McGill Dobson Cup names 2020 semi-finalists

Published: 29 January 2020

The McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship has announced the semi-finalists in the upcoming McGill Dobson Cup 2020, powered by National Bank. The semifinal pitches will take place from February...

New business pursuit to help fund Dobson Cup’s Soular

Published: 3 December 2019

Salima Visram, 2015 McGill Dobson Cup finalist and founder of social enterprise Soular Backpack, has launched her second business pursuit: a fashion company called SAMARA, selling vegan leather...

Sonder Becomes Dobson Centre’s First Unicorn

Published: 28 August 2019

Sonder, a hospitality startup founded by former McGill student Francis Davidson, is now a billion-dollar company. Sonder competed in the 2014 McGill Dobson Cup Startup Competition, where it...

Meet the latest tech unicorn

Published: 15 July 2019

Hailed as the hot alternative to Airbnb, McGill Dobson Cup participant Sonder (previously Flatbook) has recently secured $225-million in financing, bumping their valuation up to $1-billion....

McGill’s top startups win big at McGill Dobson Cup

Published: 5 April 2019

Entrepreneurial spirit is abounding on McGill’s campus as evidenced by the impressive lineup of finalists in the 2019 McGill Dobson Cup powered by National Bank....

Can AI improve depression treatments?

Published: 8 March 2019

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...

The road to greatness for McGill startup

Published: 11 February 2019

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...

Mastercard Foundation in support of the Dobson Cup

Published: 12 February 2019

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...

Meet the Dobson Cup semi-finalists

Published: 28 January 2019

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...

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