We promote innovation by connecting companies with the best high-tech startups.
Reduce risks, cut costs, and seize new opportunities.
We have access to over 60,000 Canadian startups.
Collision Lab’s experts have developed a rigorous method for identifying and selecting the best startups in Montreal, Quebec, and across Canada to suit your specific requirements. They’ll put you in direct contact with the startups that align with your needs. Our team won’t just advise you on the best startups; they’ll also arrange meetings and facilitate introductions to get the ball rolling quickly.
The Collision Lab team guides you through the development and deployment of tailored corporate programs. Our personalized support helps you highlight your challenges and, thanks to our proven process, we identify, select, and integrate the most promising startups to meet your needs. Leverage our recognized expertise to accelerate and realize your innovation projects with Canadian startups.
Find out more about our corporate program launch methodology
Take part in Centech’s numerous events dedicated to innovation and entrepreneurship, including Open Innovation Day, the largest open innovation event in Quebec!
Utilize our spaces to organize your own corporate events focused on innovation. With the support of our team, create moments of exchange and collaboration.
Join an innovation-focused community of partners and experts to cultivate and develop an open innovation culture within your company. Discover best practices in innovation by engaging with our corporate partners, startups, investors, ecosystem players, talents, and experts.
Occupy a space at Centech and immerse your teams in a lively, dynamic, and diverse ecosystem. Engage with Quebec’s top entrepreneurs and place yourself at the heart of innovation.
At Collision Lab, we want you to actively engage with startups. Share your needs and challenges with us, and we’ll introduce you to the Canadian startups best suited to address them. We customize our approach based on your preferences, organizing one-on-one interviews, pitch sessions, or specific events.
The end goal is for you to develop a proof of concept and/or a concrete collaboration.
Boreal Ventures is a seed capital fund dedicated to financing Quebec companies specializing in high technology and applied sciences. The fund works with Centech to identify Quebec’s most promising technology companies.
Located on the Centech premises, the Montreal studio of the École de design Nantes Atlantique (EDNA) welcomes around twenty new students each year to participate in the International Design Strategy program and obtain their Master’s degree. These future designers experience a unique training program, working with and for startups and companies within the Centech innovation ecosystem.
White paper: Open Innovation
Discover Collision Lab’s white paper about Open Innovation.
The Collision Lab, created in 2018, aims to facilitate networking between large corporations and startups. It enables established companies to select the best startups, receive guidance on open innovation topics and access entrepreneurs in residence. This collaboration fosters access to the best deeptech innovations, brings companies closer to the best startups, and immerses participants in an innovation hotbed.
Collision Lab is aimed at established companies that want to innovate differently, using open innovation as a solution and creating connections between startups and large corporations.
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Find out what open innovation can do for your company.