First place
$15 000

Jean-Simon Desmarais, Alexis Perron, Alexis Roger, Romain Mrad and Venkat Narayana Ramakrishnan

UQAM-ESG, Polytechnique Montréal and HEC

Second place
$10 000

Jasem Khelifi, Amine Kobeissi, Bechir Elloumi, Khai Lap Vuong and Teerthraj Patel

Universite de Montreal, Douglas College, ETS Montreal and McGill University

Third place
$5 000

Tomas Codina, Daniel Boulanger, Francisco Rodriguez, Kevin Zhang and Victor Garon

McGill University

Fourth place
$3 000

Samuel Beaudoin, Carter Cameron, Luyun Chen, Nicholas Charland Armstrong and Theodor Semerdzhiev and

Concordia University and McGill University

Fifth place
$2 000

Krishna Dewan, Charles Zitella, Elizabeth Katkova, Haoran Zhang and Nikhil Raman

McGill University

Challenge Release
September 5^th, 2025

The challenge details will be sent to registered teams via email.

Submission of Reports/decks Deadline
October 5^rd, 2025

This is your chance to showcase your innovative concepts and get a head start on the competition.

Final Phase Participants Announcement
October 14^th, 2025

The finalists will come to Montreal for the 2-day Hack on November 5 and 6, 2025. During the 2-day hackathon, teams will receive a curated set of US publicly traded stocks and specific investment styles for portfolio management.

Academic advisors and industry coaches will provide expertise in alternative data utilization, ML/AI algorithm applications, and investable portfolio strategies.

Final Presentations and Prize Giving Ceremony
November 6^th, 2025

The culmination of the hackathon will take place on November 6^th, where each team will present their solutions. A panel of industry and academic judges will evaluate teams based on innovative strategies and ideas, and select three finalist teams.

The event will conclude with an exciting prize-giving ceremony from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm (EST). The winning teams will be announced and their success celebrated.