2ème Métropole d'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - 450 000 hab. - Au pied des massifs du Vercors, de Chartreuse et de Belledonne. Grenoble-Alpes Métropole is the global Grenoble administration in charge of transportation, waste, economy & development, environment management.

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] Inspire and equip citizens, entrepreneurs and organizations to build an inclusive and sustainable society. Time is running out, the challenges we face are immense. Businesses will be part of the solution and we support them in doing so, collectively. At makesense, we support companies, institutions and associations to become ever more sustainable, engaged and resilient. How ? We give back the power to act to everyone who does business, every day. - We support organizations in defining their purpose, their values ​​and their impact strategy. - We engage employees around this vision, through training in changing postures, …

[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 …

French VC fund focused on tech breakthrough. Lovin'​ #deeptech #greentech #thefutureisnow Created in 2008 and AMF-certified in 2014, Starquest has been investing ever since into disruptive companies. 70% of the capital invested has been towards companies falling into its “PROTECT” thesis. The “PROTECT” thesis: financing companies whose goals are to protect society against negative externalities of progress: > Protecting climate against global warming > Protecting Humans against sanitary and digital risks > Protecting resources against overconsumption Our favorite sectors: Clean energy, energy efficiency, food security, digital security, circular economy, process and material traceability, education...

[Automatic translation follows] Become a shareholder of tomorrow’s startups alongside investment professionals. Become a shareholder of tomorrow's startups alongside investment professionals and join a community of +120,000 members. Crowdfunding in equity and IR-ISF tax exemption

Sectors: Finance

[Automatic translation follows] Le Journal du Net (JDN) deals with the digitalization of the economy on a daily basis, breaking it down into ten sections: adtech, e-HR, fintech, artificial intelligence, IoT, martech, publishers, mobility, retail and smart city. The JDN also covers management and heritage themes, as well as IT IT issues (big data, cloud, SEO, analytics). The site is published by CCM Benchmark Group, a subsidiary of the Figaro Group. internet, iot, cloud, adtech, heritage, management, retail, web3, fintech, and crypto

Bien vivre ensemble, partager le progrès ! « Make new technologies a key to sustainable progress » An international player of agricultural progress We do have an optimistic vision of farming for the future. The world will soon face a new challenge: feed twice more people with less farmland. Farming is also exploring new ways: organic foods, bio-energies, etc. The revolution is on its way and agriculture will definitely need technologies to progress and reach these goals. Leader of customer satisfaction The world is full of opportunities, and we are willing to take them. There are still plenty of unexplored …

Sectors: IT services

La French Tech désigne tous les acteurs de l’écosystème de start-up françaises, soutenu par la Mission French Tech. 🇫🇷 La French Tech est la marque déployée par l’Etat français qui représente l’écosystème de 25 000 start-up français et de tous les acteurs qui gravitent autour (fonds d’investissement, associations, acteurs publiques, etc.), soutenu par la Mission French Tech (administration rattachée à la Direction Générale des Entreprises, au sein du ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique). Elle a pour mission d’accompagner le développement de l’écosystème French Tech, mouvement français des start-up technologiques innovantes, dans la lignée …

Sectors: Media

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] Act together for responsible growth. MEDEF is the leading network of entrepreneurs in France. It defends and promotes businesses of all sizes and from all sectors of activity. A privileged interlocutor for decision-makers and public authorities In complete transparency, MEDEF carries out permanent lobbying action with all decision-makers at local, regional, national and European levels, in order to put forward the company's point of view and to reduce its tax and regulatory burden: reform of professional tax, apprenticeship, business transfer, conventional termination, etc. An essential partner in social dialogue Empowered by law to negotiate on behalf of …

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

[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] Nexity, an urban planner and promoter-operator serving everyone, operates in all areas of promotion for individuals, businesses, institutions and communities and has a presence throughout the country. Nexity is the company for real estate enthusiasts and society enthusiasts. A pioneering employer, Nexity is inventing the sustainable city for all. Joining Nexity means joining a Group where you can meet all the challenges to fundamentally transform the city. It means creating more inclusive, more open living spaces, where everyone can find their place. We are a responsible social actor with regard to the ecological and social issues of …

Sectors: Real Estate

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

Via ID is a business accelerator that supports in the long term projects related to new modes of mobility: daily, smart and sustainable. Via ID offers a complete ecosystem for the entrepreneurs that choose to join it, providing incubation, financial support, expert advice and strong synergies with leading providers of mobility solutions. Today, Via ID has an incubator in Paris and Lille, but also an office in Berlin, San Francisco and Singapore. Via ID has a portfolio of about twenty startups (including Drivy, Heetch, GO-JEK, Smoove, Xee, Klaxit, Swiftly, SpotAngels, etc.) and supports incubated startups. Via ID is part of …

Sectors: Transport

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

80 years of building new worlds through knowledge 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

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