The City of Strasbourg and the Eurometropolis (33 municipalities) form a shared administration, located at the heart of a dynamic cross-border territory. Second largest employer in Bas-Rhin, with nearly 7,000 agents and nearly 200 professions, our administration works every day to offer an innovative and quality public service to more than 500,000 residents. A major player in ecological, social and economic transitions, the administration carries out ambitious projects in various fields: education, mobility, town planning, culture, solidarity, sports and much more. The City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg place equality between women and men at the heart of their organization, with …

Sectors: French Metropolis National and local authorities

The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis is unique. Created by the MAPTAM law, it brings together 92 municipalities spread over three departments. It brings together agricultural, urban and industrial spaces on the same territory. Attractive and dynamic, the Metropolis exercises the major strategic skills which determine the development of the territory in all its dimensions: economic, social and cultural development and planning, planning of the metropolitan space, local housing policy, city policy, management of services of collective interest, protection and enhancement of the environment and living environment policy. To support its development and projects, the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis is looking for employees willing to …

Sectors: French Metropolis

Live intelligently Capital of one of the most dynamic regions of France, Rennes assumes its role as leader in economic development 📈 ▶ Ranked 10th nationally, its urban area covers nearly 700,000 inhabitants with an economic area which concentrates 300,000 jobs ▶ 1st "business friendly" city of cities with less than 500,000 inhabitants, it attracts numerous talents in several key sectors of the economy (research, digital technology, health, agri-food, environment or manufacturing) ▶ Open to the international market, Rennes is the leading education center in the Greater West with 68,000 students and fuels high-level research and innovation activity ▶ 1 …

Sectors: French Metropolis

Where those who make fintech meet _ assurtech, regtech, web3, AI Since its creation in 2015, France FinTech has been able to bring together French entrepreneurs in the sector and stakeholders to build a dynamic and efficient ecosystem. A leading player, France FinTech is the only initiative to speak out for innovative finance entrepreneurs. A true standard bearer of a talented French team, France FinTech has been able to build a real brand, a guarantee of excellence, expertise and the expression of innovation. France FinTech wants to be open to any initiative to support the fintech sector in France and …

Sectors: Media

Welcome to Banque Populaire Val de France, your banking and insurance partner. Discover a cooperative bank, committed to the heart of its region to enable its 550,000 customers and 132,700 members to realize their personal and professional life projects. You too, get started: tell us what you want to do! Banking, Insurance

La French Tech is the nickname of the French startup ecosystem and all its members, from biosciences to online marketplaces, wherever they may be in the world. It is also a government-backed movement, making France one of the best countries in the world to launch and scale global tech leaders. Since the launch of the initiative in 2014, the Rennes St Malo region has been given the seal approval. In 2019, the local ecosystem of tech entrepreneurs was awarded the French Tech Capital label. Today, La French Tech Rennes St Malo is a high-growth, high-energy region with an international focus, …

Sectors: French Tech Public business cluster

Support for fundraising and Sale/Acquisition - Startup and VSE/SME valuation - UGAP rating Linkera is the essential solution dedicated to optimizing business acquisition and sale transactions. The platform helps connect business owners and potential buyers. Every month, it presents companies and assets worth millions of euros to nearly 2,000 users. Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Rating, Financial advice & extra-financial, investment, algorithm, data, UGAP, Valuation, Fundraising, Disposals, Acquisitions, Financing, Startups, VSEs, and SMEs

Sectors: Consulting

Ecological intelligence media Within Horizons, we are convinced that it is possible to combine economic development and environmental preservation within new models in which businesses, public authorities, associations and citizen movements are the driving forces. New models driven by innovation – High-Tech or Low-Tech – and by a desire to create new indicators of progress that take into account societal and environmental issues. This is why we created Les Horizons: a media aimed at professionals wishing to reinvent themselves in the service of their colleagues, in the service of their clients and partners, in the service of the common good …

Bringing out innovation Rise Partners is a firm that advises and finances companies by mobilizing a team of experts, partners and financiers, around a growth-oriented methodology. Our goal? Bringing out innovation. By relying on a very strong community of entrepreneurs and investors, we support startups and SMEs towards Hypergrowth.

The Crédit Agricole group is the leading partner of the French economy and one of the largest banking groups in Europe. It is the leading retail bank in Europe as well as the first European asset manager, the first bancassurer in Europe and the third European player in project finance. Built on its strong cooperative and mutual roots, its 160,000 employees and the 27,165 directors of its Local and Regional Banks, the Crédit Agricole group is a responsible and responsive bank serving 55 million customers and 12,3 million mutual shareholders. Thanks to its universal customer-focused retail banking model – based …

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French Tech Normandy Rouen Community French Tech Normandy #Rouen community. The French Tech Rouen Normandy community brings together a set of innovative and committed start-ups, strong in the values ​​of mutual aid and development. A true local ecosystem, it promotes exchanges between startup founders to stimulate the exchange of experience and the sharing of good practices.

Demea Sustainable Investment (ex Demeter IM) is part of Demea Invest, a leading platform in venture capital, private equity, infrastructure and private debt for the sustainable growth of agriculture, food, energy and ecological transition. Demea Invest manages €3bn with 70 people in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Madrid, Düsseldorf and Montreal. Cleantech, Venture Capital, Growth Capital, Infrastructure, Agtech, Transition écologique, Private equity, Impact investing, Economie circulaire, Industrie 4.0, Winetech, and Transition énergétique

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

We actively fund innovative companies within the two evolving fields of Digital technologies and Life sciences. Seventure Partners is a long term equity investor that actively supports innovative companies aiming at generating positive impacts on Humankind, Society, Sustainability and the Planet. With €950m net commitments under management as of the end of 2022, Seventure is a leading venture capital firm in Europe investing since 1997 in innovative businesses with high growth potential in 2 main areas: Life sciences (Biotech, Health & digital Health, Nutrition, Foodtech, Blue Economy, Aquaculture, Animal & Agriculture, Sport & Wellness ...) with a specific interest for …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Unleashing ambitions, helping women and men to realize their innovative transformation projects. WILCO accelerates innovative projects driven by men and women to create economic value and have a positive impact on society. Projects led by teams in 3 business areas: Industry, Healthcare, Digital, (12 sectors) for 3 types of customers: [French startups (1,500 startups accelerated since 2012 - 100 new startups per year / €300M raised per year / 50% of startups with sales > €1M in 3 years] WILCO deploys 2 programs to accelerate the growth and scalability. 1. WILCO One (+1500 startups accelerated) : Tech startups: Structuring entrepreneurial …

Incubateur des start-up tech et deeptech du cluster Paris-Saclay Accompagnement de projets de création d'entreprises technologiques innovants Entrepreneurship, Consulting, Technology, Public R&D, Innovation, and Investment

Leading the development and production of innovative pharmaceutical-grade biopolymers. HTL Biotechnology is a French biotech and a world leader in the development and responsible bioproduction of pharmaceutical-grade biopolymers (Hyaluronic acid, polynucleotides). Used by healthcare companies for the development of treatments in various cutting-edge therapeutic areas such as ophthalmology, dermatology, medical aesthetics and rheumatology. For over 30 years, HTL Biotechnology has been a driving force behind innovation in the sector, collaborating with research entities and biotech companies to address unmet medical needs (regenerative medicine, drug delivery, etc.) HTL Biotechnology recently reinforced its position as world leader in the development of pharmaceutical-grade …

Startup accelerator serving SMEs, ETIs and large groups in Loire-Atlantique and Vendée.🚀 #CooperatePourInnovate The Village by CA Atlantique-Vendée supports startups from Loire-Atlantique and Vendée in their commercial development, the structuring of their organization and their visibility. Our network of startups also allows us to support traditional companies in their innovation and transformation projects. Startup accelerator, Innovative project accelerator, Open Innovation, Village by CA Network, Le Village by CA Atlantique Vendée, and Transformation support

Develop committed projects that dare to DO DIFFERENTLY to respond to the major challenges of our territories. Since 2017, Le Village by CA Ille-et-Vilaine has played the role of accelerator of innovative projects open to all stakeholders in the region. Thanks to the diversity of expertise and know-how present in our ecosystem of startups, partners and clients, we work every day to facilitate, structure and accelerate collective dynamics of innovation and transformation with a strong desire to impact societal transitions. At the heart of a bustling ecosystem, Le Village by CA Ille-et-Vilaine today brings together a community of 30 innovative …

Booster of innovation in rural areas 📍 The Champs du Possible Campus - Village by CA in Châteaudun (28) is dedicated to rural innovation in response to the challenges of our territories. 🎯 Agritech, mobility, attractiveness, tourism, transitions, health, housing are all areas in which rurality has many challenges to overcome. 🚀 Villages by CA are systems for accelerating innovation for local startups and businesses. The Champs du Possible Campus ensures different missions: - Lead the agricultural sector of the future - Promote the emergence, experimentation and success of local projects through innovation - Promote the Village, startups and innovation …

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

French association of investors for growth Founded in 1984, France Invest is the industry association representing French private equity professionals. Its role is to promote this asset class to institutional investors, this funding method and support to entrepreneurs, and this leading economic sector to opinion leaders and public authorities. The association itself is home to 359 asset management companies and nearly 200 associate members from all the business lines that support and advise investors and entrepreneurs in setting up and managing their partnerships. Our membership supports and finances more than 7,700 of the most dynamic startups, SMEs and mid-caps, employing …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

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

Innovate & Succeed Technopole, Incubator, CEEI, EUBIC labeled. Association law 1901, Laval Mayenne Technopole (LMT) is the reference for innovation in Mayenne and contributes to the economic development of the territory through innovation. To drive this dynamic of innovation, Laval Mayenne Technopole: • Leads, networks and facilitates cooperation of skills present in Mayenne • Initiates and supports innovative project leaders and entrepreneurs at all stages of development through its support tools for: startups (Idenergie, UP! the incubator, nursery), Mayenne SMEs (Skills Challenge, APOLLO Program, SélanC), large accounts (Mission exploration), all companies: support in setting up collaborative projects and facilitating collaboration …

French Geological Survey - The geosciences at the core of tomorrow’s challenges BRGM, the French geological survey, is France’s reference public institution for Earth Science applications in the management of surface and subsurface resources and risks. Its programmes focus on scientific research, supporting public policies and international cooperation. BRGM aims to meet key challenges for our society, particularly those related to climate change, energy transition and the development of the circular economy. Around geosciences, BRGM is developing expertise to contribute to a harmonised management and controlled use of the soil and subsoil of cities and territories. BRGM's activity is organised …

Pour une #science actrice d’un futur durable, le #partenariat scientifique équitable avec les pays en #développement IRD is a French public research institute working for the development of Southern countries, reporting to the Ministries responsible for research and overseas development. IRD is managing for more than sixty years research, consultancy and capacity building activities in Africa, the Mediterranean basin, Asia, Latin America and French overseas territories. IRD researchers address major development challenges regarding environment, sustainable development of living resources, social studies and health. https://youtu.be/MtuGHK6ogR0 🎬 http://lemag.ird.fr/frlUOL Research

Leading Tech M&A Advisor in Europe With more than 100 deals closed in 8 years, Avolta Partners has proven to be one of the most active M&A advisors in Europe in the Tech Industry. For more information, visit www.avoltapartners.com Venture Capital, Fundraising, M&A, Corporate Finance, and Tech

Sectors: Finance

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, their development and …

Cœur battant de l'industrie cosmétique mondiale - Beating heart of the world cosmetics industry Beating heart of the world cosmetics industry Recognized as a competitiveness cluster by the ministry in 2005, the role of Cosmetic Valley is to help fragrance and cosmetic industry in the sector, through: - Commercial development by networking, supporting exports for SMEs, - Improvement of their competitiveness : set-up of Research and Innovation projects. The cluster opens up to the whole of France: Cosmetic Valley gathered all companies in fragrance and cosmetic industry at national level. All companies who want to join a dynamic collaboration and …

Sectors: Cosmetics French Cluster Public business cluster

“To create Jobs, let’s create employers” André Mulliez Réseau Entreprendre supports new managers, creators or buyers of a business, at all stages of a company's life: at start-up, in the development phase, during periods of strong growth.

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Venture into the future XAnge is a BCorp-certified early-stage investment fund managing €800 million, with offices in Paris, Berlin, and Brussels. The fund backs European founders who aim to transform daily life through technology, investing between €1 million to €15 million from from Seed to Series C. XAnge invests in Deep Tech (Aerospacelab, Ledger), SaaS (Odoo, 360 Learning, Skello), AI (Gleamer, Tomorro), energy transition (Greenly, Greenfusion), digital finance (Lydia) and healthcare sectors. XAnge is the innovation-driven venture capital brand of the Siparex Group. Venture Capital, Digital, Social Impact, Fintech, BtoB, Cloud, Deep Tech, and Blockchain

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Our Vision : We have High Standards - We Build Companies - We have Impact Kurma Partners is a key European venture capital group specialized in healthcare, with €470 million under management, with two dedicated franchises : Kurma Biofund focused on therapeutic (current active fund KBIII) and Kurma Diagnostics focused on diagnostic and digital health (current active fund Kurma Dx2). Biotechnology, Lifesciences, Drug Development, Technology transfer, Rare diseases, Digital Healh, Diagnostics, and Medtech

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Fidal is the largest leading independent business law firm in France. As strategic partners of businesses, institutions and organizations, we strive to use the law as a driving force to enhance their performance and growth in France and internationally. As experts in their practice area using a transversal approach, our talents speak the same language as our clients and understand their issues. We encourage the sharing of knowledge and experience. It is our way of offering to our clients - whatever their size, business, geographical location or specific situation - insightful, reliable and sound advice. Practical advice that protects them …

Sectors: Law Practice

The key player in private equity in New Aquitaine We participate in financing the equity of innovative start-ups and SMEs in New Aquitaine. Venture capital, Development capital, Transfer capital, Honorary loans, Innovation, Seed, LBO, Start-up, and SME

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

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...

A cooperative and mutual banking group, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa is made up of the federations of Crédit Mutuel de Bretagne, du Sud-Ouest, du Massif Central as well as around twenty specialized subsidiaries covering all areas of banking, finance and insurance, as well as real estate. Crédit Mutuel Arkéa is present via its networks in 19 of the 22 French regions. With 8,600 employees, 3,700 administrators and 3.2 million members and customers, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa ranks among the very first banking establishments with their headquarters in the region. banking, insurance, finance, fintech, startup, territory, cooperation, and future transitions

Sectors: Bank

Building the territories of tomorrow together! The general interest has chosen its bank. The Banque des Territoires finances, advises and operates in all French territories for the general interest. By Caisse des Dépôts

Sectors: Bank

The Bordeaux Métropole technology park supports startups and the economic development of the Territory Bordeaux Technowest, the technopole of the Bordeaux metropolis, has been supporting innovative start-ups since 2004 and leading the region's strategic sectors. Its influence goes beyond Bordeaux thanks to partnerships with Libourne (CALI) and La Teste-de-Buch (COBAS). With more than 400 start-ups created in 20 years, it relies on a team of 24 people (including 7 start-up managers), 10 sites and 7 key sectors: Aeronautics-Space-Defense, Energy Transitions, Digital, E-health, Agri-agroTech/Winetech, Smart Building and Port-Maritime-Fluvial. A member of the RETIS network, it offers several schemes: Techno’Start (seed fund), …

The monthly magazine for leaders and the business world Created in 1996, Décideurs Magazine offers the essential economic, financial, political and societal news every month, as well as winning business strategies illustrated by interviews with the best experts. Media, Strategy, Finance, Law, Business, Innovation, Human Resources, Business, Lawyers, and Decision Makers

Sectors: Media

Le mouvement des acteurs de la tech en région Centre Val de Loire. Page officielle de La French Tech Val de Loire Official Page of La French Tech Loire Valley

Sectors: French Tech

Building a sustainable future together. As a global leader in the water and waste management sectors, we have been operating for over 160 years all over the world. We provide essential services to protect the resource and improve quality of life wherever we operate. For and with our clients, we design, develop and deploy tailor-made and local solutions that have a real impact. We enable our customers – whether local authorities or industrial groups – to provide access to water and waste services, with resilient and innovative solutions. With operations in 40 countries and 40,000 employees, we also enable them …

Sectors: Energy Environment

A community to undertake, take over, invest, transform... without remaining alone Novapuls is an accelerator with a unique model that works alongside entrepreneurs and investors to grow iconic companies. Novapuls is a subsidiary of Sodero Gestion, the Brittany and Pays de la Loire investor capital of the Caisse d’Épargne. Financing, Support, Management, Network, Equity, and Leadership

We offer financing solutions for the creation and growth of your business. The Noshaq group contributes to the development and economic redeployment of the province of Liège by ensuring long-term financing of business projects. Over more than 20 years, our holding company has secured a specific place in the Liège financial landscape, with an intervention technique based mainly on taking a stake in the capital. Noshaq, a leading investment and fund management company, currently supports 460+SMEs and projects of regional interest.

All solutions serving the future Technical center specializing in Health and animal production, and composite and polymer materials, INNOZH is also a RETIS-certified Technopole. INNOZH is a 1901 law association, creator of the future, attentive to economic, societal and environmental issues. INNOZH supports the development of businesses in the regional territory in order to increase their performance, create added value and jobs.

At the heart of #CleanTech innovation Led by the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, the Technopôle de l’Arbois is the first Technopôle in France dedicated to the environment. It welcomes 12 research units, 90 innovative companies (including around forty start-ups within the #Cleantech incubator), students from the Master of Science in the Terrestrial Environment and the Environmental Science doctoral school of Aix-Marseille University and the Competitiveness Clusters and Cluster Capenergies, SAFE and Ea eco-enterprises. The mission of the Technopôle is to support companies and research laboratories established in its territory in the development of knowledge and technologies allowing both to gain in competitiveness …

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

Karista is a European VC firm investing in game changers from scratch to success. Karista is an early-growth investment firm backing ambitious entrepreneurs across Europe. For nearly 25 years, we have supported over 100 startups and scale-ups, many of which have achieved successful exits through acquisitions or listings on major exchanges, including Nasdaq. Our current strategy focuses on two key sectors: HealthTech and Space, Defence & Security, executed through dedicated funds and specialized teams with deep domain expertise. We primarily invest in early-growth opportunities, while selectively supporting early-stage moonshot projects with transformative potential. Trusted by leading institutional investors, financial groups, …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

We craft future food champions! A reference Food & Ag-tech Accelerator and Open Innovation platform accelerating the development of the future of food champions. We have build a unique ecosystem rich of 350+ startups, corporates, investors and organization to provide tailored support and advice to international startups and forward thinking corporations. We build on a solid network of international partners to provide business development opportunities, initiate and accompany efficient collaboration programs with corporations and also attract funding. We act as non-executive board members with a hands-on involvement approach to accelerate the development of future champions in our verticals. We are …

Deloitte drives progress. Our firms around the world help clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. Deloitte invests in outstanding people of diverse talents and backgrounds and empowers them to achieve more than they could elsewhere. Our work combines advice with action and integrity. We believe that when our clients and society are stronger, so are we. Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (“DTTL”), its global network of member firms, and their related entities. DTTL (also referred to as “Deloitte Global”) and each of its member firms are legally separate and independent entities. DTTL …

Sectors: Consulting, audit

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 on Paris Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of …

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Biggest french student organization for Entrepreneurship 🚀 News about Entrepreneurship in Paris & Saclay! Our observation is simple: the Saclay plateau is a formidable breeding ground in terms of skills and resources, because it brings together top-ranking universities, research centers, business and engineering schools. However, many projects die at the idea stage due to lack of meetings that will get them off the ground. In the best case, startups from the plateau remain almost exclusively founded by people from the same establishments! Our initiative therefore aims to participate in the emergence of projects that bring together founders from diverse backgrounds …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Our job? Encourage, structure and finance innovation Much more than an innovation consulting agency, our desire was to create a single contact structure in order to support innovative players in all the issues they face, whether financial, organizational or strategic. Wishing to put people back at the heart of innovation processes while ensuring a successful digital transition for organizations, SinnRJ positions itself as a catalyst for innovation, around which a strong innovative ecosystem is developing bringing together startups, innovative SMEs, major accounts, incubators, accelerators and competitiveness clusters. Financing innovation, Project Management, Marketing innovation, and Open innovation

Accelerator program for innovative companies SAXO 45 is an acceleration program, organized by the Orléans technology park. It lasts 8 months and is intended for 8 managers of innovative companies in the Loiret with less than 5 years of existence, previously selected, who wish to be trained and coached by experts in order to reach their market more quickly. Participants have and follow training – action workshops at LAB’O. This program is financially supported by Orléans Métropole, the Center Val de Loire Region and Crédit Agricole Centre-Loire.

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Urban and creative factory on the island of Nantes Welcome to the Samoa LinkedIn page! This is where you will find all the professional information surrounding the urban development project and the economic development of the island of Nantes (but not only that!). Since 2003, the Société d'Aménagement de la Métropole Ouest Atlantique has managed the urban project on the island of Nantes and its operational project management. A local public company, it acts within the framework of territorial public policies, on the scale of the Nantes Saint-Nazaire metropolis. Since 2010, it has had an economic center which supports, hosts, …

Pouss@LYS, le consortium du territoire Lyon-Saint-Etienne, source, analyse et labellise les startups #DeepTech #HighTech The Pouss@LYS consortium is made up of 27 research structures from the Lyon-St Etienne site as well as players capable of detecting and qualifying technological startups (competitiveness clusters, incubators, accelerators, corporate programs, investment funds). These specialized business providers source, analyze and label startups, thus providing them with almost automatic financing. Supported startups will be able to benefit, after processing the files by Bpifrance, from an investment by the French Tech Seed fund in addition to fundraising from qualified investors.

Let’s innovate together! Since 1988, by leading business networks, the world of training and research, our teams have been raising awareness among local stakeholders about the challenges of innovation and supporting your creation and development of innovative businesses, your R&D projects, your collaborations and technology transfers. Innovation, Business support, Business creation, and Technology transfer

OBRATORI is the Corporate Venture Capital of L'Occitane Group │ Investing in early-stage companies │ Fund of funds Founded in 2019, Obratori is the Corporate Venture Capital arm of L'Occitane Group. The CVC invests in early-stage companies, throughout France, Europe and beyond and manage a few fund-of-funds commitments. As pre-seed and seed specialists, we fully support founders with ambitious game-changing projects across a wide range of sectors (Deeptech, Greentech, Consumer, Well-being, Digital, Healthtech, B2B solutions...). Our role ? We back them to get started, take risks, create value and reach the first decisive key milestones. Early Stage, Startups, Venture Capital, …

Activity, employment, environment, solidarity at the heart of the Centre-Val de Loire Region's challenges for the future A flagship location for creation, innovation and the art of living, the Centre-Val de Loire region has, since the Renaissance, been the one that best embodies the Nature-Culture and Heritage DNA. Strongly marked by its agriculture, the Centre-Val de Loire region is one of the leading cereal-producing regions in Europe. They are also renowned for their internationally renowned competitiveness clusters: Cosmetic Valley (perfumery and cosmetics), the Electrical Energy Sciences and Systems cluster (renewable energies, intelligent buildings and electrical equipment and products) and Elastopôle …

Sectors: National and local authorities

INNOVATION CATALYST SATT SAYENS is a Simplified Joint Stock Company (SAS) whose shareholders are Bpifrance, the University of Burgundy, the University of Franche-Comté, the University of Lorraine, the Technological University of Troyes, the Institut Agro Dijon, the University of Technology of Belfort Montbéliard, ENSMM, CNRS and Inserm. The 2 main activities of SATT SAYENS: - investment in intellectual property and the maturation of innovations from research laboratories in its territory, - as well as the management of partnership research on behalf of the research laboratories of the University of Burgundy and the Institut Agro Dijon. Find our technology offers on …

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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

Medinsoft is the promoter of the digital transformation of the territory which accelerates businesses. Join us MEDINSOFT IS THE PROMOTER OF THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE TERRITORY WHICH ACCELERATE BUSINESSES AND SUPPORT COMMUNITIES Medinsoft brings together digital transformation players with a single goal: to increase their turnover and productivity...How? By connecting those who need digital transformation with those who are doing it. Our method: commissions which reflect on and produce content on the digital transformation of business sectors, as well as the organization of major events such as the Grand Opening. Joining Medinsoft is the assurance of joining a powerful …

City of Creation and Innovation in Tours. A totem place of French Tech Val de Loire, MAME is an ecosystem serving entrepreneurs, which brings together the conditions for success, a catalyst for meetings, a third place at the crossroads of the economic and cultural dynamics of the territory.

Economic news from businesses and decision-makers in the regions 🎯 The B2B media for regional companies and their managers.​ Since 2003, Le Journal des Entreprises has informed and promoted the real economy through 9 regional editions:​ Pays de la Loire, Brittany, Normandy, Hauts-de-France, Grand Est, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, South Region, Occitanie, New Aquitaine.​ ​ 💬 An editorial team of 35 journalists based in the territories.​ 📬 More than 50,000 daily readers: managers of #SMEs, #ETIs, senior executives, investors, business networks, public decision-makers.​ 🧭 Why follow us?​ 🔎 Targeted business monitoring: #fundraising, #appointments, #mergers, #implantations​ 🧠 Sectoral analyses, portraits of managers, feedback​ 📰 …

Sectors: Media

Promote and support the emergence and development of innovative solutions from farm to fork. Major challenges today concern food. How to help people eat better is a real problem, as is knowing how to feed the population in 2050. Thus, the FoodTech network aims to promote food based on the triptych of pleasure, responsibility and accessibility. For us, digital technology, new technologies and, more broadly, innovation are remarkable ways of moving towards this vision by contributing to the agricultural and food transitions, and the evolution of practices. Our mission: to promote and support the emergence and development of innovative solutions …

Sectors: French Tech Media

Innovation accelerator 💫 #workinlannion An innovation accelerator, Anticipa is the essential interface for innovative or industrial business projects in the region. It focuses its actions on 5 sectors of excellence: digital, photonics, marine biotechnologies and cosmetics, food-nutrition, Industry – naval – nautical. Anticipa leads a community of project leaders, startupers, entrepreneurs, industrialists, researchers, teachers, students and institutions. Anticipa is both: + A technology park (innovative and technological projects) + An industrial development agency (industrial or industrial projects) + The local pilot of French Tech Brest Plus Lannion/Morlaix/Quimper (startups) The Anticipa team listens to everyone to offer tailor-made solutions, meet them! …

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 …

Innovation & Business Technopole of Eastern Morbihan. Created in 1987 on the initiative of business leaders from Morbihan (56), Vipe supports the development and strategy of innovative companies. More than 200 project leaders and companies have been supported over the last 5 years. Why not you? #Innovation #Funding #Incubator #CommercialAccelerator Innovation, Support, Advice, start-ups, Territorial animation, incubator, financing of innovation, strategy, startups, creativity, and accelerator

Venture capital fund and startup accelerator Xplore is the innovation capital brand of the investment company Épopée Gestion. Co-founded by Ronan Le Moal and Charles Cabillic in September 2020, Épopée Gestion aims to reinvest the territories of the Atlantic Arc by supporting companies with financing and operational support. Épopée Gestion operates in four businesses: innovation capital, development capital, sustainable real estate and low-carbon infrastructure. Xplore inherits all the expertise of the West Web Valley accelerator created in 2012 to support and accelerate digital startups in Brittany and has a total investment capacity of 80 million euros entirely dedicated to innovation …

Incubator and accelerator of scientific and technological innovations in Lyon/Saint-Etienne #deeptech 🚀 PULSALYS, Deep Tech innovation incubator and accelerator in Lyon & St Etienne, builds the products & innovative services of tomorrow, by transforming scientific discoveries from the laboratories of the University of Lyon into economic opportunities for companies and startups. Created in December 2013 as part of the Future Investment Program (PIA) under the status of Technology Transfer Acceleration Company (SATT), PULSALYS has become a key player in the attractiveness and economic development of the Lyon - St-Etienne region. Chemistry & materials, Cleantech, Health, Digital, Industry, Human and Social …

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Sofinnova Partners is a leading European VC firm in life sciences, specializing in healthcare and sustainability. Sofinnova Partners is a leading European venture capital firm in life sciences, specializing in healthcare and sustainability. Based in Paris, London and Milan, the firm brings together a team of professionals from all over the world with strong scientific, medical and business expertise. Sofinnova Partners is a hands-on company builder across the entire value chain of life sciences investments, from seed to later-stage. The firm actively partners with ambitious entrepreneurs as a lead or cornerstone investor to develop transformative innovations that have the potential …

Startup incubator and entrepreneurship and innovation center of the Ecole polytechnique Since 1794, the École Polytechnique has been training engineers to the highest level. The scientific and technological dimension combined with a unique ecosystem allow the school to support and incubate some of the most innovative technological start-ups in the country. With our X-Up programs, X-Fab and support services, our vocation is to meet all the needs of innovation players thanks to our accelerator and incubator, as well as financing tools, coworking and prototyping spaces to encourage creativity and the emergence of high-potential entrepreneurial projects. Incubateur , Accompagnement , HealthTech …

Innovation at the service of the energy transition The Smart Power cluster (formerly S2E2 cluster) is a driver of innovation and performance serving economic and societal challenges. Active in the Great West, it brings together companies, research and training centers, as well as all private and public actors involved in economic development around the themes of energy, electronics and decarbonization. Its mission is to mobilize the key factors of competitiveness: the capacity for innovation, access to R&D, the development of growth, the development of skills and deployment in Europe. A true leader of its network, Smart Power supports its members: …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

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: - Being one of the main levers of the integrated maritime policy - Be a driver of business competitiveness - Be an international reference …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

Thinking up tomorrow's medicine Atlanpole Biotherapies is a French biocluster that gives you access to extended skills, from biodiagnostic to biomedicine. For pharmaceutical and biotech companies or research laboratories looking for high level partners committed to healthcare and biotechnologies, Atlanpole Biotherapies is a biocluster that draws together a network of industrial and academic competences which offers comprehensive and competitive solutions along the entire biotherapeutic value chain, from discovery to patient,within 4 areas of excellence: • immunobiotherapies • radiopharmaceuticals • biomaterials • cell & gene therapies More information : http://www.atlanpolebiotherapies.com Biotechnologies, Bioproduction, Pharma, Technologies médicales innovantes, MedTech, Numérique pour la santé, …

Sectors: Biotechnology French Cluster Public business cluster

We support companies in their innovation projects in France and Europe. PÔLE AQUIMER is a structure created in 1999 and labeled National Competitiveness Center in 2005 by the State. • PÔLE AQUIMER is a tool serving businesses and their development, scientists and training centers. • PÔLE AQUIMER helps to mobilize funding for research and training projects. PÔLE AQUIMER: projects of national and international scope. The PÔLE AQUIMER aims to reconcile the scarcity of aquatic resources and growing food needs by meeting the imperatives of sustainable development. AQUIMER's programs are structured around three themes: • Maximize available resources and create new …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

Entrepreneurs in HealthTech Created in 1997, the association is the French non-profit organization that brings together the country's leading innovative health compagnies and their expert partners (investors, lawyers, research institutes, cluster, etc...). Its core mission is to promote health innovation in France and help the sector's start-up companies and SMEs to become tomorrow's leaders able to rapidly develop new therapeutic solutions. Our Missions: To support innovative start-ups and SMEs of the HealthTech industry (biotech, medtech, digital health, big data) by tackling four major issues: - Financial: encourage investment in health innovation - Tax: ensure fiscal stability - Administrative and regulatory: …

Sectors: Biotechnology Startup accelerator & VC

A competitive, attractive and innovative territory in terms of economy, employment and ecological transition La Rochelle offers an ideal setting for companies wishing to invest and innovate. With its dynamic ecosystem focused on ecological transitions, the territory offers an environment conducive to the creation of sustainable and innovative businesses. This combination of economic development and environmental responsibility makes La Rochelle a strategic choice for businesses wishing to prosper while actively participating in building a more sustainable future.

Sectors: EPCI-50K

The network of eco-businesses in the SOUTH Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region Éa eco-enterprises is an independent network of 150 members representing all environmental themes: Water, Air, Waste, Polluted sites and soils, Ecological engineering, Sustainable development... Missions: - Organize professionals in the environmental sector into a network to ensure their representation and promotion, in France and internationally - Support the international development of Environmental SMEs - Support innovation, to improve the quality of solutions in the areas of the Environment - Develop training actions, tools and information systems contributing to raising awareness for better consideration of the environment - Lead the Environment …

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace, and Cyber & Digital sectors. Its portfolio of innovative products and services addresses several major challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability and inclusion. The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies. Thales has more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion. Aerospace, Defence, Security, Space, Cybersecurity, Big Data, IoT, Connectivity, Artificial Intelligence, Digital, Systems, and Software

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Le 101 supports all the phases of starting out in business! 🌱 To flourish and develop, start-ups and project leaders need a suitable place. Le 101 was designed for this purpose: 2 incubators (La Fabrique de Territoire and La Fabrique de la Beauté), 1 entrepreneurial emergence center and 1 business hotel. incubateur, startups, start-up, start-ups, beauté, territoire, entrepreneur, projets, création, entreprises, chartres, innovation , accompagnement , croissance, développement économique, événements, réseau, partenaires, développement, suivi, and idées

Sectors: Facilities Services

🗞Ouest-France, 1st French daily newspaper! Every day, more than 600,000 copies in Normandy, Brittany & Loire region OUEST-FRANCE Company Founder of the Editorial Committee François Régis Hutin Chairman of the Management Board Louis Échelard - Publication Director Association status: Since the extraordinary general meeting of April 9, 1990, S.A. Ouest-France has depended on a non-profit association under the 1901 law, the “Association for the Support of the Principles of Humanist Democracy”, chaired by Jacques Duquesne. Implementation: 58 editorial offices in the 14 departments in Brittany, Lower Normandy and Pays de la Loire, as well as in Paris. 2 production units: …

Sectors: Media

At your side to create and develop your business. Representing nearly 840,000 companies, or 29% of the national GDP, the Paris Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry is actively engaged alongside the players who make up the regional economy – whether they are business leaders, decision-makers, pupils, apprentices, students or even employees in continuing education. Across an entire territory which includes Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Versailles-Yvelines, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne and Val d'Oise, the Regional Chamber's missions are to represent businesses to encourage their growth, to train men and women for the challenges of tomorrow, to grow business projects and to …

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

First economic and financial information channel in France. BFM Business TV is the leading economic and financial news channel in France. It is distinguished by programming centered on the search for expertise. Programs around economic news have established themselves as economic news events. “Good Morning Business” for example, offers on its guest set the latest innovations, editorials and information on underlying trends. BFM Business TV is also available live on our website as well as on an application dedicated to it. Tech, Stock Market, Economy, Real Estate, Business, Automobile, and High-Tech

Sectors: Media

Inform, connect, support businesses and regions. ADI Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the regional agency dedicated to supporting companies, sectors and territories in their sustainable economic transformation through innovation. It acts alongside stakeholders to address ecological, technological and societal challenges, with an emphasis on cooperation, sustainability and responsibility. Thanks to a strong territorial anchor, recognized multi-sector expertise, a large network of public and private partners, the Agency supports startups, SMEs, ETIs, sectors and communities in their development, structuring, transition and local anchoring projects. It mobilizes expertise, networks and financing to connect economic players, stimulate collective dynamics and generate lasting positive impacts at the …

Cooperative banks, the Caisses d'Epargne have been combining trust, solidarity and modernity since 1818. The second largest banking network in France, the 16 regional Caisses d'Epargne are among the leading banks in their region. They support all economic players and are leaders in financing the public sector, social housing and the social economy. In total, the Caisses d'Epargne today have 4.8 million members and 20.6 million customers, managed by 4,182 bank branches and the My online banker agency.

1st business accelerator Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nantes St-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nantes St-Nazaire

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

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

A full stack investor for a complex world. Elaia is a full stack tech and deep tech investor. We partner with ambitious entrepreneurs from inception to leadership, helping them navigate the future and the unknown. For over twenty years, we have combined deep scientific and technological expertise with decades of operational experience to back those building tomorrow. Our joint venture with Lazard, Lazard Elaia Capital, enables us to support exceptional founders at any stage. From our offices in Paris, Barcelona and Tel Aviv, we have been active partners with over 100 startups including Criteo, Mirakl, Shift Technology, AQEMIA and Alice …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Invest & Get involved Arkéa Capital is a major and historic player in Private Equity in France. For more than 40 years, Arkéa Capital has supported the bold visions of entrepreneurs and managers at every stage in the life of their business. Made up of a team of 60 experienced professionals, Arkéa Capital benefits from a strong territorial anchor and proximity to managers, through its 7 offices located in Brest, Nantes, Paris, Rennes, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Lyon. With more than 1.3 billion euros under management, Arkéa Capital supports the long-term growth of around a hundred companies, startups, SMEs and ETIs, …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Certified B Corp. ABOUT TRUFFAUT: Truffaut marks the history of plants with two centuries of passion for nature. Truffaut wishes to strengthen its role as a key player to support and promote the connection to Nature as a factor in improving well-being, health, education, ecology and life in its entirety. Truffaut constantly creates and innovates to share the pleasure of the garden and plants. Committed to preserving the environment, Truffaut carries out numerous actions to educate people about good behavior and support sustainable initiatives. An expert in plants, Truffaut also stands out in the world of home and pets with …

Sectors: Consumer Goods Environment

International incubator and accelerator for tech startups & Innovation hub for leading innovative companies 🌍 ZEBOX is a global startup accelerator gathering a network of entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and ecosystem experts paving new paths toward sustainability starting with the supply chain. Founded in 2018 by Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air, and logistics solutions. ZEBOX is now supported by 20 international companies. Operating in 6 regions of the world, ZEBOX provides its community with a unique set of programs, resources, and opportunities. startup incubation, startup acceleration, Fundraising, Consulting, Innovation, New …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

We run accelerators Startup Palace is not an accelerator. Nor an incubator. Startup Palace “does not do” startup accelerators. Startup Palace goes above and beyond. Startup Palace helps large companies transform by having them collaborate with innovative startups, via project acceleration programs. We are convinced on the one hand that large companies cannot innovate alone and that they need startups to transform. And on the other hand, that startups cannot grow alone, that they need experimental grounds to confront their solutions with the reality on the ground, to find their first customers and thus generate turnover. Doing it with corporates …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

50 entrepreneurs sélectionnent et accompagnent les success stories de demain, #Tech, #Impact, #Santé et #Web3 50 Partners is a leading startup accelerator in France. Cofounded by 50 successful Tech entrepreneurs (BlaBlaCar, Showroomprivee, Le Bon Coin, ...), the program provides a few selected startups with high quality mentoring, financing, international connections, networking and office space in central Paris. 50 Partners is a dedicated ecosystem for innovative tech projects, where entrepreneurs, VCs, corporates and industry experts are committed to help startups succeed Incubateur , Accélérateur, Startups, Tech, Investisseurs, FrenchTech, and venture capital

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

1st fintech for alternative financing of innovative start-ups/SMEs (PrefiCIR) and training organizations (PrefiCPF) Neftys is the leading business financing platform in France (1,100 companies supported, 2,500 operations carried out, for a total financed amount of €1,340,169,552 – figures as of December 2025). Our mission is to help business creators and managers secure and accelerate their investments, through two exclusive pre-financing schemes: PREFICIR© and PREFICPF©. More information on our website: www.neftys.fr Research Tax Credit, Monetization of tax debts, Financing, Fintech, Research, Finance, Training, CPF, Cash advance, and Innovation Impot Credit

Sectors: Finance

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 64 countries, with more than 178,000 employees, including more than 144,000 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 clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, …

Tags: CAC40 Sectors: Bank

Join our community LaFrenchtechlemans if you set your business around Le Mans / Sarthe Local Ecosystem for innovation and startup

Sectors: French Tech

Follow the latest 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 …

Sectors: French Tech

We bring together the actors of the Loire digital ecosystem. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/frenchtechnantes The French Tech Nantes brings together all the actors of the Nantes digital and innovative ecosystem in the Pays de la Loire. It brings together startups - from online marketplaces biotechs - but also support systems, investor, and more broadly all those who contribute by their action to bring out and support our companies towards success. It is structured around several structures (the canteen, west DNA, Atlanpole ...) and a collective of entrepreneurs who believe in the virtues of the collective game.

Sectors: French Tech

The French Tech Vendée aims to bring together all the Tech players in the Territory and attract talent 🚀 The FrenchTech Vendée Community aims to bring together all #Tech players in the Territory, to make it a source of growth and development for businesses and to create an attractive dynamic to attract new talents.

Sectors: French Tech

Une capitale French Tech à l'écoute des start-up deeptech de Paris-Saclay « La French Tech » : c’est le mouvement français des startups. Un écosystème unique qui réunit des startups (donc), mais aussi des investisseurs, des décideurs et des community builders. La French Tech Paris-Saclay Capitale labélisée en IdF au côté de la capitale French Tech Grand Paris.

Sectors: French Tech