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

Sectors: Research

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

Sectors: Research

🚀 Venture Capital mutants looking for the next European winner to build da. city. for. good. ♻️ Daphni is a European VC firm that invests in user-oriented startups with European DNA and strong international ambitions. The company is supported by the daphnipolis, a closely-knit community of 300+ entrepreneurs, executives, academics, artists and advisors, and a digital platform to ensure both efficiency and full transparency. The firm was established in 2015 and is based in Paris, France. ** daphni team ** https://youtu.be/ijw6Lw5td0E ** apply here** https://apply.daphni.com/ Venture Capital, Investment, Start-ups, and Community

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] Account of Bpifrance, the Public Investment Bank. Bpifrance, a public investment bank, supports companies from seed to stock market listing, from credit to equity. A privileged contact, Bpifrance offers financing or investment solutions in each region that are adapted to each stage of a company's life. A partner bank for entrepreneurs, Bpifrance provides them with long-term support to support their growth and competitiveness. The teams are at the heart of the regions, throughout the country, through more than 50 regional locations. Financing of SMEs, Business Creation, International Development, Investment, Creation/Transmission, Innovation, Support, Acceleration, and Export Guarantee

Sectors: Bank

We pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide the most efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers the most modern and fuel-efficient airliners. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide. Airbus approaches sustainability by respecting the planet, valuing people and enabling prosperity. These guiding principles are embedded in our operations …

Tags: CAC40 Sectors: Defence and Aerospace

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 …

[Automatic translation follows] Founding member of France Water Team: the competitiveness cluster for the water sector Based in Orléans in the Centre-Val de Loire region, the DREAM Water & Environments Cluster promotes the development of particularly innovative collaborative research and development (R&D) projects in the field of ecotechnologies relating to water and its environments. Its ambition is to master the entire value chain: from environmental metrology to ecological engineering to alternative water and soil treatments. Since 2019, the DREAM Water & Environments Cluster has been a founding member of the competitiveness cluster for the water sector: France Water Team, alongside …

Sectors: Environment

[Automatic translation follows] Let's innovate together! Since 1988, by animating 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 creations and developments of innovative companies, your R&D projects, your collaborations and technology transfers. Innovation, Business support, Business creation, and Technology transfers

[Automatic translation follows] Every day, by your side. Made up of 22 municipalities, Tours Métropole is an active and dynamic French metropolis with nearly 300,000 inhabitants. It is the leading employment area in the Centre-Cal de Loire region, the leading university center in the region, and has 5 study and research centers, 1 university hospital, 6 listed monuments, and of course... the Loire, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In addition, an international airport (Tours Val de Loire), as well as 30 TGV connections per day to and from Paris, make the Tours area very accessible. These infrastructures make Tours Métropole …

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] Receive, share and comment on information from Orléans Métropole, with #OrleansMetropole! 👋 Welcome to the official page of Orléans Métropole! 292,001 inhabitants (2021) #OrléansMétropole

Sectors: French metropolis

[Automatic translation follows] 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 been, since the Renaissance, 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 regions in Europe. It is also renowned for its internationally renowned competitiveness clusters: the Cosmetic Valley (perfumery and cosmetics), the Electrical Energy Sciences and Systems cluster (renewable energies, intelligent buildings and electrical equipment …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] City of Creation and Innovation in Tours. Totem place of the French Tech Val de Loire, MAME is an ecosystem at the service of 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.

[Automatic translation follows] European Energy Management Hub 🚀⚡ Labeled a competitiveness cluster in 2005, the S2E2 cluster runs a network of nearly 250 players in the Centre-Val de Loire, Pays de la Loire, and Nouvelle Aquitaine regions, with a branch in Brussels. Positioned in the fields of renewable energies, electricity networks and energy efficiency, the cluster supports you in the design, development and marketing of your innovative products and services. EnR, Photovoltaic, wind, smart buildings, self-consumption, electronic components, energy conversion, marine renewable energies, smart electricity networks, hydrogen, photovoltaic, stationary storage, materials for micro and nano electronics, electronics industry, and mobility

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] Let's cultivate plant audacity! The VEGEPOLYS VALLEY competitiveness cluster, born from the merger of VEGEPOLYS and Céréales Vallée-Nutravita, brings together on the theme of plants, small and large companies, research laboratories and training establishments. FROM GENETICS TO USES The members of the cluster are present throughout the plant value chain. They innovate for plants, on plants and by plants. This public-private, multi-sector, multi-trade network brings together all the expertise from upstream to downstream through production. Faced with the challenges, VEGEPOLYS VALLEY aims to be the global plant cluster for more competitive, more qualitative, environmentally and health-friendly agriculture. …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] Polymeris, Competitiveness cluster for rubbers, plastics and composites POLYMERIS is the only competitiveness cluster dedicated to rubbers, plastics and composites. It is the result of combining the skills, 15 years of experience and resources of Elastopôle and Plastipolis. Polymeris works to serve all manufacturers to bring out new R&D projects, encourage and promote innovation and focuses its roadmap around 2 major strategic axes: the circular economy and the industry of the future. A benchmark in terms of innovation, we work in France and internationally to promote a dynamic and innovative industry, supporting the emergence and sustainability of …

Sectors: French Cluster Industry 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

[Automatic translation follows] The competitiveness cluster to feed the value of agrichains We are the Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation competitiveness cluster. Our association brings together more than 420 private and public organizations operating in the agriculture, agri-food and agro-resources sectors. We run a large network crossing the scientific and economic worlds, anchored in Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the driving force of the national and European ecosystem. We work to develop our members and the vitality of our territories by stimulating innovation as a response to major contemporary challenges. Together – companies, investors, research organizations, engineering schools and universities, local authorities and institutions …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] European #Digital & #DeepTech Hub Systematic, the European Deep Tech Hub, has been bringing together and leading a community of nearly 900 members dedicated to Deep Tech (Open Source, Digital Trust, Digital Infrastructure and IoT, Digital Engineering, Data Science & AI, Photonics) since its creation in 2005. Systematic thus addresses 3 major economic and societal challenges: the digital transformation of territories, industry and services as well as society. The Hub accelerates digital projects through collaborative innovation, the development of SMEs, networking and business sourcing, in the sectors of the future: energy, telecoms, health, transport, information systems, factory …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

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

Get the future you want Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in …

Tags: CAC40 Sectors: Consulting

The French national research institute for digital science and technology World-leading research and technological innovation are an integral part of its DNA. Inria's 3,500 researchers and engineers put their passion for digital technology to work in nearly 200 project teams, most of which are joint teams with our academic partners, including major research universities and the CNRS. They explore new fields, often in collaboration with different disciplines and industrial partners, with the aim of meeting ambitious challenges. As a technology institute, Inria supports the development of numerous software products, sometimes making a global impact via the opensource model. Because technology …

Sectors: Research

[Automatic translation follows] France's leading economic and financial news channel. BFM Business TV is France's leading economic and financial news channel. It stands out for its programming focused on the search for expertise. Programs focusing on economic news have established themselves as economic news events. "Good Morning Business" for example, offers guests, the latest innovations, editorials and information on underlying trends on its set. BFM Business TV is also available live on our website as well as on a dedicated application. Tech, Stock Market, Economy, Real Estate, Business, Automobile, and High-Tech

Sectors: Media

[Automatic translation follows] The network of actors who innovate with digital technology in the Centre Val de Loire region The community of actors who innovate with digital technology in the Centre-Val de Loire region. entrepreneurship, startup, digital, tech, tech in fab, and economic development

Sectors: French Tech

The CEA is the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission ("Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives"​). It is a public body established in October 1945 by General de Gaulle. A leader in research, development and innovation, the CEA mission statement has two main objectives: To become the leading technological research organization in Europe and to ensure that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future. The CEA is active in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. In each of these fields, the CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and …

Sectors: Research

[Automatic translation follows] The international label for innovative French companies and their ecosystem present in Toulouse. "La French Tech": it is the French movement of innovative companies. A unique ecosystem that brings together startups (therefore), but also talents, investors, decision-makers, catalysts, customers, partners... La French Tech Toulouse is an association of entrepreneurs from the Toulouse region, who support and promote the development of innovative companies, whatever their sector of activity and whatever their technology.

Sectors: French Tech

We create chemistry for a sustainable future At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €68.9 billion in 2023. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States. Credits: https://www.basf.com/en/tools/legal/credits.html Data …

Tags: DAX30 Sectors: Chemistry

Investing in Deep Physics and Quantum Technologies Quantonation is an Early Stage Venture Fund dedicated to Deep Physics startups with a focus on the emerging and disruptive field of Quantum Technologies. After years of R&D, properties such as quantum superposition and entanglement are starting to be harnessed and exploited in a new generation of Quantum Technologies, impacting many sectors by exceeding “classical” devices. Based in Paris, France and Boston, US, Quantonation invests in startups exploiting genuine quantum effects and also in companies leveraging deep physics towards disruptive applications. These include among others cybersecurity, pharmaceutics design, finance and manufacturing. Artificial Intelligence …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

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 …

Luxinnovation is Luxembourg’s innovation agency. It encourages and supports companies to innovate and to grow. Luxinnovation contributes to the economic development of Luxembourg by fostering innovation, fuelling international growth and attracting foreign direct investment. We are a key and trusted partner for those who are interested in – and committed to – launching successful innovative activities in Luxembourg, from entrepreneurs and managers of start-up companies to foreign enterprises and investors. Luxinnovation’s mission is to strengthen national business through innovation and to promote Luxembourg business abroad (import-export). This we do by focussing on impact and generating real client value. We offer …

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. …

Sectors: Consulting

Driving the future forward with corporations, governments, startups, investors, and universities. Plug and Play is the ultimate innovation platform. Our mission is to build the world’s leading innovation platform and make innovation open to anyone, anywhere. We do this by connecting entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors worldwide. Over the past 15 years, we have brought together 35,000+ startups, 500+ world-leading corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies across 20+ industries. We are active in 50+ locations globally, including the U.S., China, France, Germany, South Africa, Singapore, Indonesia, Brazil, and more. Together with our partners, we are creating …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC