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Three businesses started by Polytechnique students honoured at the Centre d'entrepreneurship HEC-POLY-UdeM's 13th Entrepreneurship & Innovation contest

December 2, 2010 - Source : NEWS

A total of $75,500 in grants and services was given out to 17 entrepreneurs at the gala evening, held on December 1 at HEC.

Polytechnique's winners:

ÉcoVapeur
Mobile, eco-friendly steam car washer
Entrepreneurs:
Andy Pierre, BEng (Industrial Engineering), Polytechnique Montréal; and Stepan Marcello, BSc (Economics), Université de Montréal
$3,000 grant from Friends of Polytechnique of Montréal


























From left to right: Philippe Roy (Groupe Ricochet), Andy Pierre (ÉcoVapeur), Stephan Marcello (ÉcoVapeur) and Céline Roehrig (Polytechnique Montréal)

ADLG inc.
Automated design solutions and development of electronic and computer products
Entrepreneurs:
Mathieu Dubois, MSc (Electrical Engineering), Polytechnique Montréal and PhD (Computer Science - in progress), Université de Montréal; and Martin Dubois, MSc (Electrical Engineering), Polytechnique Montréal and PhD (Computer Science - in progress), UQAM
$3,500 worth of grants (Teralys Capital - $2,000, Polytechnique $1,000, Hint Innovation - $500)

























From left to right: Céline Roehrig (Polytechnique Montréal), Jacques Bernier (Theralys Capital), Martin Dubois (ADLG inc.), Mathieu Dubois (ADLG inc.) and Marco Lisi (Hint Innovation).

Singular Technologies
Developer of Web 3.0 solutions
Entrepreneur: Ahmad Barirani, BEng (Computer Science), Polytechnique Montréal, MEng (Mathematics and Industrial Engineering), Polytechnique Montréal and PhD Eng (Mathematics and Industrial Engineering - in progress), Polytechnique Montréal
$2,000 grant from the Centre d'entrepreneurship HEC-Poly-UdeM


























From left to right: Marcel Messier (Centre d'entrepreneurship HEC-Poly-UdeM), Ahmad Barirani (Singular Technologies) and Atefeh Farzindar (NLP Technologies)

The annual contest stimulates entrepreneurship among students and encourages the creation and development of innovative young companies. Since 1998, the Centre has assessed more than 663 projects and awarded nearly a million dollars in grants.

To see the list of winners from previous years:
http://neumann.hec.ca/entrepreneurship/fr/activites/concours/index.htm

Our congratulations to the winners!

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