BlitzWeekend to be hosted at Université de Sherbrooke’s
Longueuil Campus from February 29th to March
2nd 2008
Designers, developers, and entrepreneurs
challenged to create a product in 48 hours
Montreal,
Canada, February 26, 2008 - The BlitzWeekend’s
organizing committee extends a major challenge
to designers, developers, and entrepreneurs
to create a product, from design to deployment,
in only two days. Organized in close collaboration
with MSBi Valorisation and iNovia Capital,
this business startup competition will be held
from February 29th to March 2nd at the Longueuil
Campus of the Université de Sherbrooke.
BlitzWeekend
was inspired by the growing enthusiasm surrounding
the startup scene. Based on other interactive
events like BarCamp, StartupWeekend, RailsRumble
and Mashpits, BlitzWeekend wanted to raise
the bar by allowing talented teams to work
on projects of their choice. Benefiting from
advice of experienced entrepreneurs and investors
present, teams demo their product at the end
of the two-day event and eventually launch
their startup.
“We are
delighted to be part of this exciting event
as it is a great opportunity for local talent
to network and connect, and for us to give
our support to the participating teams,” said
Étienne Lagacé, Associate at iNovia Capital.
“The Université de Sherbrooke was instrumental
in the process by allowing us to use their
facilities at the Longueuil Campus during the
whole weekend. It will provide a conducive
environment for small teams to focus on developing
working product prototypes.” Other enthusiastic
sponsors were eager to get on board, including
BDO Dunwoody, Globalex and Embrase.
The event
starts Saturday, March 1st at 8:00 am, and
ends Sunday, March 2nd at 5:00 pm, with a pre-event
taking place on Friday, February 29th. Winners
will be selected at the end of the weekend.
The organizing committee includes five members:
Heri Rakotomalala, Mehdi Akiki, David Massé,
Denis Canuel and Raymond Luk.
BlitzWeekend
BlitzWeekend is a unique experience where designers,
developers, and entrepreneurs are challenged
to create a working product in 48 hours.
Find a solution to a current problem, meet
and innovate with bright creative people,
work in an environment built for rapid development,
and get feedback from experienced entrepreneurs.
For more information see www.blitzweekend.com.
MSBi Valorisation
MSBi Valorisation (“MSBiV”) is dedicated to
commercializing seed-stage innovations in
information technology, life sciences and
the physical sciences. MSBiV has a particular
focus on establishing and building companies
based on technological advancements and inventions
originating from McGill University, Université
de Sherbrooke and Bishop's University, as
well as their affiliated hospitals and research
institutes. More information about MSBiV
is available at www.msbiv.ca.
iNovia Capital
iNovia Capital manages seed and early stage
venture capital funds, with a focus on helping
entrepreneurs and innovators build successful
companies in the sectors of information technology,
life sciences and cleantech. iNovia Capital's
value-added approach to early stage investing
provides portfolio companies with capital,
unique access to intellectual property from
its partner academic institutions and an extensive
network of industry partners, advisors and
sector-specific co-investors. For more information
see www.inoviacapital.com.
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