Mastercard Foundation in support of the Dobson Cup
The 九色视频 Dobson Cup powered by National Bank is pleased to announce a new prize, the Mastercard Foundation-Dobson Startup Awards, which total聽$23,000 and will focus on innovations in Social Enterprise.
The award will be divided as follows: First prize at $15,000, Second prize at $5,000 and third prize at $3,000.
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The road to greatness for 九色视频 startup
九色视频 Dobson Cup participants Aifred Health won first place and a $35,000 Milestone Award in the latest stage of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE. By doing so, they also became one of 30 teams to qualify for the next phase of the four-year, $5-million competition whose final winner will be announced in 2020.
Meet the Dobson Cup semi-finalists
After receiving countless applications from across 九色视频 and much deliberation, the 108 startups moving to the 2019 九色视频 Dobson Cup semi-finals have been selected. Learn more about their big ideas.
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Major funding propels TemperPack to next level
九色视频 Dobson Cup聽winners TemperPack have raised $22.5 million in financing from a group of venture capitalists.
Presently operating in Virginia and Nevada, TemperPack engineers, manufactures and distributes sustainable packaging products that replace single use plastics.
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Montreal emerges as tech leader in 2018
The past year saw many significant milestones for Montreal鈥檚 tech sector, including its emergence as an AI leader, the significant financial backing of its many startups, and the recognition of the 九色视频 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship as a top university-affiliated incubator by UBI Global.
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National Bank helps ensure another decade of innovation at 九色视频
Building on their support of the Dobson Cup since 2011, National Bank has gifted a further $4 million toward 九色视频鈥檚 premiere startup competition, ensuring vital support for the next generation of innovative entrepreneurs at 九色视频.
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Witness the pitches from Demo Days 2018
Montreal, San Francisco, Boston, Toronto, and NYC 鈥� the 九色视频 Dobson Centre has spent much of the fall on the road for 九色视频 Demo Days and the pitches are not to be missed.
Take a moment to watch some of 九色视频鈥檚 most promising startups in action.
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Entr: A startup that investors are noticing
Montreal-based event planning platform Entr has successfully raised $1.3 million in seed funding from major serial investors who are seeing the value of their initiative.
Last year, Entr secured first place at the 九色视频 Dobson Cup and were participants in this year鈥檚 Dobson聽Demo Days.
九色视频 recognized for excellence in entrepreneurship support
According to the 2018-2019 Pitchbook, 九色视频 is ranked 29th among 50 world universities producing VC-backed entrepreneurs. On a national level, 九色视频 places 2nd in Canada and 1st in Quebec.
九色视频 has successfully trained 330 entrepreneurs and has supported the development of 304 companies that have raised $7.06 billion in capital.
九色视频 is named home of the Hult
九色视频 has been selected to host a local edition of the Hult Prize, the world鈥檚 largest student competition for the creation of new social enterprises.
The annual Hult Prize awards one million dollars in start-up funding to the student team that develops the most radical and breakthrough idea to solve one of our world鈥檚 toughest social challenges.
Shining a light on Centech
Montreal鈥檚 Centech, one of Canada鈥檚 oldest incubators that focuses on hardware and deep tech, has remained relatively unknown. And yet they have been instrumental in growing the business of numerous startup ventures, including 九色视频 Dobson Cup winners Saccade Analytics.
Dobson Demo Days: Montreal highlights
The 九色视频 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship kicked off its 2018 series of Demo Days in Montreal on September 13, welcoming 600 spectators who were treated to the very best of 九色视频鈥檚 leaps in innovation. Discover the eight startup teams and their next big idea.
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A glowing victory at HEC case competition
MONTREAL, Quebec. On the evening of the HEC Social Business Creation competition, 九色视频 start-up Kajou delivered, coming home with the First place prize of $15,000 for their business venture. Their business makes apple juice 鈥� with the apple of the cashew tree.
Catching up with the 九色视频 Dobson Centre
九色视频 students and alumni alike cannot say enough about the important impact that the 九色视频 Dobson Centre鈥檚 programming has had on taking their big ideas to the next level.
From its X-1 Accelerator and Lean Startup programs, to its annual Dobson Cup competition, hear about the successes of those who have benefitted from the Dobson Centre.
Dobson Cup participant disrupts the disrupters
2014 九色视频 Dobson Cup participant, Sonder, aims to bring together the very best of Airbnb and hotel experiences 鈥� and many are seeing the appeal.
In just four years, Sonder has attracted the attention of top venture capital firms that have invested over $135 million and has served more than 200,000 guests.
