Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska

What Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska does

Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska is a non-profit regional entrepreneurship support organization headquartered in Granby, Québec. It was established in 2020 and is structurally funded by the MRC de La Haute-Yamaska, a Regional County Municipality. Its mandate is to provide free business support services to individuals and organizations in the Haute-Yamaska territory across the full arc of the entrepreneurial journey, from initial idea validation through business implementation. The organization is a member of the provincial Réseau accès PME (Accès entreprise Québec) network, which extends its resource footprint to other parts of Quebec.

The organization's service portfolio consists of four core offerings: (1) personalized one-on-one accompaniment, (2) financial aid and financing assistance, (3) a digital toolbox of business resources including a recently added customs tariffs toolkit, and (4) group training programs. It also organizes community activities, most notably the annual OSEntreprendre Challenge. The 2026 edition marked the 28th edition of the gala, which is now co-organized jointly with MRC de Brome-Missisquoi. Distribution is regional and direct: physical office in Granby, a website, HubSpot-powered newsletter signup, and referrals from the MRC and local partners.

The business model is publicly funded rather than revenue-generating. All services are provided free of charge to entrepreneurs, and the organization does not sell products, collect fees, or carry any disclosed pricing tiers. Its economics are entirely a function of the annual funding envelope provided by the MRC de La Haute-Yamaska. Customer segments are horizontal: prospective entrepreneurs at the idea/launch stage are the primary segment, with existing organizations and SMBs as a secondary segment. There is no technology product; the organization is a service delivery body whose 'platform' is its advisory capacity and ecosystem relationships rather than a software stack.

Name

Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska

Legal name

Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska

Website

https://eh-y.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska is a non-profit, publicly funded regional organization based in Granby, Quebec, that provides free entrepreneurship support services — personalized accompaniment, financing assistance, a digital toolbox, and training — to entrepreneurs and organizations across the Haute-Yamaska territory, anchored by MRC funding and Réseau accès PME network membership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Support Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Workforce Programs (EDAAAOAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Community Education (EDAAAFAK), Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC), Business Planning, Pitching & Competitions (Pitch Decks, Demo Days) (EDAMAHAB)

Keywords

• Business incubation services
• Entrepreneurship support
• Startup advisory services
• Small business resources
• Business training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Granby

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: Government-funded organization providing free services to entrepreneurs. Funding received from MRC de La Haute-Yamaska. Revenue is not generated from client fees as all services are provided free of charge to entrepreneurs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska is a regional non-profit organization that provides free business support services to entrepreneurs wishing to start a business in the Haute-Yamaska territory of Quebec. Its offerings include one-on-one personalized accompaniment from idea validation through implementation, assistance securing business financing, a toolbox of business resources, group training programs, and community activities such as the annual OSEntreprendre Challenge.

Product overview

Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska is a regional business support organization providing a unified portfolio of free services to entrepreneurs in the Haute-Yamaska territory of Quebec. The core offerings include: personalized accompaniment for business validation and implementation, financial aid assistance, a toolbox of business resources, training programs, and networking activities. These services are delivered as an integrated support system through the PME Access Network (Réseau accès PME), funded by the MRC de La Haute-Yamaska.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Free personalized support (Accompagnement personnalisé gratuit)

Quantifiable outcome

• Free services for all entrepreneurs - no cost barrier to accessing business support

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MRC de La Haute-Yamaska et de Brome-MissisquoicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint partnership for organizing the annual OSEntreprendre Challenge (28th edition in 2026). Combined effort of both MRCs to promote and recognize entrepreneurship in the region.
• Réseau accès PMEminorOthersMember of the Réseau accès PME network. Affiliation provides access to additional business support resources and provincial-level connections for entrepreneurs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Réseau accès PME: Provincial network of which Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska is a member. Réseau accès PME coordinates regional entrepreneurship support organizations across Quebec, providing shared resources and standards; directly comparable as the parent network and a peer in service-delivery model.
• Futurpreneur Canada: National non-profit providing financing, mentoring, and resources to young entrepreneurs in Canada. Overlaps with Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska's mission of supporting early-stage entrepreneurs, though operating at national scale with a financing-led model.
• PME MTL: Montreal network of PME (small business) support organizations providing financing, advisory, and workspace services to local entrepreneurs. Comparable model of publicly-funded regional entrepreneurship support, though operating across multiple Montreal territories rather than a single MRC.
• Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC): Crown corporation providing financing and advisory services to Canadian entrepreneurs and SMEs. Comparable in serving entrepreneurs with capital and advisory support, though operating nationally and at much greater scale with a focus on financing rather than personalized accompaniment.

Regional players

• Startup Montréal: Montreal-based entrepreneurship support organization serving a different Quebec region but with a comparable mission of supporting early-stage entrepreneurs through training, networking, and resources. Useful as a regional peer benchmark for service offerings and impact models.

Direct peers

• Entrepreneuriat Brome-Missisquoi: Adjacent MRC-based regional entrepreneurship support organization that co-hosts the OSEntreprendre Challenge with Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska. Operates an essentially identical model in the neighboring Brome-Missisquoi territory, making it the closest direct peer.
• Chambre de commerce de la Haute-Yamaska: Local chamber of commerce serving the same Haute-Yamaska territory with overlapping membership base of regional businesses and entrepreneurs. Serves as a community-level peer for business networking and support, with partial overlap in target audience and services.
• Centre local de développement (CLD) de la Haute-Yamaska: Regional development agency operating under MRC governance in the same Haute-Yamaska territory, providing business advisory, financing, and economic development services. The most directly comparable peer given shared MRC oversight, geographic scope, and entrepreneur support mandate.

Emerging players

• OSEntreprendre: Quebec-wide organization that runs the Défi OSEntreprendre competition, of which Entrepreneuriat Haute-Yamaska co-hosts a local edition. Provides partial overlap through regional competition coordination and entrepreneurship promotion across Quebec.
• La Centrale (formerly la Coopérative de solidarité des entrepreneurs de la Haute-Yamaska): Regional entrepreneur cooperative in the Haute-Yamaska area offering workspace, networking, and support services to local entrepreneurs. Comparable mission with partial overlap in services and target audience, focused on cooperative rather than government-funded model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/entrepreneuriat-haute-yamaska

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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