How Québec startups turned VivaTech into a foothold in Europe

A Swedish defence official walks into the Québec pavilion at VivaTech… It sounds like a setup in need of a punchline. But for Beonyx , a Saguenay-based robotics company, one of nearly 100 Québec technology companies represented at Europe’s largest technology event this June, that moment was no laughing matter. “Paris opened doors into the European defence world that are very hard to reach from Canada.” The official in question happens to lead ground-drone strategy for Sweden’s defence.