Guideline 3
BOOSTING THE EMERGENCE OF START-UPS
The emergence of advanced materials start-ups remains essential when promoting innovation and economic growth in Québec. Targeted measures will be implemented to complement those already in place within existing incubators and accelerators and to help them overcome challenges like funding, marketing, and human resources management while supporting their growth from inception to supply chain integration.
Objective 3.1
OBJECTIVE 3.1
Support Québec’s Consortium in clean technologies, with its twofold objective:
- Expand the start-up pipeline in key climate technology sectors (particularly advanced materials) based on the academic and industrial research;
- Accelerate the commercialization of cleantech start-ups at the incubation and acceleration stages.
– Sponsors: 2 Degrés, Cycle Momentum and IVÉO
Advancement details:
The Lab-to-Startup in action:
The entrepreneurs in residence—Craig Buntin, Rémi Lalonde Richard, Valérie Robitaille, Marc-Antoine Ducas, and Philippe Poirier—act as interim CEOs, working hand in hand with researchers and scientific project leaders. In the field, they validate the commercial potential of the clean technologies they identify, secure letters of intent and contracts, and lay the concrete foundations for the success of future startups.
Thanks to strategic partnerships with Axelys and the Vallée de la Transition Énergétique, as well as collaborations with the University of Sherbrooke, Laval University, UQTR, and Cégep de Sept-Îles, the Lab-à-startup transforms innovations into high-impact businesses.
Update : February 6, 2026
- Advancement
Support start-ups in their applications to Investissement Québec’s Fonds Impulsion (formerly Impulsion PME).
– Sponsor: PRIMA Québec
Promote the adoption of Québec advanced materials technologies developed by start-ups, in Québec, elsewhere in Canada and internationally.
– Sponsors: Québec Tech, PRIMA Québec
Advancement details:
PRIMA Québec and Québec Tech are currently collaborating to organize a networking event ahead of the PRIMA 2026 forum between PRIMA Québec’s industrial members and startups selected by Québec Tech for the adoption of new technologies.
Update : March 4, 2026
- Advancement
Objective 3.2
OBJECTIVE 3.2
Encourage the use of programs like PRIMO-Adoptant from the Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie (MEIE), which provides support for technology companies with high growth potential.
– Sponsor: PRIMA Québec
Advancement details:
4 rounds PRIMO-Adoptant in 2025 – Call information shared 8 times.
3 rounds in 2026 – Call information shared 2 times
Update : March 4, 2026
- Advancement
Launch calls for solutions like Innovative Solutions Canada, and the federal government’s IDEaS challenge.
– Sponsor: PRIMA Québec
Advancement details:
Innovative Solutions Canada: informations on 3 challenges shared 6 times.
IDEaS: informations on 2 calls shared 2 times
Update : March 4, 2026
- Advancement Innovative Solutions Canada
- Advancement IDEaS
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