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Event

MDC Semi-Finals 2019 Innovation Driven Enterprise Track

Friday, February 22, 2019 09:00to16:00
Bronfman Building Room TBD, 1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G5, CA

The teams that make it past the Semi-Finals will be invited to the Finals round of the competition, scheduled to take place on March 27th, 2019.

The competition will culminate with the ۲ݮƵ Dobson Cup 2019 Awards Ceremony, taking place on April 4th, 2019, where over $150,000 in seed funding will be awarded to the most promising startups.

now to find out who wins – tickets sell out fast!


۲ݮƵ Dobson Cup 2019: Announcing the Startups Pitching in the Semi-Finals

Innovation Driven Enterprise Track

1. 2ship: 2ship is an innovative way to simplify the shipping process for businesses by eliminating the 3PLs and making the process two-party based, while increasing transparency and reducing market inefficiencies.

2. Biots: A company that produces alga rich in organic essential amino acids.

3.:Cannafish aims to work with fish farmers, valorizing their waste using a unique bioreactor technology and worms to produce a biological hydroponic solution to grow a wide variety of crops.

4.: Chatler is on a mission to innovate the way we interact and buy from businesses on mobile devices. Using chatbot technology, Chatler brings the conversation into mobile commerce.

5.:ChitoDry makes novel biodegradable environmentally compatible materials from crustacean waste, creating with Nature in mind for a better tomorrow.

6.:CoTeacher is an AI-Powered content generation engine for the E-Learning industry

7. Cupp: Cupp is an AI powered question & answer platform for retaining company knowledge and accelerating employee onboarding. Ask a question, we send it to the right people in your organization. Answer a question, we reward you.

8. : Current is a predictive hiring analytics tool that leverages organizational and individual employee data to help companies build better cultures and hire better employees.

9.: For advertisers and publishers, who look for a secure, fast, and transparent marketplace to trade directly, DigiAdChain is a reliable, efficient, and anti-fraud marketplace that bypasses middlemen using AI-Blockchain Technology.

10. Dispersa:Dispersa focuses on developing novel technology that harnesses the power of oil-degrading bacteria to present an efficient, 100% biodegradable, and low-cost solution to address oil contamination.

11. :First Mark creates software for film sets to run digitally, safely, and with less effort, so that production teams focus on what matters – making great films, series, commercials, and shows.

12. : Galdun Greens’ initial target market will consist primarily of dairy farmers within the Quebec region. The health condition of cattle, and the other factors which influence either dairy production or growth, are usually assessed visually by farmers. Major issues with this approach is that they’re relatively subjective process, and the efficiency of keeping tracking of a large herd is difficult.

13. Interius Farms: Offering a solution to stabilize volatile Canadian produce prices and make the Canadian food system more sustainable, Interius Farms uses novel vertical farming techniques to grow on-site with clients year-round.

14. Lab Practice VR: A program that teaches laboratory experiments in virtual reality. This aims to equip students with adequate knowledge of an experiment via an interactive walkthrough designed for lab courses and programs.

15. : Lightbeans Technologies Inc. (“Lightbeans”) is a Quebec City-based tech startup specialized in the field of 3D product visualization. Through its advanced technologies, Lightbeans allows manufacturers, distributors, retailers, designers, and architects to present their products or projects remotely on the web, in augmented and virtual reality, with an enhanced level of realism.

16. LitView: LitView aims to be the starting point for every academic project by offering the most efficient online literature-review platform. We want students to search ideas – not keywords.

17. : At MIXONSET, we are ۲ݮƵ the way people listen to music with innovation… our Robot DJ app lets listeners create personalized high-quality music mixes automatically.

18. Next Up: Next Up revolutionizes the shareholder engagement process by offering a forum-based platform where stakeholders can discuss, ask questions, organize and act on issues concerning corporations.

19.:Observe Agriculture is a Montreal-based AgriTech startup founded by students from ۲ݮƵ University. Our first product is a modular crop quality sensor.

20. OneSpot: OneSpot is an IOS application that gives users a retrospective view of their lives by recording and analyzing every possible moment no matter the significance, because often times the moments that are forgotten were those most worth remembering.

21. : We create innovative machine learning and drone technologies to help mining companies of all sizes attain the next level of production efficiency, and transition into a more digital, connected and lower-carbon future.

22. SCBY:At SCBY, we are the catalyst promoting Change Champions for sustainability by manufacturing and supplying a cruelty-free leather alternative.

23. Spentra:Spentra is a cleantech company that creates innovative, proprietary processes for the sustainable and affordable manufacturing of bioplastics.

24. Yellow Co.: The infamous magic internet money, Bitcoin, is spawning a truly open financial system for everyone, anywhere. Finally, we have the easy way to buy bitcoins, and store them securely for future rainy days. Hop on!

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