We are proud to announce a partnership with Esplanade Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>
Esplanade is an accelerator that offers mentoring to entrepreneurs whose social and environmental impact is central to their business model, to accelerate Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s socio-ecological transition.<\/p>
As an organization that offers financing and mentoring to businesses with diversified, inclusive ownership that want to have a positive impact on society, we were drawn to the partnership because of the complementary nature of our two organizations.<\/p>
As part of this agreement, we will be able to offer our clients spots in one of the three streams of the Transformation mentoring program, provided they meet Esplanade Qu\u00e9bec eligibility criteria and the mentoring available meets their needs.<\/p>
With this partnership, entrepreneurs referred by Evol can participate in intensive, cost-effective mentoring programs.<\/p>
Businesses we finance that have diversified ownership and are in the growth\/scaling up or established phase will have access to coaches or experts through one of the three components of the Transformation program built by Esplanade: <\/p>
For its part, Esplanade Qu\u00e9bec can identify its own clients that could benefit from our financing and mentoring.<\/p>
Both of our organizations believe that entrepreneurship can play an important role in tackling social and environmental challenges, and with this partnership, we want to ensure that Qu\u00e9bec SMEs can fulfill their aspirations to have an impact.<\/p>