Life Sciences
Customized financial products
Why Investissement Québec?
Because we are both a financing corporation and an economic development agency, which is good news for you.
We have everything you need to get your expansion project up and running—all under one roof! In addition to offering advice and support as you set up your business in Québec, we can provide financial solutions that suit your requirements.
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Investissement Québec offers ...
Whatever your sector, our experts are there to answer all your questions promptly—even the most difficult ones!
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Our experts will scout out and show you locations in Québec where you can set up your business.
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As a financing corporation, Investissement Québec can provide advantageous financial products and tax incentives.
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We will be at your side every step of the way as you set up your business in Québec, particularly when it comes to finding local partners and forging strategic alliances to ensure your new business venture is a success.
Investissement Québec provides a range of financial products tailored specifically to life-sciences businesses. Here are some examples:
- Development capital
Equity capital (minimum of $5 million) to develop strategic partnerships and launch major projects in Québec
- Financing of refundable tax credits
Loans or loan guarantees to enhance your liquidity
- ESSOR
Loans, interest-free loans or loan guarantees to fund your projects. Private research centres are eligible
Another solution for your industry:
- Employment fund
(Emploi-Québec) (French website)
Financial assistance for workforce development to make businesses more competitive
Private venture capital funds
Expand/Collapse
- Amorchem (Merck, FIER and others) $41.25 million
- Anges Québec Capital Fund $85 million
- Merck Lumira Biosciences Fund $50 million
- GSK Canada Life Sciences Innovation Fund $50 million
- Lumira Capital II $100 million
- Sanderling VII (Therillia) $60 million
- CTI Life Sciences Fund (CTI II) $134 million
- TVM Life Sciences Ventures VII $200 million
- Teralys Capital $1.6 billion
- Emerillon Capital $100 million
Did you know?
- Québec companies can obtain a tax holiday for foreign researchers
(French website).This is one of the things Québec is doing to make it easier to recruit researchers to carry out innovative private-sector projects.
- Québec is known worldwide as one of the most favourable locations for R&D. Generous tax incentives can cut the net cost of R&D by almost 35%.