In 2024, our SME-Startup Connection Tour and Ignite Sweden initiatives enabled many startups to accelerate their growth and conquer new markets.
Launched in the summer of 2024, this collaborative project has already connected hundreds of Quebec startups and SMEs through our networking activities. In partnership with the ERACs, the Living Lab Lanaudière and other key Quebec players, we facilitate meetings, business networking and collaborations that advance the innovation ecosystem.
The goal? To stimulate the adoption of Quebec technological solutions from young innovative companies in Quebec while highlighting the many benefits of collaborations between startups and established companies:
Access new markets by finding potential customers for their products or services.
Discover new industries for their technology.
Develop strategic partnerships to stimulate their growth.
Take advantage of a real customer environment to carry out pilot projects.
Our tour will travel across Quebec from end to end, offering you collaboration opportunities throughout the year. Join us in one of our many regions to meet key innovation players and advance your projects.
Last October, the 2024 edition of Startup Matchday Sweden-Canada took place, in partnership with Ignite Sweden, a Swedish NPO that supports large Swedish corporations in integrating innovative solutions from Swedish or international startups.
The event offered companies from both countries the chance to meet innovative startups operating mainly in the forestry, sustainable exploitation of natural resources and mining sectors with the ultimate goal of concrete collaboration.