Boost your growth, amplify your impact
Mouvement circulaire becomes now available across Quebec! Join a program that gives you access to unique support: a one-stop shop bringing together the best expertise in circular economy, personalized strategic coaching, targeted workshops, and a launch pad to boost the deployment of your circular solution in a real-world environment.
Marketing and/or growth phase
Access to the best expertise for your solution
Launch pad for deploying your solution
Up to 40 hours of tailored coaching
6 to 12 months of strategic support
Mouvement circulaire, there’s a whole ecosystem behind you!
Our team will quickly connect you with the expertise you need: researchers, business partners, targeted financing, or testing grounds. By pooling this know-how, Mouvement circulaire drives the concrete deployment of your circular economy solution.
Here is an overview of the support you could receive, with more partnerships to come!
Program
Impact, circularity, and economic performance
Designed to meet the specific needs of companies developing innovative circular solutions, this program combines personalized coaching, cutting-edge expertise, and strategic networking to boost your sales and customer acquisition, while keeping impact and circularity at the heart of your business model.
Structure your marketing
Define and deploy a marketing plan tailored to your circular solution, structure your sales and marketing functions to conquer new sustainable markets.
Develop your financing strategy
Develop solid financing strategies in collaboration with our impact finance experts.
Strengthen your circular and sustainable business model
Strengthen your innovative model that combines economic viability, social impact, and the integration of circular practices.
Scale your operations
Deploy your scaling strategy and optimize your processes for greater operational efficiency.
Support the growth of your dedicated team
Manage the challenges associated with changes in the size of your team and the responsibilities that come with it.
Join a network of expertise and business opportunities in the circular economy
Access a one-stop shop for targeted expertise, networking events, and a community of committed stakeholders to accelerate your development.
What we offer
Tailored support and a one-stop service offering cutting-edge expertise
Strategic coaching
Up to 40 hours of tailored coaching with our coaches to support the optimization of your business model, growth management, market development, as well as financing, impact, measurement, and communication strategies.
One-stop shop for circular economy expertise
Easy access to a network of expertise bringing together researchers, commercial partners, industry associations, and technical experts (impact measurement, modeling, experimentation, etc.) for comprehensive support tailored to each solution.
Practicals workshops
Series of workshops focused on circularity and business development, addressing topics such as simplified ACFM, circularity impact measurement, impact communication, and customer retention.
Gradual launch ramp
Thanks to a three-step progressive approach, you will be able to validate the integration strategy for your circular solution with an industry mentor and/or business partner. This key step prepares you for larger-scale deployment, which is then facilitated by a partner association in the same sector, to maximize your chances of success in the field.
Community and networking
Participate in networking events with our dynamic community of alumni, entrepreneurs, investors, financial partners, experts, and key players in the circular economy. These meetings promote the sharing of experiences and the emergence of opportunities to accelerate your development.
Team
PERSONALIZED COACHING
We work with a network of experienced mentors and business coaches with diverse areas of expertise (business plans, impact, finance, marketing, etc.) who have faced the same challenges as you as entrepreneurs or in other executive roles, and have asked themselves the same questions.
Subsidies, government assistance
Claudia Pérez-Lévesque
1
Marketing strategy, sales structure optimization
François Bujold
1
Marketing and Communications, Business Development, Strategic Partnerships
Marie-France Montpetit
Sales and strategic partnerships in agri-food
Thibaud Joubert
Financial analysis and modeling, investor relations and negotiations, non-dilutive financing
Marc St-Gelais
Financial analysis, Business model structuring
Hans Hasenohr
Research & Development, Growth Management, Human Resources
Lauren Rathmell
1
Marketing and market development, growth management, commercialization strategy
Fabio Zeppelli
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Eligibility criteria
Ready to get started?
To better support you, we are looking for projects and teams that meet the following criteria:
You are developing an entrepreneurial project with strong potential for environmental or social impact and community transformation.
Your organization (corporation, cooperative, non-profit, etc.) is in the commercialization or growth phase.
Your solution is innovative and has the potential for systemic impact in its sector/industry.
You want to integrate or strengthen circularity in your business model.
You are available and ready to commit to an intensive coaching program (several hours per week), and your founding team is dedicated to the business on a full-time basis (at least 35 hours per week).
Your business must have its head office anywhere in Quebec.
Projects in the following sectors will be prioritized for this program: textiles, plastics, construction, renovation and demolition, and bio-food.
FAQ
I have already participated in Transformation. Am I eligible for Mouvement Circulaire?
Yes! Even if you have already participated in Transformation, you can still express your interest in Mouvement circulaire.
Which sectors of activity are targeted?
We are particularly looking for innovations in the following sectors and areas:
Textiles
Plastics
Construction, renovation and demolition
Organic food
I am an established company and would like to develop a new circular economy solution. Am I eligible?
Yes, in a context where resources have already been deployed within your company to market this solution.
How much does it cost?
Participation in the program involves a flat fee of $750 plus tax, as well as an additional cost of $37.50/hour plus tax, corresponding to 15% of the value of the coaching hours.
How much time should I devote to the program?
Personalized coaching requires an average of 3 to 6 hours per month over 6 to 12 months. In addition, optional 8-hour learning modules (over two days) are available.
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