Louis Brun, CEO of Sollum Technologies nominated for Centech Board Director Position

Louis Brun, CEO of Sollum Technologies nominated for Centech Board Director Position

Many innovative companies, including Sollum Technologies, have Centech to thank for their support as a leading tech incubator in Montréal. Now, Sollum’s own CEO, Louis Brun, who has successfully launched multiple companies over the years, is hoping to return the favour to promising startups thanks to his nomination to the Centech Board of Directors.

"Centech has a proven method of helping deeptech companies reach their greatest potential”, said Brun, “I am proud to be able to lend my own expertise to this incubator so that budding entrepreneurs can find success like we have at Sollum™.”

Centech, recently named “one of the most successful university incubators in the world” by UBI Global, offers a number of services for startups including their innovation hub called the Collision Lab, expert coaching, workspaces, and access to pristine laboratories and equipment. They have two program streams, Acceleration and Propulsion, the former which provides startups with support over 12 weeks and the latter which identifies the strongest businesses in the initial program and fosters the mover a multi-year period.

“Louis and the rest of his team at Sollum Technologies exemplify the kind of innovation and business acumen that we look for and encourage in startups” said Richard Chénier, CEO of Centech, “I am very excited for him to join us.”

About Centech

Founded in 1996 by the École de technologie supérieure and located in the heart of Montreal's Innovation District, Centech is a start-up incubator dedicated to technology objects and other advanced technologies with high growth potential. Through its Acceleration and Propulsion programs, Centech acts as a true instrument of growth, creating one of the most important concentrations of high-level technological entrepreneurs in Quebec and Canada.

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Sollum Technologies designed the only 100% dynamic LED lighting solution that modulates the full spectrum of the Sun's natural light to illuminate closed environments such as greenhouses, research centers and laboratories. Sollum's award-winning, turnkey solution consists of internet of things, AI-powered light fixtures that are controlled by Sollum's proprietary SUN as a Service® cloud platform. Sollum's distinctive proposition is a fully scalable cleantech solution that evolves with business needs and multi-zone light management, with each zone benefiting from automatic dimming of an unlimited number of light recipes; this is why it provides unparalleled value in terms of energy savings and, additionally for greenhouse growers, increased productivity, and superior product quality.

Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Montréal (Québec, Canada), where its design, development, and manufacturing activities are concentrated, and has a representative office in Leamington (Ontario, Canada). For more information, visit sollum.tech.

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