CLEIC

What CLEIC does

CLEIC is a non-profit research and coordination entity hosted within Université Laval's Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation (FSA), based at cleic.fsaa.ulaval.ca. Its stated mission is to develop education, research, and industry coordination on edible insects for food waste reduction and organic waste management. As an applied agrifood center, it sits inside one of Canada's largest and oldest universities (founded 1852) and draws on ULaval's 300+ research units, chairs, centers, and institutes, 17 faculties, and more than 60 departments and schools spanning northern/Arctic expertise, sustainable development, and responsible AI. CLEIC operates without disclosed standalone revenue, funding rounds, headcount, patents, or named commercial products; the available data describes only its mission scope and parent-institution context.

The underlying technology and platform footprint documented in the input pertains to the host Université Laval rather than to CLEIC specifically. ULaval operates digital infrastructure including the monPortail student portal, a distance learning platform at distance.ulaval.ca, a campus wireless network with eduroam international roaming, Cisco Secure Client (AnyConnect) VPN, multi-factor authentication, mobile application management, and an ECHO emergency notification application (iOS/Android). Tuition is harmonized across in-person, online, hybrid, and hyflex delivery modes and varies by student profile (Quebec, Canadian non-Quebec, French, Francophone Belgian, International, and UL-employee dependents), billed per credit with separate non-refundable application fees.

CLEIC's business model, as inferred from its nonprofit classification and ULaval's broader institutional mechanics, is most likely grant- and contribution-funded rather than commercial: it coordinates education (likely leveraging ULaval continuing education channels), research (drawing on ULaval's tri-council and FRQ funding offices), and industry partnerships (through direct engagement and Services aux entreprises). CLEIC has no disclosed pricing, customer logos, distribution partners, or revenue figures, and its go-to-market is effectively channeled through the parent institution's recruitment, continuing education, and corporate services infrastructure rather than through any standalone commercial motion.

Name

CLEIC

Legal name

Université Laval

Website

https://ulaval.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1852

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CLEIC is a non-profit research and coordination center hosted at Université Laval's Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation, developing education, research, and industry collaboration on edible insects for food waste reduction and organic waste management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Food Research

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro primary industry

Circularity Consulting & Program Management (EPR, Design-for-Circularity, LCA) (EUAIANAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Commercial Food Waste Programs & On-Site Solutions (Cafeterias, Grocers, Hospitality) (BPALAEAE)

Keywords

• Edible insect research
• Food waste reduction
• Organic waste management
• Sustainable food systems
• Insect protein education

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CLEIC is a non-profit organization that develops education, research, and industry coordination activities focused on edible insects for food waste reduction and organic waste management. It operates as a knowledge-coordination body hosted at Université Laval's Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FSAA), serving as a convening point for academic, student, and industry stakeholders in the edible insect and circular economy space.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600 programs offered across undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Entocycle: UK-based insect-rearing technology provider producing black soldier fly for animal feed and waste bioconversion. Comparable to CLEIC as an operator in the insect-for-organic-waste value chain that CLEIC's research and coordination work supports.
• Protix: Dutch insect protein producer (black soldier fly) serving feed and pet-food markets with circular-economy sourcing. Comparable to CLEIC as one of the most mature commercial proof points of the insect-for-waste value chain that CLEIC supports academically.
• Innovafeed: French insect-protein producer using black soldier fly to upcycle agricultural by-products. Directly comparable to CLEIC because its business model is the industrial deployment of the same insect-based circular-economy concept CLEIC coordinates research around.
• Aspire Food Group: North American (Canada/US) edible-insect producer operating cricket farming and processing facilities. A relevant peer because it represents the commercial translation of edible-insect technology in the same North American context CLEIC operates in.
• Ÿnsect: French industrial producer of insect-based protein from black soldier fly, targeting feed and food applications. Highly comparable because it operates at the commercial intersection of insects and circular-economy resource recovery that CLEIC researches and coordinates around.
• Maltento (formerly AgriProtein): South African-origin insect protein producer using black soldier fly to convert organic waste into animal feed ingredients. Directly comparable as one of the longest-running commercial attempts to industrialize the insect-waste pathway that CLEIC studies.

Others

• WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme): UK-based circular-economy non-profit working on food waste reduction and resource efficiency. Comparable to CLEIC at the level of mission (food/organic waste reduction) and function (research-backed coordination and program management), even though WRAP is not insect-specific.
• The Good Food Institute (GFI): Non-profit working on alternative proteins (plant-based, fermentation, and cultivated/insect) across science, policy, and industry. Comparable to CLEIC as a non-profit research and coordination actor in adjacent alternative-protein domains where CLEIC also operates.
• International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF): EU-level industry association representing insect producers and feed/food value-chain actors. A close functional peer to CLEIC because both serve as industry-coordination and policy-shaping bodies for the edible-insect sector, just at different geographies and scopes.
• North American Coalition for Insect Agriculture (NACIA): US-based industry association advancing insect agriculture in North America. Comparable to CLEIC as a peer industry-coordination and advocacy body in the same regional market where CLEIC operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/universitelaval
• YouTubeyoutube.com/ulavaltv
• Facebookfacebook.com/ulaval.ca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/universite-laval
• Instagraminstagram.com/ulaval
• TikToktiktok.com/@universitelaval

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Investors

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