[Automatic translation follows] The priorities of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research are: - to improve student success and promote equal opportunities; - to coordinate the training offer of French higher education; - to set priority areas for the progress of knowledge and technologies; - as well as the public research and innovation strategy. In this context, the so-called "ESR" law of July 22, 2013 also advocates transformation and openness to all forms of teaching and research, to the socio-economic environment, and to the international. Among the key measures put in place: - The definition of a …

A unique ecosystem where startups, ETI and large groups meet and cooperate to innovate together Le Village by CA is the startup accelerator of Crédit Agricole Group, seeking to bring startups, corporates, partners and Regional Banks to support business and innovation. Le Village ecosystem covers regions in France to Italy & Luxembourg, with 39 villages, 1000 startups and 600 partners Innovation, Transformation, Accélérateur, Accompagnement startups, Accompagnement des entreprises , Business, Developpement, développement, export, digital, financement, incubateur, investissement, RSE, inclusion sociale, and agritech

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[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

Leading in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech, present in 150 countries Leading the world in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech; we are 86K employees across 150 countries on five continents. Our 36 international brands are divided into four unique Divisions: Luxe, Consumer Products, Dermatological Beauty, and Professional Products. Our 36 international brands include Kiehl’s, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Ralph Lauren, Clarisonic, Maybelline New York, Essie, Kérastase, IT Cosmetics, Prada Beauty, Biotherm, Shu Uemura, Viktor&Rolf, Maison Martin Margiela, Urban Decay, Redken, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Diesel, Garnier, L’Oréal Paris, and more. For …

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[Automatic translation follows] The Paris City Hall or City of Paris employs 50,858 permanent employees. It appoints both the administration and the elected officials. Each month, the elected officials sit on the Paris Council, where they deliberate to decide on the future of the city: construction of daycare centers, middle schools, naming of streets, housing, subsidies to associations. This body is both a General Council and a Municipal Council, since Paris has the particularity of being a city and a department.

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] "For a sustainable and decarbonized economy with #rev3" Welcome to the official page of the Hauts-de-France Region. Our community is responsible for various missions serving its six million inhabitants: * Employment and economic development * High schools, higher education and research * Transport * Sustainable development and planning of the territory, * Management of European funds * Sports, youth, culture, health, etc. Hauts-de-France is a plural region. #Leader in the #automobile industry, the railway industry, as in agriculture, our region is also the one that attracts the most foreign investors. The youngest region in France, Hauts-de-France continues …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] At the heart of #CleanTech innovation Led by the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, the Arbois Technopole is the first Technopole in France dedicated to the environment. It hosts 12 research units, 90 innovative companies (including around forty start-ups in the #Cleantech incubator), students from the Master's in Terrestrial Environmental Science and the Aix-Marseille University Environmental Science doctoral school, and the Capenergies, SAFE and Ea eco-business competitiveness clusters and clusters. The mission of the Technopole is to support companies and research laboratories located in its territory in the development of knowledge and technologies that enable them to gain competitiveness and …

Our mission is to be the trusted partner in Sustainability and Efficiency. Schneider’s purpose is to create Impact by empowering all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability. At Schneider, we call this Life Is On. Our mission is to be the trusted partner in Sustainability and Efficiency. We are a global industrial technology leader bringing world-leading expertise in electrification, automation and digitization to smart industries, resilient infrastructure, future-proof data centers, intelligent buildings, and intuitive homes. Anchored by our deep domain expertise, we provide integrated end-to-end lifecycle AI enabled Industrial IoT solutions with connected …

Tags: CAC40 Sectors: Electricals

[Automatic translation follows] Biggest french student organization for Entrepreneurship 🚀 News about Entrepreneurship in Paris & Saclay ! Our observation is simple: the Saclay plateau is a formidable breeding ground in terms of skills and resources, because it brings together top-ranking universities, research centers, business schools and engineering schools. However, many projects die at the idea stage due to a lack of encounters that will have made them take off. In the best case scenario, startups from the plateau are almost exclusively founded by people from the same institutions! Our initiative therefore aims to participate in the emergence of projects …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Innovation Studio -We empower people to create impact and nurture innovation. Member of SLGroup with MoHo & Raiselab 🇬🇧 Schoolab empowers organizations' talents to co-create business innovations with a positive impact. By spreading the entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit through action, Schoolab helps innovation projects grow with entrepreneurs and with companies. We use collaborative methods such as Design Thinking, Lean Startup and Agility, together with our team, we engage a large ecosystem of students, startups and entrepreneurs around entrepreneurial projects. Present in Paris, San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City through Schoolab and RaiseLab, we're also in Normandy through MoHo. Formation …

[Automatic translation follows] The pioneer of student entrepreneurship Petit Poucet is the first incubator dedicated to student entrepreneurship. For 15 years, the structure has advised and financed the best entrepreneurial projects led by students and young graduates of higher education. More than 50 companies have been supported, 75% of which have exceeded one million in annual turnover by the fourth year of activity. The Petit Poucet Competition rewards the 10 best projects led by students each year. The 7 lieues incubation program supports project leaders to turn them into growth companies (strategy consulting, networking, networking, financing). Petit Poucet also allows …

[Automatic translation follows] The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis is unique. Created by the MAPTAM law, it brings together 92 municipalities spread over three departments. It brings together agricultural, urban and industrial areas in the same territory. Attractive and dynamic, the Metropolis exercises the major strategic skills that determine the development of the territory in all its dimensions: economic, social and cultural development and planning, planning of the metropolitan area, local housing policy, urban policy, management of services of collective interest, protection and enhancement of the environment and living environment policy. To support its development and projects, the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis is looking for …

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] Public Intermunicipal Cooperation Establishment (EPCI) serving 95 municipalities for more than a million inhabitants. The European Metropolis of Lille, a public intermunicipal cooperation establishment, brings together more than a million inhabitants and 95 municipalities. Its territory is both rural and urban, made up of large cities and villages. It exercises its skills in 19 essential areas serving users such as development, roads, sanitation, transport, culture, tourism, housing, economic development, etc. The MEL services include more than 2,800 agents and more than 100 professions. Supported by an ambitious continuing education policy, they open up attractive career development opportunities. …

Sectors: French metropolis

The Paris Region is a major business and techno hub in Europe. Standing at the crossroads of European and worldwide trade, the Paris Region is France's leading economic region. It represents 31% of French GDP. Consisting of 8 départements and 1,280 municipalities, the Paris Region hosts the largest population of french Regions : 12.5 million inhabitants, that is younger than the national average. As Europe’s leading employment area, it boasts a highly qualified workforce : 33% of French executives. The Paris Region hosts 22% of France’s universities, 25% of its engineering schooland 20% of its business schools. Invest in Paris …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] By your side to create and develop your business. Representing nearly 840,000 businesses, or 29% of the national GDP, the Paris Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry is actively engaged alongside the players who make up the regional economy – whether they are business leaders, decision-makers, pupils, apprentices, students or employees in continuing education. Across an entire territory that includes Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Versailles-Yvelines, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne and Val d'Oise, the regional Chamber's missions are to represent businesses to promote their growth, to train men and women for the challenges of tomorrow, to grow business projects …

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

[Automatic translation follows] The innovation community in Béarn. French Tech Pau Béarn is a French Tech community, founded by entrepreneurs at the heart of local innovation and relying on local institutional relays, such as the Hélioparc technology park and the Pau Béarn CCI. We create the tools needed to accelerate innovation in Béarn. French Tech Pau Béarn has 4 objectives: - Federate the Pau and Béarn ecosystem, - Animate and grow this ecosystem, - Make this ecosystem known locally, regionally and nationally, - Develop links between Pau and Béarn startups and SMEs, ETIs and large groups in the region and …

Sectors: French Tech

[Automatic translation follows] The Agency for Ecological Transition! ADEME in brief The Agency for Ecological Transition participates in the implementation of public policies in the areas of the environment, energy and sustainable development. It provides its expertise and consulting capabilities to businesses, local authorities, public authorities and the general public, in order to enable them to progress in their environmental approach. The Agency also helps to finance projects, from research to implementation, in the following areas: waste management, soil preservation, energy efficiency and renewable energies, savings on raw materials, air quality, noise control, the transition to the circular economy and …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] National association bringing together all the players in responsible, sustainable, local, human and innovative fashion. Fashion Green Hub (formerly Nordcréa) is an association of 560 committed Fashion and Textile companies located throughout France. Since its creation in 2015, it has been carrying the message of a more sustainable, ethical, local and innovative fashion, creating jobs in the regions. It was born in Roubaix, a Textile City and a pioneering Zero Waste City, and is committed to supporting all companies, small and large, through collective work and concrete projects. Our mission is to develop an innovative and sustainable …

[Automatic translation follows] Development & promotion of the Sustainable City Excellence Center, Cité Descartes. #DescartesIncubator #DescartesFablab Descartes Development & Innovation is the information, promotion and networking structure of the Sustainable City Excellence Center at the heart of Cité Descartes, a rapidly developing innovation area. The Sustainable City refers to a model of city or urban unit that respects the principles of sustainable development and ecological urban planning. It simultaneously takes into account the social, economic, environmental and cultural issues of urban planning for and with residents: HQE architecture, sober working and transport methods, efficiency in terms of energy consumption and …

[Automatic translation follows] 1st professional organization (union) of the digital sector in France, + 2,500 members. 85% of the total turnover of the sector. Numeum is the 1st professional organization of the digital sector in France. Member of the Syntec federation which constitutes the second representative branch of the MEDEF, we bring together more than 2,500 member digital companies: digital service companies (ESN), software publishers, platforms and Engineering and Technology Consulting (ICT) companies. All of these companies generate 85% of the total turnover of the sector. Our actions: - Promote our members, our professions and defend their interests - Embody …

[Automatic translation follows] THE BEST OF BIG DATA & AI IN FRANCE! See you at #BDAIP24 on October 15 & 16, 2024! Big Data & AI Paris (October 15 - 16, 2024) is the leading European event for big data and artificial intelligence. It is a unique ecosystem where the best of French Big Data and AI meet every year around a cutting-edge, iconic and powerful program combining exceptional talks, sharing of concrete and frank feedback, decisive meetings and an unprecedented compilation of the most influential and value-creating technologies of the moment! In person at Porte de Versailles in Pavilion …

[Automatic translation follows] Tech for all, for good French Tech Grand Paris is the Paris region community of start-ups, investors, corporates and community builders. It represents a collective of entrepreneurs, investors and tech leaders created to represent the 8000+ start-ups present in the territory, and to be the voice of an ecosystem that concentrates 70% of Tech metrics. It activates it through numerous events (Public Order, Tech Days, Gen AI, Health Innovative Intensive Training ...), brings together the many actors present in Greater Paris, and deploys the national French Tech programs (Tremplin, Central, Rise, Je Choisis la French Tech ...).

Sectors: French Tech

The biggest startup campus in the world. STATION F is the world's biggest startup campus based in Paris, gathering a whole entrepreneurial ecosystem under one roof. Startups

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] France's leading economic and financial news channel. BFM Business TV is France's leading economic and financial news channel. It stands out for its programming focused on the search for expertise. Programs focusing on economic news have established themselves as economic news events. "Good Morning Business" for example, offers guests, the latest innovations, editorials and information on underlying trends on its set. BFM Business TV is also available live on our website as well as on a dedicated application. Tech, Stock Market, Economy, Real Estate, Business, Automobile, and High-Tech

Sectors: Media

[Automatic translation follows] Sport, the most beautiful encounter. INTERSPORT is a French cooperative made up of independent entrepreneurs committed every day to making sport more accessible, more supportive and more sustainable. In France, there are 938 stores and 20,000 employees who have been working for 100 years to always live better together. Worldwide, INTERSPORT is present in 57 countries with 6,000 stores. At INTERSPORT, we believe in the power of sport. Sport binds us, brings us together. It simply brings people together. Putting more sport in your life means meeting new habits, another daily life, another self. And perhaps meeting …

La French Tech désigne tous les acteurs de l’écosystème de start-up françaises, soutenus par la Mission French Tech. 🇫🇷 La French Tech est la marque déployée par l’Etat français qui représente l’écosystème de 25 000 start-up françaises et de tous les acteurs qui gravitent autour (fonds d’investissement, associations, acteurs publiques, etc.), soutenus par la Mission French Tech (administration rattachée à la Direction Générale des Entreprises, au sein du ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie). Elle a pour mission d’accompagner le développement de l’écosystème French Tech, mouvement français des start-up technologiques innovantes, dans la lignée des priorités gouvernementales, à …

Sectors: Media

CCI France est la tête de réseau des Chambres de Commerce et d'Industrie. CCI France is the national public body that federates the French Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI). CCI France represents 2,000,000 French private companies. CCI France is the intermediary between all CCIs and French and European public authorities, international organisations and large public or private partners. CCI France is also represented in Brussels by its European Affairs Department. CCI France's task is to provide guidance, support and advice to the chambers within their spheres of activity : economic watch and intelligence, company development, territorial and infrastructural development, …

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

[Automatic translation follows] INRAE, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment INRAE, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, is a major player in research and innovation created on January 1, 2020. A finalized research institute resulting from the merger between Inra and Irstea, INRAE ​​brings together a community of 12,000 people, with just over 200 research units and around forty experimental units located in 18 centers throughout France. The institute is positioned among the very first world leaders in agricultural and food sciences, plant and animal sciences, and ranks 11th worldwide in …

Sectors: Research

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting …

Sectors: IT services

[Automatic translation follows] The leading local commercial network in France, the La Poste group is organized into 4 business lines: Services-Mail-Parcels, Banking and Insurance, Physical and Digital Distributor, GeoPost/DPDGroup for international. Present in more than 63 countries, on 5 continents, it achieved a turnover of €34.1 billion in 2023. In 2021, the La Poste group became the first public company to adopt the status of mission-driven company. 4 societal commitments are now included in its statutes: • Contribute to the development and cohesion of territories • Promote social inclusion • Promote ethical, inclusive and frugal digital technology • Work to …

Sectors: Postal services

[Automatic translation follows] Support for fundraising and sale/acquisition - Valuation of startups and VSEs/SMEs - UGAP Rating Linkera is the essential solution dedicated to optimizing business acquisition and sale transactions. The platform connects business owners and potential buyers. Each month, it presents companies and assets worth millions of euros to nearly 2,000 users. Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Rating, Financial & extra-financial advice, investment, algorithm, data, UGAP, Valuation, Fundraising, Sale, Acquisitions, Financing, Startups, VSEs, and SMEs

Sectors: Consulting

#VivaTech is Europe's biggest startup and tech event. 📍Paris | June 11-14, 2025 Viva Technology is Europe's biggest startup and tech event. We accelerate innovation by connecting startups, tech leaders, major corporations and investors responding to our world’s biggest challenges. VivaTech is where business meets innovation.

Sectors: Trade show

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 152 countries with over 327,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com. PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. Content on this page has been prepared for general information only and is not intended to be relied upon as accounting, tax or professional advice. …

Sectors: Consulting, audit

[Automatic translation follows] Meaning for the company The Impact France Movement is an employers' organization that brings together all the players who put ecological and social impact at the heart of their business. And that, everywhere in France and in all sectors. Our mission: to loudly and clearly carry a common voice in favor of corporate profitability. And thus, build a robust economy of common interest. Our pillars for taking action: - Organize events to unite managers around qualified meetings and major events. - Create tools to advance companies such as the Impact Score (the common benchmark for assessing its …

[Automatic translation follows] Tech for Retail, is THE European Retail Exhibition. See you 26th & 27th Nov 2024 in Paris Porte de Versailles Tech for Retail aims to be the preferred meeting and exchange place for offline & online retail professionals to help them decode the challenges of the future. Exhibitors, conferences, events around Start-ups...: Tech for Retail offers a complete and relevant panorama of digital tools and technological innovations dedicated to Retail professions. Next Tech For Retail Paris: 26 & 27 November 2024 - Paris Porte de Versailles

XAnge (xange.vc) is a leading European venture capital firm, Bcorp certified, based in Paris, Berlin, and Munich. With €650M Assets under Management, the company invests in European early-stage innovative technology companies operating in the fields of Digital consumer, Enterprise & Data, Fintech, and Deeptech. Since its creation in 2003, XAnge has backed more than 200 fast-growing companies in their entrepreneurial journeys. The team works alongside visionary founders with strong values and international ambitions such as Ledger, Odoo, Lydia, or Believe Digital. Venture Capital, Digital, Social Impact, Fintech, BtoB, Cloud, Deep Tech, and Blockchain

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Paris Retail Week becomes NRF Retail's Big Show Europe in 2025. From 16 to 18 September 2025 in Paris. Save the date in 2025 – NRF Retail's Big Show Europe 16 - 18 September 2025 Pavilions 4 et 6 Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris – France. Retail, E-Commerce, Solutions de paiement, Marketing, Data, Relation Client, Logistique, Digitalisation du point de vente, IT for Commerce, Agences Conseils, Digital in store, Agencement de magasins, and Equipement des points de vente