Platform Calgary has partnered with Montreal entrepreneurship hub Ax.c to help local startups explore Quebec’s market and build relationships beyond Alberta.
The reciprocal agreement gives members access to each other’s workspaces, events and professional networks for an initial one-year term.
Platform Calgary members visiting Montreal will be welcomed at Ax.c’s downtown hub. Ax.c startups travelling to Calgary can work from the Platform Innovation Centre in the East Village and use its meeting spaces.
“Founders are building companies that don’t stop at provincial borders,” said Jennifer Lussier, CEO of Platform Calgary.
Both organizations will open expert sessions, networking activities and ecosystem events to their partner’s community. They will also facilitate targeted introductions to investors, potential partners, incubators and accelerators.
Ax.c director Geneviève Leclerc said startups can overlook opportunities elsewhere in Canada when considering expansion, and described the agreement as a way to make interprovincial collaboration more practical.
The Calgary partnership follows Ax.c’s agreement with DMZ, which connects Montreal with Toronto, New York and Tokyo.
Platform Calgary is a nonprofit membership organization that helps startups launch and grow, from idea to scale.
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