Accelerator of the outdoor sector. “Outdoor Sports Valley - OSV” designates both a territory and its industrial center dedicated to outdoor sports. This space covers the Alpine arc and includes several thousand employees from the sports and leisure industry, the head offices of most companies in this sector and represents a unique playground on the planet. Our mission is to develop and amplify the dynamics of players in the outdoor sports industry, as a reference French contact. Part of around ten member companies in 2010, the OSV association today brings together more than 420 professional players representing more than 480 …

Agir ici. Changer demain. ONLYLYON is both the brand and the international marketing programme created in 2007 by the 13 institutional partners across the Lyon area who share the same objective: to strengthen the reputation and competitiveness of Lyon in a context of growing competition between world cities in attracting talent, companies, projects and tourists. This initiative brings together 24 public and private partners. The ONLYLYON initiative is wide-ranging, both in terms of its fields of application (sectors, markets) and the kinds of activities it carries out (communications, press relations, ambassador networks, digital strategy, etc.), its mission being to promote …

Sectors: National and local authorities

Shaping the future of Sport since 1947 Salomon is the modern mountain sport lifestyle brand creating innovative, premium and authentic footwear, apparel and winter sports equipment in the French Alps. We’re more than innovators, we’re futurists. We don’t predict trends, we shape the future. At the Annecy Design Center, designers, engineers and athletes intersect to explore the white space of tomorrow and create the future of sports and culture. Shaping New Futures. Freeski & Ski Touring, Nordic Skiing, On-Piste & Alpine Racing, Hiking & Mountaineering, Running & Trail Running, and Snowboarding

Sectors: Clothing footwear

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

HEC Paris is Europe’s premier Business School. Established in 1969, our MBA is a highly selective program with a mission to shape the business leaders of tomorrow.

Raise The Bar 創無止境 Advancing the Entire Cycling World Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Giant Group), established in 1972, has consistently upheld the highest quality standards. Through vertical integration of chassis design, R&D, manufacturing, and brand sales, the company operates globally with 9 factories, 14 sales subsidiaries, and over 10,000 sales points, ensuring immediate and comprehensive service for consumers worldwide. Giant Group encompasses four major product brands: GIANT, a leading global high-end professional bicycle brand; Liv, the world's only female-specific bicycle brand; momentum, a brand for urban mobile leisure; and CADEX, a high-end bicycle components brand. These brands cater to diverse …

Transforming sport into a structured and sustainable European group Leikar is building a European group in sport and sporting events. We buy and develop companies in a still fragmented market, with a model where the founders remain at the center and where events gain in performance and responsibility. Leikar relies on an integrated and verticalized sport & wellness, combining seed investment, operational structuring and integrated investment banking (build-up, acquisition, sale), serving the group’s growth. Ventures, Digital, and Innovation

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Communication and events agency for the general public and professional outdoor sports industry “There are only mountains that do not meet” Sportair, communications and events agency for the general public and professional outdoor sports industry, at the helm of the High Five festival, Sport Achat Winter and Summer, Rock On Snow, ASAP, ski tests and so much more!

We make professional grade gear to help people stay and feel alive. Trusted by Professionals. Alive Since 1877. Helly Hansen is a leader in technical sailing and performance ski apparel, as well as premium workwear. Founded in Norway in 1877, Helly Hansen strives to develop professional grade gear that helps people stay and feel alive. Trusted by over 60,000 professionals worldwide, the company has developed a long list of first-to-market innovations, including the first supple waterproof fabrics over 140 years ago. Other breakthroughs include the first fleece fabrics, the first technical base layers made with Lifa® Technology, and the award-winning …