It was while Karolina Valente was wrapping her PhD at the University of Victoria that she discovered a blind spot in cancer research. 

With a background in 3D bioprinting and mechanical engineering, the Brazilian-born entrepreneur founded VoxCell Bioinnovation, aiming to revolutionize cancer treatment.

“When she was there doing her research, she found how costly it was to get actual [cancer] tissue samples and how inconsistent… all the other lab-like testing platforms were, so she thought, ‘You know what, I'm going to do this myself,’” said Asees Kaur, VoxCell’s product marketing manager. 

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