The Collision Lab, Centech’s open innovation hub, supports large companies from different sectors in their open innovation initiatives in collaboration with technology startups.
We support large companies that are looking for innovative technological solutions to solve their business challenges while creating societal and environmental value.
Automation & Industry 4.0
Efficiency & Energy Transition
Sustainable Transport & Smart Logistics
Telecom & Edge Computing
Medtech & Digital Health
The Collision Lab team identifies qualified startups that can support your innovation strategy, then offers you advice and support to make the final selection and ensure the success of your collaborative projects.
Take advantage of the expertise of the Collision Lab’s open innovation specialists to connect with startups and qualified talents, and lay the foundations for a fruitful collaboration to co-develop and test new solutions in agile mode and at low cost.
Build a corporate accelerator in partnership with the Collision Lab, to share your challenges to the innovation ecosystem and find the best startups to meet your challenges.
Participate in the many Centech events and take advantage of our spaces to create your own corporate events focused on innovation.
Create and develop a culture of open innovation within your company. Discover the best practices of innovation by exchanging with our corporate partners (Inner Circle), startups, talents and experts.
Rent a space in the Centech and offer your teams complete immersion in a living, dynamic, stimulating and diversified ecosystem.
Boréal Ventures is a seed fund dedicated to financing Quebec companies specializing in high technology and applied sciences. The fund collaborates with Centech to identify the most promising technology companies in Quebec.
Located in the premises of Centech, the Montreal studio of L’École de design Nantes Atlantique welcomes around twenty new students each year to participate in the International Design Strategy program and obtain their master’s degree. Future designers experience a unique training, during which they work with and for startups and companies in the Centech innovation ecosystem.
The ENCQOR 5G project gives companies pre-commercial access to 5G in five cities in Quebec and Ontario, as a way to drive innovation. Centech hosts the ENCQOR 5G test site in Montreal, which has allowed many companies to carry out tests in 5G. The project has also allowed for renowned speakers to be invited to discuss 5G technologies.
The Collision Lab and its corporate partners regularly launch calls for the innovation community to submit ideas that meet their growth challenges.
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