L'espace régional d’accélération et de croissance

A network in the Montérégie to support and promote entrepreneurship, acceleration, and business growth through innovation.

ERAC-Montérégie: guidance, collaboration, networking

Created by the Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation du Québec, the Espace régional d’accélération et de croissance de la Montérégie (ERAC-M) drives and empowers businesses by encouraging innovation and best business practices.

Guidance

Our knowledge of the innovation ecosystem allows us to guide you towards the resources that better adapt to your needs.

Collaboration

We offer digital tools and services that support innovation in the whole area by encouraging collaboration and resource sharing.

Networking

Businesses get the help they need to join into a diverse ecosystem of research, innovation, and business acceleration.

Digifab QG | Sparking digital intelligence

DigifabQG’s mandate is to accelerate the development of businesses’ digital projects and to foster comprehension and appropriation of Industry 4.0 principles. Thanks to a partnership agreement between Digifab and Montérégie Économique, businesses in the area can benefit from a special deal to access the services of this industrial expertise centre at a lower cost.

DIGIFAB QG

The Living Lab

This emerging laboratory aims at developing an open innovation culture among entrepreneurs in concerted cooperation with partners of the regional ecosystem. How?

La Ruche | Crowdfunding

We are a proud partner of La Ruche, an organization that specifically contributes to the development of new projects in the Montérégie, particularly through its local crowdfunding platform. La Ruche promotes projects that stimulate the economy and vitality of the region, making it shine like no other.

Veille stratégique La Mire — Strategic watch

Innovative strategic watch service for Quebec SMEs and other players in the innovation support ecosystem. Read inspiring articles and news on technology, market development, financing, management and more, to get your ideas flowing and launch new projects.

Our four fundamental guidelines

Montérégie Économique creates a space for cross-sector collaboration by bringing together the different stakeholders of the area’s economic development: economic development organizations, political partners, educational institutions, businesses, etc.

Develop a synergic open innovation culture among entrepreneurs in close collaboration with ecosystem players
Escalate business digitization by increasing support for manufacturing companies in regards to digital industrialization (4.0)
Map the Montérégie’s economic ecosystem to allow economic development stakeholders to identify business opportunities
Support our economic development professionals so they can assist businesses better

Projects under the scope of the ERAC-M

Accelerated digital turnaround

An agreement between Montérégie Économique and Digifab QG allows manufacturing companies in the area to do their digital transformation at a reduced cost.

Creation of topic specific committees

To encourage exchanges between the members of Montérégie Économique with the purpose of sharing information and facilitating the work of the economic development consultants.

Delegation of Montérégie companies at MTL Connect

Montreal Digital Week is a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to discover digital tools, showcase their innovations, meet new people, and grow their business.

Coordination of specific topic meetings

Organizations and institutions offer different innovation programs and share their ecosystem resources with economic development advisors.