| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.10.2023 | Cycle Momentum announces the appointment of Jennifer McDonald as Senior Vice President of Investments and Hans Rogg-Desormeaux as Analyst | Montreal, October 26, 2023 — Cycle Momentum, an accelerator and open innovation platform, announces that Jennifer McDonald is joining as Senior Vice President of Investments and Hans Rogg-Desormeaux is promoted to the role of Analyst, to ov... |
| 24.10.2023 | Cycle Capital and Cycle Momentum announce the appointment of Catherine Bérubé as Chairperson of the Board of Cycle Momentum | Montréal, October 25, 2023 – Cycle Capital and Cycle Momentum announce the appointment of Catherine Bérubé, Partner at Cycle Capital, as the board’s new Chairperson at Cycle Momentum. Catherine will succeed Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and M... |
| 16.10.2023 | Quebec grants $22.25 million to Cycle Momentum to support entrepreneurship in climate technologies | Montreal, October 16, 2023 — The Government of Quebec is providing $22.25 million to Cycle Momentum as part of a 5-year partnership, enabling the accelerator to scale new Climate Tech startups and launch an investment matching program named... |
| 05.04.2023 | CYCLE MOMENTUM LAUNCHES A NEW ACCELERATION PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CIRCULAR INNOVATION FUND | With this program, we aim to nurture selected pre-seed and seed-stage companies within the circular economy to bolster investment in an underserved sector, de-risk future CIF investments, and support the build-out of a broader collaborative... |
| 06.12.2022 | Canadian Cleantech Innovation Leaders Partner to Drive Capital Investment into Quebec Cleantech Ventures | Four cleantech innovation leaders have teamed up to tackle cleantech’s access to capital problem. The Quebec Cleantech Investment Challenge, powered by HSBC Bank Canada, aims to increase the flow of capital investment into Quebec-based clea... |
| 07.11.2022 | ClimateTech Expert Gerd Goette Joins Cycle Capital as Venture Partner | Montreal, November 7, 2022 — Cycle Capital, a leading ClimateTech venture capital firm, welcomes Gerd Goette – former Managing Partner of Siemens Venture Capital – to the investment team as a Venture Partner. Gerd Goette will draw upon his ... |
| 20.10.2022 | ZONE AGTECH AND CYCLE MOMENTUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH BIOENTERPRISE CORPORATION, ANNOUNCE THE 3rd EDITION OF THE QUEBEC ACCELERATION PROGRAM 100% DEDICATED TO AGTECH |
Montreal, October 20, 2022 – In partnership with Zone Agtech and Bioenterprise Corporation, Cycle Momentum is currently recruiting for the Cycle Momentum Agtech Acceleration Program – powered by Zone Agtech. This acceleration program is 1... |
| 06.10.2022 | Introducing Cycle Momentum’s 6 New Cleantech Startups | Cycle Momentum kicked off its Fall Cleantech Accelerator cohort on October 4, 2022. As part of the cohort, six new teams began collaborating with Cycle Momentum’s 30+ mentors, entrepreneurs-in-residence and industry experts to develop their... |
| 10.08.2022 | Ankit Mishra Joins Cycle Capital as Project Manager, Communication and Marketing |
Cycle Capital, an impact investor and leading cleantech venture capital investment platform, welcomes Ankit Mishra to the team. As Project Manager, Communications & Marketing, he will lead Communication and Marketing efforts across th... |
| 22.06.2022 | Government of Canada helps major industrial players reduce ecological footprint with support for Cycle Momentum | DEC accorde une aide financière d’un million de dollars à l’organisme montréalais.
MONTRÉAL, June 14, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ – Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions(CED)
Supporting the clean tech sector contributes to economic develop... |
| 28.04.2022 | Cascades and Cycle Momentum launch an open-innovation partnership | Montreal, April 28, 2022 – Cascades, a leader in recovery, hygiene and sustainable packaging solutions, and Cycle Momentum, startup accelerator and innovation engine in cleantech, are joining forces to launch an open innovation program to f... |
| 28.03.2022 | Rémi Fournier joins Cycle Momentum as Entrepreneur in Residence | Cycle Momentum is pleased to welcome Rémi Fournier, a veteran entrepreneur and investor, to its team as Entrepreneur in Residence. Rémi joins the accelerator with great entrepreneurial know-how. As a seasoned entrepreneur & investor, Ré... |
| 03.03.2022 | Zone Agtech and Cycle Momentum present the 5 startups selected to join the 2nd cohort of the Cycle Momentum Acceleration Program: Agtech, powered by the Zone Agtech | L’Assomption RMC, March 3rd, 2022 – In their continued commitment to boost the commercialization of clean agricultural technologies within the province to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to climate change, the Zone Agtech an... |
| 25.02.2022 | Manuelle Côté joins Cycle Momentum | Cycle Capital welcomes Manuelle Côté to the team. As Project Manager, Communications & Marketing, she will lead Communications & Marketing efforts across the Cycle Capital platform.
Prior to joining Cycle Capital, Manuelle worked a... |
| 27.01.2022 | Luc Giguère joins Cycle Momentum’s Board of Directors | Montreal, January 27, 2022 – Cycle Momentum – a cleantech an accelerator and open innovation platform – announces the appointment of Luc Giguère as Board Member. He will also act as a mentor to some of the companies in the accelerator progr... |
| 07.12.2021 | A new brand identity that reflects our ambition | Scaling impactful innovation in clean technology requires leadership and collaboration. With a shared desire to see tomorrow’s companies grow today and with the goal of making a greater impact on society, the members of the innovative Cycle... |
| 01.12.2021 | A consortium of partners are preparing to launch the National Clean Technology « Scale-ups » Program | National Partners Prepare to Launch Canada’s Cleantech Scale-up Program
Training and Support to Create 25 Climate Ventures Valued at $1B by 2030
December 1st 2021. Four partners – Apexe Global (a Startup Genome initiative), Climate Ventur... |
| 31.05.2021 | Cycle Momentum announces the appointment of Vincent Lafrenaye Lamontagne as Program Manager in Open Innovation | Montreal, May 31st, 2021 – Cycle Momentum announces the appointment of Vincent Lafrenaye Lamontagne as Program Manager in Open Innovation.
Vincent Lafrenaye Lamontagne is a senior project manager with over 15 years of experience in public,... |
| 17.05.2021 | Launch of the Open Innovation Challenge: Greenhouses by Cycle Momentum and Hydro-Québec | MONTRÉAL, May 17, 2021 – Cycle Momentum (formerly Accélérateur Ecofuel), founded by Cycle Capital, and Hydro-Québec are proud to announce the launch of the Open Innovation Challenge: Greenhouses as part of Écotech Québec’s Semaine de l’écon... |
| 21.04.2021 | The Ecofuel Accelerator unveils its 13th Cleantech cohort | Montreal, April 21st, 2021 – The Ecofuel Accelerator, a specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the five companies of the Sprint 2021 Cohort. Selected amongst thirty applicants, they’re the participants o... |
| 14.04.2021 | Ecofuel Accelerator unveil its first Agtech Acceleration Program – Powered by Zone Agtech | Montreal, April 14th, 2021 – The Ecofuel Accelerator, a specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the six companies of the very first cohort of the Ecofuel Agtech Acceleration Program – Powered by Zone Agte... |
| 28.01.2021 | Ecofuel Accelerator launches the Partner Funds’ Circle: Investors join the Circle to support cleantech accelerated companies | Montreal, January 28, 2021 – The Ecofuel Accelerator, a specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the creation of the Partner Funds’ Circle. The initiative, which aims to increase investors participation in... |
| 22.01.2021 | Zone Agtech and the Ecofuel Accelerator Announce the Creation of an Acceleration Program 100% Dedicated to the Agtech Sector in Collaboration with Bioenterprise Corporation | MRC de L’Assomption, January 22, 2021 – In partnership with Bioenterprise Corporation, the Ecofuel Accelerator and Zone Agtech are officially launching the Ecofuel Agtech Acceleration Program – Powered by Zone Agtech, the first acceleration... |
| 23.10.2020 | The Ecofuel Accelerator unveils its 12th cohort | Montreal, October 26th, 2020 – The Ecofuel Accelerator, a specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the five companies of the Fall 2020 Cohort. Selected amongst thirty applicants, they’re the participants o... |
| 15.09.2020 | The Ecofuel Accelerator appoints Patrick Gagné as President and CEO | The Ecofuel Accelerator’s Board of Directors announces that Patrick Gagné has been appointed as the new President and CEO of the Ecofuel Accelerator. Patrick will be responsible for strategic and operational management of Ecofuel Accelerato... |
| 15.07.2020 | Ecofuel and Zone Agtech partner to support Quebec agtech businesses | MRC de L’Assomption, Wednesday, July 15th – Ecofuel and Zone Agtech have entered a partnership to further develop and accelerate emerging Quebec startups and seed stage companies in plant-based bioproducts and Agtech.
“This connection is v... |
| 07.07.2020 | Fall 2020 Cohort: The Ecofuel Accelerator currently recruiting! | Montreal, July 7 2020 – The Ecofuel Accelerator launches the recruitment for its Fall 2020 cohort. Seed and Early stage cleantech companies have until August 28th, 2020 to submit their application for the Accelerator’s 12th cohort that will... |
| 18.05.2020 | The Ecofuel Fund announces the appointment of Catherine Bédard as Financial Analyst | Montreal, April 18th, 2020 – The Ecofuel Fund, a seed stage venture capital fund dedicated to support cleantech startups, announces the appointment of Catherine Bédard as Financial Analyst.
“The expertise and knowledge that Catherine bring... |
| 13.04.2020 | Ecofuel Accelerator announces the appointment of Morgan Guitton as Director of Operations | Montreal, April 13th, 2020 – Ecofuel Accelerator, aspecialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the appointment of Morgan Guitton as Director of Operations.
« We are pleased to have Morgan in the Ecofuel Acce... |
| 06.04.2020 | Ecofuel Accelerator Unveils its 11th Cohort | Montreal, April 6th, 2020 – Ecofuel Accelerator, a specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the five companies of the Spring 2020 Cohort. Selected amongst thirty applicants, they’re the participants of the... |
| 21.10.2019 | Ecofuel unveils its 10th cohort | Montreal, October 16th, 2019 – Ecofuel, a venture capital fund and specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the four companies of the Ecofuel Accelerator Fall 2019 Cohort. Selected amongst many applicants,... |
| 04.07.2019 | Recruitment for Fall 2019 cohort of Ecofuel | Montreal, June 26th, 2019 – The Ecofuel Accelerator is launching the recruitment for its Fall 2019 cohort. Pre-seed/seed stage cleantech companies have until August 31th, 2019 to submit their application for the accelerator’s 9thcohort that... |
| 27.03.2019 | Ecofuel unveils its 9th cohort | Montreal, March 25th, 2019 – Ecofuel, a venture capital fund and specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the five companies of the Ecofuel Accelerator spring 2019 Cohort. Selected amongst many applicants,... |
| 20.02.2019 | The Billion Dollar Fund For Women™/Canada launches to tackle the gender funding gap | Six Canadian Venture Funds have already pledged as part of the global campaign to mobilize $1B
February 20th, 2019 (Toronto and Montreal) – The Billion Dollar Fund For Women launches its Canadian campaign to mobilize a consortium of Canadi... |
| 25.01.2019 | Ecofuel Fund successfully completes second closing expanding to $40.6M | Montreal, January 25th, 2019 – Ecofuel Fund – one of Canada’s largest seed stage cleantech venture capital funds – is pleased to announce its second closing for total investor commitments of $40.6 million. The Fund collected additional $10.... |
| 23.10.2018 | Ecofuel unveils its 8th cohort | Montreal, October 23rd, 2018 – Ecofuel, a venture capital fund and specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the six companies of the Ecofuel Accelerator Fall 2018 Cohort. Selected amongst 33 applicants, th... |
| 12.06.2018 | Recruitment for Fall 2018 cohort of Ecofuel | Montreal, June 12, 2018– The Ecofuel Accelerator is launching the recruitment for its Fall 2018 cohort. Seed stage cleantech companies have until August 31st to submit their application. The accelerator’s seventh cohort will start in Octobe... |
| 07.03.2018 | Ecofuel unveils its 7th cohort | Montreal, March 7, 2018 – Ecofuel, a venture capital fund and specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the five companies of the Ecofuel Accelerator Spring 2018 Cohort. Selected amongst 30 applicants, they... |
| 18.12.2017 | Ecofuel Accelerator announces its 6th cohort | Montreal, December 17, 2017 – Ecofuel, a venture capital fund and specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the two companies of the Ecofuel Accelerator Autumn 2017 Cohort. Selected amongst 30 applicants, t... |
| 18.12.2017 | Ecofuel Fund: $30M to support cleantech companies |
Montreal, December 17, 2017 – Ecofuel, a venture capital fund and specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announced today the first closing of the Ecofuel Fund, in the presence of the Quebec’s Minister of Energy ... |
| 18.12.2017 | The Government of Quebec partners with the Ecofuel Accelerator |
Montreal, December 17, 2017 – Ecofuel, a specialized and personalized accelerator dedicated to the cleantech companies, announced today, in the presence of the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and the Minister responsible for the ... |
| 02.11.2017 | Ecofuel Accelerator is now accepting applications for its Spring 2018 Cohort | Montreal, November 02, 2017 – The Ecofuel Accelerator is launching the recruitment for its Spring 2018 cohort. Seed stage cleantech companies have until December 31st to submit their application for the accelerator’s seventh cohort that’s s... |
| 09.12.2016 | Fourth Edition of the Green Light Event | Montreal, December 9th, 2016 – The Autumn 2016 Cohort of the cleantech startup accelerator Ecofuel ended its journey in front of investors, entrepreneurs and representatives of the industry. Entrepreneurs of AEPONYX, ARDA Power, NB BioMatri... |
| 28.11.2016 | Ecofuel Accelerator: New Recruiting Process | Montreal, November 28th, 2016 – The Ecofuel Accelerator establishes a new recruiting method for the next cohorts of its acceleration program. Instead of having fixed recruiting periods for every cohort, it is now possible to apply at any ti... |
| 28.09.2016 | The Ecofuel Accelerator Announces its Autumn 2016 Cohort | Montreal, September 28 2016 – The Ecofuel Accelerator, the leader for the cleantech entrepreneurs, announces the five businesses of its Autumn 2016 Cohort. These five companies selected among 30 applicants compose the fourth cohort of the E... |
| 13.06.2016 | The Ecofuel Accelerator is now accepting applications for its Autumn 2016 Cohort | NOTE: the deadline to file an application for the next cohort was extended until July 5 2016.
Montreal, June 13, 2016 – The Ecofuel Accelerator is launching the recruitment for its Autumn 2016 cohort. Early-stage cleantech companies who wo... |
| 31.05.2016 | The Ecofuel Accelerator announces its Spring 2016 Cohort | Entrepreneurs from Azastra Opto, Kelvin Storage and Lito will experience a mentoring program tailored to their needs in the next four months. They will be advised and taken care of by about forty mentors who are a reference in cleantech, bu... |
| 13.05.2016 | Third Edition of the Green Light Event | The Spring 2016 Cohort of the cleantech startup accelerator Ecofuel ended its journey in front of more than 80 investors, entrepreneurs and representatives of the industry. Entrepreneurs of Azastra Opto, Kelvin Storage and LITO presented th... |
| 28.04.2016 | Le C3E et l’Accélérateur Ecofuel investissent 425 000 $ chez LITO Green Motion inc. | Le Centre d’excellence en efficacité énergétique (C3E) et l’Accélérateur Ecofuel propulsé par Cycle Capital Management complètent un financement conjoint de 425 000 $ chez LITO Green Motion inc. (LITO) pour soutenir la commercialisation des... |
| 18.03.2016 | 2016 Québec Budget: Ecofuel welcomes the future creation of a seed-stage cleantech investment fund | The Government of Québec recognizes the need to invest in innovative cleantech startups.
Ecofuel welcomes the future creation of a seed-stage cleantech investment fund, following the presentation of the Government of Québec 2016-2017 budge... |
| 04.11.2015 | Richard Cloutier new President and CEO of Ecofuel | Ecofuel’s board of directors is proud to announce the nomination of Richard Cloutier as President and CEO of the cleantech startup accelerator.
“With his deep experience in the full spectrum of the tech transfer and commercialization proce... |
| 28.10.2015 | Ecofuel Accelerator is accepting applications for cohort 3 | Ecofuel Accelerator is accepting applications for its next cohort. Early-stage cleantech companies have until Friday, November 20th 5:00PM to submit their application for cohort 3 that’s starting in January 2016.
“After a year, the acceler... |
| 08.07.2015 | Entrevestor – SabrTech begins testing RiverBox | “SabrTech will soon start testing its algae-production product, the RiverBox, marking the beginning of the Halifax-based environmental technology company’s commercialization plan.”
— Sabine Wex, Entrevestor |
| 06.07.2015 | Richard Cloutier nominated as Ecofuel’s strategic advisor | Ecofuel’s board of directors is proud to announce the nomination of Richard Cloutier as strategic advisor to the cleantech startup accelerator.
“Richard acquired a strong experience in innovation, tech transfer, start-up management, intern... |
| 20.05.2015 | Journal Métro – 4 start-ups vertes à surveiller | “La première cohorte de l’accélérateur d’entreprises vertes Ecofuel passait à la prochaine étape mardi, à Montréal. Ce sont donc quatre jeunes entreprises sur une trentaine de postulants qui ont présenté leur plan d’affaires devant quelque ... |
| 20.05.2015 | Les Affaires – Demo Day d’Ecofuel:4 start-ups vertes à surveiller | “L’accélérateur Ecofuel, une sorte de FounderFuel pour les start-ups du secteur des technologies vertes, a tenu son premier Demo Day mardi soir. L’événement, qui s’est déroulé à l’Écomusée du fier monde, à Montréal, a permis aux quatre star... |
| 14.05.2015 | Green Light Event – More than 120 investors, entrepreneurs and representatives attended | Press release
More than 120 investors, entrepreneurs and cleantech ecosystem representatives attended Tuesday night Ecofuel’s first “Green Light Event”, the presentation of the accelerator’s first cohort of companies: Electrocatalysis Cane... |
| 22.04.2015 | Ecofuel Accelerator is accepting applications for the second cohort of 2015 | Ecofuel Accelerator is accepting applications for the second cohort of 2015 Early-stage cleantech companies who would like to apply have until Sunday, May 31st 5:00PM to submit their application for the next cohort that’s starting in august... |
| 12.02.2015 | La Presse – Ecofuel – En route pour des piles à combustible abordables | “La pile à combustible fait rêver depuis longtemps, notamment dans le domaine automobile. Son coût de fabrication élevé en ralentit encore l’adoption par le grand public, mais une jeune entreprise de Varennes pourrait détenir une partie de ... |
| 11.02.2015 | Radio-Canada – Ecofuel – Le covoiturage est-il illégal? | “Le Covoiturage est-il illégal? – Is carpooling illegal?”
— Claude Bernatchez, Radio-Canada – Première |
| 10.02.2015 | Ecofuel Accelerator launches first cohort | Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital Management and Simon McDougall, CEO and Head Coach of Ecofuel have announced the companies selected to participate in the first cohort of the Ecofuel Accelerator.
The compan... |
| 09.10.2014 | novae – Ecofuel: Tremplin à entreprises de technologies propres | “Le fonds de capital de risque Cycle Capital Management a lancé un programme de financement et d’accompagnement destiné à stimuler les nouvelles entreprises québécoises oeuvrant dans le secteur des technologies propres.” |
| 03.10.2014 | Gaïapresse – Les entreprises de technologies propres au Québec ont besoin d’un coup de pouce | “Un changement fondamental doit être opéré et que l’expérience proposée par l’accélérateur constitue un premier pas en ce sens. Devant l’ampleur des défis environnementaux et économiques actuels, les technologies propres sont appelées à jou... |
| 03.10.2014 | Les Affaires – Nouvel accélérateur dans l’industrie des technologies propres | “Le fonds d’investissement Cycle Capital Management lance l’accélérateur Ecofuel, qui parrainera des entreprises en démarrage dans l’industrie des technologies propres.”
— Denis Lalonde, Les Affaires |
| 03.10.2014 | La Presse – Un nouvel accélérateur pour les technologies propres | “Les entrepreneurs en technologies propres ont une nouvelle porte à laquelle cogner. Ecofuel, un accélérateur financé par Cycle Capital, compte accueillir une première cohorte de cinq entreprises dès janvier prochain.”
Jean-François Codère... |
| 10.09.2014 | Cycle Capital launches Ecofuel Accelerator | Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital Management is happy to announce the launch of Ecofuel, a new accelerator for startup companies in clean technology. The accelerator will be led by Simon McDougall, who will b... |
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