Québec has no shortage of clever technology. Québec Tech is betting that the missing machinery is commercial - a selective, publicly backed route from local proof to international revenue.
The Estonia-born accelerator backs B2B founders before many investors will take the meeting. Its offer pairs capital with a demanding commercial education - and a bill worth reading.
In Bielefeld, a nonprofit backed by Bertelsmann Stiftung teaches founders to sell to Germany’s industrial heartland. Its wager runs on patient funding, practical education and a refusal to take startup equity.