The Paris Region works with local partners to identify innovative startups for funding and partnerships with corporate companies and innovation divisions. The selection process identifies 10 startup profiles on a regular basis through half-day meetings and feedback. This efficient process provides a strategic and large deal flow, with 20% of the 300 reviewed startups meeting funding targets thanks to the region's relationships with partners like universities, clusters, and accelerators. The same sourcing process is used to identify startups for co-development or commercial partnerships with corporate innovation divisions.

1. • Open innovation in the Paris Region
• We welcome corporate companies!

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Our common goals!
Paris Region goals
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Help innovators thrive locally
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Attract value from foreign companies
Innovative company goals
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Develop added-value innovation
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Bring innovation to the market

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Selecting innovative start-ups for
funding (1/3)
Corporate venture/
innovation division
Innovative
local companies
The Paris Region works with 70 local partners
to identify innovative companies matching the fund requirements
such as elite universities, R&D clusters, VC, incubators, events organizers ...

4. •
Selecting innovative start-ups for
funding (2/3)
Added-value
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10 ad-hoc start-up profiles on a regular call basis
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Half a day meeting with start-ups at our Paris agency … if needed
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Getting to know the sourcing partners (clusters, labs, VC,
accelerators)
An efficient & very low-resource consuming process
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A few line in writing indicating the fund requirements
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Filling in a line of feedback for each of the 10 start-up profiles
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One point of contact through-out the process at our agency
A qualitative and large deal-flow thanks to a strategic
approach
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20% of start-ups meeting funds’ target out of 300 profiles
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Strategic validation of scope with our partners

5. •
Selecting innovative start-ups for
funding (3/3)
Example of partners with whom there is a strategic fit and an on-going
relationship since 2013

6. •
Selecting innovative start-ups for
partnerships
The SME sourcing process developed for corporate funds also applies to
corporate innovation divisions for co-development partnerships or
commercial partnerships

7. Parc du Pont de Flandre
Bâtiment Paris Region/028
11, rue de Cambrai - 75019 Paris
Tél: 0800 019 011
entreprises@parisregionentreprises.org
www.parisregionentreprises.org
Laurence Curti
laurence.curti@parisregionentreprises.org
+ 33 6 85 39 19 71