[Automatic translation follows] Undertake & Invest With its Endowment Fund (Win-up), its Accelerator (WeRaiseStartup), its own or associated investment funds (WeLikeVenture) and its partner associative networks (WeLikeAngels), WeLikeStartup has created the WeLike Network which structures the financing ecosystem innovative companies. In 2019, the WeLike Network supported and financed, with its investors and partners, 31 operations for a total of 30 million euros. Each year, the WeLike Network responds to more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, examines more than 1,000 files, selects 500 entrepreneurs for presentation to its investors, support and monitoring (follow-up rounds, Serie A, B, etc.) until exit. Nearly 20 years …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

The official account of the French Government Follow Government news on this page in real time, including practical information, measures, numbers, results, and the profiles of economic players !

Filiale du CNRS & de BPI France. 30 ans d'expertise au service de l'innovation et du transfert de technologies. CNRS Innovation, established in 1992, is a French public limited company, now a subsidiary of the CNRS at 90% and 10% Bpifrance Financement. Its mission is to transfer innovative technologies, mainly originating from the CNRS, to the industry. Its action extends from the receipt of projects to the granting of exploitation rights through consulting in Intellectual Property strategies, participation in the filing of patent applications, seeking of industrial partners, negotiating and drafting of exploitation agreements, and management of patent portfolios. CNRS …

Sectors: Research

Lieu infini d'art, de culture et d'innovation An innovating artistic and cultural workspace Located in the 19th arrondissement, the CENTQUATRE-PARIS is a space for residencies, production and promotion for the public and artists from all over the world. Conceived by its director José-Manuel Gonçalvès as a collaborative artistic platform, it enables access to all of today’s arts, through a programme that is resolutely popular, contemporary and challenging. As an atypical living area lined with shops, it also offers spaces for free artistic practice and spaces for infants. For the start-ups that are part of its business accelerator, it forms a …

[Automatic translation follows] Official page of Toulouse Métropole. 37 municipalities, 783,000 inhabitants. Welcome to the official LinkedIn page of Toulouse Métropole. Toulouse Métropole is a public establishment for intermunicipal cooperation (EPCI) bringing together 37 municipalities, 783,000 inhabitants, who join forces within a space of solidarity. They develop and lead together a common urban development and land use planning project. The municipalities of Toulouse Métropole: Sour leaf; Aucamville; Aussonne Balma; Beaupuy; Beauzelle; Blagnac; Brax; Bruguieres Castelginest; Colomiers Cornebarrieu; Cugnaux Dremil-Lafage Fenouillet; Flourens; Fonbeauzard Gagnac-Sur-Garonne; Gratentour Launaguet; Lespinasse; The union Mondonville; Mondouzil; Mons; Montrabé Pibrac; Pin-Balma Quint-Fonsegrives Saint-Alban; Saint Jean; Saint-Jory; Saint-Orens-De-Gameville; …

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] Official page of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region. The Regional Council makes up the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region with the Regional Economic, Social and Environmental Council. Its regional assembly has 183 regional councilors, a permanent commission and sectoral commissions. Business, Professional training, Youth, Transport, Ecological transition, Europe, and Land use planning

Sectors: National and local authorities

Join the unique ceramics cluster with over 180 members! Certified “competitiveness cluster” by the French Governement since 2005 Based in Limoges and Toulouse Recognised as an expert in France Representing the ceramics sector The cluster leads its network in order to promote the innovation capacity of its 160 actors : Promotion of the know-hows and products of its members Driving public-private partnerships Arising, mouting and dissemination of innovative projects Targeting and facilitating access to final markets ceramic, ceramics, traitements de surface, coatings, cluster, innovation, international, and project

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] The Bordeaux Métropole technology park Bordeaux Technowest, the Technopole of the Bordeaux metropolis, has been able to create an operating model since 2004 to support innovative start-ups and drive the strategic sectors of the metropolis (territorial economic development, territorial industrial ecology). It extends beyond the administrative borders of the metropolis by relying on peripheral territories (Libourne La CALI and La Teste-de-Buch La COBAS) to equip itself with tools or skills in terms of economic development or innovations . For more than 20 years, Bordeaux Technowest has contributed to the creation of more than 500 start-ups in the …

[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

[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

Building a collaborative ecosystem that leverages the power of deep technologies to tackle world challenges. Hello Tomorrow was created in 2011 by a group of individuals convinced that science and technology need to form part of a toolkit of solutions to change our industries, sustain a growing population and help solve global crises. But the traditional model of technology transfer to bring solutions from lab to market, and from idea to impact, could not rise to this challenge. In turn, Hello Tomorrow has built, and now animates, a global ecosystem that facilitates ‘deep tech’ innovation through multiple activities. Over the …

Sectors: Trade show