Empowering inclusive and impactful innovation
Daring to be Bold with New Technologies?
If You're Ready, So Are We:
Innovation is possible!
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Looking for ambitious projects, meaningful collaborations, or to support bold founders.
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Contact us, or take a moment to "pick my brain" on a problem or opportunity you have.
Partners & Clients
While rooted in Montreal, Canada, our vision quickly grew to impact Quebec and beyond to create projects and programs to bring collaboration in complex environments a reality, across stakeholders, industries and geography. Our initiatives, p2p learning programs, hackathon, founders support, and engaging events bring together thousands of established and aspiring innovators each year.
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Collaborating with industry leaders, professionals, investors, and researchers, we explore, experiment, and execute innovative projects with scalable and sustainable impact in mind.
Accelerating Innovation and Empowering Founders since 2008
We are dedicated to driving the success of the innovation ecosystems. Whether for founders or like-minded established companies.
We lead a thriving community of professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and innovators who are enthusiastic about the potential of technology and making a positive social impact, and excited to connect with global startup ecosystems.
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Since 2008, we have been at the forefront of driving the startup and tech innovation communities.
Mission
Strenght in Numbers
1000+
Supported Startups
15+
Active Years
250+
Activities Organized
12000+
Community Members
40000+
Active Participants
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Let's have an Impact together!
As a track-record driven partner, we develop projects, programs, events, and services that ignites:
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startups
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investors
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corporate innovators
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ecosystem players
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government partners
to not only support and accelerate existing founders and innovators, but also feed the ecosystem (internal or external) by attracting and inspiring amazing individuals to move forward, further and faster together
Walking the talk
If you share our aim to make your tech startup ecosystem more daring, ambitious, innovative while being more accessible, inclusive, and impact-oriented, let's explore together:
Collaborating with our startup services to support impactful entrepreneurs
Co-developing a program aimed at tackling industry-specific open innovation challenges
Co-creating impactful activities to attract and engage the ecosystem and new external participants
Building community-strengthening initiatives that foster collaboration and inclusion
A Glimpse of Our Collaborative Projects
La Foundry: A bold new service for startups
Co-developed by Montreal NewTech and Desjardins, La Foundry is a new and unique support service designed especially for tech startups with the goal of making a positive impact in society. La Foundry is unlike any other startup program and compliments traditional incubators and accelerators. With a satisfaction score of over 92%, La Foundry has been developed with feedback from over 40 startups who have piloted the service since 2021.
Creative Collisions
Creative Collisions is an event that inspires collaboration between Quebec companies and B2B startups to address innovation and business challenges. It unites SMEs, corporations, startups, researchers, and other stakeholders to tackle industry-specific problems. Each themed event promotes the cross-pollination of experiences and best practices, driving collaboration appetite and facilitating long-lasting relationships between startups, companies supported by incubators and accelerators to create and adopt innovative science and tech-driven solutions that have a potential for scalable impact.
Connecting Intelligence: Blue Economy
In collaboration with Ocean Startup Project and 18 ecosystem partners, the 2023 edition of "Connecting Intelligence" brought together Rimouski industry experts with Montreal entrepreneurs and corporates to tackle the increasing possibilities for innovation in Quebec's Blue Economy. This event aspired to alert and motivate potential entrepreneurs to launch new projects, uniting an assorted group of present and future entrepreneurs, professionals, researchers, and principal industry organizations. Following this Connecting Intelligence, 90% of attendees expressed an increased interest in exploring further opportunities in the blue economy.
Startup Community Awards
The Startup Community Awards (SCA) are a unique opportunity to highlight, inspire, and strengthen the tech innovation community that unites us in a shared vision to accelerate the prosperous future of our economy and society.
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It's about YOU and US - every year, we shine a light on the rockstars who build, shape, and fuel our startup ecosystem.
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Nominate, vote, and join us at the gala, as we toast to the grit, passion, and unstoppable spirit of our community.
Startup Open House
Startup Open House is the ultimate networking experience, where you can dive into the world of innovative startups and connect with like-minded entrepreneurs for free. Immerse yourself in the unique culture of each startup and discover the magic that happens behind the scenes. Whether you're looking for a job, a partnership, or just a conversation, SOH offers you endless opportunities to meet inspiring leaders and experience the thrill of entrepreneurship. Take that first step and unleash your inner innovator - SOH is here to help you soar! ๐
Cooperathon, Canada's largest open innovation challenge, is a pioneering platform for fostering societal change and innovation. It aims to unite citizens, entrepreneurs, researchers, and institutions in creating a technologically advanced, inclusive, and socially responsible future. Featuring two challenge tracks based on impact startup development stage:
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Alpha: A 6-week cohort-based program designed for early-stage teams without a working prototype enriched with expert-led workshops and a vast mentorship network, focuses on nurturing ideas for a sustainable and inclusive world. Participants are equipped to become changemakers, utilizing data and AI for positive societal impact, truly embodying the spirit of innovation and responsible entrepreneurship.
Beta: Cooperathon Beta caters to impact startups with existing products or prototypes, emphasizing scaling, market readiness, and strategic partnerships. It provides market validation, high-stakes pitch finales, and access to investors and corporate partners.
Health Beyond Initiative
Collaborating closely with the Canadian Space Agency the goal was in developing community-building strategies for the Health Beyond Initiative. At the Health Beyond Forum in Spring 2022, key stakeholders assembled to start their community-building strategies.
The initiative culminated in the launch of the first ever Health Beyond Summit in the same year, which drew in over 500 participants from across Canada. It was instrumental for the success of the HBI to design, recruit and engage ecosystem leaders to come together to discuss the future of healthcare in space, remote healthcare in Canada, and the integration of breakthrough technologies in the healthcare industry.
Energy Innovation Award
The InnovHQ Energy Innovation Award of Hydro-Québec program aimed to drive the adoption of solutions from energy tech SMEs and accelerate the energy transition for the benefit of future generations.
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Inspiring collaboration between nearly 100 innovative energy entrepreneurs and 21 partners across Quebec's innovation ecosystem, the program celebrated a cohort of 16 finalists and 4 selected winners.
Testimonials:
Our Members & Partners
"Building collaborative partnerships is key to our success, and it has proven to be an effective platform not only for the Supercluster, but for the start-ups that it was built to serve."
Jennifer MacLean
Director of Collaborations @ NGen Canada
Empowering You: Calendar of Opportunities in the Ecosystem
We learn the most when we come together to exchange ideas with others. Imagine how much you could learn when meeting up with entrepreneurs, techies, organizers, and other community members.
Montreal NewTech's Calendar is the way to go to stay on top of new technologies and the startup scene. Are you ready for the ride?