What 2 Degres does

2 Degrés is a Quebec-based clean technology incubator founded in 2021 that supports early-stage cleantech entrepreneurs through specialized incubation and innovation programs. The organization has supported more than 100 clean technology companies since inception, operating from its headquarters at 291 rue Saint-Vallier Est in Quebec City. Its service portfolio comprises three core programs: Incubation Programs (personalized support moving clean-tech founders from laboratory to market), Innovation Programs (industry-facing initiatives that generate responses to environmental challenges), and Strategic Projects (multi-stakeholder initiatives mobilizing government, academia, and corporate communities).

The company's central technical and operational asset is the Lab-à-Startup program, launched in 2024 as a joint initiative of the Cleantech Consortium with Cycle Momentum and IVÉO, funded by Quebec's Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie. The program creates a structured playbook for transforming academic research into market-ready clean technology companies and produced its first two outputs in June 2026: Boréa Aquatech (sustainable indoor shrimp farming) and BeNat (supplementary cementitious materials capable of replacing up to 40% of cement and reducing concrete's carbon footprint by over 50%). Underlying capabilities include a curated community of ~50+ ambassadors, expert advisors, and entrepreneurs-in-residence spanning water, energy, construction, aquaculture, and circular economy domains.

2 Degrés operates a mission-driven, publicly funded business model rather than a commercial revenue model. Revenue generation is not the stated objective; the organization is funded through government grants, principal partner contributions (Desjardins, Investissement Québec, PremierTech, INRS), and strategic alliances with academic institutions, industry associations (RECYC-QUÉBEC, CAI, Axelys, Vallée de la Transition Énergétique), and government ministries. Go-to-market is community-led: entrepreneurs are acquired through the website project submission portal, organic search, newsletter, earned media, and partner referrals across Quebec. The organization is led by founder and Director General Alexandre Guindon.

Name

2 Degres

Legal name

2 Degrés

Website

https://2degres.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

2 Degrés is a Quebec-based clean technology incubator supporting early-stage cleantech startups through specialized incubation and innovation programs, including the Lab-à-Startup research-to-market program co-developed with Cycle Momentum and IVÉO.

Ownership category

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Product category

Clean Technology Incubator Services

akta.pro primary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

Keywords

• Clean technology incubation
• Cleantech startup support
• Innovation programs
• Research commercialization
• Climate tech mentoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Québec

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Incubation and innovation program services: 2 Degrés operates as a non-profit or mission-driven incubator that supports clean-tech startups through programs. Revenue generation is not the primary stated objective; the organization is publicly funded and partner-supported to deliver its mission of propelling clean-tech entrepreneurship in Quebec.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

2 Degrés operates a clean-technology incubator providing specialized incubation and innovation programs that support early-stage cleantech startups and entrepreneurs. The organization delivers highly personalized mentorship, expert network access, and structured pathways from laboratory research to market-ready company, including its signature Lab-à-Startup program that bridges academic research and commercial deployment in partnership with Cycle Momentum and IVÉO.

Product overview

2 Degrés is a clean technology incubator based in Quebec that operates a portfolio of programs including incubation programs and innovation programs. The incubation programs provide highly specialized and personalized support to propel clean technology entrepreneurs from laboratory to market. The innovation programs generate responses to environmental challenges in industry. Additionally, the Lab-à-Startup program (launched 2024) is a collaborative initiative helping researchers transform innovations into viable companies in partnership with Cycle Momentum and IVÉO. Strategic projects mobilize governmental, academic and corporate communities around common objectives. Since 2021, the organization has supported over 100 clean technology companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Programmes d'incubation (Incubation Programs)

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Cycle MomentumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 June 20242 Degrés and Cycle Momentum co-founded the Cleantech Consortium and jointly launched the Lab-à-Startup program in 2024. Cycle Momentum's strategic partner in this initiative is the Fonds du Grand Mouvement de Desjardins. The collaboration aims to transform academic research innovations into viable clean-tech companies.
• IVÉOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024IVÉO is a co-porting partner of the Cleantech Consortium's Lab-à-Startup program alongside 2 Degrés and Cycle Momentum. IVÉO contributes expertise in technology transfer and innovation support.
• RECYC-QUÉBECmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRECYC-QUÉBEC and 2 Degrés formed a strategic alliance to stimulate industrial innovation in residual materials management and circular economy, as announced in a news article on the 2 Degrés website.
• Collectif d'actifs en innovation (CAI)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAI and 2 Degrés partnered to strengthen the intellectual property (IP) of Quebec-based clean-tech companies, helping startups protect and manage their innovations effectively.
• AxelysmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAxelys and the Cleantech Consortium (jointly formed by 2 Degrés and Cycle Momentum) united their forces to accelerate sustainable innovation in Quebec, as announced in March 2026.
• Université LavalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversité Laval validated the innovative approach developed by Boréa Aquatech, one of the first startups from the Lab-à-Startup program. The university serves as an academic partner in the research-to-market ecosystem.
• Université de SherbrookemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessor Ammar Yahia and Mojtaba Kohandelnia, PhD at Université de Sherbrooke, developed the technology behind BeNat (supplementary cementitious materials), which was commercialized through the Lab-à-Startup program.
• Carrefour de l'eauminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Carrefour de l'eau (Water Hub) is an initiative at Quebec City with a unique global ambition. 2 Degrés has collaborated on water-related innovation projects and startup development.
• Vallée de la Transition ÉnergétiquemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner2 Degrés, Cycle Momentum, and the Vallée de la Transition Énergétique united their forces to accelerate the energy transition in Quebec, as announced in June 2025.
• PremierTechminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPremierTech is listed as a principal partner of 2 Degrés, contributing expertise and potentially distribution or industry connections to the ecosystem.
• INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINRS is listed among 2 Degrés' principal partners, providing academic research expertise and potentially contributing to the innovation ecosystem.
• Projet Startup des OcéansminorStrategic or Co-development Partner2 Degrés participates in the Ocean Startup Project, which reveals program Amplifier award winners and welcomes new partners, focusing on ocean-related clean-tech innovation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre: Western Canadian cleantech accelerator hub based in Vancouver. Pursues the same cleantech incubation mission across the same vertical mix (water, energy, materials, circular economy) but with different government and corporate partners, serving a separate geography from 2 Degr\u00e9s's Quebec base.

Broad incumbents

• Techstars: Global startup accelerator running thematic programs including cleantech and sustainability cohorts. Operates a much larger, multi-region, multi-vertical accelerator model with similar curated mentorship and program structure, competing indirectly for cleantech founder mindshare.
• Cycle Capital: Qu\u00e9bec cleantech venture capital fund that operates Ecofuel. Larger, capital-deploying counterpart to 2 Degr\u00e9s; shares the same cleantech thesis and partner ecosystem (Cycle Momentum, Desjardins) but competes for downstream capital of incubated companies.
• MaRS Discovery District: Canada's largest urban innovation hub, providing incubation, advisory, and ecosystem services across many verticals including cleantech. A broadly comparable operating model but at significantly greater scale and with a multi-vertical mandate that competes for similar institutional, founder, and partner attention.

Direct peers

• Axelys: Qu\u00e9bec innovation accelerator named as a partner of 2 Degr\u00e9s in 2026. Specializes in helping university researchers commercialize innovations across life sciences and cleantech, overlapping directly with 2 Degr\u00e9s's research-to-market and Lab-\u00e0-Startup thesis.
• Cycle Momentum: Qu\u00e9bec-based cleantech accelerator and co-founding partner of 2 Degr\u00e9s's Lab-\u00e0-Startup program. Directly comparable as a clean-tech-incubation operator with the same entrepreneur-in-residence model and government/Desjardins-backed funding base, covering the same Quebec cleantech deal flow.
• IV\u00c9O: Qu\u00e9bec innovation support organization and the third co-founding partner of Lab-\u00e0-Startup alongside 2 Degr\u00e9s and Cycle Momentum. Specializes in technology transfer and commercialization support, serving the same researchers and academic innovators in the same cleantech verticals.
• Ecofuel: Qu\u00e9bec cleantech accelerator run by Cycle Momentum in partnership with Cycle Capital, operating out of \u00c9TS in Montreal. Directly comparable mission and target persona: cleantech entrepreneurs seeking structured programs to move from lab to market in the same provincial ecosystem.
• Centech: Montreal-based deep-tech and cleantech incubator housed at \u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure. Serves the same high-tech / cleantech entrepreneur persona with structured programs from ideation through commercialization, making it a competing Quebec incubator track for similar founder talent.

Emerging players

• Ocean Startup Project: Canadian multi-partner ocean-tech startup support initiative in which 2 Degr\u00e9s is a recognized partner. Focuses on ocean-related cleantech (including sustainable aquaculture such as Bor\u00e9a Aquatech), giving it meaningful but partial overlap with 2 Degr\u00e9s's aquaculture and water verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/42279602

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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