BCBusiness
startup name: SemiosBio Technologies Inc.
founded: 2010
number of employees: 15
lead product: SemiosGuard, which eradicates bedbug infestations with the timed release of low amounts of pheromone biochemicals that control the pests’ behaviour.
milestone: Being named the most promising company in B.C. to go public by the Angels Forum Investor Choice Awards in 2011.
The world needs this product because: “It provides consumers with the first safe, effective solution to bedbug infestations,” says president Michael Gilbert.
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