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Founders Demo Night
- Date
- 5:00pm – 8:00pm
- Location
- District 3 Innovation Hub1250 Rue Guy, Suite 600, Montreal, QC H3H 2L3
- Status
- Upcoming

An evening for students curious about building a business, product or service — a panel of founders and engineers, XR and product demos, networking, and free pizza at District 3.
Founders Demo Night is McGillXR’s entrepreneurship night, bringing together students, founders and engineers from Montreal’s startup community. It’s built for anyone curious about building a business, product or service but not sure where to start.
What to expect
- Activities and pizza
- XR and VR tech demos and games
- Founder and engineer panel, plus open Q&A
- Pitch demo
- Networking
Featured speakers
- Sarah Lavigne (co-founder at Nivo) — building an AI-powered SaaS platform that simplifies pay equity processes.
- Fabrice Vanegas (founder at Cloud Lion) — digital transformation consultant, business technology specialist and global changemaker.
- Ahmed Belgana (Staff AI Infrastructure Integration Engineer at Google Cloud) — specializing in large-scale AI infrastructure and autonomous AI agent architectures.
Whether you’re a founder, an engineer or a student with an idea, come meet the people building in Montreal and see that starting something is more within reach than you think.
Want to pitch, demo or have any questions? Email us at mcgillxr@gmail.com to share your idea or project with the room.

