Here are a few announcements that have caught our attention recently, and that have allowed the greater Québec City area to shine internationally, whether through its ingenuity, creativity or determination.
Nesting Games
Video game industry veterans made an important announcement earlier this month: the creation of a new studio in Québec City. Aiming to deliver character-driven, story-driven and immersive role-playing games (RPGs), Nesting Games has quickly gained international attention for the concentration of skills in its team, and its vision for game development. The studio aims to eventually employ around 60 people and release its first AAA game in 2025, with the support of Italian publisher Digital Bros.
Some examples of articles:
- China: 育碧前员工成立新工作室 开发3A单人RPG摆脱公式化模式
- Russia: Nesting Games — новая студия в Квебеке, которая создает ролевую игру ААА-класса без огромного открытого мира
- Germany: Nesting Games: Triple-A-Studio in Kanada eröffnet – ehemalige Ubisoft-Entwickler an Bord
- Italy: Nasce Nesting Games, nuovo studio di sviluppo dedicato a RPG tripla A non open world
- Brazil: Nesting Games é um novo estúdio de Quebec que cria RPG AAA sem um grande mundo aberto
Snipcart
Snipcart is a Québec City-based company that offers e-commerce solutions tailored to the needs of website designers and developers to simplify their integration. With the growth in popularity of online commerce and the quality of Snipcart's products, it is not surprising that the company has caught the eye of Duda, a California-based giant specializing in web platform creation. Snipcart has accepted an acquisition offer from Duda, a union of forces that has been well noticed, with benefits that will be visible from 2022 in the deployment of collaborative versions.
Some examples of articles:
- Spain: La plataforma de creación web Duda adopta la herramienta de carrito de comercio electrónico Snipcart
- Pakistan: Web building platform Duda snaps up e-commerce cart tool Snipcart
- Brazil: Duda adquire startup que oferece solução de e-commerce para empresas
- Australia: Duda extends e-commerce capability investment with Snipcart acquisition
- United States: Duda acquires Snipcart to grow its ecommerce solutions
La Souche
Many beer lovers can confirm: the Québec City region is full of microbreweries offering high-quality beverages. One of them, La Souche, has made its mark internationally, winning two prizes at the World Beer Awards. The Franc bois d’hiver was named best raspberry beer, while the Gose vie sale was rated best Gose in the world. Many countries participated in this competition, giving international visibility to the winners, including this young microbrewery founded in 2017.
Some examples of articles:
- United Kingdom: World Beer Awards 2021 - Taste Winners
- Australia: The World’s Best Beers Have Officially Been Named
- English-speaking Canada: Canadian Breweries Take Highest Number of Best in Style Awards at World Beer Awards 2021
TeraXion
Québec City technologies are definitely on the radar of international companies, and TeraXion is another example. The company, which specializes in photonic components, helps design and manufacture numerous laser, telecommunications and detection systems around the world. TeraXion's capabilities and achievements have motivated the American company indie Semiconductor to acquire the Quebec-based organization to accelerate the development of its solutions for driver assistance and autonomous vehicles. This alliance will enable both companies to increase the development and deployment of effective and innovative solutions, and received worldwide attention earlier this month.
Some examples of articles:
- Taiwan: 拓墣觀點》Indie Semiconductor 收購 TeraXion，加快其在自駕車領域部署
- China: 汽车半导体市场再增并购案 INDI完成收购TeraXion
- United Kingdom: Photonic component maker Teraxion bought by Indie Semiconductor
- Italy: indie Semiconductor to Acquire TeraXion
- United States: Indie Semiconductor to acquire photonic components provider TeraXion
Once again, congratulations to all these companies that are making the greater Québec City area shine throughout the world. I am very happy to count on these ambassadors to distinguish Québec City, just as they can count on the Québec International team to help them pursue their growth.
If you have other stories of global reach to share with us, please don’t hesitate to send them to info@quebecinternational.ca. We love hearing from you!
Until next month!
Carl Viel
President and CEO of Québec International
