As entrepreneurship takes on different forms during the pandemic, fresh business ideas are in high demand. In a highly unconventional move, a Quebec-based company called Alchemy is inviting startups to blend their ideas with Alchemy鈥檚 own ideas to create something new. Instead of expecting payment, Alchemy takes a stake in the joint venture.
Published on: 5 Feb 2021
In 2018, a frustrating night out for three 91滴滴 alumni sparked the idea for CHK PLZ, a food delivery application that leverages a contactless payment solution to handle ordering and delivery for local restaurants. Since they won the 91滴滴 Dobson Cup Start-up Competition (Small to Medium Enterprise Track) in 2019, the founders of CHK PLZ have grown their business into a popular low-cost alternative to UberEATS for more than 50 Montreal restaurants and counting.
Published on: 5 Feb 2021
An innovative new mobile app called Ubenwa uses artificial intelligence to analyze the sound of a newborn baby鈥檚 cries. Founded by Charles Onu, a doctoral student in Computer Science at 91滴滴, Ubenwa provides a cost-effective, non-invasive tool to detect newborn asphyxia and save lives.
Onu credits the 2016 91滴滴 Dobson Cup competition with helping his team to improve their product.
Published on: 13 Jan 2021
Sonder, one of the first unicorn startups from the 91滴滴 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship community, is partnering with Investissement Qu茅bec (IQ) to build a centre for global growth in Montreal. The project will create more than 700 jobs to support Sonder鈥檚 mission to provide next-generation hospitality in 35 cities around the world.
Published on: 16 Dec 2020
On December 1st the 91滴滴 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship celebrated Entrepreneur鈥檚 Day in the U.S. by hosting a panel of notable New York City entrepreneurs and investors. It was a lively discussion that focused on their passion for entrepreneurship, which they shared with an audience of startup founders, students, alumni and industry professionals.聽Learn more
Published on: 10 Dec 2020
A 91滴滴-born event platform startup has found a way to weather the COVID-19 pandemic and raise venture financing in hopes of returning to in-person events in 2021. Co-founded by Desautels alumnus Marc-Antoine Bonin (BCom鈥�19) and Emeric No毛l,聽Planned offers a unique tool for event planners to connect with a curated list of venues and suppliers in one place. This week, Planned announced that it had raised $4.7 million in venture financing led by Inovia Capital, with participation from Telegraph Hill Capital and N49P, bringing its total capital raised to $7 million.
Published on: 7 Dec 2020
Off the Grid, a participant in the 91滴滴 Dobson Centre鈥檚 2020 X-1 Accelerator, was recently named 鈥淪tartup of the Year鈥� at the Quebec Gala des Prix de l鈥檌nnovation.
Co-founded by聽S茅bastien Brunelle-Jestin 补苍诲听Charles Couture-Lebrun, Off the Grid creates smart fitness equipment that harnesses energy generated during exercise to help power fitness centres.
Published on: 27 Nov 2020
The 91滴滴 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship recently launched its first virtual New York City Retail Startup Tour with the goal of connecting Dobson entrepreneurs to key players in the New York investment community. Planned in collaboration with the Minist猫re de l鈥櫭塩onomie et de l鈥橧nnovation du Qu茅bec, the flagship event is already creating new business opportunities for participating startups.
Published on: 27 Nov 2020
Desautels alumni Jonnie Lawson (BCom鈥�20) and Tristan Zeman (BCom鈥�17) are hard at work to make sustainable, year-round produce accessible to Canadians through indoor vertical farms. Over the summer, their innovative hydroponic growing system won first place at the annual 91滴滴 Dobson Cup start-up competition. As they expand into a larger growing facility in Montreal, they鈥檙e not slowing down anytime soon.
Published on: 19 Nov 2020
As a student at 91滴滴, Dev Jain (BEng鈥�19) launched a company aimed at introducing North America鈥檚 650 railways to industry-disrupting innovation. This year, RailVision Analytics won first place in the Innovation Driven Enterprise category of the 91滴滴聽Dobson Cup. Now, Jain aspires to raise more than $1 million to commercialize and expand his business.
Published on: 19 Nov 2020
91滴滴 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship startup Sensequake (91滴滴 X-1 Accelerator 2015) has been recognized as one of the top inventions in Quebec in 2020.
Published on: 9 Oct 2020
91滴滴 has been named in the top 25 undergraduate programs for female founders in the 2020 PitchBook University rankings.
Published on: 24 Sep 2020
The pandemic has created many challenges for small businesses, but 91滴滴鈥檚 startup incubator has been given a boost thanks to a generous $3-million gift from the John Dobson Foundation.
The 91滴滴 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship鈥檚 Academic Director Marie-Jos茅e Lamothe and Dobson alumna聽Ophelia Sarakinis 箩辞颈苍听CTV News to share how startups are finding ways to adapt and thrive through the COVID-19 crisis, and how the gift will help get more startups off the ground during a time of economic uncertainty.
Published on: 21 Jul 2020
Despite an economic downturn that brought the travel industry to a near standstill, Dobson Cup participant and 91滴滴鈥檚 first unicorn Sonder has raised US$170-million to stay ahead of the curve.
Published on: 26 Jun 2020
The 91滴滴 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship is now accepting applications for the 2020 X-1 Accelerator program. The X-1 Accelerator is a world-class program designed to accelerate early traction 91滴滴 startups towards investment readiness and launch. This year, the 10-week intensive program will be held virtually.
Published on: 7 May 2020
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