Articles balisés ‘Entrepreneurs’
Bpifrance’s new support program favoring startups through a collaboration with major group’s purchasing departments
Present at the VivaTechnology trade show last June, Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications, announced the support program deployed by Bpifrance le HUB, « Directions Achats pour l’Innovation » (DAPI), which aims to position purchasing departments as key players in their organization’s innovation strategy.
Lire la suite“La French Tech” turns 10: Take look back on 4 entrepreneurial success stories
In 2023, “La French Tech” counts 25,000 start-ups in its community, almost 30 unicorns, and an accelerating growth in sales and capital raising. To mark its tenth anniversary, here’s a glimpse at four of its greatest successes.
Lire la suiteBpifrance celebrates Big’s 9th edition
This year again, Bpifrance held Europe’s largest business gathering. The 9th edition of Big on October 5th at the Paris Accor Arena. Top speakers, conferences, Networking sessions… Here are a few highlights of this exciting day and its thousands of participants.
Lire la suiteAnother year of cooperations and signatures for the French public Bank for entrepreneurs
2023 marks another year of international cooperation and partnerships for Bpifrance all in favor of facilitating entrepreneurship.
Lire la suitePromoting Italian and French business relationships through the Franco-Italian Accelerator program
In December 2021, Bpifrance, its Team France Export partners as well as the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and Elite launched the first Franco-Italian Accelerator for SMEs and ETIs aiming to develop cross-border synergies, particularly through innovative solutions.
Lire la suiteAfrica-France Entrepreneurs, the new EuroQuity community to promote co-entrepreneurship and co-innovation
After the Africa-France Summit in 2021, Bpifrance along with several other partners created the Africa-France Entrepreneurs community. Developed on the EuroQuity digital platform, it promotes and facilitates partnerships between African and French companies in a peer-to-peer logic. Today the community gathers about 200 members, and it continues to grow.
Lire la suitePanorama 2021: an overview of Bpifrance and its partners’ actions on French entrepreneurs’ export activity
Bpifrance export division has recently released its annual “Panorama” to share its 2021 activity. Here’s a review of the key figures, the major export solutions, and how Bpifrance works hand in hand with the rest of Team France Export’s members to support French exporters.
Lire la suiteStop Loss: Bpifrance’s new foreign exchange trade insurance supports entrepreneurs in their will to export
In conducting over-the-counter trades, a buyer sometimes imposes an offer in a foreign currency to sign the contract. This foreign exchange trade insurance allows the company to set the forward rate of the currency in order to stabilize proceeds in that currency. The insurance thus neutralizes foreign exchange risk for French companies.
Lire la suite2022 Survey: What Do French Intermediate-Sized Companies Expect?
Bpifrance Le Lab shared last June the results of its annual survey on mid-sized companies. 52% of them expect an increase in their turnover in 2022.
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