Our mission: to protect marine ecosystems and improve the working conditions of fishermen.
We leverage technological innovation to harmonize fishing activities with nature.
VALUES
Collaboration
Work with and for fishermen. Collaborate with key actors to better understand the issues they face.
Sustainability
Offer a sustainable alternative to traditional fishing equipment. The aim is to make the exploitation of the ocean’s resources a more eco-friendly practice.
Reliability
Meet the requirements of equipment trustworthiness by creating reliable products fishermen can count on in all circumstances.
Action
Act quickly and offer concrete solutions in order to establish a relationship of trust with fishermen.
Meet the Devocean team
Carl-Philippe
Cyr Mercier
CEO
Co-Founder
Robotics engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
François Gauthier
COO
Co-Founder
Electrical engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Simon Therrien
CSO
Co-Founder
Robotics engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Marc Sirois
CTO
Computer engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Olivier Grenier
CPO
Mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Gabriel Lavoie
CFO
Electrical engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Ariel Hotz-Garber
Full-stack developer
Programming technician from the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal
Past and present collaborators
Jacob Fortin
Acoustic system team
Electrical engineering gradutate from the University of Sherbrooke
Brandon Raymond
Programming team
Computer engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Olivier Piché
Mechanical team
Mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Thomas Paris
Mechanical team
Mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Louis-Philippe Baillargeon
Programming team
Robotics engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Ismaël Bouaziz
Acoustic system team
Electrical engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Alice Cordon
Mechanical team
Mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Jérémy Delorme
Mechanical team
Mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Sherbrooke
Pr. Nicolas Quaegebeur
Pr. François Ferland
Vincent Rhéaume
Pr. Jean-Sébastien Plante
Pr. Sébastien Roy
Mathieu Lamy
Awards
CREATEK contest: finalist in 2019, winner of the Public Prize 2020 and winner of the Invention Prize 2021.
Ocean Startup Challenge: winner of the 2021 idea challenge
Winner of the Market Exploration Prize, 2020 edition of the Ton Équipier contest.
Finalist of the Coopérathon 2020 edition and 2nd place in 2021 edition .
Boralex: Entrepreneurship Prize 2021