Lise Lapierre

Optosecurity, Inc. develops security software solutions. Its eVelocity software suite enables centralized remote screening of hand luggage. The firm also offers OptoScreener, a disruptive security product for checkpoints based on intelligent 3D computer vision and advanced material science. Its products are designed as an in-line detection system aimed at preventing terrorist events or attacks in high-profile facilities, such as airports and critical infrastructures. The company was founded by Eric Bergeron in 2003 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Montréal Exchange, Inc. engages in the operation and development of market and clearing services for Canadian and international clients and to commercialize internally developed technology solutions. The Group operates in two segments, namely, Exchange and Clearing House. The Exchange segment acts as the only standardized financial derivatives exchange in Canada, providing a complete range of equity, index and interest rate derivatives. The Clearing House segment acts as clearing house and guarantor for derivative instruments traded at the MX and certain other derivative instruments from the over-the-counter market. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Desjardins Capital de risque, Inc. is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec founded in 1974. Desjardins Capital de risque, Inc. is headquartered in Montréal.

BDC Venture Capital (BDC Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1975. The firm is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Established in 1989, CIBC Capital Partners, the venture group of CIBC World Markets' Capital Partners Division, is headquartered in Toronto with additional offices in Boston, New York City and San Francisco. Their ultimate parent is Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX: BCM).

TeraXion, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets photonic products. It offers static and tunable dispersion compensators, laser components, specialized lazer modules, and optical filters. The company was founded by Alain Chandonnet, Alain-Jacques Simard, Martin Guy, and Ghislain Lafrance in 2000 and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

BMO Nesbitt Burns, Inc. provides investment and financial advisory services. The firm offers financial planning; estate planning and preservation; retirement, insurance, and education planning; income replacement; tax minimization; and business succession planning advisory services. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Mobidia Technology, Inc. provides mobile software solutions. It offers mobile and smartphone data usage analytics solutions that help to monitor mobile data usage. The company was founded by Fay Arjomandi, Allan C. Larmour and S. Sharif-Ahmadi in 2004 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

Réseau Capital operates as a venture capital and private equity association. It promotes private equity industry in Quebec through training, information and promotion, networking, and representation. The company was founded by Jean-Pierre Chartrand in 1989 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Canadian Microelectronics Corp. develops and manages Canada's national design network. It offers design, documents, training, resource competitions, and subscription. The company is headquartered in Kingston, Canada.

National Optics Institute provides business applications for optics and photonics. Its services include specialty optical fibers, graded reflectivity mirrors, infrared simulation, laser collimation, gold black deposition, spectrometer design and feasibility studies. The company was founded on December 13, 1985 and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

COREM provides mineral processing and analytical services to companies that explore and develop ore bodies and transform or recycle mineral substances. It specializes in comminution, physical separation, flotation, extractive metallurgy, pelletizing, thermal processes and mineralogy. The company was founded on September 27, 1999 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

CPCS Transcom Ltd. operates as a management consulting firm that provides strategic advisory services specific to transportation and power infrastructure, operations, investment, policy and regulation. Its services include generation, transmission and distribution, integrated transport master planning, legal services, capacity building and training services, non sovereign and local PPP development. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Innoventures Canada, Inc. operates as a non-for-profit organization which focuses on commercializing research services. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

9071-3975 Québec, Inc. operates meat packing plants and slaughter houses. The company is headquartered in Yamachiche, Canada.

Handyem, Inc. designs and fabricates analytical instrument platforms for life science researchers. The company was founded by Alain Chandonnet and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Bluewake Technologies, Inc. develops and commercializes custom solutions for night shift workers such as truck drivers, quarry and mine workers, airline pilots, and police and fire emergency responders. The firm’s proprietary formulated lenses are mounted on frames, from casual to specialized security grade frames. The company was founded by Marc Hébert on March 27, 2006 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

MC2 Consilium, Inc. provides technology intelligence consulting services.

Aeroport de Quebec, Inc. operates airport terminals. The non-profit company is based in Quebec, Canada. The Canadian company was founded in 1929. Stéphane Poirier has been the CEO of the company since 2019.