Construisons dans un monde qui bouge. CIC is the fourth largest banking group in France, consisting of seven regional banks which operate across France through a network of 1,844 branches employing 24,000 staff. CIC's customer base includes 2.7 million retail clients. One in eleven self-employed professionals is a CIC group client and nearly one in three companies banks with CIC Group. Banque de détail, Banque de financement, Activités de marchés, Banque privée, Capital-développement, Crédit, Assurance, Mobile, Automobile, and Télésurveillance

Sectors: Bank

[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

[Automatic translation follows] 🚀 A group of entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. 📍Gard and Hérault The mission of French Tech Méditerranée is to serve the growth and internationalization of start-ups, scale-ups and innovative SMEs in the Gard and Hérault regions, in partnership with public stakeholders, communities, institutions, universities, incubators, accelerators and large private companies.

Sectors: French Tech

[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

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

Sectors: Media

[Automatic translation follows] The Competitiveness Cluster at the service of renewable energies in construction and industry. Created in 2005, the Derbi Competitiveness Cluster brings together companies, laboratories, universities, training centers, professional federations, financial organizations and local authorities involved in the development of the renewable energy sector. Located in Occitanie, the Cluster is fully invested, both to support the Positive Energy Region strategy by 2050, and that of innovation through the "energy transition" axis of its Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS). Our mission is to develop, at the regional, national and international level, innovation, training, technology transfer, development and business creation. Renewable …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] Mission-driven association, innovation accelerator and financing of innovative startups in Occitanie in the seed phase. CREALIA® is a seed fund: its vocation is to finance the creation of innovative companies through a personal loan of honor at 0%, the objective being the success and development of the company The expenses financed are of various types: a first prototype or a beta version, the filing of a patent, the market feasibility study or R&D, etc. These crucial steps require a seed investment, allowing to strengthen equity and validate that an innovation will become a commercial and financial success …

[Automatic translation follows] Cluster of companies in the creative and digital industries in Occitania and Catalonia Created in 2010, the Pôle Action Média is a cluster, a group of companies in the creative and digital industries of Occitania and Catalonia. It now has more than 90 member companies, including 40 startups. The cluster thus makes it possible to develop cooperation between member companies and accelerate their development by networking with economic, institutional and media players. We also act on a daily basis to help create and establish companies through incubators located in Soler, in the Perpignan metropolitan area, and a …

Business France is the national agency for the internationalization of the French economy. It is responsible for the international development of companies and their exports, as well as prospecting for and welcoming international investments in France. It promotes the attractiveness and business image of France, its companies and its territories. It manages and develops the V.I.E (Volontariat International en Entreprise). Created on January 1, 2015, Business France is a merger of UBIFRANCE and the AFII (French Agency for International Investments). Business France has 1,500 employees located in France and in 70 countries. It relies on a network of public and …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] IMT Mines Albi school of the Institut Mines-Télécom, the leading group of engineering and management schools in France. Directed by Lionel Luquin, IMT Mines Albi is a major general engineering school under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and ISO 9001:2015 certified. Its mission is to train engineers and doctors and to carry out high-level research work oriented towards business. It contributes to economic development and participates in the creation of activities, particularly through its incubator and its involvement in technology parks and competitiveness clusters. Since March 1, 2012, the School has been part of the …

[Automatic translation follows] The Montpellier BIC, an exceptional catalyst for innovative companies. The Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Business & Innovation Centre (BIC) accelerates the process of creating innovative companies. It promotes Montpellier’s expertise in supporting innovation. Project co-financed by the European Social Fund. --- Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Business & Innovation Centre is a startup incubator that assists innovative young companies with high growth potential. The BIC’s goal is to secure and speed up their take-off and turn them into success stories within 3-5 years.

[Automatic translation follows] The Agency for Ecological Transition! ADEME in brief The Agency for Ecological Transition participates in the implementation of public policies in the areas of the environment, energy and sustainable development. It provides its expertise and consulting capabilities to businesses, local authorities, public authorities and the general public, in order to enable them to progress in their environmental approach. The Agency also helps to finance projects, from research to implementation, in the following areas: waste management, soil preservation, energy efficiency and renewable energies, savings on raw materials, air quality, noise control, the transition to the circular economy and …

Sectors: National and local authorities

The official account of the French Government Follow Government news on this page in real time, including practical information, measures, numbers, results, and the profiles of economic players !

Crédit Agricole is the French economy’s leading financier and one of the top banking operators in Europe. As a leader in retail banking in Europe, the Group is also the leading European asset manager, the first bank insurer in Europe, and the third largest European operator in project financing. On the strength of its cooperative and mutual insurance foundations, its 154,000 employees and 27,000 administrators of local and regional banks, Crédit Agricole Group is a responsible, useful bank, serving 54 million customers, 11.8 million mutual shareholders and 800,000 individual shareholders. Thanks to its universal retail banking model – the close …

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Investisseur technologique & Accélérateur d'innovation AxLR is a technology transfer acceleration company. Our specialty is helping innovative projects derived from academic research reach maturity and commercialization. We work with the main public-sector research laboratories in France's Montpellier-Nimes-Perpignan area, one of the most dynamic locations in Europe, with over 200 laboratories and some 12,000 researchers. TRANSFERT DE TECHNOLOGIE and MATURATION PROJETS RECHERCHE

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[Automatic translation follows] Innovation support and services company for start-ups and communities Wesprint supports territories in creating, running and managing innovation sites with tailor-made incubation or acceleration programs. We develop with the territories their attractiveness of tomorrow through innovation and entrepreneurship. Our R&D program aims to develop a tool for evaluating the success of start-up managers according to their emotional and social profile. Our research and innovation are fueled by a continuous exchange between social sciences, knowledge and attentive listening to the needs of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. startup, innovation, Fundraising, Pitch Deck, start-up acceleration, excubation, start-up incubation, Territorial attractiveness, and …

[Automatic translation follows] RETIS is the French network of innovation professionals serving innovative businesses and territories with the following missions: - Professionalization of members through the qualification of employees and the certification of organizations - Lobbying and network animation - Experimentation of pilot projects dedicated to innovative entrepreneurship at national and international level Complementary links in the same network innovation chain, the members of the RETIS network support the creation and development of innovative businesses in the territories on a daily basis with two complementary missions and professions - Support for these innovative businesses - Animation of their territory and …

[Automatic translation follows] Official page of the Occitanie Region. Here you will find economic news, aid and calls for projects. The Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée Region brings you the right information to succeed in your business or training projects: agenda, news, testimonials, files... Also find the Region on www.laregion.fr

Sectors: National and local authorities

From research to industry At CEA Tech we feel strongly that technology research is a crucial component of both innovation and value creation. It is this belief that has driven our successful technology development activities over the past 50 years. CEA Tech is the CEA’s (the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy Commission) technology research unit. CEA Tech’s three labs—Leti, Liten, and List—develop a broad portfolio of technologies for ICTs, energy, and healthcare. CEA Tech leverages a unique innovation-driven culture and unrivalled expertise to develop and disseminate new technologies for industry, effectively bridging the gap between the worlds of research …

[Automatic translation follows] Everything starts up here! The label rewards the strong mobilization of an entire ecosystem, of an entire territory and allows all its actors to promote their exchanges and cooperation, to multiply the actions in favor of growth and national and international influence. Join us French Tech Perpignan mobilizes a French Tech Community of more than 50 startups, and creates an association of entrepreneurs who carry the label for the department. Everything starts up here!

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