies create employment, attract investment, and provide economic return to Edmonton and Alberta.
Company Name |
Creation Date |
Description |
Researcher |
Contact |
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| Antibiddies Technology Inc. | 2019 | Novel Antiviral compounds for RSV and Zika Virus and their modular synthesis. | Frederick West | David Marchant (780) 492-3119 |
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| Applied Quantum Materials | 2016 | Designs and manufactures high-performance silicon-germanium and carbon-based nanomaterials. AQM's manufacturing methods assures economies of scale and product uniformity. | Jon Veinot | David Antoniuk (780) 554-7398 |
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| Avra Software Lab Inc. | 1998 | Commercialize computer & software services. Provides a mechanism for commercializing technologies discovered & developed by Software Engineering. | H. Jim Hoover | H. Jim Hoover (780) 492-5290 |
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| CanBiocin | 1998 | species-specific probiotics | John Vederas and Lynn McMullen |
John Vederas (jvederas@ualberta.ca) |
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| Dark Matter Materials | 2022 | Production of graphenes, carbon quantum dots, and carbon fibres from bitumen, "blue hydrogen" coke, and lignin | Jeff Stryker and Robin Hamilton |
Jeff Stryker (jstryker@ualberta.ca) |
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| DriveABLE Assessment Centres Inc. | 2000 | DriveABLE's innovative technology can help quickly and accurately in determining the driving competence of medically at-risk drivers. | Allen Dobbs | Barbara Carstensen (780) 433-1494 |
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| DrugBank | 2006 | A comprehensive, free-to-access, online database containing information on drugs and drug targets. | David Wishart |
Michael Wilson (info@drugbank.com) |
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| FastTrack Technologies Inc./ Random Knowledge, Inc. | 2003 | Mathematical filtering of incomplete information for predictive purposes in fraud detection, network security and investing. | Mike Kouritzin | Michael Kouritzin (780) 428-9218 |
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| Firefly Imaging Solutions Inc | 2020 | Microseismic software and data processing services for the hydrocarbon Industry | Mirko van der Baan |
Mirko van der Baan (mirko.vanderbaan@ualberta.ca) |
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| Gilead | 1963 | Organic chemicals, pharmaceutical products (Amalgamated: Nov. 3/2006) |
Matt Colomb |
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| Grayflare | 2017 | Grayflare currently sells laboratory-tested optical blackout and laser barrier solutions for laboratory, research and other applications, and is expanding into imaging spectroscopy. Grayflare also provides optics consulting and design. | Al Meldrum |
Al Meldrum |
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| IsoBrine Solutions Inc. | 2003 | This business is focused on providing service to the oil and gas industry in the analysis of water samples from oil wells. | Ben Rostron | Benjamin Rostron (780) 433-3699 |
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| L&R Wang Enterprises Ltd. | 1990 | Producers of Access Fat Conversion Activity Bar. | Lawrence Wang (780) 492-4402 |
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| Metabolomics Innovations Inc | 2020 | Developing novel quantitative metabolomics technologies and provide consulting services in the field of metabolomics. | David Wishart | Jen Reid (jreid3@ualberta.ca) | ||
| Metabolomix Inc | 2019 | Manufacturing Metabolomics Kits | David Wishart |
Galina Durant (gdurant@ualberta.ca) |
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| MetaSci | 2017 | Providing high quality libraries of small molecule compounds for various research application. | David Wishart | Reza Jafari (info@metasci.ca) | ||
| MolecularYou | Provides in-depth molecular- level health insights. | David Wishart | ||||
| Mosaic Sensors Corporation | 2018 | We are designing novel systems for: early disease diagnosis (biosensing); light filtration and manipulation (photonic materials); controlled/triggered drug delivery; water remediation/waste reclamation; and antibacterial coatings. | Michael Serpe |
Michael Serpe (780) 492-5778 |
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| Naiad Lab Inc. | 2020 | Naiad Lab is a technology company specializing in AI, Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) for healthcare needs. Our products provide AI & ML based solutions to problems affecting healthcare in the modern world. Naiad Lab provides AI-based cloud services that detect abnormalities in medical tests and automating diagnoses. | Pierre Boulanger |
Esmat Naikyar (enaikyar@naiadlab.com) |
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| Nanode Battery Technologies | 2020 | Design and production of high-performance batteries | Jillian Buriak |
Jillian Buriak (jburiak@ualberta.ca) |
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| Nova Medical Testing | 2017 | Liang Li | ||||
| Onlea Corporation | 2014 | Onlea is a not-for-profit company producing flexible, mobile-friendly, interactive learning courses, educational experiences, and assessment solutions. | Jonathan Schaeffer | Jennifer Schaeffer (780) 675-6100 |
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| PBR Laboratories Inc. | 1984 | Applies scientific expertise in toxicology, genetics, clinical biochemistry and microbiology to environmental and human health applications. | Ram D. Mehta (780) 450-3957 |
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| Pearko Therapeutics Inc. | 2018 | Apelin Peptide Analogues and uses therof. PEARKO Therapeutics seeks to provide pharmacological therapies to patients with cardiovascular disease through innovative technologies. We aim to improve patient quality of life, condition management, and prevent future adverse events with our medical innovations. | John Vederas | Dr. Gavin Y. Oudit (780) 407-8569 |
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| PFM Scheduling Services Corp. | 2013 | PFM Scheduling Services was created in the fall of 2013 and creates best in practice processes and tools to optimize rotation creation and management. | Dale Schuurmans, Czaba Szepesvari, James Neufeld, and Martha White | Jason Harder |
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| Q Boost Inc. | 2021 | Lab Quality Consulting and Management services | David Wishart |
Sindhu Nair (snair@ualberta.ca) |
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| Quantum Silicon Inc. | 2011 | Quantum Silicon Inc. develops atomic scale, ultra-low- power computing devices designed to supplement or replace transistor-based integrated circuits. | Robert Wolkow | Ken Gordon (780) 641-1963 |
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| Recion Technologies, Inc | 2019 | Direct lithium extraction technology provider, targeting oilfield brines and salar lithium deposits | Daniel Alessi | Daniel Alessi (alessi@ualberta.ca) (780) 492-8019 | ||
| Resolved Instruments | 2016 | We are a scientific instrumentation company based in Edmonton, Alberta. Our goal is to simplify experimental research by developing innovative, integrated systems. | John Davis | John Davis | ||
| Shanghai Shifang Software Co. Ltd. | 2005 | LogicSQL and its Concurrency Control Algorithm. | Li-Yan Yuan and Jia-Huai You (780) 492-5198 |
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| Sonolight Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Acquired by Altachem Pharma) | 2000 | An Alberta-based biotechnology company developing a portfolio of product candidates for the treatment of cancer by combining immunotherapeutic antibodies with chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, or immunoadjuvants. | Madi Madiyalakan (780) 448-1400 |
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| Tricca Technologies Inc. | 2018 | Develop biosensor technologies for measuring metabolites through two distinct technologies, colour-sensing and impedance sensing. | David Wishart | Scott MacKay (info@tricca.ca) | ||
| VaxAlta Inc. | 2013 | VaxAlta delivers safe, sugar-based, effective, affordable, and easy to administer livestock vaccines that eliminate the use of antibiotics, helping to improve animal quality of life and to produce better and safer foods. | Christine Szymanski | Christine Szymanski | ||
| Virtual Gym | 2019 | Virtual Gym is an XR Serious Game platform to personalize physical activity sessions. | Eleni Stroulia |
Victor Fernandez (vf@ualberta.ca) (587) 989-1986 |
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| Wildlife Genetics International Inc. | 1998 | Commercial genetic analysis for applied and academic needs. | David Paetkau (250) 352-3563 |
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| Zero Point Cryogenics | 2017 | Fabrication of low-temperature refrigerators for quantum research | John Davis |
John Davis (jdavis@ualberta.ca) |
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| 10 Pi Corp. | 2012 | Technologies developed at the Alberta Innovates Center for Machine Learning. | Amii | |||
| 48Hr Discovery | 2017 | Provides services in ligand discovery using an unprecedented turnaround time at a manageable cost. | Ratmir Derda | Ratmir Derda | ||