The Longueuil Garage incubator

Established in 2016 to support technology-focused manufacturing entrepreneurs, Garage

“We haven’t yet determined the exact name of the community, but the idea is simple,” he says. It will be a place of exchange for entrepreneurs, financiers, coaches and mentors in the sector. »

The incubator will rally the community virtually, on LinkedIn, and also in person, through a series of events that will be organized throughout the year throughout Quebec.

The general director explains that he wants to fill a void and allow entrepreneurs to discuss their issues, challenges, successes, contacts and best practices. A community that will allow entrepreneurs to improve their products and get support beyond Garage’s incubation services

Since its launch, Garage

Most are from Quebec – Garage

A few companies from Western Canada, for example, contacted him this year, and he is currently incubating two companies from France, one from Madagascar and another from Ottawa.

In terms of services, the incubator focuses on product development, explains Emmanuel Cameron.

At the start of the pandemic, Garage

Today, the organization wants to return to the path of growth, but on more solid foundations: it wants to increase the number of companies incubated annually from 15 at the moment to 30 next year, then to 45 in 2025 .

To get there, Garage

Currently, the company’s team totals around a dozen employees, notes the co-founder. “But the demand from companies that want to be incubated is too strong, we started to be referred by other incubators, and there is an explosion of requests. To respond, we will have to grow our team to around twenty employees by next spring. »