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The Paris Region Confirms Its Position as the Capital of Europe
Choose Paris Region, the Region's one-stop shop for investors, tourists, audiovisual producers, and international talents, released a 360° assessment of the Paris Region's attractiveness in 2023.
The report confirms the Region's influence on a global scale: In 2023, the Paris Region attracted 410 direct international investments that created over 32,000 jobs (+4%), and 47.5 million tourists (+8%). It also recorded 10,745 filming days, representing 70% of all the filming days in France.
The fact that this level of investment has been maintained is even more remarkable given the marked downturn in international investment in other European countries, according to the latest UNCTAD report published in January 2024.
Despite these factors, Paris Region managed to demonstrate its resilience, retain investor confidence, and maintain its level of attractiveness. And with only 3 months to go before the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it reassesses its major role in Europe and the world.
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Thales Pools Its Strengths in Artificial Intelligence for Defense
The defense and technology group declares that it can mobilize 600 researchers and engineers in artificial intelligence and is giving a boost to AI in the service of research, sensors, and command centers in defense.
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Energy: Orano Launches a Fund Dedicated to Startups
The French group has created a vehicle in favor of the industrial and energy transition, endowed with 50 million euros. It will be managed by the management company Supernova, which is familiar with deep tech.
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Bpifrance Will Invest 35 Billion Euros in Decarbonization by 2028
The public investment bank Bpifrance will put an additional 35 billion euros into the decarbonization of the economy by 2028. Since 2020, Bpifrance has already deployed 20 billion euros in its Climate Plan. It continues a “mass door-to-door” plan with 20,000 companies of all sizes to accelerate their ecological and energy transition (TEE).
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Generative AI: the French Government Launches a Call for Projects
The Ministry of the Economy launched last week a call for projects worth several tens of millions of euros to develop applications based on artificial intelligence. The announcement follows the report delivered in mid-March by the Generative AI Committee estimating that France should invest 5 billion euros per year over 5 years if it wants to stay in the race against the United States and China.
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The Best in Tech to Meet at VivatTech in May 2024
Artificial intelligence, sustainability, and mobility will be the three major themes of the eighth annual edition of VivaTech, Europe's biggest event dedicated to startups and tech. As the leading business platform, VivaTech will welcome over 2,500 startups and 2,000 international investors.
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Startup Pigment Raises $145M in French Tech Mega-Round
Paris-based startup Pigment recently raised a $145 million funding round, just five years after its inception. The enterprise software company offers a business planning platform for large companies to visualize their past financial performance and forecast upcoming quarters.
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The Paris Region, a Land of Industrial and Innovative Opportunities
The Paris Region boasts an exceptional industrial ecosystem made robust and sustainable by its cutting-edge sectors and areas of expertise. Click below to learn what makes the Region's industrial landscape unique, and how you could benefit from it.
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Business Opportunities
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Calls for projects
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Quartiers Métropolitains d'Innovation (Metropolitan Districts for Innovation)
Do you want to design the sustainable city of tomorrow? Experiment in the greater Paris Metropolis! This program is the largest urban experimentation project in Europe and a first on the metropolitan scale. It gives participating municipalities the possibility to host entrepreneurs (startups, associations, SMEs, cooperatives, schools, citizens, designers, etc.) over 18 months to experiment with innovative solutions designed to address major urban issues and benefit residents.
The call for projects opens on May 13th. An information webinar will be organized for companies interested in applying to this call. Sign up below to receive future updates.
Deadline: from May 13 to June 16, 2024
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Golden Ticket Spartners by Servier & Biolabs
The Golden Ticket program, sponsored by Servier in partnership with BioLabs, awards selected startups with lab space and other critical resources to accelerate their research and development efforts, particularly in fields like oncology, immuno-inflammation, and neuroscience. Winners of the Golden Ticket will gain physical resources within Spartners by Servier & BioLabs, and access to Servier's vast network of scientific expertise and mentorship.
Deadline: May 20, 2024
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TechMeeting - Energy Transition
TechMeetings are industry-specific open innovation events created and operated by Choose Paris Region. Our program brings together corporate groups that are well-established in the Paris Region, international startups, and key players of the local ecosystem to explore groundbreaking technology partnerships, stay ahead of technological trends, and gain insider knowledge. During this specific TechMeeting, we will explore the latest sustainable solutions and innovations in the field of clean energy.
Deadline: May 21, 2024
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Acceleration Programs
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Impulse Labs
The Impulse Labs accelerators were developed to act as a bridge between large corporate groups and startups to learn from each other and to develop win-win relationships. Corporate groups specify their needs while ecosystem startups promote, commercialize, and give exposure to their innovation.
Deadline: All year long
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Plug and Play Fintech
Plug and Play Fintech fast-tracks the innovation strategy of over 70 of the world's largest financial institutions. By joining Plug and Play, you will gain access to a vast network of 50,000+ startups, keep up with the latest industry trends, launch pilots, POCs, and much more.
Deadline: All year long
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Calendar
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World Retail Congress
April 16-18, 2024
World Retail Congress returns with over 800 retail leaders coming together to learn, network, and develop strategies for the year ahead and beyond. This year's theme, High Performance Retail, focuses on the traits needed to be truly world-class in today’s retail landscape.
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IT Paris 2024 - Meet us there!
May 15-16, 2024
1000 IT, Innovation, and Technology decision-makers will gather at Station F in Paris. The second edition of IT Paris will cover key topics including IT governance, SI architecture, IT infrastructures, cybersecurity, and Blockchain.
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Paris-Saclay SPRING - Meet us there!
May 16, 2024
Save the date for the annual innovation event of Europe's leading deep tech ecosystem. Create business opportunities through B2B meetings and get access to the best of French innovation!
Deadline to register for Innovation Tours: April 23
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Santexpo- Meet us there!
May 21-23, 2024
Santexpo is the annual event for the health and medical-social sector. It brings together medico-social establishments, as well as decision-makers and healthcare professionals involved in the management, digitalization, care pathways, patient experience, equipment, materials, construction, and transformation of healthcare. This is for you if you specifically seek to establish partnerships with the hospital ecosystem.
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Viva Technology - Meet us there!
May 22-25, 2024
Viva Technology is Europe's main Tech event. Every year, it brings together startups, tech leaders, major corporations, and investors to accelerate innovation and inspire. This year's conference program will focus on Resilient Ecosystems, Deeptech, Creators' Economy, Future Societies, and the Internet & Democracy. As a partner of the event, Choose Paris Region will be present on the main exhibition floor and host several side events. Come join us for this 8th edition!
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BIO US - Meet us there!
June 3-6, 2024
The BIO International Convention is the largest and most comprehensive event for biotechnology, representing the full ecosystem of biotech with over 20,000 industry leaders from across the globe. Choose Paris Region will have a booth at the conference.
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Money 20/20 Amsterdam - Meet us there!
June 4-6, 2024
The world’s largest annual gathering of corporations, companies and startups, international policymakers, institutions, and NGOs, focused on sustainable urban mobility solutions welcoming 250+ exhibitors, 400+ speakers, and 7,000+ participants every year in March.
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London Tech Week - Meet us there!
June 10-14, 2024
London Tech Week is a global celebration of tech, uniting the most innovative thinkers and talent of tomorrow in a week-long festival.
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Collision Toronto - Meet us there!
June 17-20, 2024
Collision is one of the world’s biggest tech conferences. It brings together the people and companies that are redefining the global tech industry.
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Eurosatory
June 17-21, 2024
Eurosatory offers a unique opportunity to meet manufacturers and startups from all over the world, along with public and private Defence & Security market players. Exchange with the best experts, governments and their administrations, international institutions, and NGOs; attend top-level lectures and round tables; discover the state-of-the-art and the global showcase for innovation and gain insight into the sector’s prospects and developments.
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Cécile Jupin
Business Development Manager,
Growth & Expansion
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