Les candidatures pour la cohorte Automne 2026 ouvriront en juin. À bientôt!

Program Objectives

Situate your offer, refine your value proposition and adapt your solution to the needs of the tourism, culture and entertainment industry.

Strengthen your skills in all facets of business development.

Test your market fit by pitching your solutions and projects to industry leaders.

Meet multiple players in the tourism, culture and entertainment industry to accelerate your business opportunities.

Candidatures fermées

What is the Mesh program?

It is a strategic matchmaking initiative between Major Partners and innovative startups with the aim of testing and solving innovation challenges in the tourism, culture and entertainment industry.

These challenges include:

  • technological;
  • environmental;
  • Human (HR);
  • analytical;
  • and more.

Learn more about innovation challenges (8 axes)

The tourism, culture and entertainment sector is a promising and attractive market of $14.5 billion in Quebec in which your solution could shine internationally.

Participate and collaborate in the success of your innovative solution in a collaborative and educational setting.

Photo credits: Bodoum Photography

The Mesh includes

  • For the first 4 months:
  • Nearly 10 group sessions in business strategy with our experts followed by individual meetings.
  • Free access to a coworking space.
  • For a period of one year:
  • Privileged meetings with key industry players ready to get on board to accelerate your business opportunities.
  • Access to MT Lab events (5@7, networking, pitches, reverse pitches).

Other Program Specifications:

  • Hybrid mode that combines virtual and face-to-face learning.
  • Training workshops and support in French.
  • Startups must be derived from and operated in Quebec.

Dates not to be missed

Registration opens

Information session

End of registrations

Start of the program

Juin 2026

Août 2026

Oct 2026

Automne 2026

Watch the information session
Candidatures fermées

Criteria

Eligibility criteria:

  • Be in the early or commercialization phase;
  • Be legally constituted under the federal or Quebec laws in force and registered with the Registraire des entreprises du Québec;
  • Have at least one team member working in Quebec for the duration of the program;
  • Not be owned in a proportion of 50% or more by other existing companies or organizations;
  • Own the rights to use the intellectual property of their product or service.
You don't have to be part of the tourism, culture and entertainment sector to innovate!

Selection criteria

Want to put the best odds on your side? Our selection criteria highlight startups with the solutions that best meet the current challenges and considerations in the tourism, culture and entertainment industry.

To find out more, discover our 8 innovation challenges.

 

Une quinzaine d’entreprises seront sélectionnées pour chaque cohorte (1 cohorte par année à l’automne)

Our other programs

You weren't selected? Your work is not lost!

We have other related programs and workshops that might better meet your challenges. One of our advisors will contact you.

 

 

See our other programs

Have questions?

Contact Amandine: [email protected]