[Automatic translation follows] For sustainable development of the maritime and coastal economy Labeled by the State in July 2005 as a competitiveness cluster with a global vocation, the Mediterranean Sea Cluster aims to sustainably develop the maritime and coastal economy, in the Mediterranean basin, in Europe and in the rest of the world. In the South Region, Occitanie and Corsica, the cluster brings together more than 470 members, around maritime and coastal themes, scientific and economic actors. Our ambition : -Be one of the main levers of the integrated maritime policy -Be a driver of business competitiveness -Be an international …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] The competitiveness cluster serving renewable energies in construction and industry. Created in 2005, the Derbi Competitiveness Cluster brings together companies, laboratories, universities, training centers, professional federations, financial organizations and local authorities involved in the development of the renewable energy sector. Located in Occitanie, the Cluster is fully invested, both in supporting the Positive Energy Region strategy for 2050, and that of innovation through the “energy transition” axis of its Regional Innovation Strategy. (SRI). Our mission is to develop, at the regional, national and international level, innovation, training, technology transfer, development and business creation. Renewable energies, Energy transition, …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] Association with a mission, Innovation accelerator and financing of innovative startups in Occitanie in the seed phase. CREALIA® is a seed fund: its purpose is to finance the creation of an innovative business through a 0-rate personal honorary loan, the objective being the success and development of the business The expenses financed are of various types: a first prototype or a beta version, the filing of a patent, the market feasibility study or even R&D, etc. These crucial stages require a seed investment, making it possible to strengthen equity and validate that an innovation will become a …

[Automatic translation follows] Revealer of innovative talents for Occitanie CleanTech Vallée develops the clean technology industry to support the ecological transition in Gard. To boost the local economy and place people and ecology at the heart of its missions, CleanTech Vallée wishes to set an example by carrying out concrete and lasting actions through co-innovation. Local authorities, private and public actors are uniting to make the Gard region a reference in the field of cleantech. Created in 2019 from a co-construction approach between private and public actors, the CleanTech-Vallée and its ecosystem strive to set the “the” in terms of …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] The BIC of Montpellier, an exceptional catalyst for innovative companies. The Business & Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Innovation Center (BIC) accelerates the process of creating innovative businesses. It promotes Montpellier’s expertise in supporting innovation. --- Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Business & Innovation Center is a startup incubator that assists innovative young companies with high growth potential. The BIC’s goal is to secure and speed up their take-off and turn them into success stories within 3-5 years.

Crédit Agricole is the French economy’s leading financier and one of the top banking operators in Europe. As a leader in retail banking in Europe, the Group is also the leading European asset manager, the first bank insurer in Europe, and the third largest European operator in project financing. On the strength of its cooperative and mutual insurance foundations, its 154,000 employees and 27,000 administrators of local and regional banks, Crédit Agricole Group is a responsible, useful bank, serving 54 million customers, 11.8 million mutual shareholders and 800,000 individual shareholders. Thanks to its universal retail banking model – the close …

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Veolia is the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Veolia group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. With nearly 220,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and replenish them. In 2021, the Veolia group supplied 79 million people with drinking water and 61 million people with wastewater service, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 48 million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (listed …

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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] Official page of the Occitanie Region. Here you will find economic news, aid and calls for projects. The Occitanie / Pyrenees-Mediterranean Region brings you the right information to succeed in your business or training projects: agenda, news, testimonials, files... You can also find the Region on www.laregion.fr

Sectors: National and local authorities

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

Sectors: National and local authorities

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

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

[Automatic translation follows] The French sector of SMEs and ETIs in the environment and energy For more than 20 years, the PEXE association and its members (professional federations, competitiveness poles, clusters) have worked to structure and develop the eco-business sector in France. The PEXE association sets itself the objective of developing employment in eco-activities, by activating three levers: 1 - Promotion of the sector 2 - Network structuring 3 - The development of eco-businesses The PEXE implements actions with concrete results, facilitates exchanges between members and public actors, and thus acts as a real transmission belt in favor of eco-SMEs, …

[Automatic translation follows] 🚀 A group of entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. 📍Gard and Hérault The mission of French Tech Méditerranée is to serve the growth and internationalization of start-ups, scale-ups and innovative SMEs in the Gard and Hérault regions, in partnership with public actors, communities, institutions, universities, incubators, accelerators and large private companies.

Sectors: French Tech

Investisseur technologique & Accélérateur d'innovation AxLR is a technology transfer acceleration company. Our specialty is helping innovative projects derived from academic research reach maturity and commercialization. We work with the main public-sector research laboratories in France's Montpellier-Nimes-Perpignan area, one of the most dynamic locations in Europe, with over 200 laboratories and some 12,000 researchers. TRANSFERT DE TECHNOLOGIE and MATURATION PROJETS RECHERCHE

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[Automatic translation follows] All the news from the Montpellier Academy and its staff. An academy is an administrative district of national education. There are 30 academies in France, including 26 in mainland France. Each academy is placed under the authority of a Rector, appointed in the Council of Ministers by the President of the Republic. The Montpellier academy covers the Languedoc-Roussillon region and has five departments: Aude (11), Gard (30), Hérault (34), Lozère (48) and the Pyrénées Orientales (66).

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

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 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