These headphones can read your thoughts
Dobson X-1 Accelerator participants Orbityl are on a mission to develop a set of headphones that can be controlled by sensing your brain’s activity.
“A lot of the research that we’ve done is in brain-computer interface applications — looking for discrete thoughts that an individual is having as a mechanism to be used for control [of a device],” said Orbityl co-founder Sean Kaiser.
“No one ever says you can create your own job”: Catalyzing women’s big ideas
Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media recently spoke at Place des Arts in Montreal about empowering fellow women to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions without qualms, particularly in the tech sector.
Meet the women shaking up the startup scene
Hear from the women who have founded successful startups through the McGill Dobson Centre as they share their advice for navigating the heady world of entrepreneurship.
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Can AI improve depression treatments?
Montreal startup and McGill Dobson Cup winners, Aifred Health, has developed a system that uses artificial intelligence to help doctors treat their patients struggling with depression more effectively by developing personalized treatment plans for them.
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Mastercard Foundation in support of the Dobson Cup
The McGill Dobson Cup powered by National Bank is pleased to announce a new prize, the Mastercard Foundation-Dobson Startup Awards, which total $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 McGill startup
McGill 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 McGill University and much deliberation, the 108 startups moving to the 2019 McGill Dobson Cup semi-finals have been selected. Learn more about their big ideas.
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Major funding propels TemperPack to next level
McGill Dobson Cup 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’s tech sector, including its emergence as an AI leader, the significant financial backing of its many startups, and the recognition of the McGill 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 McGill
Building on their support of the Dobson Cup since 2011, National Bank has gifted a further $4 million toward McGill’s premiere startup competition, ensuring vital support for the next generation of innovative entrepreneurs at McGill.
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Witness the pitches from Demo Days 2018
Montreal, San Francisco, Boston, Toronto, and NYC – the McGill Dobson Centre has spent much of the fall on the road for McGill Demo Days and the pitches are not to be missed.
Take a moment to watch some of McGill’s 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 McGill Dobson Cup and were participants in this year’s Dobson Demo Days.
McGill University recognized for excellence in entrepreneurship support
According to the 2018-2019 Pitchbook, McGill University is ranked 29th among 50 world universities producing VC-backed entrepreneurs. On a national level, McGill places 2nd in Canada and 1st in Quebec.
McGill has successfully trained 330 entrepreneurs and has supported the development of 304 companies that have raised $7.06 billion in capital.
McGill is named home of the Hult
McGill University has been selected to host a local edition of the Hult Prize, the world’s 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’s toughest social challenges.
Shining a light on Centech
Montreal’s Centech, one of Canada’s 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 McGill Dobson Cup winners Saccade Analytics.
