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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 91社区 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 鈥� tickets sell out fast!

91社区 Dobson Cup 2019: Announcing the Startups Pitching in the Semi-Finals

Social Enterprise Track

1. 3.D.E: 3.D.E is an additive manufacturing company that focuses on applying 3D printing technology to address challenges of affordability, availability, and accessibility of prosthetics and educational model kits in low resource settings in Zimbabwe.

2. Avantage Emploi:听Avantage Emploi will address higher than average refugee and asylum seeker unemployment as well as Quebec鈥檚 severe labour shortage by matching these newcomers with employers and providing the necessary support.

3. : 鈥淕rubhub for home-chefs! And we are ecologically friendly!鈥� For health-conscious and green consumers who want to save time and maintain a healthy diet. We provide an online catering marketplace where users order from nutritional supported home chefs!

4. :聽B3D Performance specializes in additive manufacturing (3D printing) using metal powders. We develop instrumentation to monitor the powder quality to reduce production costs and minimize the impact on the environment.

5. :听Buy Your Own Bulk (BYOB) is a non-profit organization which goal is to provide affordable organic or fair trade dry foods to the 91社区 community while reducing waste production.

6. :聽The CPSN is a non-profit organization aiming to implement Peer Support Centres across Canada to improve the mental health services available on university campuses by empowering students to help their fellow peers.

7. :听Collectif Commun鈥檃rt is a Non-Profit Organization promoting young promising artists and donating all funds to a special art therapy program, 鈥淓space Transition鈥�, created by the Ste-Justine Hospital for children affected by different mental illnesses. We host an annual silent auction of photographs, sculptures, paintings and digital art.

8. CommunityConnect:聽An app that addresses the resource disparity of donatable goods by connecting the general public with vulnerable members of the local community.

9. :聽EMSoF provides firsthand and reliable information that helps Nigerian students secure scholarships in reputable foreign institutions of learning, thereby achieving their academic dreams.

10. :听Farmarvest is an agriculture-focused start-up that leverages crowdfunding to allow anyone from anywhere to choose rural farmers to partner with and profitably invest in agricultural projects in rural Africa.

11. HAi-Bridge:听HAi-Bridge advances knowledge and innovation by investing in the youth. It accomplishes this by providing a conducive learning and research environment that forge change-makers

12. :聽Kaya ChildCare was set up to provide the hardworking Kayayoo mother with the option to get the needed development for her infant in the critical formative years of a child鈥檚 life; from age 0 to 5.

13. Liaisons:听A multifaceted social enterprise providing consulting services to community organizations and SMEs. Our consultants are skilled professionals 鈥� mostly newcomers 鈥� with prolonged unemployment/underemployment who simultaneously participate in Liaisons integration programming.

14. LocalThreads: LocalThreads is a B2B web services that strives to provide a streamlined medium for connecting five main takeholders of the creative process in fashion: designers, retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and suppliers.

15. :聽Ma MobiClinique will be the first mobile and smart paediatric care unit in Montreal, Quebec, offering primary and secondary care to children.

16. :聽MealCare decreased food waste and food insecurity by diverting surplus food from food vendors, and delivering it community organizations through a volunteer-led, low-cost and sustainable model.

17. Mechtech App:听Mechtech is an app that was conceived with the aim to connect large-scale and small-scale farmers whilst solving problems both parties encounter in the agricultural sector in Africa.

18. :聽Mini-Cycle knows the value of durable and ethically made clothing. We sell new and preloved kids clothes and guarantee to buy it all back, thereby creating a closed-loop circular economy.

19. Monstrash:听Monstrash is a creative augmented reality app that unifies masses of eco-friendly pedestrians into an avid litter pickup task force through tangible environmental impacts and an exciting gameplay experience.

20. :聽Panthalida Technologies Limited was established in July 2018 in Kenya with the goal of leveraging Information and Communication Technology to provide services that support businesses and efficient farming practices.

21. PDT Food Depot:聽PDT food depot redistributes surplus food from food producers to communities and organizations in need.

22. Photizo Language Services:聽Photizo English Services is an English tutoring company that partners with international Japanese companies to offer English tutorials to over 1500 employees over the course of 3 years.

23. :聽Photofund provides creative services to the Montreal community. We generate opportunities for students to gain practical experience in photography, videography, and design, while also providing financial donations to local charities.

24. :聽Piccles is a collaborative coloring experience that lowers anxiety, relieves boredom, and fosters connection by engaging people in the cathartic act of coloring.

25. :听Portail Residences is an Airbnb type web platform for privately owned senior homes. Its main mission is to facilitate access to health care lodging resources for elderly people.

26. : Rebicycle is a social enterprise that sells custom upcycled bicycles. Through the sale of Rebicycles, we provide refugees with affordable transport and sustainability-oriented start-ups a venue for their promotion.

27. Safe Kasupe Limited:聽Water is not the source of life, it is life. At Safe Kasupe Ltd, we provide affordable clean water to eradicate negative social and health consequences of using unclean water.

28. :听SokoMtaani leverages mobile technology to create a digital marketplace that revolutionizes how local farmers connect with city markets.

29. :听Solergy Systems is specialized in the implementation of solar energy projects on remote locations and off-grid sites. We want to use solar power to build and support a better world.

30. SURIV:听We are reinventing the way people donate by making in fast, gratifying and by maximizing the impact of your donations where it matter most to you. The best thing is that you can track your impact along the way and see how you and the community are making a difference!

31. Thriving Age:聽Our mission is to help retirement homes become thriving communities where residents realize their greatest human potential through intergenerational experiences, continuous personal development, and community building.

32. Turbodega:听Turbodega is a software management tool that builds a network of small grocers in emerging countries and tracks their daily-sales in real time to provide them: 1) lower cost of goods, 2) access to fair working capital lines of credit, and 3) data-backed business advice.

33. : UsToo.Care anonymously and securely matches survivors of sexual violence based on aggressor or location. Curvivors can collaboratively work with legal representation or police investigators, and access mental health professionals.

34. :听Vehx provides student art talents with portfolio showcase, professional networking and peer learning services. From traditional arts to digital designs, Vehx is your number one choice for highly customized artworks.

35. Yonja:聽Poor sanitation is a major setback to development. Yonja is here to provide the missing link between waste management service delivery companies and households for efficient, affordable and quality services.