The Pays de la Loire region brings together 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 cities (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Cholet, Le Mans, Laval and La-Roche-sur-Yon) and 1,108 municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants. Bordered by 450 km of coastline and crisscrossed by the Loire, the region has the first port on the Atlantic coast. Its economic dynamism is a real strength which allows it to have the lowest unemployment rate in France (6.5%). Its economic fabric …

Sectors: National and local authorities

The objective of the Carnot MERs Institute (Marine Engineering Research for sustainable, safe and smart seas) is to meet the expectations raised by the major societal and economic challenges of the blue economy. Ingénierie marine, Ingénierie marine durable, Ingénierie marine dérisquée, Ingénierie marine digitale, Recherche partenariale, Innovation, R&D, and Accompagnement aux entreprises

At your side to innovate! Technopole in the Nantes Atlantique economic and university basin, with a European Business and Innovation Center, carrier of the Pays de la Loire regional incubator, pilot and/or partner of several competitiveness clusters. Atlanpole serves: • Innovative project leaders (industrialists, researchers, academics, students, private individuals, etc.) • Innovative companies and laboratories • Actors of economic, scientific and technological development Atlanpole's scope of action is broad and concerns numerous sectors of activity: • Biotechnologies / Health • ICT / Electronics / Computers • Environment / New energies • Materials / Mechanics • Agri-food • Naval engineering Animation …

A hub serving French industrial competitiveness! EMC2, a competitiveness cluster certified by the State in 2005, has its roots in a historical culture of the transformation and implementation of materials in Pays de la Loire. Its missions today converge towards a major objective: French industrial competitiveness. Our association brings together, around key markets and technologies, all the players in innovation. Small and large companies, research organizations, training centers participate in the emergence of collaborative R&D projects. In the service of French industrial competitiveness, a main objective drives us: to strengthen the territorial ecosystem of innovation and growth, by structuring and …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

Let's cultivate plant boldness The VEGEPOLYS VALLEY competitiveness cluster, born from the merger of VEGEPOLYS and Céréales Vallée-Nutravita, brings together companies, small and large, research laboratories and training establishments on the theme of plants. FROM GENETICS TO USES The members of the cluster are present across the entire plant value chain. They innovate for plants, on plants and through plants. This public-private, multi-sector, multi-business network brings together all the expertise from upstream to downstream, including production. Faced with the challenges, VEGEPOLYS VALLEY aims to be the global plant hub for more competitive, more qualitative agriculture that respects the environment and …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

The Technology Transfer Acceleration Company (SATT) – Ouest Valorisation SAS was created on July 20, 2012 as part of Investments for the Future. Its mission is to accelerate the transfer of research results from public research laboratories to partners: VSE/SMEs, large groups, local authorities, associations. It thus supports researchers working in 28 higher education establishments (universities, engineering schools and university hospitals) as well as 3 research organizations located in one of the university centers of Brittany or the Pays de la Loire (Angers, Brest, Le Mans, Lorient-Vannes, Nantes, Rennes). Endowed with 70 million euros, SATT detects innovative projects, protects research …

Tags: SATT Network Sectors: Research Startup accelerator & VC

INRAE, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment INRAE, the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, is a major player in research and innovation created on January 1, 2020. A finalized research institute resulting from the merger between INRA and Irstea, INRAE brings together a community of 12,000 people, with just over 200 research units and around forty experimental units located in 18 centers throughout the country. France. The institute is positioned among the very first world leaders in agricultural and food sciences, in plant and animal sciences, and ranks 11th worldwide in ecology-environment. INRAE …

Sectors: Research

Follow the news from the ecosystem, startups and innovative companies of the Saint-Nazaire La Baule Pornic Community. The French Tech Saint-Nazaire La Baule Pornic Community is labeled 2023/2025. It brings together the digital sector, start-ups and innovative companies across three urban areas: CAP Atlantique (Guérande), CARENE (Saint-Nazaire) and Pornic Agglo. It is supported by the eponymous association, led by a collective of independent managers within an office & board which brings together: • President Pierre Minier (Ouest Médias & WAE Group) • Vice-Presidents: Cécile Oger (Venetis) and Thierry Ricci (NatéoSanté) • Treasurer: Benoît Chatelier (Melting Spot) • Secretaries: Lucie Rigaud …

Sectors: French Tech

The Ecological Transition Agency! At ADEME - the Ecological Transition Agency - we are resolutely committed to the fight against global warming and resource degradation. On all fronts, we mobilize citizens, economic actors and territories, giving them the means to progress towards a resource-efficient, lower-carbon, more just and harmonious society. In all areas - energy, circular economy, food, mobility, air quality, adaptation to climate change, soils... - we advise, facilitate and help finance numerous projects, from research to the sharing of solutions. At all levels, we put our expertise and foresight capabilities at the service of public policies. ADEME is …

Sectors: National and local authorities

La recherche fondamentale au service de la société The French National Centre for Scientific Research is among the world's leading research institutions. Its scientists explore the living world, matter, the Universe, and the functioning of human societies in order to meet the major challenges of today and tomorrow. Internationally recognised for the excellence of its scientific research, the CNRS is a reference in the world of research and development, as well as for the general public. Recherche scientifique, Biologie, Chimie, Ecologie et environnement, Ingénierie et systèmes, Mathématiques, Physique, Sciences de l'information, Homme et société, Nucléaire et particules, Terre et Univers, …

Sectors: Research

The priorities of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research are: - improve student success and promote equal opportunities; - to coordinate the training offer in French higher education; - to set priority areas for progress in knowledge and technologies; - as well as the public research and innovation strategy. In this context, the so-called "ESR" law of July 22, 2013 also advocates transformation and openness to all forms of teaching and research, to the socio-economic environment, and internationally. Among the key measures put in place: - The definition of a national higher education strategy (StraNES) for the …

LIVING THE MOMENT – CONSTRUCTING THE FUTURE The VALORIAL GROUPE PATRMIMOFI is a wealth audit and tax optimization consulting firm which brings together 4 areas of expertise: VALORIAL CONSEIL Balance sheet and asset structuring. Business law and taxation VALORIAL IMMOBILIER New and old real estate - Real estate transaction - Tax exemption advice - Real estate law advice VALORIAL FINANCE Financial investment advice - Life insurance - Real estate loans VALORIAL INSURANCE Social protection advice: Health, pension and retirement insurance Qualified specialists We develop transversal skills, supported by specialized and qualified collaborators (lawyers, first notary clerk, DESS in Law, etc.) …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster