Every upcoming startup, investor and founder event we track in Montreal, in date order.
Demo Day (formerly Startup Showcase) is McGill Ventures' flagship event of the fall semester. It brings together student founders, early users, and investors from Montreal's startup and VC community. Selected startups will each give a five-minute live demo, built to be engaging and interactive, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Later in the evening, founders will join VCs on a panel about building and funding early-stage companies. Whether you're a founder, an investor, or a student curious about startups, come see what's being built at McGill and meet the people building it. Note: A raffle ticket is included with the purchase of each event ticket, giving you a chance to win a prize at the event! Founders: applications are open! Want to put your startup in front of students, users and VCs? Apply here: https://forms.gle/bbiuTp28ZFaURGweA Speakers and partners will be announced soon!
Closing the gap between academia and the VC ecosystem. This year, with trivia. GradConnect is back! This year, Front Row Ventures and BoxOne Ventures are trading panels and roundtables for a trivia night. Grad students, founders and investors will team up over questions on startups, science and Montreal, then stay to keep the conversation going. 🎲 How it works Teams are randomized when you arrive, so you’ll be playing alongside grad students, founders and investors you haven’t met. Over 4 to 5 rounds we’ll cover startups, research and Nobel history, Montreal, and pop culture. There’s a live scoreboard all night, and the winning team takes home an FRV × BoxOne swag bag. 🕕 Schedule 6:00 PM · Arrivals and networking 6:30 PM · Trivia 7:30 PM · Winners announced 🏆 7:45 to 9:00 PM · Networking 🎤 Speakers Founders Madison Santos · Co-founder & CSO, TissueTinker (2SLGBTQIA+ Investment Award, Startupfest 2026) Investors & ecosystem Humza Salam · Investor, Amplify Capital Antoine Jutras-Carignan · IP & Venture Strategy, Axelys Kyla MacLean · Lab-to-Startup Program, Cycle Momentum Hamza Nabiel · Analyst, Telegraph Ventures 🧠 The rounds Startup origin stories, Nobel-winning science, Montreal metro stations and the great bagel debate, plus a pop culture round to keep things fair. 👋 Who it’s for Grad students from any discipline who are curious about where their research could go beyond academia Founders, VCs, incubators, accelerators and ecosystem partners: this is your chance to engage directly with emerging talent from Quebec’s top universities and startups 🍽️ Light bites and drinks provided. 🎟️ Registration is limited, so grab your spot. About the hosts Front Row Ventures (FRV) is Canada’s leading university-focused and student-operated VC firm, with a presence on 20+ campuses across the country. FRV invests early and across industries, backing high-impact student entrepreneurs with ambitious technology-enabled ideas. GRAD2VC, an FRQ-funded fellowship, lets graduate students
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👇⚜️ En français plus bas ⚜️👇 Welcome to the premier event for developers in Quebec: DevFest Montreal 2026! 🎉🚀 🌐 This event is organized by the Google Developer Groups (GDGs), global communities committed to sharing and celebrating Google's cutting-edge technologies 💻✨. DevFest Montreal offers a unique platform to interact with the dynamic tech community in Montreal 🍁 and learn from leading industry experts 🧠💡. 🤝 GDG Montreal, GDG Cloud Montreal ☁️, GDG Cloud Sherbrooke, the GDG on Campus chapters at McGill, Concordia, and Polytechnique 🎓, along with Flutter Montreal 💙 and Women Techmakers (WTM) Montreal 💜, are proud to co-host this full-day conference 🎟️. Connect with Google Developer Experts (GDEs) 🌟, Googlers, and distinguished speakers from both local and international arenas 🌍! 🍁 👾 Connect with QC’s top dev community & Google pros! Deep dives in Cloud, Gemini Enterprise Platform & Android, 80s retro hype, food & swag. 👉 Commit & git push your spot @ https://devfest.gdgmontreal.com/en/ -- Bienvenue au rendez-vous incontournable des développeurs et des développeuses au Québec : le DevFest Montréal 2026 ! 🎉🚀 🌐 Cet événement est organisé par les Google Developer Groups (GDG), des communautés mondiales vouées au partage et à la mise en valeur des technologies de pointe de Google 💻✨. Le DevFest Montréal offre une tribune unique pour échanger avec le dynamique écosystème tech montréalais 🍁 et apprendre auprès d'experts et d'expertes de pointe de l'industrie 🧠💡. 🤝 GDG Montréal, GDG Cloud Montréal ☁️, GDG Cloud Sherbrooke, les GDG on Campus de McGill, Concordia et Polytechnique 🎓, ainsi que Flutter Montréal 💙 et Women Techmakers (WTM) Montréal 💜, sont fiers de coorganiser cette journée complète de conférences 🎟️. Venez réseauter et échanger avec des Google Developer Experts (GDE) 🌟, des Googlers et des conférenciers et conférencières de renom, tant de la scène locale que de la scène internationale 🌍 ! ⚜️ 👾 Rejoins la communauté dev #1 au QC et des experts Googl
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Join us in Montreal on November 10th for the Montreal Physical AI Workshop and Meetup, co-presented by Nebius and Voxel51. Venue details coming soon. The evening opens with networking, food, and drinks, followed by a hands-on workshop on building physical AI applications with FiftyOne, from curating robotics and sensor datasets to evaluating vision models on real-world data. Networking continues after the workshop. A laptop is required to participate in the hands-on workshop - please bring one. Space is limited, so register early. A company, university, or government email address is required to take part in the hands-on workshop. Personal and disposable email accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and similar) cannot be used for the workshop environment. This is a blanket policy of the workshop platform to prevent fraud and abuse and to meet compliance requirements. If you need an exception, contact the hosts before the event. By submitting, you agree to Voxel51's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and agree to receive occasional emails.
Product+ Montréal heads to Deck for our November event. Entering a New Market: Three Perspectives from a Startup, Scale-up and Enterprise Entering a new market looks very different depending on the size of your company. Join us for an evening with three product leaders who’ve done it from three vantage points: a startup betting everything on a first foothold, a scale-up balancing speed with structure, and an enterprise navigating legacy, brand, and scale. Come away with real playbooks, honest lessons, and a sharper sense of how to approach your next market move, whatever your stage. 👀 Speakers Ben Rodier (startup) is co-founder and CEO of FrontlineIQ, a Montréal startup building an AI sales coach for in-person sales teams in stores, showrooms and dealerships. He has spent 20 years building companies in sales and commerce tech. Before FrontlineIQ he co-founded Salesfloor, which changed how global retail brands equip their sales associates, and earlier co-founded Adsplash, later acquired by Yellow Pages Group. Maude-Andrée D’Amours (scale-up) has more than 12 years of experience in product management. She joined Stay22 nearly two years ago, where she works on product strategy and now leads diversification initiatives beyond the company’s core travel business. Before Stay22 she spent nearly four years at Petal, growing from Lead Product Owner to Group Product Manager, after managing IS projects at Bell Technical Solutions. Marco Purificati (enterprise) is Senior Product Manager, APIs and Integrations at Amadeus, working on a marketing automation, engagement and loyalty platform used by more than 2,000 enterprise hospitality clients. Before that he spent six years at Booking.com, where he helped build the new Experiences business (tours and attractions) across the USA, Canada and Mexico, then led the Expertise Center at the Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec. 📅 Agenda 5:30 pm: Doors open and networking 6:30 pm: Welcome from Product+ 6:45 pm: Talks from our s
Many startups build technically impressive products without considering regulatory requirements early enough. This can create barriers to growth, funding and long-term success. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to understand the policy and regulatory environment around your product, build with regulation in mind, and communicate more effectively about what you’re creating. Limited seats: register through this link Why should you join? You want to navigate the regulatory landscape with more confidence. You’re curious about public policy and want to understand how it can influence product design. Or you want to communicate your ideas more effectively to policymakers and government officials. Who is this for? Anyone building a product or startup who wants to better understand how regulations might affect their business. Whether you're working in AI, finance, healthcare, transportation or another industry, this workshop will help you navigate the rules that apply to your product. Bring your own ideas or challenges! We’ll discuss real examples and offer practical advice during the workshop. What you’ll learn The workshop is divided into two parts: Cheat codes You don’t need to be a public policy expert to think like one. Learn how to research, read and understand policy and regulatory texts, and identify what they actually mean for you and the product you’re building. Framing and messaging Learn two essential communication skills for talking about your product. You’ll explore how to frame your ideas and adapt your messaging persuasively for different audiences, including policymakers and government officials. Who is Antoinette Hage? Antoinette is an innovation consultant with international experience helping businesses navigate complex policy environments, with a particular interest in financial services. She has worked with some of the world’s leading brands, including Meta, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Intuit QuickBooks and Marks & Spencer, on topics incl
Expo Accélération – Rencontrez les startups Accélérées! 📢 Appel à toutes et tous ! Venez explorer les technologies innovantes des startups de la cohorte automne 2026 du programme Accélération. 📅 17 Novembre | 14h00 – 19h00 📍 Espace Ax.c, 3e étage 🤝 Événement en libre accès – venez et repartez quand vous le souhaitez! Un événement gratuit et ouvert à toutes et tous, où vous pourrez : ✅ Découvrir des innovations en hardtech, medtech et IA et bien d'autres secteurs ✅ Échanger avec plus de 35 startups qui termine Accélération ✅ Réseauter avec tout l’écosystème Centech : entrepreneur(e)s, investisseur(e)s, grandes entreprises, client(e)s potentiel(le)s, organisations de soutien et plus encore. Une opportunité unique de plonger au cœur de l'innovation technologique, découvrir l'entrepreneuriat et de rencontrer des esprits passionnés prêt(e)s à transformer l’avenir. 🚀 Veuillez noter que des photos seront prises lors de l’événement. En y participant, vous consentez à ce que des images de vous soient capturées et éventuellement partagées sur nos différentes plateformes de communication. Expo Acceleration – Meet the Acceleration Startups! 📢 Calling all innovators! Come and explore cutting-edge technologies from the Autumn 2026 Acceleration cohort startups. 📅 November 17th | 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 📍 Espace Ax.c, 3th floor 🤝 Open access – explore at your own pace! A free event where you can: ✅ Discover innovations in hardtech, medtech, and AI and more ✅ Engage with 35+ startups who fend Accelération ✅ Network with the entire Centech ecosystem: entrepreneurs, investors, large corporations, potential customers, support organizations, and more Don't miss this chance to dive into innovation, discovering entrepreneurship and connect with passionate minds shaping the future. 🚀 Please note that photos will be taken during the event. By attending, you consent to the capture and potential use of images of you on our various communication platforms.
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