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 …

[Automatic translation follows] Incubates Deep Tech startups & accelerates scientific innovations from the R&D labs of Lyon-St Etienne 🚀 PULSALYS, the Deep Tech innovation incubator and accelerator of Lyon & St Etienne, builds the innovative products & 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 & …

Tags: SATT Network Sectors: Research

[Automatic translation follows] First mutual insurance company for public service employees. #mutually Cyril, Diane, Farah, Amir, Béa... Since 1946, MGEN has been committed to all those who are committed to the interests of others. With 4.2 million people protected, 10,000 employees and 3,500 activists, MGEN is the first mutual insurance company for public service employees. Its unique model in France allows it to manage health insurance, supplementary health insurance and life insurance, whether individual or group contracts. It provides everyone with 1,700 mutual care and support structures that it co-manages and co-finances throughout France, 62 of which belong to MGEN. …

Sectors: Insurance

[Automatic translation follows] Urban and creative factory of the island of Nantes Welcome to the LinkedIn page of Samoa! This is where you will find all the professional information about the urban development project and the economic development of the island of Nantes (but not only!). Since 2003, the Société d'Aménagement de la Métropole Ouest Atlantique has been managing the urban project of 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 …

Karista is a VC firm investing in game changers from scratch to success. Karista is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in ambitious entrepreneurs. For the past 20 years, we have been backing and guiding more than 100 companies from inception to success in Health, Digital, and Technology. Because we believe that investment is not only about money but mainly about people, we provide support to our founders and entrepreneurs very early-on. We come from different backgrounds and bring various skills to help nurturing our portfolio companies on many levels. We are currently deploying three European early stage funds: our …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

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

Pôle de compétitivité santé du Grand Est Pôle de compétitivité Santé du Grand Est, BioValley France (ex Alsace BioValley) a pour mission de fédérer, développer et faire rayonner les acteurs de la filière à travers l’Innovation. Le Pôle s’appuie sur un réseau dynamique d’entreprises, une recherche académique et clinique de premier plan, ainsi qu’un réseau intégré de partenaires, acteurs-clés de l’innovation. BioValley France accompagne ses membres dans leur démarche d’Innovation R&D et leur permet d’accéder à des expertises à forte valeur ajoutée, dans une approche marché. BioValley France participe activement aux projets structurants et collaboratifs du territoire. Il contribue notamment …

Sectors: Biotechnology French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] Innovation Catalyst & Business Accelerator in BFC A competitiveness cluster since 2005, the PMT catalyzes innovation, accelerates business and supports industry transitions in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Since 2017, it has brought together, through its PMT Santé and PMT ASD clusters, the health technology sectors on the one hand and the aeronautics-space-defense sectors on the other, resulting from excellence in microtechnology. It has also developed strong expertise in support dedicated to start-ups and innovative companies through its PMT Propulseur accelerator. Microtechnology, Health, Aeronautics, Defense, Space, Precision mechanics, Luxury, Innovation, International, Labeling, Training, Medical, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, and Precision mechanics

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster

[Automatic translation follows] Want to innovate? Entrepreneur, startuper or leader of an innovative project. We are here to support you! La Rochelle Technopole is a partnership system bringing together the Urban Community of La Rochelle, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of La Rochelle, EIGSI, Excelia Group, CESI and the University of La Rochelle. Are you a leader of an innovative project, creator of a startup, business leader and want to put a new product or service on the market? Do you need to secure and grow your project? Your idea is good but you are missing …

La French Tech Clermont Auvergne is an association of entrepreneurs, organizations and local government bodies who support entrepreneurship & innovation. The association leads La French Tech initiative launched by the French State, on the Auvergne region. Its main missions are to: - Federate and animate the entire entrepreneurship & innovation ecosystem within the territory; - Develop the necessary tools for the growth of startups and scaleups, and support them in their growth phase; - Develop the local and international visibility of young businesses of the territory.

Sectors: French Tech NGO, Think Tank

[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

Nous soignons et innovons 365 jours par an. AP-HP (Greater Paris University Hospitals) is a European world-renowned university hospital. Its 39 hospitals treat 8 million people every year: in consultation, emergency, during scheduled or home hospitalizations. The AP-HP provides a public health service for everyone, 24 hours a day. This mission is a duty as well as a great source of pride. AP-HP is the leading employer in the Greater Paris area: 100.000 staff members – doctors, researchers, paramedical staff, administrative personnel and workers – work there. Toutes les spécialités médicales de la néonatologie à la gériatrie en passant par …

Sectors: Health

[Automatic translation follows] When we invest, we invest 👉 The purpose of GENEO, written in its statutes, is to put positive finance at the service of the real economy, that is to say: • a long-term finance, capable of going through economic cycles, of adapting to the natural cycle of each company • a finance that focuses on the growth of human capital as the main lever for creating value and the sustainability of companies and their growth. One that relies on the experience, desire, and commitment of all generations of entrepreneurs to accelerate, in a powerful collective. • a …

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

[Automatic translation follows] 1st professional organization (union) of the digital sector in France, + 2,500 members. 85% of the total turnover of the sector. Numeum is the 1st professional organization of the digital sector in France. Member of the Syntec federation which constitutes the second representative branch of the MEDEF, we bring together more than 2,500 member digital companies: digital service companies (ESN), software publishers, platforms and Engineering and Technology Consulting (ICT) companies. All of these companies generate 85% of the total turnover of the sector. Our actions: - Promote our members, our professions and defend their interests - Embody …

[Automatic translation follows] 🗞Ouest-France, the leading French daily newspaper! Every day, over 600,000 copies in Normandy, Brittany & Pays de la Loire OUEST-FRANCE Company Founder of the Editorial Committee François Régis Hutin Chairman of the Board Louis Échelard - Director of Publication The associative status: Since the extraordinary general meeting of April 9, 1990, S.A. Ouest-France has been part of a non-profit association under the 1901 law, the "Association for the support of the principles of humanist democracy", chaired by Jacques Duquesne. Location: 58 editorial offices in the 14 departments in Brittany, Lower Normandy and Pays de la Loire, as …

Sectors: Media

[Automatic translation follows] Center for Innovation and Uses in Health The CIUS is an expert center accelerator of innovation in favor of health. Its areas of expertise concern in particular prevention and well-being, improvement of care pathways, patient monitoring and autonomy. To this end, the CIUS's mission is to support project leaders, industrialists, scientists and health professionals wishing to develop innovative solutions and services in health. Based on its expertise, it advises according to the degree of maturity of the project and offers prototyping, evaluations and experiments of these solutions. Founded by the University Hospital of Nice, the University of …

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

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Sectors: French Tech

Our mission is to deliver the greatest possible impact to people through mRNA medicines. At Moderna, we believe messenger RNA, or mRNA, is the “software of life.” Every cell in the body uses mRNA to provide real-time instructions to make the proteins necessary to drive all aspects of biology, including in human health and disease. Given its essential role, we believe mRNA could be used to create a new category of medicines with significant potential to improve the lives of patients. We are pioneering a new class of medicines made of messenger RNA, or mRNA. The potential implications of using …

Sectors: Biotechnology Pharmaceutical

[Automatic translation follows] The Digital Health Agency The Agency for Shared Health Information Systems is a state agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, whose objective is to promote the development of information systems in the field of health and the medico-social sector. ASIP Santé aims to contribute to improving the coordination and quality of care. A key player and unifier in e-health, its missions extend from the design and deployment of health information systems, such as the Personal Medical Record (DMP) or telemedicine projects, to project management and management of the Health Professional Card …

[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] PariSanté Campus, here digital health grows! PariSanté Campus aims to create a coherent and synergistic group of public and private operators, with the ambition of structuring a research and innovation sector in digital health with global influence. This group will be set up on the site of the former Val-de-Grâce military training hospital, and to create a network of partnerships in the Paris region, nationally and internationally. The group will be financed by unprecedented investments from the recovery plan, and will aim to be a major vector for the creation of medical-scientific, but also economic, value. Based …

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting …

Sectors: IT services

We're transforming the future of healthcare by unlocking the power of what science can do for people, society and the planet. For more information, visit www.astrazeneca.com. Community Guidelines: bit.ly/2MgAcio Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, Innovation, Research and development, and Global business

Sectors: Pharmaceutical

[Automatic translation follows] Launched almost a decade ago, today Maddyness is the go-to magazine for entrepreneurs, startups and innovators. With over 1,000,000 monthly readers, Maddyness has become the reference for the startup ecosystem since 2012. 💡 Maddyness is the essential magazine for players in finance, media, new technologies and innovation in France. Want to know more? Join the favorite media of French entrepreneurs 🔥 Startup, Support, Finance, Prospective, Innovation, Business, Startups, Technologies, Digital Economy, IoT, FoodTech, Magazine, FrenchTech, AssurTech, FinTech, LegalTech, Entrepreneurs, and Entrepreneurship

Sectors: Media

[Automatic translation follows] The Alpine Arc Health Technology Cluster MEDICALPS is the Alpine Arc health technology cluster. Since 2000, the association has brought together and represented a network of more than 130 start-ups, SMEs, large groups, research centers, universities and communities from the fields of medical technologies, biotechnologies and e-health. The leadership of MEDICALPS, facilitator and unifier of this community, is largely entrusted to entrepreneurs, with the support of public stakeholders, with the aim of building the medicine of tomorrow. The association's operational programs serve the growth and visibility of the network of industrialists in the field of health technologies …

[Automatic translation follows] Le Figaro, the culture of freedom since 1826, the leading general daily newspaper and the most visited news site in France. With an audience of over 9 million unique visitors (source: Médiamétrie/NetRatings), the site is characterized by the quality and depth of its content, the result of the complementarity between its paper editorial teams (daily and magazines) and its web editorial team; by its Internet 2.0 uses and the importance of video, which has become a central element of the content offering. Lefigaro.fr also bases its development on the synergies built with the other sites of the …

Sectors: Media

[Automatic translation follows] 1st startup association in Europe, with +2000 startup members and French digital investors Founded in 2012, France Digitale is the largest startup association in Europe, with more than 2000 startup members and French digital investors. Our missions? - To bring out digital champions in Europe. - To make a voice and unite those who innovate to change the face of the world. - To create bridges and business opportunities between all innovation players, whether they are large groups, public decision-makers, investors, entrepreneurs or employees of startups and scale-ups. How? 1. By connecting ecosystem players during quality meetings, …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] 1st foundation for research against pain in France A major public health problem, chronic pain now affects 1 in 5 adults, or more than 12 million French people. And since the therapeutic arsenal is both aging and insufficient, nearly two thirds of patients believe that their pain is insufficiently controlled. Pain also has a very significant impact on health at work. Back pain is the leading cause of disability in the world and musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of occupational illness in France. Pain alone impacts 88 million working days per year in France. Fighting pain …

Sectors: Research

[Automatic translation follows] Official account of the brand 📲 #GrenobleAlpes, the #pioneer spirit 🧡 The territory that loves and will make you #lovethefuture To those who are attracted by the summits, To those who have a pioneering spirit, To those who are one step ahead. To the curious and the ambitious, To all the creators, the inventors, the dreamers, To all those who are passionate about progress, The passionate visionaries, The stubborn enthusiasts, To those who create, who innovate, And even who revolutionize. To those who like to bring out new ideas, To those who are excited by the future. …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] Within the Ministry, more than 135,000 agents today put their talent to work for a strong and sustainable economy in the region and in Paris. User services, legal affairs, economic development, performance management... more than 160 professions are practiced in the Bercy administrations. The diversity of these sectors of activity makes it possible to build rich career paths adapted to each person's profile. How to join the Bercy services? Each year, the ministry recruits 5,000 women and men. Numerous competitions at all levels are organized. Recruitment procedures without competition also exist, for disabled workers and young people …

[Automatic translation follows] The priorities of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research are: - to improve student success and promote equal opportunities; - to coordinate the training offer of French higher education; - to set priority areas for the progress of knowledge and technologies; - as well as the public research and innovation strategy. In this context, the so-called "ESR" law of July 22, 2013 also advocates transformation and openness to all forms of teaching and research, to the socio-economic environment, and to the international. Among the key measures put in place: - The definition of a …

[Automatic translation follows] Let's Share the Economy. Combining the expertise of a historic title with digital agility, La Tribune has carried out its transformation for several years, deploying itself at the heart of its audience's uses: website, digital daily newspaper, mobile applications, social networks, but also a field presence allowing it to animate its audience through the organization of 80 events per year. Its territorial roots make La Tribune the economic media of metropolises with editions in the regions and in Africa with La Tribune Afrique, feeding an editorial line focused on the real economy (innovation, digital, territories, etc.) and …

Sectors: Media