TechBA - Montreal

With a population of 3.6 million inhabitants and 110 billion (USD) GDp, Montreal has managed to accelerate its economic development around the Aerospace, Electronics, Software Engineering, Biotechnology, Telecommunications, Animation & Videogames sectors. Montreal is the city with the highest number of research centers in Canada, and it's considered as a hub of technology excellence.

TechBA Montreal began operations in June 2006, establishing a partnership with Inno-centre, an organization with 20 years of experience, which has graduated more than 150 companies in the Telecommunications, Microelectronics, Multimedia Solutions, Software, Geomatics, Optics/Photonics, Biosciences, Advanced Materials and Robotics/Automation areas.

Inno-centre is recognized as the organization with the best incubation/ acceleration model in the Quebec Province; it has helped companies to place more than 400 million dollars worth of annual sales, create 4,000 jobs, and raise 35.5 million in financing.

This alliance fosters access of TechBA companies to important markets in Canada and the Northeast region of the United States. 'Inno-centre's network also facilitates contacts with predominant clusters in the region.

TechBA Montreal has also established close relationships with organizations like Invesstissement Quebec, Techno-Montreal, NAD Centre, Association Quebecoise de l'Aerospatiale (AQA), AeroMontreal, and important universities like Concordia University and The University of Montreal, among others.