Université Laval partnered Babson College on Thursday to launch a summer accelerator program called Proto10 funded by private investor Geoffrey Molson and his family’s philanthropic office Molson Foundation.

The 10-week initiative will operate from Université Laval on a similar basis to Babson’s Summer Venture Program, which launched in 2008. The two initiatives will align their approaches to pitches and peer-to-peer monitoring while also pooling speakers and workshops.

Université Laval has also joined Babson College’s Collaborative for Entrepreneurship Education organisation, which…