
McGill Lean Startup
Lean Startup is an intensive online program designed to help you develop your idea into a viable startup concept, while initiating you into the world of entrepreneurship.
Next Cohort : Fall 2021

McGill Dobson Cup
The McGill Dobson Cup (MDC) is the flagship startup competition that offers finalists the opportunity to compete for just over $200,000 in seed funding.
Next Cohort: January 2021

McGill X-1 Accelerator
Designed to accelerate later-stage McGill startups towards investment-readiness and launch in the Fall.
Next Cohort : Summer 2021

McGill Startup Tour
An opportunity for the most promising McGill startups from the McGill Dobson Cup and the McGill X-1 Accelerator to pitch and engage with the global McGill alumni community of successful entrepreneurs, investors and VCs.

McGill's Digital Accelerator
In partnership with the Information System Area at Desautels, the Dobson Centre will offer digital services to McGill affiliated startups, SMBs, and non-for-profits in need of digital acceleration.
Next cohort : Fall 2021

New York City Retail Startup Tour
In collaboration with the ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation du Québec, the Dobson Global Startup program aims to introduce and connect a select group of Dobson startups to the buoyant global startup ecosystem.
Next cohort : Fall 2021

Neuroscience Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program
In partnership with NeuroSphere, McGill's neuroscience accelerator funded through Healthy Brains Healthy Lives, to offer an entrepreneurship program tailored specifically to neuroscience innovations.
Want to apply to one of our programs?
Lean Startup: notify me when applications open in August 2021
Dobson Cup: notify me when applications open in November 2021
X-1 Accelerator: notify me when applications open in the Spring 2021
McGill Startup Tours and the NY Startup Tour: upon invitation only to startups who have demonstrated investment readiness in our Dobson Cup and X-1 programs
Not sure which program is right for you? View our program descriptions above.