Accompagner les champions de la croissance écologique Demeter is a major European player in venture capital, private equity and infrastructure for the energy and ecological transition. Its funds invest from €1m to €30m to support companies in the sector at all stages of their development : innovative startups, small and mid-cap companies, as well as infrastructure projects. The Demeter team counts 38 people based in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Madrid, and Düsseldorf, manages €1.3bn and has completed 230 investments over 17 years. Cleantech, Venture Capital, Growth Capital, Infrastructure, Agtech, Transition écologique, Private equity, Impact investing, Economie circulaire, Industrie 4.0, Winetech, and …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] 1st startup association in Europe, with +2000 startup members and French digital investors Founded in 2012, France Digitale is the largest startup association in Europe, with more than 2000 startup members and French digital investors. Our missions? - To bring out digital champions in Europe. - To make a voice and unite those who innovate to change the face of the world. - To create bridges and business opportunities between all innovation players, whether they are large groups, public decision-makers, investors, entrepreneurs or employees of startups and scale-ups. How? 1. By connecting ecosystem players during quality meetings, …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Funding a green future for Europe #CINEA_EU #EUGreenDeal The European Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Executive Agency (CINEA) is the successor organisation of the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA). Officially established on 15 February 2021, it has started its activities on 1 April 2021 in order to implement parts of certain EU programmes: (a) Innovation Fund; (b) Connecting Europe Facility: Transport and Energy; (c) Horizon Europe: Pillar II, cluster 5: Climate, energy and mobility; (d) LIFE: Nature and biodiversity; Circular economy and quality of life; Climate change mitigation and adaptation; Clean energy transition; (e) Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism; (f) Public …

Our raison d'être is to build a net zero energy future with electricity and innovative solutions and services, to help save the planet and drive wellbeing and economic development. Energie, Nucléaire, Electricité, Energies renouvelables, and Gaz

Sectors: Energy

Breaking boundaries together to engineer a sustainable future. Technip Energies is a leading Engineering & Technology company for the energy transition, with leadership positions in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), hydrogen and ethylene as well as growing market positions in blue and green hydrogen, sustainable chemistry and CO2 management. The company benefits from its robust project delivery model supported by extensive technology, products and services offering. Operating in 34 countries, our 16,000 employees are fully committed to bringing our client’s innovative projects to life, breaking boundaries to accelerate the energy transition for a better tomorrow. Technip Energies is listed on Euronext …

[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 …

Creating Cycles. For Life. 💧♻️ SUEZ is the trusted partner for circular solutions in #water and #waste #CreatingCyclesForLife

Sectors: Energy Environment

[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

Eurazeo is a leading global investment group Eurazeo is a leading global investment company, with a diversified portfolio of €34.1 billion in assets under management, including nearly €24.1 billion from third parties, invested in 590 companies. With its considerable private equity, private debt as well as real estate and infrastructure asset expertise, Eurazeo accompanies companies of all sizes, supporting their development through the commitment of its nearly 410 professionals and by offering deep sector expertise, a gateway to global markets, and a responsible and stable foothold for transformational growth. Its solid institutional and family shareholder base, robust financial structure free …

Sectors: Finance

[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] Acting together for responsible growth. MEDEF is the leading network of entrepreneurs in France. It defends and promotes companies of all sizes and in all sectors of activity. A privileged interlocutor for decision-makers and public authorities In complete transparency, MEDEF conducts ongoing lobbying with all decision-makers at local, regional, national and European levels, in order to assert the company's point of view and to lighten its tax and regulatory burden: reform of the professional tax, apprenticeship, business transfer, conventional termination, etc. A key partner in social dialogue Authorized by law to negotiate on behalf of all companies …

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

[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] The Competitiveness Cluster dedicated to the forest-wood-paper-chemicals sector Since its creation in 2005, Xylofutur has been the only Competitiveness Cluster dedicated to the forest-wood-chemicals energy sector. Its objective is to develop the competitiveness of the national sector through innovation and R&D. Xylofutur now has around 250 members and has certified more than 280 projects. Xylofutur supports project leaders and their partners in accessing: 📍current and future markets 📍public and private funding 📍internationalization 📍and anticipating skills needs via 3 strategic areas of activity: ✅ Trees and forests ✅ Wood ✅ Chemistry-energy Xylofutur hosts the network of start-ups in …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] Loading the future Images & Réseaux is the leading competitiveness cluster for digital innovation in the Pays de la Loire and Brittany regions at the crossroads of technologies and uses. From projects to products or services, it stimulates and supports innovative economic players in their collaborative research and development strategy (large groups, SMEs, ETIs, research laboratories, clusters, startups, etc. regional and international). competitiveness cluster, innovation, digital, technology, Tech, Responsible digital, and Réseaux

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] The competitiveness cluster to feed the value of agrichains We are the Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation competitiveness cluster. Our association brings together more than 420 private and public organizations operating in the agriculture, agri-food and agro-resources sectors. We run a large network crossing the scientific and economic worlds, anchored in Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the driving force of the national and European ecosystem. We work to develop our members and the vitality of our territories by stimulating innovation as a response to major contemporary challenges. Together – companies, investors, research organizations, engineering schools and universities, local authorities and institutions …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our …

Sectors: Real Estate

[Automatic translation follows] Since 2010 our association has contributed to the environmental transition through the development of clean technologies Founded by ECOSYS Group, Cleantech Open France animates the French and European cleantech ecosystem to accelerate the marketing and industrialization of solutions that contribute to mitigating climate change. More than 160 startups apply each year to the Cleantech Open France program to benefit from a globally recognized label, access a tailor-made support program to accelerate their growth and participate in the international competition in Silicon Valley. The program is supported and financed by leading public and private institutional partners: Bpifrance, Ademe, …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] The French sector of SMEs and ETIs in the environment and energy For over 20 years, the PEXE association and its members (professional federations, competitiveness clusters, clusters) have been working to structure and develop the eco-enterprise sector in France. The PEXE association aims to develop employment in eco-activities by using three levers: 1 - Promoting the sector 2 - Structuring into networks 3 - Developing eco-enterprises The PEXE implements actions with concrete results, facilitates exchanges between members and public stakeholders, and thus acts as a real transmission belt in favor of eco-SMEs, their development and their territorial …

[Automatic translation follows] GRDF, the main gas distributor in France GRDF is the main operator of the natural gas distribution network in France. Our job is to design, build, operate, maintain and develop this network. These infrastructures measure nearly 200,000 km and are the longest natural gas network in Europe: 5 times around the Earth. This network, a key element of the energy transition, also meets the need to develop biomethane, Natural Gas Vehicles and Power-to-Gas. Our 12,000 employees work in 9,500 municipalities to allow 11 million homes and businesses in France to benefit from access to our network. They …

Sectors: Energy

[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 …

[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

The CEA is the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission ("Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives"​). It is a public body established in October 1945 by General de Gaulle. A leader in research, development and innovation, the CEA mission statement has two main objectives: To become the leading technological research organization in Europe and to ensure that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future. The CEA is active in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. In each of these fields, the CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and …

Sectors: Research

As the challenges facing us as a society become increasingly complex, innovation alone is not enough; you need a strong innovation partner who can provide comprehensive support and a broad range of perspectives. This is where RISE comes in. RISE is a unique mobilisation of resources to increase the pace of innovation in our society. By gathering a number of research institutes and over a hundred test beds and demonstration environments under the umbrella of a single innovation partner, we create improved conditions for society’s problem solvers. We gather around challenges and organise ourselves accordingly. Together, specialists in disparate fields …

Sectors: Research