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

Our Vision : We have High Standards - We Build Companies - We have Impact Kurma Partners is a key European venture capital group specialized in healthcare, with €470 million under management, with two dedicated franchises : Kurma Biofund focused on therapeutic (current active fund KBIII) and Kurma Diagnostics focused on diagnostic and digital health (current active fund Kurma Dx2). Biotechnology, Lifesciences, Drug Development, Technology transfer, Rare diseases, Digital Healh, Diagnostics, and Medtech

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Fidal is the largest leading independent business law firm in France. As strategic partners of businesses, institutions and organizations, we strive to use the law as a driving force to enhance their performance and growth in France and internationally. As experts in their practice area using a transversal approach, our talents speak the same language as our clients and understand their issues. We encourage the sharing of knowledge and experience. It is our way of offering to our clients - whatever their size, business, geographical location or specific situation - insightful, reliable and sound advice. Practical advice that protects them …

Sectors: Law Practice

[Automatic translation follows] Supporting you in a world of innovations! Expert in innovation in Maine-et-Loire, Angers Technopole has over 30 years of experience in supporting innovative projects. Whether you want to develop your network, collaborate, create your company or develop a project at the heart of an existing structure, Angers Technopole is your preferred contact. The diversity of the support programs offered allows each innovative project leader to find the format adapted to their needs! Angers Technopole, both in terms of support for the creation and development of innovative companies and the innovation dynamics of the sectors, is supported by …

[Automatic translation follows] A mutualist model serving customers and employees. A mutualist banking network made up of 2,124 local banks, Crédit Mutuel is made up of 18 regional federations, covering the entire French territory. A partnership and not a capital company, Crédit Mutuel is not listed on the stock exchange. Its strategy is thus freed from the search for short-term profitability alone, in favor of long-term development. Its central objective: to provide a quality service at the fairest cost to all its members. Its decentralized organization thus promotes quality of service to customers and responsiveness, through short decision-making circuits. Recognized …

Sectors: Bank

[Automatic translation follows] A cooperative and mutual banking group, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa is made up of the Crédit Mutuel federations of Brittany, South-West, Massif Central as well as around twenty specialized subsidiaries covering all banking, financial and insurance sectors, as well as real estate. Crédit Mutuel Arkéa is present via its networks in 19 of the 22 French regions. With 8,600 employees, 3,700 directors and 3.2 million members and customers, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa ranks among the top banking institutions with their headquarters in the region. banking, insurance, finance, fintech, startup, territory, cooperation, and transitions of the future

Sectors: Bank

[Automatic translation follows] Account of Bpifrance, the Public Investment Bank. Bpifrance, a public investment bank, supports companies from seed to stock market listing, from credit to equity. A privileged contact, Bpifrance offers financing or investment solutions in each region that are adapted to each stage of a company's life. A partner bank for entrepreneurs, Bpifrance provides them with long-term support to support their growth and competitiveness. The teams are at the heart of the regions, throughout the country, through more than 50 regional locations. Financing of SMEs, Business Creation, International Development, Investment, Creation/Transmission, Innovation, Support, Acceleration, and Export Guarantee

Sectors: Bank

The bank for a changing world BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 65 countries, with more than 190,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. BNP Paribas holds leading positions in its three major operating divisions: ⚆ Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for all the Group’s retail banking networks and several specialised businesses, including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; ⚆ Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment and protection solutions; ⚆ Corporate & Institutional Banking, which is focused on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all its …

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[Automatic translation follows] Nantes Métropole, a land of inspiration! Nantes and its metropolis have the ambition to invent a new development model to respond to the democratic, ecological, digital transitions... of our time. They rely on the strengths of a united, collaborative, bold, creative and "completely Western" territory! Nantes Métropole's social networks are spaces open to all and aim to keep you informed of the latest news in the Nantes metropolis. Nantes Métropole reserves the right to delete any publications that are abusive, contrary to public order or morality, violent, racist, revisionist, advocating war crimes, insulting or crude, contrary to …

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] RETIS is the French network of innovation professionals serving innovative businesses and territories with the following missions: - Professionalization of members through the qualification of employees and the certification of organizations - Lobbying and network animation - Experimentation of pilot projects dedicated to innovative entrepreneurship at national and international level Complementary links in the same network innovation chain, the members of the RETIS network support the creation and development of innovative businesses in the territories on a daily basis with two complementary missions and professions - Support for these innovative businesses - Animation of their territory and …

[Automatic translation follows] The new generation incubator of La Banque Postale, to prepare the FinTech and InsurTech of tomorrow. platform58 (P58 for insiders! 😉) is the incubator of La Banque Postale intended for young startups in the seed phase, mainly in the Fintech and Insurtech fields, supplemented by related themes such as cybersecurity or legal. By joining us, entrepreneurs benefit from many advantages: • the tailor-made program corresponding to their real needs • the preservation of the start-up's capital: we do not take any participation! • Personalized support for 12 months with very close monitoring • Advice from recognized and …

OBRATORI is the Venture Capital Fund of @L'OCCITANE Group | Unique & innovative springboard for founders. Founded in 2019, Obratori is the Corporate Venture Capital arm of L'Occitane Group. The #CVC invests in early-stage startups, throughout France, Europe and even beyond. As #seed specialists, we fully support responsible founders with ambitious game-changing projects. Our role? We team up with them to create, get started, take risks, create value and reach the first decisive milestones. We currently back a portfolio of startups in connection with wellbeing, cosmetics, e-health, but not only, foodtech, retailtech,... VC, Early Stage, Startups, RetailTech, Wellness, and TechForGood

[Automatic translation follows] The Pays de la Loire region includes 5 departments: Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée. It has 3.7 million inhabitants spread across 1,357 municipalities. It is a territory balanced between rural and urban areas, organized around 7 large urban areas (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Cholet, Le Mans, Laval and La-Roche-sur-Yon) and 1,108 municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. Bordered by 450 km of coastline and crisscrossed by the Loire, the region has the leading port on the Atlantic coast. Its economic dynamism is a real strength that allows it to have the lowest unemployment rate in France (8.5%). …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] Seize the chance Le Mans Innovation, a technology park in Le Mans and Sarthe, is a support structure for innovation. Our missions are as follows: - Support for project leaders to help new innovative companies emerge in the region - Support for companies (SMEs, ETIs, groups, etc.) to help them structure and develop their innovation projects - Spread a culture of innovation to help companies improve their skills in the field of innovation - Animate the region through innovation For more information, do not hesitate to visit our website or contact the Le Mans Innovation team!

[Automatic translation follows] Innovate & Succeed Technopole, Incubator, CEEI, EUBIC labeled. Association law 1901, Laval Mayenne Technopole (LMT) is the reference for innovation in Mayenne and contributes to the economic development of the territory through innovation. To drive this innovation dynamic, Laval Mayenne Technopole: • Animates, networks and facilitates the cooperation of skills present in Mayenne • Initiates and supports innovative project leaders and entrepreneurs at all stages of development through its support tools for: startups (Idenergie, UP! the incubator, nursery), Mayenne SMEs (Skills Challenge, APOLLO Program, SélanC), Major Accounts (Exploration Mission), all companies: support for setting up collaborative projects …

[Automatic translation follows] Cooperative banks, the Caisses d'Epargne have been combining trust, solidarity and modernity since 1818. The second largest banking network in France, the 16 regional Caisses d'Epargne are among the leading banks in their region. They support all economic players and are leaders in financing the public sector, social housing and the social economy. In total, the Caisses d'Epargne now have 4.8 million members and 20.6 million customers, managed by the 4,182 bank branches and the Mon banquier en ligne agency.

Thinking up tomorrow's medicine Atlanpole Biotherapies is a French biocluster that gives you access to extended skills, from biodiagnostic to biomedicine. For pharmaceutical and biotech companies or research laboratories looking for high level partners committed to healthcare and biotechnologies, Atlanpole Biotherapies is a biocluster that draws together a network of industrial and academic competences which offers comprehensive and competitive solutions along the entire biotherapeutic value chain, from discovery to patient,within 4 areas of excellence: • immunobiotherapies • radiopharmaceuticals • biomaterials • cell & gene therapies More information : http://www.atlanpolebiotherapies.com Biotechnologies, Bioproduction, Pharma, Technologies médicales innovantes, MedTech, Numérique pour la santé, …

Sectors: Biotechnology French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] 🗞Ouest-France, the leading French daily newspaper! Every day, over 600,000 copies in Normandy, Brittany & Pays de la Loire OUEST-FRANCE Company Founder of the Editorial Committee François Régis Hutin Chairman of the Board Louis Échelard - Director of Publication The associative status: Since the extraordinary general meeting of April 9, 1990, S.A. Ouest-France has been part of a non-profit association under the 1901 law, the "Association for the support of the principles of humanist democracy", chaired by Jacques Duquesne. Location: 58 editorial offices in the 14 departments in Brittany, Lower Normandy and Pays de la Loire, as …

Sectors: Media

[Automatic translation follows] 1st business accelerator Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nantes St-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nantes St-Nazaire

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

[Automatic translation follows] We bring together the players in the Loire digital ecosystem. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/frenchtechnantes French Tech Nantes brings together all the players in the digital and innovative ecosystem of Nantes des Pays de La Loire. It brings together startups – from biotechs to online marketplaces – but also support systems, investors, and more broadly all those who contribute through their actions to the emergence and support of our companies towards success. It is structured around several structures (La Cantine, ADN Ouest, Atlanpole, etc.) and a collective of entrepreneurs who believe in the virtues of teamwork.

Sectors: French Tech

[Automatic translation follows] By your side to innovate! Technopole of the economic and university basin of Nantes Atlantique, equipped with a European Center of Enterprises and Innovation, carrier of the regional Incubator of Pays de la Loire, pilot and/or partner of several competitiveness clusters. Atlanpole is at the service of: • Innovative project leaders (industrialists, researchers, academics, students, private individuals, etc.) • Innovative companies and laboratories • Actors in economic, scientific and technological development Atlanpole's scope of action is broad and concerns many sectors of activity: • Biotechnologies / Health • ICT / Electronics / IT • Environment / New …

Euronext is the leading pan-European market infrastructure, connecting European economies to global capital markets, to accelerate innovation and sustainable growth. It operates regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal. With close to 1,930 listed issuers and around €6.8 trillion in market capitalisation as of end March 2023, it has an unmatched blue-chip franchise and a strong diverse domestic and international client base. Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets, one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets and is the largest centre for debt and funds listings in the world. Its total …

Sectors: Finance