Europe’s biggest startup and tech event | VivaTech | Paris, June 16-19, 2027 🚀 VivaTech is an innovation accelerator that connects startups, technology leaders, large companies, and investors responding to the greatest challenges facing our world. Each year, VivaTech organizes Europe's largest startup and tech event. For four days, we bring together all the excitement of tech in Paris, focusing on the most disruptive topics in the ecosystem and innovations presented in a world preview, making it a unique place where business and innovation meet. The 2026 edition in numbers: 👥 200,000+ attendees 🌍 165 nationalities 🚀 15,000+ startups 🏢 …

Sectors: Trade show

The idea is to get started! KissKissBankBank is the crowdfunding platform that supports you in the creation of your projects. We support your good ideas with a positive impact on society and we let's help unleash your creativity to rethink the world. Dare to adventure on KissKiss! Company contact details: Head office: 34, rue de Paradis 75010 PARIS Email address: contact@kisskissbankbank.com Registration number as an Intermediary in Crowdfunding with ORIAS: 14007218 crowdfunding, innovation, creation, entrepreneurship, participatory financing, environment, independent culture, and inclusion

Sectors: Finance

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

All the news from the Tech ecosystem and startups at French Tech Aix-Marseille! . digital, Aix-en-Provence, startup, Marseille, entrepreneur, and innovation

Sectors: French Tech

Critique radicale et alternatives. Magazine bimestriel en kiosques, librairies et sur abonnement. Socialter is a print and digital magazine showcasing businesses, changemakers and technologies that have a positive impact on the world. Launched in October 2013, this media provides a new vision of the economy focused on change. It aims to be the voice of a new generation of actors who put their ingenuity to the public interest. With three goals, to inform, inspire and mobilize a large audience Socialter is published every two months throughout France and available on subscription. Site: http://www.socialter.fr Twitter @socialter facebook.com/socialter Magazine, Entrepreneuriat social, Technology, …

The media to change times. WE DEMAIN — Transition media: innovation, desirable future, changing times Since 2012, WE DEMAIN has documented and amplified the transformations that are reconfiguring our societies: emerging technologies, new economic models, energy transition, sustainable food, health, artistic creation. Our conviction: the solutions exist, they are being built now, at the crossroads of innovation and people. Thirteen years telling the world of tomorrow. Reference magazine, daily information site and, since 2025, reinforced video presence on Instagram and TikTok. Interviews, decryptions, reports, testimonies: WE DEMAIN tells a story of what our future could be, with rigor and with …

We're in business to save our home planet. Founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973, Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California. A certified B-Corporation, Patagonia’s mission is to save our home planet. The company is recognized internationally for its commitment to authentic product quality and environmental activism, donating 1% of sales annually, contributing over $100 million in grants and in-kind donations since 1985. We’re always looking for motivated people to join us in our retail stores; at our Ventura, California headquarters; Reno, Nevada Service Center; and occasionally in our overseas offices. We’re especially interested if you love …

Still an insurer, more activist than ever! MAIF is a major player in personal and property insurance in France. It defends another idea of ​​the economy, offers an innovative range of products and services, and places people at the heart of its organization. The quality of its customer relations has also been recognized consecutively for 12 years. Working at MAIF means understanding and sharing the values ​​it carries. It means evolving in an environment where you can undertake, propose and dare for your personal success, the satisfaction of our members, as well as the performance of the company. Join us. …

Sectors: Health Insurance Mutual insurance

The VYV Group is both the leading player in health insurance in France and the leading national operator of care and support services. This powerful group intends to become a key player in the social and solidarity economy, capable of imagining and building the future of ever more united social protection and resistant to market logic alone.

Sectors: Insurance

Assurons un monde plus ouvert Present in 19 countries around the world, the CNP Assurances group is a leading player in the insurance industry with more than 6,500 employees and net profit of €1,939 million in 2022 (IFRS 4). A subsidiary of La Banque Postale, CNP Assurances is a member of the major public financial group. In France, CNP Assurances is No. 1 in property loan insurance, No. 2 in life insurance and, in 2023, will have integrated the property insurance activities of La Banque Postale, making it a comprehensive insurer of property and persons. It is the fifth largest …

Sectors: Insurance

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

Nantes Métropole, territory of inspirations! Economic development, environment, water, waste, town planning... Nantes Métropole acts on behalf of the 24 municipalities on complementary skills of the cities, to pool resources. The Nantes Métropole social networks are spaces open to all and aim to keep you informed of current events in the Nantes metropolis. Nantes Métropole reserves the right to delete all abusive publications, contrary to public order or good morals, violent, racist, revisionist, advocating war crimes, offensive or crude, contrary to copyright or related rights, to the law applicable to databases, to trademark law, to image rights, to the right …

Sectors: French Metropolis

Créateur de lieux inventifs et solidaires. Creative, self-built, ecological and artistic Camping to take place from April to September 2013 on the seaside at Estaque in Marseille, european capital of culture 2013. The idea is to create a place open to all public, all creations and all events. Architecture éphémère, Installation extraordinaire, Espace autorisant, Design événementiel, Urbanisme transitoire, Récit contemporain, Processus participatif, Lieux Infinis, Propriété collective, and Espaces communs

Sectors: Real Estate

Leader in low-carbon urban transformation in France Altarea is the French leader in low-carbon urban transformation with the most comprehensive real estate offering serving the City and its stakeholders. For each of its activities, the Group has all the know-how and recognized brands to design, develop, market and manage tailor-made real estate products. Altarea is listed on compartment A of Euronext Paris. Commercial property manager and real estate developer

Sectors: Real Estate

A certified B Corp real estate developer, Redman shapes the city by producing useful and sustainable square footage. Independent real estate developer created in 2007 by Matthias Navarro and Nicolas Ponson, REDMAN creates and transforms real estate assets based on the realities of investors and companies as well as the dynamics of each territory. REDMAN is involved in all types of urban regeneration projects (rehabilitation, reconversion, recycling of wasteland, etc.) which it has made at the heart of its model. He is recognized, among other things, for his ability to manage complex and high-tech projects which involve the role of …

Sectors: Real Estate

What if your next career adventure started with ENGIE? Joining ENGIE means being part of a company at the forefront of the energy transition, committed to accelerating the shift to a carbon-neutral economy. With 98,000 employees across 30 countries, ENGIE's operations cover the entire energy value chain, from production to infrastructures and sales. ENGIE works across a range of complementary areas: renewable electricity and green gas production, flexibility assets (notably batteries), gas and electricity transmission and distribution networks, local energy infrastructures (heating and cooling networks) and energy supply to individuals, local authorities and businesses. #WithENGIE Energie, Services, Gaz, and Electricité

Tags: CAC40 Sectors: Energy

The French Development Agency (AFD) group finances and accelerates transitions towards a more sustainable world A public establishment, the French Development Agency (AFD) has been working for seventy years to combat poverty and promote development in the countries of the South and overseas. It implements the policy defined by the French Government. Present on four continents where it has a network of 70 agencies and representative offices around the world, including 9 overseas and 1 in Brussels, AFD finances and supports projects that improve the living conditions of populations, support economic growth and protect the planet: schooling, maternal health, support …

Sectors: International development

The Darty Group is one of Europe’s largest electrical retailers, operating on the bespoke “Best price, Best choice, Best service” model, supported by clear objectives that sustain our commercial concept: - Mid-size stores covering all price points with assisted sales - Price matching - Differentiated service, with best customer care throughout product life - Paid for services to provide global solutions for our customers - Cross-channel web development to answer cross-channel customer behaviours -Centralised back offices to leverage existing infrastructures across channels BEST PRICE We aim to offer our customers guaranteed low prices every day, in every market we operate …

Sectors: Consumer Electronics

Meaning for the company The Impact France Movement is an employers' organization that brings together all the players who put ecological and social impact at the heart of their business. And that, everywhere in France and in all sectors. Our mission: to raise a common voice loud and clear in favor of business profitability. And thus, build a robust economy of common interest. Our pillars for taking action: - Organize events to bring together leaders around qualified meetings and major meetings. - Create tools to advance companies such as the Impact Score (the common benchmark for assessing its social and …

Let's make sense of the economy At the service of the territory since 1998, GAIA aims to support and give the means to act to those who carry out initiatives in favor of a local and meaningful economy in Isère. We offer complete and personalized solutions for individual projects, socially useful, innovative collective projects and territorial projects: financing, support, training, connection and territorial cooperation. Our association relies on a team of 16 employees and more than 70 volunteers. The Association: - represents the France Active and Initiative France networks - carries the local support system - carries the dynamic Start …

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

For a new economy. More alive. Fairer. More robust. The CEC supports groups of leaders through unique and transformative journeys intended to rethink their business models within the framework of planetary limits and the social floor. Following a first national edition in 2021-2022, the CEC has multiplied into territorial or thematic courses which share a unique and transformative methodology: 📅 A 10-MONTH LEARNING PROGRAM between conferences led by scientific experts and moments of collective intelligence between peers: 6 sessions - 12 days 💡 A UNIQUE PEDAGOGY Reconciling the intellect and hearts of decision-makers to get moving: head - heart - …

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. As a preferred contact, Bpifrance offers financing or investment solutions in each region adapted to each stage of business life. 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

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

A public establishment serving the reconquest of #biodiversity The French Biodiversity Office (OFB), created in 2020, is a public establishment placed under the dual supervision of the ministries responsible for the environment and agriculture. Its mission is to protect and restore biodiversity in France, in mainland France and overseas. With more than 3,000 agents, including 1,700 environmental inspectors, the OFB acts through five complementary missions: • Environmental police: Prevent and repress environmental attacks linked to water, natural spaces, flora and wild fauna; • Knowledge and expertise: Better understand species, environments, the services provided by biodiversity and the threats it faces; …

I4CE est un think tank indépendant à but non lucratif, qui met l'analyse économique au service de l'action climatique. The Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) is an independent, non-profit think tank that puts economic analysis at the service of climate action. We work to translate climate objectives into public policies and economic decisions: setting priorities, guiding investments, and designing strategies to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and adapt to climate change. Our research aims to identify the levers of the transition, inform public debate on investment needs, and support decision-making that matches the scale of climate challenges. It is grounded …

Combining our strengths, protecting tomorrow. Covéa is a mutual insurance group that is a European leader in insurance and reinsurance. It is a solid and dynamic financial institution, France’s number one motor and home insurer through its three brands MAAF, MMA and GMF, and one of the world’s largest reinsurers via its PartnerRe brand. Covéa is a major contributor to the regional economies in which it operates, through its 25,000 employees(12) in France and around the world and protects 11.1 million customers and members in France.

Sectors: Insurance

MAAF Assurances was founded in 1950. Emerging from the world of artisans, MAAF is today a general mutual insurance company with 3.8 million customers, including 790,000 professionals. It is part of the Covéa mutual group, the French leader in auto and home insurance. MAAF Assurances offers global solutions: auto, home, professional risks but also health, pensions, life insurance, and services with high added value: assistance, loans, etc. “Building a collective so that everyone benefits” is the founding commitment that gave impetus to the creation of MAAF 70 years ago. Always attentive to the needs of our customers, because what matters …

Sectors: Health Insurance Mutual insurance

Well-being is in our hands We haven't given our all for over 75 years without a good reason. At Expanscience, we are a company with a mission, and our purpose is to help everyone shape their well-being, from childhood to seniority. This is what makes our 1,300 employees move forward, research and innovate, every day! Independent at heart, we are a French company, 100% family-owned, with products present in more than 90 countries. We support families in the key stages of parenthood with our Mustela and Babo Botanicals brands, we develop health solutions like Iana and Piasclédine 300 to preserve …

Sectors: Cosmetics

Un leader mondial de la mobilité partagée Keolis is a global leader in the shared mobility market and a committed partner to public transport authorities. Together, we co-construct safe, smart and sustainable public transport solutions that help to create more attractive places to live and work. The world's leading operator of automatic metro systems and tramways, Keolis draws on a vigorous and open innovation policy with its partners and specialist subsidiaries - Cykleo, EFFIA, Keolis Santé and Kisio. The aim of this collaboration is to strengthen its core business and develop new, innovative and bespoke shared mobility solutions: trains, buses …

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The Ministry of Sports, Youth and Community Life prepares and implements Government policy relating to actions in favor of youth, the promotion and organization of physical and sporting activities, the development of community life and the development of popular education. It also coordinates actions carried out in these areas when they concern several ministerial departments. The Ministry of Sports, Youth and Community Life is responsible for defining the major objectives of the national sports policy, establishing the legal framework, in particular through the sports code, and ensuring respect for the general interest. To implement public sports policies, the ministry has …

The Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is a long-term investor and contributes, while respecting its financial interests, to the development of businesses. Article L. 518-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code (amended by the economic modernization law of 2008) Support for public policies, Investment, Pensions and Savings Funds, and Territorial Development

Sectors: Finance

Le mouvement de la création française La French Touch is a movement dedicated to the French Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) and driven by their entrepreneurs and creators. This movement brings together fashion, cinema, video games, publishing, arts and music with a transversal approach. ​ Its purpose is to put forward and to promote the development of these industries: they are a key driver for France’s competitiveness and influence on the international stage.​ Following La French Touch on Linkedin will give you access to news, information and inspiring content about the CCI.​ You will also find information for events gathering …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

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. Broadcasts on 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

SNCF is a world leader in public transportation. Trains, passenger services, cards and passes, dialogue, ticket booking. One Group, 5 divisions SNCF offers a complete range of mobility solutions through its five divisions: SNCF Infra, SNCF Proximité, SNCF Voyages, SNCF GEODIS and Gares&Connexions. Transport, Mobilité, Ferroviaire, Infrastructures ferroviaires, and Ingéniérie ferroviaire

Sectors: Transport

Great Place To Work 2025 certified company 🏆 At APICIL, we believe that social protection is not just about numbers or contracts. It is above all a story of proximity, listening and commitment. For more than 80 years, we have supported 2.2 million people and more than 57,000 companies in their life journeys, by offering them tailor-made solutions in health, protection, savings, retirement and financial services. Our strength? These are our 2,686 employees who, every day, invest with passion in bringing our purpose to life: “Through a close and caring relationship, support all lives, all life. » As a joint …

Sectors: Health Insurance Mutual insurance

We are an R&D driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. We apply our deep understanding of the immune system to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world, with an innovative pipeline that could benefit millions more. Our team is guided by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives; this inspires us to drive progress and deliver positive impact for our people and the communities we serve, by addressing the most urgent healthcare, environmental, and societal challenges of our time. Interactions with …

Tags: CAC40 Sectors: Pharmaceutical

Pernod Ricard is a convivial, responsible and successful global wine and spirits group and the #1 premium spirits organisation in the world. The Group represents 240 premium brands available in more than 160 countries. We are 18,500 exceptionally talented people worldwide with our own salesforce in 73 countries. Our portfolio is one of the most comprehensive in the market with every major category of wine and spirits, providing Pernod Ricard with a unique competitive advantage. To keep growing our business, transforming our industry and making a positive impact on the world, we believe in the power of human connection. Creating …

Tags: CAC40 Sectors: Alcohol

Danone is a global leader in the food and beverage industry, operating in three fast-growing, health-focused categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition. True to its mission—bringing health through food to as many people as possible—Danone promotes healthier and more sustainable eating habits, while striving to deliver measurable impact across nutritional, social, societal, and environmental dimensions. In 2026, Danone continues the rollout of the second chapter of its Renew strategy, aimed at strengthening its competitiveness, accelerating its transformation, and creating sustainable value. With 90,000 employees and a presence in over 120 markets, Danone generated €27.283 billion in revenue …

Tags: CAC40 Sectors: Food

Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with revenues of 40.3 billion euros in 2024 and 127,000 employees worldwide at 31 December 2024, including 71,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 291 million customers worldwide at 31 December 2024, including 253 million mobile customers and 22 million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies under the brand Orange Business. In February 2023, the Group presented its strategic plan « Lead the future », built on …

Tags: CAC40 Sectors: Law Practice Telecoms

Founded in Marseille in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo is the leader in Food and Services, shaping better everyday experiences at every moment in life: work, heal, learn and play. The Group stands out for its independence, its founding family shareholding and its responsible business model. With its services, Sodexo meets all the challenges of everyday life with a dual goal: to improve the quality of life of our employees and those we serve, and contribute to the economic, social and environmental progress in the communities where we operate. For Sodexo, growth and social commitment go hand in hand. Our …

Sectors: Facilities Services Food and beverage

RaiseLab accompagne la réussite des collaborations entre grandes et jeunes organisations RaiseLab, lancé par Raise, est la première structure française uniquement dédiée à l'open innovation. La mission de RaiseLab est d’accompagner les alliances stratégiques et coopérations entre grandes organisations et acteurs technologiques (start-up, chercheurs, PME innovantes, etc.) afin de permettre à ces acteurs de franchir un cap dans leurs collaborations et de créer de la valeur économique et sociétale pérenne et durable. // Created in 2019, RaiseLab is the first French player dedicated exclusively to open innovation. RaiseLab’s overarching mission is to maximize the effectiveness of business collaborations among enterprises …

Global campaigning network with 25 independent national/regional entities, and a coordinating entity, GP International. Greenpeace is comprised of 25 independent national/regional organisations in over 55 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a co-ordinating body, Greenpeace International. We work directly with communities on the frontlines as they protect the environments they call home. Greenpeace is an equal opportunity employer with a longstanding commitment of providing a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of each individual. We recognise and value the benefits and strengths that diversity brings to our employees and the whole …

Sectors: NGO, Think Tank

We are a global nation of changemakers launching the D-Day of Positive Impact. We are building a diverse and open nation of changemakers who are willing to address the biggest challenges of the XXIst century and invent a brighter future for all. We use three pillars for this mission: - The MoHo HQ: the first collider in Europe, located in the heart of Normandy in Caen - The MoHo D-Day Summit: each year, an intensive programme near the beaches of the D-Day to enable the acceleration of innovative projects with a high impact and the collision of ideas (first edition: …

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, communities of commitment, …

Voice of the 151,000 businesses in Aix-Marseille-Provence. Our action combines the response to the daily needs of businesses and the challenges of the territory to transform itself to international standards. Digital revolution, energy transition, collaborative economy... In a world undergoing profound change, businesses must be in constant motion. A natural partner of the company, the Aix Marseille Provence CCI works on a daily basis to offer the 115,000 companies in its territory the keys that will allow them to improve their performance and develop their turnover. Because businesses are the driving force behind the region's economic competitiveness, the Aix Marseille …

Sectors: Chamber of commerce

Le CNES est l’agence spatiale française. Elle propose et met en œuvre la politique spatiale de la France. Founded in 1961, the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) is the government agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s space policy in Europe. Its task is to invent the space systems of the future, bring space technologies to maturity and guarantee France’s independent access to space. CNES is a pivotal player in Europe’s space programme, and a major source of initiatives and proposals that aim to maintain France and Europe’s competitive edge. Espace, Science, Télécommunications, Défense, Observation, Ingénierie, Gestion de projets internationaux, …

Entreprendre au profit de tous GROUPE SOS was launched in 1984 to tackle social exclusion in all its forms. Since then, it has gradually diversified its activities, and now responds to societal needs in 8 sectors of activity: Youth, Employment, Solidarities, Health, Seniors, Culture, Ecological transition and International action. With 18,000 employees, 550 establishments and services and a turnover of €950M, GROUPE SOS is the first European social enterprise. By placing social innovation at the core of its practices, the group shows that it is possible to build a solid organisation, capable of creating and sustaining its economic activities, while …

Sectors: Humanitarian

TF1, the French together In an environment marked by a rapid development of uses, the TF1 group occupies a leading position in the world of video by its ability to federate all audiences very much. Taking nearly 50 million viewers each week on its antennas and on average 33 million French and French each month in streaming, the group has an unrivaled gathering capacity. This is the strength of his industrial, editorial and cultural project: "TF1, the French together". Média leader in France, TF1 is present on the entire value chain with its activities as a content publisher, linear and …

Sectors: Media

Leading the #BCorp movement and transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. B Lab is transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. A leader in economic systems change, our global network creates standards, policies, and tools for business, and we certify companies — known as B Corps — who are leading the way. To date, our community includes over 9,500 Certified B Corps positively impacting more than 950,000 workers in 102 countries and 161 industries, and more than 300,000 companies that manage their impact with our B Impact Assessment and …

Sectors: Crowdfunding