Tech-active · Sherbrooke, QC

ACET Capital

Seed equity from the Sherbrooke tech accelerator.

← Investors in Quebec
Cheque
$50k to $500k
Role
Can lead a round
Pace
Selective right now
Kind
Tech-active
Vehicle size
$8M
Founded
2013
Works in
FR + EN
Last deal seen
January 2026
Stages
Pre-seed, Seed
Sectors
Deeptech and hardware, SaaS, Health and biotech, Climate and energy

Their thesis, in full

ACET Capital is a Sherbrooke seed-stage venture fund affiliated with the ACET technology business accelerator. It makes direct equity investments (shares or convertible notes) in early-stage Quebec tech startups across innovative manufacturing, digital, healthtech and cleantech, investing on average in 5 new companies per year (cheques of $50K to $300K, up to $500K with reinvestment). It occasionally leads seed rounds (for example EncephalX's $2.25M pre-seed closed January 2026) but usually co-invests alongside a lead investor from its network.

What they bring past the cheque

  • Accelerator-backed deal flow
  • Sherbrooke and Quebec ecosystem
  • Direct equity at pre-seed
  • Lead investor capacity
  • Hands-on technology commercialization support

Questions they usually ask

Have an answer ready for each one before the first call.

  1. What is your next technical or clinical milestone, and how much capital does it need?
  2. How does the ACET accelerator concretely shorten your path to market?
  3. Who are the natural Series A co-investors for your sector?

Follow-on

ACET Capital pairs its pre-seed cheques with the ACET accelerator's commercialization support and reserves capital to follow its winners, syndicating Series A rounds with Quebec and Canadian specialist investors. Follow-on conviction tracks technical and clinical milestones.

Who to talk to

  • Ghyslain GouletPDG de l'ACET et president d'ACET Capital 1 et 2LinkedIn ↗
  • Dominic DenisDirecteur Investissement, ACET CapitalLinkedIn ↗

Portfolio

Names they back, most notable first.

  • EncephalXPre-seed · 2026
  • SimmunomePre-seed · 2023
  • MyniSeed · 2023
  • ImmugeniaPre-seed · 2022
  • Dyze Design
  • Agendrix
  • Boreas Technologies
  • UgoWork

Often in the same rounds

Investors seen alongside them in past rounds.

Similar investors

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Checked August 2026 from public sources. source ↗ · Website ↗ · LinkedIn ↗