Lab-à-Startup Creates Its First Two Startups: Boréa Aquatech and BeNat
Boréa Aquatech and BeNat become the first companies created through the Lab-à-Startup program, turning Quebec university research into market-ready clean tech.
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Agapyo Raises Seed Round to Scale Jam™, Its Biodegradable Replacement for Petroleum Plastics
Agapyo closes the first tranche of its seed round with TandemLaunch, Cycle Momentum, C Capital and Conti Group to scale Jam™, a wood-waste thermoplastic that matches ABS and biodegrades fully.
Up to $3.25M for Clean Agtech in Quebec: Zone Agtech’s NEXTERRE Program, Delivered with Cycle Momentum
Zone Agtech receives up to $3.25M from Canada's ACT Accelerator. Its NEXTERRE program, delivered with Cycle Momentum and Écotech Québec, funds real-farm pilots of clean agricultural technologies in Quebec.
ChillSkyn Secures Seed Acceleration Round With Participation from Cycle Momentum and New York Angels
ChillSkyn closes its Seed Acceleration round with Cycle Momentum and New York Angels, funding PolyFrost passive-cooling deployments in Mexico and Brazil. Jennifer McDonald joins the board.
JetScale AI: Making the Cloud Simpler, More Efficient, and More Sustainable
JetScale AI automates cloud optimization, cutting cost, energy and carbon as AI drives data-center demand toward a doubling by 2030. Backed by Cycle Momentum through Origo.
Cycle Momentum Co-Invests via the Origo Program in JetScale AI’s $5.4M Seed Round
JetScale AI closes an oversubscribed $5.4M seed round with BDC, Diagram, Telegraph Ventures, Fondaction, Spring Impact Capital and Cycle Momentum via Origo.
Irréversible: Making Artificial Intelligence Compatible with the Planet’s Physical Limits
Irréversible builds fully analog AI inference chips that use up to 1,000× less energy than digital processors, bringing AI to the edge where power is scarce. Cycle Momentum co-invested via Origo.
Cycle Momentum Co-Invests in Irréversible with Quantacet, BDC, and UCeed Ventures to Accelerate the Development of Next-Generation Analog AI Chips
Cycle Momentum co-invests through Origo in Irréversible's pre-seed round, led by Quantacet with BDC and UCeed, backing ultra-low-power analog AI chips for edge and autonomous systems.
Why U.S. investors are turning to Canada – and how the flywheel is already at work in Quebec
By Justin Reist, Climate Tech Canada, and Jennifer McDonald, SVP of Investments at Cycle Momentum...
Ecofilter Tek closes $950,000 round, co-led by Cycle H2O and Cycle Momentum to accelerate filtration technology
Sherbrooke, October 15, 2025 — Ecofilter Tek, a Sherbrooke-based startup developing regenerable ion exchange resins...
Cycle Momentum 2024 Impact Report
Since 2015, we have accelerated more than 150 start-ups, delivered dozens of programs, created over...
Dispersa: Transforming Food Waste Into Sustainable Biosurfactants
Why We Invested Dispersa has developed an innovative process to produce biosurfactants, essential ingredients in...