Quebec
Introduction
Quebec ranks among the second region in Canada for VC investment raised and is the birthplace of private unicorns such as Hopper or $1B+ exits like Clementia Pharmaceuticals and Lightspeed.
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Venture Capital
By investment stage
Below we break venture capital into three distinct stages:
- Startup stage ($0-15M rounds)
- Breakout stage ($15-100M rounds)
- Scaleup stage ($100M+ rounds).
This provides more consistent and timeless segmentation of the startup & venture capital landscape (more so than self-reported round labeling, which are applied inconsistently, especially between business cycles).
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Early-stage VC investment
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Breakout-stage VC investment
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Scaleup-stage VC investment
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By industry
This guide uses the standardized categorization and proprietary tech taxonomy developed by Dealroom.
Startups, as well as capital invested in them, are categorised under up to two industries as defined in Dealroom’s industry taxonomy. As such, double counting may occur.
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Quebec vs Canada vs investment trends
Quebec vs Global VC investment trends
Source of Capital
Source of the VC investment is based on the investor primary location. When multiple investors participate in a round, amount invested is equally divided between the co-participants.
Per region
Position in Canada
VC investment growth relative to Canada and selected Canadian provinces. We normalize the amount of VC investment raised in 2013 to 1 for each ecosystem, providing insights into their respective year-on-year growth.
For instance, Quebec grew 4.4x between 2013 and 2023, British Columbia 3.2x.
Patents
Combined with venture capital flows, startup formation and other innovation data, patents add an entirely new dimension to innovation mapping, with a different set of industry players and longer time horizons.
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Patent data includes encompasses all companies filing patent globally, startups or not.
Patents filed by classes since 2000
Montreal spotlight
For the purpose of this guide, Montreal refers to the Montreal CMM (Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal) ecosystem.
Close to 80% of VC investment raised in Quebec in the last five years came from Montreal startups.
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Montreal globally
In Canada
In North America
Ecosystem benchmarking
Montreal ranks 39th worldwide and 16th in North America among Dealroom’s 2022 Global Tech Ecosystem top Trailblazers.
For more information, consult our guide on Top tech ecosystems.
Methodology
This report uses US Dollars($) as standard reporting currency. Round stages and cutoffs are based on US Dollars.
Unless specified otherwise, this Guide includes both Quebec based startups, with their main center of business (HQ) in Quebec, and Quebec-founded startups, which relocated their HQ outside of the ecosystem.
Related content
- Reports: Explore Dealroom's reports on the North American startup ecosystem
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