MTL connect
Showcase
The Showcase is one of MTL connecte’s flagship activities, highlighting projects that drive innovation with positive, measurable, and meaningful impact. Through a series of short presentations, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and project leaders showcase their solutions to an audience of participants, investors, decision-makers, and partners.
The initiative aims to promote responsible and desirable digital innovation, foster collaboration, stimulate open innovation, and encourage the sharing of knowledge and expertise.
4 reasons to participate in the MTL connect Showcase:
Increase your organization’s visibility within a broad local and international digital innovation ecosystem.
In 2025, no fewer than 1,264 participants took part in the various MTL connect Showcase activities.
Generate tangible outcomes and business opportunities.
21% of MTL connect participants secured local and international business agreements, with an average deal value of $158,763.
Expand your professional network in meaningful ways.
44% of participants made an average of 11.3 new professional connections through their participation.
Deliver an experience participants truly value.
92.4% of participants reported being satisfied with their experience at the 2025 edition of MTL connect.
3 participation options*:
*There is no application fee to submit a proposal. However, selected applicants invited to present at the Showcase will be required to pay the participation fee by purchasing either a Day Pass (October 13) or an Integral Pass.
Research-Stage Projects: Showcase your research by highlighting the impact and potential of your discoveries. [$0 to $500,000 in funding and/or revenue]
Early-Stage Projects: Present your early-stage project, share your vision, and demonstrate its growth potential. [$500,000 to $2 million in funding and/or revenue]
Growth-Stage Projects: Showcase your high-growth project and the impact your achievements are already generating—or are poised to generate. [More than $2 million in funding and/or revenue]
Selection criteria:
The project must:
Align with a vision of promoting responsible and desirable digital innovation while fostering collaboration, open innovation, and knowledge sharing.
Present an innovation with a positive, measurable, and meaningful impact.
Be led by an entrepreneur or a project leader within a startup, SME, or non-profit organization.
Showcase your impactful innovation
The MTL connect Showcase will be chaired by Sylvain Carle, Co-founder and Executive Director of CI/VIC, an organization dedicated to advancing impact investing practices while providing training and support to fund managers and entrepreneurs.
An investor in innovative initiatives that transform industries, sectors, and regions, he is committed to building a future where technology is sustainable, equitable, and human-centered, creating positive outcomes for both society and the environment.
