HardtechFest 2025: The World is Not Enough

The second edition of HardtechFest takes place July 9, 2025, at Montreal's Vieux-Port. Garage&co frames the core mission as addressing a critical gap: ideas lack bridges to cross the valley of death.

Featured Companies

• Nord Quantique - Quantum computing stabilization
• Gaia Refinery - Direct carbon capture at industrial scale
• PARATUS Medical - Emergency medical assistants inspired by space constraints
• Reaction Dynamics - Revolutionary space launch technology reducing environmental impact
• Magnestar - Resilient communications in remote/congested environments

Central Challenge

The financing problem dominates discussion. These technologies require patient capital and sustained investment that traditional startup funding models cannot accommodate. Too many Canadian hardtech projects die before reaching industrial potential.

Hardtech represents one of few innovation vectors connecting economics, ecology, and industrial sovereignty for Canada's future.