Formed by the law of 31 December 2012, Bpifrance (a public sector investment bank) is the outcome of the merger between OSEO, the FSI, CDC Entreprises and FSI Régions. Its two shareholders are the French state and the Caisse des Dépôts bank. Its object is to support businesses (SMEs, medium-sized enterprises and larger companies of a strategic importance to the French economy), from start-up through to stock market flotation, by providing loans, guarantees and equity. Bpifrance also provides enhanced support and backing for innovation, export, and external growth. With its 42 regional offices, it is a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs in each region for all their finance and investment needs. Bpifrance is also an actor in the EU public debate and participates in the management of several European funding programmes. www.bpifrance.fr - Follow us on Twitter: @bpifrance

EuroQuity is the digital ecosystem created by Bpifrance to put growth companies in contact with development partners and with investors in particular.We believe that your company's exposure and reputation are the keys to finding new partners. We provide the resources you need to bring together all of your company's points of interest in a unique, dynamic system.

In France, SATTs have the challenging mission to accelerate the transformation of French research into innovations. SATT aims to enhance the value of publically funded research and to accelerate the process of technology transfer towards industry. SATTs evaluates, markets and licenses out the technologies from French Universities and Public Research Organisations. The Technology Transfer Accelerator Organisations (Sociétés d’Accélération de Transfert de Technologie, or SATT) are French private TTOs, shared between several public research organizations, created to develop and commercialize research results to be transformed into innovative products.