C2mi

What C2mi does

C2MI (Centre de Collaboration MiQro Innovation) is a not-for-profit applied-research center headquartered in Bromont, Quebec, that operates world-class infrastructure for microelectronics R&D and pilot manufacturing, including MEMS fabrication, advanced semiconductor packaging (3DHI, TSV, RDL, FOWLP), compound semiconductors, photonic assembly (precision alignment to 50nm), printed electronics, and emerging quantum chip microfabrication. Its facility houses more than $175M in largely automated, production-oriented equipment and engages more than 250 scientists across an ecosystem of nearly 400 industrial, academic, and governmental organizations, with founding partners IBM Canada, Teledyne DALSA Semiconducteur, and Université de Sherbrooke co-located in Bromont.

The center runs the Integrated Innovation Chain (CII) — a platform that connects applied research, prototyping, and pilot-scale manufacturing — and serves IDMs, fabless companies, foundries, OSATs, quantum and photonics startups, defense integrators, and academic collaborators. Service offerings include collaborative R&D projects, process development, technology validation, prototyping, and small-volume pilot production, with project-based pricing negotiated within partnership agreements. A distinctive IP policy allows partners to retain ownership of work developed at C2MI, an explicit commercial differentiator versus captive foundries.

C2MI is funded primarily through cumulative federal and provincial government grants (including the Strategic Innovation Fund, Regional Defence Investment Initiative, NGen, and Quebec mobilization programs) and partner contributions; revenue is not publicly disclosed. Recent strategic activity through 2025–2026 has centered on expanding quantum microfabrication capabilities, deploying new thin-film deposition equipment (Evatec CLUSTERLINE 300), launching the PIC Packaging Center of Competency with Pasqal/Aeponyx, and establishing flagship international partnerships with CEA-Leti, Polytechnique Montréal, and CSA Catapult.

Name

C2mi

Legal name

Centre de Collaboration MiQro Innovation (C2MI)

Website

https://c2mi.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

C2MI is a not-for-profit R&D center in Bromont, Quebec, operating $175M+ in microelectronics fabrication equipment and engaging 250+ scientists across MEMS, advanced semiconductor packaging, photonics, printed electronics, and quantum microfabrication for industrial, academic, and government partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor R&D and Microelectronics Fabrication Services

NAICS

Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418), Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (3344), Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (334413), Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing (334290)

SIC

Electronic Components, Nec (3679), Printed Circuit Boards (3672)

akta.pro primary industry

Assembly & Packaging Services (Wirebond/Flip-Chip/FCBGA) (HDAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

PCB Assembly (PCBA/EMS) (HDAHAOAI)

Keywords

• Microelectronics R&D
• MEMS prototyping
• Semiconductor packaging
• Compound semiconductors
• Quantum technology fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Bromont

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Government-Funded R&D Projects: C2MI operates with significant government funding from federal (Canada) and provincial (Quebec) sources to support its mission of accelerating commercialization of microelectronic components. Major investments have been announced for quantum capabilities, infrastructure expansion, and advanced packaging capabilities.
2. Collaborative R&D Services: C2MI provides R&D, prototyping, and pilot manufacturing services to industrial and academic partners across the semiconductor and microelectronics ecosystem, including technology development, process validation, and test services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

C2MI is a microelectronics innovation center providing access to specialized R&D infrastructure and engineering expertise for MEMS, advanced semiconductor packaging, compound semiconductors, quantum technologies, and printed electronics. It offers prototyping, process development, and low-volume manufacturing services to industrial and academic partners from a world-class cleanroom facility in Bromont, Quebec.

Product overview

C2MI (Centre de Collaboration MiQro Innovation) is a leading R&D center and innovation hub in advanced microelectronics, offering a unified platform of services rather than a single product. The core portfolio includes MEMS manufacturing, advanced semiconductor packaging (including 3D heterogeneous integration), compound semiconductors, quantum technologies (superconducting quantum chips), printed electronics, and photonic assembly services. C2MI operates the Integrated Innovation Chain (CII) platform that connects research through commercialization. Equipment assets include Evatec CLUSTERLINE 300 thin film processing systems and high-speed ALD capabilities. The center provides prototyping and pilot-scale manufacturing services to both small and large companies, supported by world-class infrastructure with over $175M in equipment and more than 250 scientists, serving sectors including aerospace, defense, quantum, photonics, and clean technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Technum Québec: The innovation zone at Bromont focused on microelectronics and semiconductors, designated by the Quebec government in 2022, which C2MI is part of.

Products and services

• MEMS Prototyping and Process Development

Quantifiable outcome

• Design-to-prototype in six months achieved through integrated photonic supply chain collaboration (C2MI, CPFC, CSA Catapult)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Pasqal / AeponyxflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2026Pasqal, through its Canadian subsidiary Aeponyx, established a Center of Competency in PIC Packaging for quantum and sensing applications at C2MI. The $7.9M project (backed by $4M government funding including $3M from NGen) brings together Aeponyx, HOP Technologies, and Phantom Photonics to strengthen Canada's domestic capabilities in advanced photonics. Phase 1 establishes low-volume manufacturing for thousands of devices; Phase 2 aims for over 500,000 modules annually.
• Polytechnique MontréalflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026C2MI and Polytechnique Montréal signed an R&D partnership agreement through the Lassonde Deeptech Institute to strengthen Quebec's and Canada's innovation ecosystem in advanced technologies. The partnership targets semiconductor, photonics, quantum technologies, imaging technologies, optical communications, and sustainable manufacturing. The agreement aligns with innovation zones including Technum hub and supports Canadian priorities for technological sovereignty and critical supply chain security.
• EvateccoreTechnology or Integration · 2 March 2026C2MI signed an agreement to acquire two Evatec CLUSTERLINE 300 thin film cluster tools for its Bromont facility. These systems are configured with proprietary PVD deposition, HIPIMS for high aspect ratio TSV seeding, arctic etch for UBM/RDL process control, and atmospheric batch degas (ABD) for FOWLP technologies, supporting advanced 3DHI processes for MEMS and advanced packaging manufacturing.
• Forge NanocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026Forge Nano performed a breakthrough demonstration of high-speed, defect-free ALD coatings at 1000:1 aspect ratio using production-representative wafers supplied by C2MI. The independently validated results demonstrated C2MI's capabilities as a semiconductor process development center. C2MI provided wafer supply and internal metrology for validation of the ALD breakthrough.
• CEA-LetiflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2026C2MI and CEA-Leti signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a strategic collaboration in advanced semiconductor technologies. The partnership combines expertise in microsystems, advanced packaging, and photonics, with initial focus on identifying complementarities between their value chains and defining structuring projects. This aligns with G7 Semiconductor Point of Contact Group objectives and positions France and Canada as leading partners in collaborative semiconductor development.
• HOP TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the PIC Packaging Center of Competency at C2MI, contributing to the consortium alongside Aeponyx and Phantom Photonics for photonic integrated circuit packaging for quantum and sensing applications.
• Phantom PhotonicscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the PIC Packaging Center of Competency at C2MI, contributing to the consortium alongside Aeponyx and HOP Technologies for photonic integrated circuit packaging for quantum and sensing applications.
• QuoblycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrenoble-based quantum computing company that established a Canadian subsidiary in Sherbrooke, Quebec, partnering with C2MI (alongside DistriQ and Université de Sherbrooke's Institut Quantique) to integrate into the North American quantum ecosystem and accelerate silicon spin qubit research and cryogenic infrastructure development.
• Anyon SystemsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMontreal-based quantum computing company serving as anchor partner for C2MI's new quantum manufacturing facility. Anyon Systems contributes to expanding C2MI's quantum microfabrication capabilities, marking a major milestone in Canada's efforts to lead in quantum fabrication.
• Rogue Valley MicrodevicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRogue Valley Microdevices and C2MI signed an MOU to offer fast-track MEMS platform creation and deployment. The partnership aims to accelerate MEMS development timelines by combining C2MI's infrastructure and advanced packaging expertise with Rogue Valley Microdevices' MEMS foundry capabilities.
• SluiceboxminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerC2MI and Sluicebox announced a new partnership to advance AI carbon intelligence for electronics manufacturing, combining C2MI's manufacturing capabilities with Sluicebox's carbon intelligence solutions.
• National Research Council Canada (CPFC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerC2MI collaborated with NRC's CPFC and the UK's CSA Catapult on an international project to accelerate photonic design to scalable, industry-ready prototypes. In just six months, the partners delivered a co-packaged optical engine, successfully going from design to prototype in six months and unveiling the result at OFC 2026.
• CSA Catapult (UK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK-based Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult partnered with C2MI and NRC-CPFC on photonic innovation, delivering a co-packaged optical engine prototype in six months and marking a key milestone in rapid photonics innovation.
• Vanguard AutomationcoreTechnology or IntegrationVanguard Automation's advanced photonic packaging solution, the vanguard SYMPHONY, was installed in C2MI's facilities, complementing C2MI's existing photonic packaging capabilities for co-packaged optics and PIC integration.
• DistriQcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDistriQ (Quantum Innovation Zone in Sherbrooke) partnered with C2MI as part of Quobly's Canadian expansion, contributing to the North American quantum ecosystem integration.
• Technum QuébecflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnum Québec is the microelectronics and semiconductor innovation zone designated by the Quebec government in 2022, with C2MI at its core. The zone inaugurated the 'espace konect' incubator-accelerator in September 2025, strengthening the innovation corridor in microelectronics and photonics in Bromont.
• NY CREATES (USA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerC2MI and NY CREATES conducted bilateral discussions as part of the 2nd Annual Northeast Semiconductor Manufacturing Corridor event, strengthening cross-border collaboration between Canadian and U.S. semiconductor R&D, prototyping, and manufacturing ecosystems.
• IBM CanadaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIBM Canada is a founding partner of C2MI. IBM's Bromont facility operates in conjunction with C2MI, and the two entities collaborate on semiconductor packaging and advanced microelectronics research. Government of Canada invested in IBM's Quebec chip plant in partnership with C2MI to increase advanced packaging and commercialization capabilities.
• Université de Sherbrooke - Institut QuantiquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Quobly's Canadian expansion and broader quantum ecosystem development, combining academic quantum research with C2MI's fabrication capabilities.
• Teledyne DALSA SemiconducteurflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeledyne DALSA Semiconducteur is a founding partner of C2MI. The company is an international leader in high-performance digital imaging and semiconductors, with specialized processes including MEMS, mixed-signal/analog, CMOS, high-voltage circuits, and CCD image sensors. Their sensors are used in NASA Mars missions.
• Université de SherbrookecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding partner and academic collaborator, contributing quantum research expertise through the Institut Quantique and supporting collaborative projects in microelectronics and quantum technologies.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Imec: Imec is the world's largest independent semiconductor and nanoelectronics R&D centre, headquartered in Belgium. It offers advanced packaging, MEMS, photonics, and quantum fabrication services to a global partner base, operating at a much larger scale than C2MI and serving as the primary benchmark for independent microelectronics R&D centres.
• Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT) / IISB: Fraunhofer operates the largest applied research organisation in Europe, with multiple institutes (ISIT, IISB, IZM, IWS) covering MEMS, power electronics, semiconductor packaging, and photonics R&D. Comparable in government-backed research-centre economics to C2MI but operating at much larger scale across many sites.
• ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute): ITRI is Taiwan's leading applied research organisation with deep capabilities in semiconductor, MEMS, photonics, and advanced packaging R&D. Comparable by structure and mandate, though operating at substantially larger scale and serving as a critical node in the Asian semiconductor ecosystem.
• Micron Technology (Advanced Packaging): Micron operates advanced packaging and HBM capabilities internally and through partnerships (including with C2MI's Bromont-area ecosystem via IBM). It represents the large-customer segment that C2MI serves indirectly and illustrates where R&D-stage packaging engagements could migrate to captive in-house lines at scale.

Direct peers

• CEA-Leti: CEA-Leti is France's leading microelectronics R&D centre, focused on MEMS, advanced packaging, photonics, and quantum. It is already a C2MI MOU partner and the closest direct peer by mandate, scale, and capabilities, with similar government-backed research-centre economics.
• NY CREATES: NY CREATES operates the Albany NanoTech Complex, providing 300mm semiconductor R&D, advanced packaging, and prototyping infrastructure in New York. It is already a C2MI collaboration partner and serves as the North American counterpart in the Northeast Semiconductor Manufacturing Corridor.
• CSA Catapult: CSA Catapult is the UK's Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult, providing R&D and prototyping in compound semiconductors, photonics, and advanced packaging. Already a C2MI partner, it shares the same applied-research-centre model with government co-funding.
• Rogue Valley Microdevices: Rogue Valley Microdevices is a US-based pure-play MEMS foundry offering MEMS process development and manufacturing services. Already a C2MI MOU partner for fast-track MEMS platform deployment, it is the closest for-profit MEMS-services peer and complements rather than competes head-on.

Regional players

• A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research): A*STAR is Singapore's national R&D organisation operating institutes focused on microelectronics, semiconductors, photonics, and quantum. Comparable in mandate and structure to C2MI but serving the Southeast Asian customer base and rarely overlapping in direct customer engagements.

Others

• Evatec: Evatec is a Swiss thin-film deposition equipment manufacturer whose CLUSTERLINE 300 systems were acquired by C2MI. Evatec supplies the capital equipment that C2MI and peer R&D centres use; relevant as an enabler/supplier rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments1 record

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