UU直播 startups move to semi-finals at Dobson Cup
From 136 initial submissions, 121 startups are moving on to the semi-finals at the 2017 UU直播 Dobson Cup powered by National Bank. Each team competing for the $100,000 in seed funding fall into one of four tracks: 鈥淚nnovation Driven Enterprise,鈥� 鈥淗ealth Sciences,鈥� 鈥淪mall & Medium Enterprise鈥� and 鈥淪ocial Enterprise.鈥� Semi-Finalists will be pitching to judges and mentors from February 14 to 17.
Selling textbooks without the hassle of the haggle
As the new semester rolls in, so does a new textbook-exchanging app. Venndor, founded by recent UU直播 graduates Anthony Heinrich, Julien Marlatt and Tynan Davis, is a classifieds app with the goal of helping students buy and sell textbooks without the need for haggling or negotiating prices.
Design to benefit the world: This solar-powered backpack improves health and education
After moving to Montreal to attend UU直播, Visram designed the聽Soular Backpack聽to help tackle one of the "multitude of problems related to education of children in Kenya."聽Many children in Kenya live in homes without electricity and must use harmful kerosene lamps to study at night. The Soular Backpack has a solar panel on it which charges a portable LED lamp inside of it, eliminating the need for kerosene.
Winners of the University Challenge Leverage Your Idea selected during Entrepreneurial Boot Camp
Fondation Montr茅al Inc. (montr茅alinc.ca) announced last Saturday at the close of an Entrepreneurial Boot Camp the Big Winners of the University Challenge Leverage Your Idea presented by the National Bank and organized in collaboration with Montr茅al universities.
A Montreal startup provides a smoothie solution
It鈥檚 still early days for UGo, a fledgling Montreal company that聽has developed a self-cleaning smoothie machine, but co-founders Morgan Abraham and Mitch Schwartz have big dreams.
鈥淒own the road, I see us as a wellness company, not just a smoothie company,鈥� said Abraham, 29, a Boston native who studied engineering at UU直播 and returned to Montreal post-graduation to give his business idea a shot.
Healthy options are a package deal at Oatbox and Yumibox
UU直播 students Mengyin Hong, 28, and Zoey Li, 22, the duo behind Yumibox, met two years ago, when a professor suggested Li as an assistant for Hong on her master鈥檚 project. Hong had moved from China to study at UU直播, Li was from Vancouver, where she moved from China at age 4. Working together, they discovered they had similar goals and beliefs.
They launched their business six months ago, even before completing their studies at UU直播.
Two UU直播 students use company to raise awareness for diabetes
Two students from UU直播 Univeristy have founded a company to help raise awareness about diabetes and to help those coping with it.
Yumi Box is a whole grain subscription box that delivers preportioned and preseasoned whole grains to your front door.
鈥淎ll you have to do is add water, add heat and you have healthy carbs delivered to you,鈥� Zoey Li, UU直播 dietetic student, said.
Easy-to-make meals for diabetics featured on Global News
Zoey Li, co-founder of聽YUMiBOX by YUMiTRITION聽and current UU直播 dietetic student, was recently featured on聽Global News Montreal. YUMiBOX is a聽subscription box company that sells whole grain products to support diabetic blood sugar control.
Remporter la Coupe Dobson de UU直播 a aid茅 Samuel Bruneau 脿 d茅marrer son entreprise Taiga Motors
Gagner la Coupe Dobson a permis 脿 Taiga Motors d鈥檃voir la reconnaissance n茅cessaire pour 脿 l'international et obtenir le financement n茅cessaire afin de fabriquer la premi猫re motoneige 茅lectrique au monde.
La Banque Nationale est partenaire du Dobson Cup de UU直播, qui aide les entreprises telles que Taiga Motors 脿 r茅aliser leurs projets d鈥檃ffaires.
Five very different UU直播 startups under one roof
What does tiramisu made with avocado have in common with cosmetic ingredients? Both are being developed by newly incorporated startup companies launched right here at UU直播. Avocado Desserts, which uses avocado in unexpected and delectable ways, and Anomera, which has developed a proprietary technology to produce eco-friendly cosmetic ingredients, are both in a special three-month residency at Notman House, a startup incubator located near the corner of Sherbrooke and St.
The 23-Year-Old Behind Soular Is Bringing Solar-Powered Backpacks To Children In Africa
Salima Visram is the 23-year-old entrepreneur behind the Soular, a backpack company equipped with solar panels, which allow children who don鈥檛 have access to electricity in rural parts of Africa to study at night without having to use an expensive and carcinogenic kerosene lamp.
Lupita Nyong鈥檕 Stuns on Latest Vogue Cover, Interview Earns Praise
Lupita Nyong鈥檕聽is earning praise from Black social media users for a quote she made in a fashion magazine. The comment landed on the publication鈥檚 cover and caused many to see it as a welcome change in the industry.
The聽Vogue聽magazine quote聽cements Nyong鈥檕鈥檚 representation of African-Americans and minorities.
鈥淚 want to create opportunities for people of color.鈥�
Flatbook rebrands as 鈥楽onder,鈥� lands $10 million investment
Montreal鈥檚聽Flatbook聽is rebranding as 鈥淪onder鈥� amid a large fundraising escapade that will see the startup bank $10 million.
The startup formerly focused on providing premium short term rentals for travellers in select North American markets. With today鈥檚 announcement,聽Sonder聽will offer 500 鈥渉ometels,鈥� which are places that possess the authenticity of peer-to-peer home rental along with the services of a hotel.
The new (non-tech) tech luminaries
Ms. Magdesian was frustrated. Then a researcher at UU直播鈥檚 Montreal Neurological Institute, she was having trouble with the spinal cord cells she was studying.
The only way to grow them was in a petri dish, but the cells don鈥檛 grow in a dish in the same way they grow in the human body. Instead of growing straight, they get tangled. It made her work harder, slower and more prone to error.
Launch of the University Challenge Leverage Your Idea
Students, Foreign Students and University Graduates aged 18 to 35 invited to submit their business idea.聽
