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

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] Work Hard, Have Fun, Be an Entrepreneur The Paris-Dauphine Incubator is an academic incubator, linked to Paris-Dauphine University and created by the Dauphine Foundation. Our mission is to develop and support the entrepreneurial spirit of Dauphinois, students and graduates alike, through a triple objective: raising awareness of entrepreneurship, supporting entrepreneurs and bringing together an ecosystem. We have several support programs, in Paris and London, to support both startups between ideation and creation, and more advanced startups in the seed phase. We also offer other formats free and open to the public: a set of conferences & events …

[Automatic translation follows] Together, let’s make France grow! The Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is a long-term investor and contributes, while respecting its financial interests, to the development of businesses. Article L. 518-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code (amended by the economic modernization law of 2008) Support for public policies, Investment, Pensions and Savings Funds, and Territorial Development

Sectors: Finance

Agir avec les entrepreneurs pour la transformation durable de la cité Paris&Co is the economic development and innovation agency of Paris. It covers five areas: # Incubation # International attractiveness # Experimentation # Open Innovation # Event organisation or planning As such, Paris&Co prospects and welcomes foreign startups while contributing to the economic promotion of the city abroad. It fosters the dynamism of the Paris innovation ecosystem through the incubation of innovative young companies, experimenting with innovative solutions, organising major innovation events and linking startups with key accounts. Web: www.parisandco.com Twitter: @Paris_and_Co Facebook: parisandcoagency incubation, open innovation, experimentation, international attractiveness, …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

20 ans au service des startups innovantes. #incubateur #deeptech Agoranov is an incubator for innovative startups. It has already incubated more than 450 startups, including 5 "unicorns" (valued at over one billion dollars), as well as many successful companies, such as Ÿnsect or DNA Script. Incubated startups have already managed to create more than 12,500 jobs and have raised over 2.5 billion euros from private funds. Agoranov est un incubateur de startups innovantes. Agoranov a déjà incubé plus de 450 startups, dont 5 "licornes" (startup valorisée à plus d'un milliard de dollars), ainsi que beaucoup de grands succès, comme Ÿnsect …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] At your side to create and develop your business. Representing nearly 840,000 companies, 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 heads of business, decision-makers, pupils, apprentices, students or even employees in continuing education. Over the entire territory which includes Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Versailles-Yvelines, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne and Val of 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 …

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

[Automatic translation follows] First economic and financial information channel in France. BFM Business TV is the leading economic and financial news channel in France. It is distinguished by programming centered on the search for expertise. Programs on economic news have established themselves as economic news events. “Good Morning Business” for example, offers on its guest set the latest innovations, editorials and information on underlying trends. BFM Business TV is also available live on our website as well as on an application dedicated to it. Tech, Stock Market, Economy, Real Estate, Business, Automobile, and High-Tech

Sectors: Media

[Automatic translation follows] Growth accelerator The Paris Departmental Chamber of Commerce and Industry supports the development of Parisian businesses and businesses. The CCI Paris offers services adapted to entrepreneurs who want to create, develop, transmit, export, innovate and acts to increase the influence of the capital. www.cci75.fr Tel: 0155654444 Also follow us on: - Twitter @CCI_75 / @CommerceParis - Facebook www.facebook.com/cci75 or www.facebook.com/CommercedeParis business creation, business transfer, export, entrepreneurship, trade, Paris, attractiveness, companies, services, business, training, tourism, Fashion Design Creation, start-up, VSE SME support, and digital transformation

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

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

Supporting entrepreneurship as a lever for inclusive and sustainable development accross the globe. PULSE is an association established in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote entrepreneurship as a lever for inclusive and sustainable development. At PULSE, we believe that each of us can become a change-maker if given the opportunity. In the 18 countries where we are active, we foster access to entrepreneurship and funding through 28 support programs and awareness-raising actions. PULSE also operates various impact incubators in Africa and in Europe: Lab'ess (Tunisia), Oribi (South Africa), PULSE Montreuil (France), JógJëf (Senegal). Every year, more than 550 …

🚀 Venture Capital mutants looking for the next European winner to build da. city. for. good. ♻️ Daphni is a European VC firm that invests in user-oriented startups with European DNA and strong international ambitions. The company is supported by the daphnipolis, a closely-knit community of 300+ entrepreneurs, executives, academics, artists and advisors, and a digital platform to ensure both efficiency and full transparency. The firm was established in 2015 and is based in Paris, France. ** daphni team ** https://youtu.be/ijw6Lw5td0E ** apply here** https://apply.daphni.com/ Venture Capital, Investment, Start-ups, and Community

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] trains, accompanies, advises, supports, offers a space to achieve your goals everywhere in France #UnImpactPositifEnCommun La Ruche®️ trains, accompanies, advises, supports, offers a space to achieve your goals everywhere in France! #APositiveImpactInCommon The FSE co-finances La Ruche®'s actions to promote sustainable entrepreneurship, inclusion and gender equality in France.

[Automatic translation follows] The capital @FrenchTech_BFC is part of the @LaFrenchTech ecosystem. Contact us to discover our programs and news by making an appointment here: https://rdv.lafrenchtechbfc.fr/acteur/la-french-tech-bourgogne-franche-comte French Tech, Digital, Tech, entrepreneur, start-up, and scale-up

Sectors: French Tech

[Automatic translation follows] Tech for all, for good French Tech Grand Paris is the Ile-de-France community of start-ups, investors, corporates and community builders. It represents a collective of entrepreneurs, investors and tech leaders created to represent the 8,000+ startups present in the region, and to carry the voice of an ecosystem which concentrates 70% of Tech metrics. It activates it through numerous events (Commande Publique, Tech Days, Gen AI, Health Innovative Intensive Training, etc.), brings together the many players present in Greater Paris, and deploys national French Tech programs there (Tremplin, Central, Rise, I Choose French Tech...).

Sectors: French Tech

Serena was founded by entrepreneurs on the belief that your VC should work for you and not the way around. Serena is one of Europe's leading investment funds, with €750m under management. Founded in 2008 by Xavier Lorphelin, Marc Fournier, and Philippe Hayat, Serena finances and supports innovative start-ups from pre-seed to Series A, with initial checks ranging from €500k to €15m. Focus sectors: AI, SaaS, Climate Tech, Impact. The portfolio includes successful exits such as The Fork (acquired by Tripadvisor), Aramis Auto (acquired by Peugeot), Cheerz (acquired by Cewe), iBanFirst (acquired by the Marlin fund) and Dataiku. We have …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] The Paris City Hall or City of Paris employs 50,858 staff. It designates both the administration and elected officials. Every month, elected officials sit on the Paris Council, where they deliberate to decide the future of the city: construction of nurseries, colleges, 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] The association which supports all women in their desire to undertake and combats gender inequalities 💪 WILLA, formerly Paris Pionnières, is the first accelerator of diversity in Tech in France. Since its creation in 2005, WILLA has supported startups founded or co-founded by women thanks to a network of mentors and experts as well as the support of committed partners. WILLA is convinced that more women, more diversity in general, means more creativity, and therefore more innovation and value creation. Willa is an organization that gives the keys to entrepreneurship to all women, supports them and welcomes …

We actively fund innovative companies within the two evolving fields of Digital technologies and Life sciences. Seventure Partners is a long term equity investor that actively supports innovative companies aiming at generating positive impacts on Humankind, Society, Sustainability and the Planet. With €950m net commitments under management as of the end of 2022, Seventure is a leading venture capital firm in Europe investing since 1997 in innovative businesses with high growth potential in 2 main areas: Life sciences (Biotech, Health & digital Health, Nutrition, Foodtech, Blue Economy, Aquaculture, Animal & Agriculture, Sport & Wellness ...) with a specific interest for …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] Created for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs! Located in the heart of Paris, Pépinière 27 is an incubator that brings together a general ecosystem of more than 120 start-ups, which innovate in all sectors of activity. Spread over nearly 3000m2, companies can integrate with a suitable offer whatever their size. Created for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs, Pépinière 27 offers, beyond a flexible and modular accommodation offer, support services for start-ups and above all an inspiring, friendly and warm atmosphere! Our services adapt to the start-up ecosystem, strengthen corporate culture, engagement, and improve the productivity of start-ups. Pépinière 27 is labeled …

Sectors: Real Estate

[Automatic translation follows] Incubator, nursery and hotel for innovative human health startups implemented on the Cochin campus. Paris Biotech Santé, an incubator created in 2000 by PARIS CITE University, ESSEC, CENTRAL SUPELEC and INSERM, selects and supports ten new innovative projects and companies per year, in the exclusive field of human health: medicines 💊, medical devices 🏥, e-health 💻, AI 🧠. In 2022, the incubator is supported by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, the City of Paris and the Ile de France Region 🇫🇷. Strengthening teams, helping to develop development plans and the business plan, defining the …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] Make France the first economy with a positive impact! The Movement of Social Entrepreneurs (Mouves) is a movement of people who share values, practices and the desire to build a human economy that effectively responds to the needs of society: employment, health, education, dependency, housing, food , etc. Mouves unites and represents social entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs who have a vision, take risks, develop and innovate, manage teams. Entrepreneurs motivated above all by the general interest, for whom profit is a means and not an end in itself. Entrepreneurs who share fairly the wealth they create. Dispersed, compartmentalized, isolated, …

Construisons dans un monde qui bouge. CIC is the fourth largest banking group in France, consisting of seven regional banks which operate across France through a network of 1,844 branches employing 24,000 staff. CIC's customer base includes 2.7 million retail clients. One in eleven self-employed professionals is a CIC group client and nearly one in three companies banks with CIC Group. Banque de détail, Banque de financement, Activités de marchés, Banque privée, Capital-développement, Crédit, Assurance, Mobile, Automobile, and Télésurveillance

Sectors: Bank

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

Sectors: Bank

[Automatic translation follows] 1st startup association in Europe, with +2,000 French digital startup and investor members Founded in 2012, France Digitale is the largest startup association in Europe, with more than 2,000 French digital startup and investor members. Our missions? - Create digital champions in Europe. - Speak up and unite those who innovate to change the face of the world. - Create bridges and business opportunities between all innovation stakeholders, whether large groups, public decision-makers, investors, entrepreneurs or employees of startups and scale-ups. How ? 1. By connecting ecosystem players during quality meetings, business meetings or even institutional hearings. …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] Startup and VSE/SME valuation - UGAP rating - Support for fundraising and Sale/Acquisition Estimeo is an information, rating and valuation platform for startups and VSEs/SMEs. Estimeo, through a hybrid method combining algorithm and human intelligence, analyzes risks, rates and values ​​startups. The rating and valuation reports taking into account the intangible are then distributed via a platform where all the players in the innovation ecosystem connect. The notes allow innovators to know themselves better, to analyze the progress of their projects and consequently to enter into relationships with investors, incubators and business partners. Estimeo's mission, as a …

Sectors: Consulting

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – we are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. Huawei's end-to-end portfolio of products, solutions and services are both competitive and secure. Through open collaboration with ecosystem partners, we create lasting value for our customers, working to empower people, enrich home life, and inspire innovation in organizations of all shapes and sizes. At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer …

Sectors: Electricals

[Automatic translation follows] The Catalyst for entrepreneurship and innovation in Paris Ouest La Défense THE CATALYST aims to connect, facilitate and disseminate innovation and its entrepreneurial actors within the Territory of Paris Ouest la Défense. The Catalyst has installed its emblematic Base 11 location in the heart of La Défense.

Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth. Committed to the positive transformations of the world’s societies and economies, Societe Generale and its teams seek to build, day after day, together with its clients, a better and sustainable future through responsible and innovative financial solutions. Active in the real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 117,000 …

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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