French association of investors for growth Founded in 1984, France Invest is the industry association representing French private equity professionals. Its role is to promote this asset class to institutional investors, this funding method and support to entrepreneurs, and this leading economic sector to opinion leaders and public authorities. The association itself is home to 359 asset management companies and nearly 200 associate members from all the business lines that support and advise investors and entrepreneurs in setting up and managing their partnerships. Our membership supports and finances more than 7,700 of the most dynamic startups, SMEs and mid-caps, employing …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Consortium of French Technology Departments: IT, Data, Digital, Innovation, Transformation, R&D, Business Lines The Innovation Makers Alliance (IMA) is the French consortium grouping all Technology departments from all French corporates, mid-caps and public organisations - 130 member companies, including 75% of the CAC40. The IMA brings together all French technology executives to accelerate and federate technology projects. Created in June 2015, the IMA represents more than 8,000 Tech decision-makers (CIOs, Innovation, Digital, Data, Transformation, R&D, Business Lines), from more than 130 Large Groups and Administrations (75% of the CAC 40 and Ministries), to federate and develop technological transformations. The IMA …

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

[Automatic translation follows] The Tech Business Accelerator - Key French player in B2B technology events ITiForums (itiforums.com) is an essential player in technological events, focused on the themes of IT, new technologies and innovation. Organizer of around thirty events per year (face-to-face and digital trade fairs and conferences), ITiForums is centered around the objective of allowing technology buyers and sellers to meet and collaborate. Participants in ITiForums events are technological “decision makers”: people in positions of strategic or operational responsibility, in the IT, Digital, Data, Innovation or Business departments of large companies and administrations. These are the ones who decide …

[Automatic translation follows] Producer of professional events and shaker of ecosystems since 2005. Founded by Marc Dumas, Républik is a historic and committed player in BtoB events. Agitator, producer, mediator, Républik is a global BtoB player and ecosystem agitator. We produce more than 200 events each year across 12 Republics. Each Republic is an ecosystem made up of citizens, whether they are decision-makers, service providers or institutions. Our ambition: to attract leaders, break down silos, develop collective intelligence, animate each ecosystem and enable our clients to do business all year round. Producer of professional events, animation, co-construction, collective intelligence, IT, …

Groupe BPCE, at the service of its customers and the French economy Groupe BPCE pursues a full range of banking and insurance activities, working through its two major Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne cooperative banking networks and through its different subsidiaries. Groupe BPCE, the 2nd largest banking group in France, has put down deep roots in its local markets. Its 117,000 employees serve a total of 36 million customers, 8.6 of whom have decided to become cooperative shareholders. The Group’s different subsidiaries pursue their activities in banking and insurance, tailoring their services as closely as possible to the needs of …

Sectors: Bank