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Barry Yates

Co-founder and CEO, CarboNet

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Barry Yates is co-founder and chief executive of CarboNet, a Vancouver company that makes flocculants, coagulants and automated dosing for industrial wastewater treatment, built on NanoNet chemistry that came out of University of British Columbia research. Before CarboNet, Yates was an executive at Blast Radius and Monexa and mentored new entrepreneurs at UBC.

Barry hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Barry co-founded CarboNet.

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What is Barry Yates's role at CarboNet?

The CarboNet Leadership page, checked 2026-09-25, lists Barry Yates as cofounder and CEO, alongside cofounders Michael Carlson (chief technology officer) and Amielle Lake (chief commercial officer).

How did CarboNet start?

BCBusiness reported on 2024-10-25 that Yates and Amielle Lake were working at the entrepreneurship@UBC incubator when Michael Carlson, a UBC PhD student, brought in an idea for treating wastewater, and that Yates later brought in long-time business partner Bill Schonbrun as the fourth co-founder. The company's About page, checked 2026-09-25, says CarboNet was founded in Vancouver.

What did Yates do before CarboNet?

The CarboNet Leadership page, checked 2026-09-25, says Yates led Blast Radius and Monexa, both later acquired, and mentored new entrepreneurs at UBC.

Has CarboNet's founding team been recognized?

BCBusiness reported on 2024-10-25 that Yates, Michael Carlson, Amielle Lake and Bill Schonbrun were named Entrepreneur of the Year 2024; CarboNet's homepage, checked 2026-09-25, describes the award as EY's, with the four among the Pacific winners.

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