2012 French Financement AidsFor Innovative Companies by CCI Nice Côte d'Azur

2012 French Financement Aids For Innovative Companies TECHNOLOGY areas: ict, BIOTECHNOLOGY, HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

March 2013

by the European Regional Development Fund

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Easy Finance Partnership lead partner

Local Development Agency of Alicante, Spain

PARTners Andalusian Institute of Technology, Spain

Lamoro Development Agency, Italy

Business Innovation Center La Fucina, Italy

University of Primorska, Slovania

Patras Science Park, Greece

French Riviera Chamber of Commerce & Industry, France

by the European Regional Development Fund

French Grants Summary 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 30 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

Training Contract CIE - Employment Contract Initiative PAT - Regional Planning Development Grant for Industry and services ZRU - Urban Revitalization Zone ZRR - Rural Revitalization Zone Investment Aid in air quality Assistance for the development of innovation Intervention with equity investment Export Credit Insurance Market Exploration Insurance Exchange rate Insurance Thesis Fellowship Aid for technology partnerships Investment Aid for energy savings Investment Insurance JEI & JEU - Young Innovative Business and Yound Academic Business Professional training contract Aid for innovative business start-ups Innovation Development Contract Aid for studies and research and development projects Investment aid for waste Investment aid for renewable energy and materials Equity seed loan ZFU - Urban Free Zone ZFU - Urban Free Zone Adance Plus Security Guarantee on innovative projects Development Transfer Contract Property leasing Equipment leasing - Financial leasing Biotech guarantee Business Start-up Guarantee Guanrantees for the development of SMEs and very small businesses Guarantee for international projects

by the European Regional Development Fund

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Innovation Guarantees Guanrantee for finance for a transfer Long or medium term loan Guarantee and finance for investment in foreign subsidiaries Guarantee for letters of credit for imports Guarantee for the pre-financing of export orders Guarantee for balk bonds for export contracts Guarantee and finance for export investments Guarantee for short term commiments Innovation Gateway Aid Development Contract FACT - Fund for the Improvement of Working Conditions PRCE - Regional Loan for Business Developement PRCI - Regional Loan for the Creation of Innovation PRME - Regional Loan for Job Retention PRTE - Regional Loan for Business take over Unsecured loan Aid for Strategic Industrial Innovation Projects Unsecured loan AFPR - Action for Pre-Recruit Training PAT - Regional Planning Development Grant for research, development and innovation Equity Loan for development of local communities Export Loan Participatory Development Contract Heat Fund Unsecured loan Innotech entrepreneurship Program Export risk Insurance Fonds InnoBio Qualium investment Oc+ Green Loan Subsidy Aid for reindustrialization RAPID - Support Scheme for Dual Cooperative Innovation Equity Intervention - 360 Capital Partners Equity Intervention - LFPI Croissance Equity Intervention - MI Equity Intervention - Acto Mezzanine

by the European Regional Development Fund

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Equity Intervention - Acto Capital Equity Intervention - FCPR Matignon Technologies Equity Intervention - Alven Capital Equity Intervention - Advance Capital Europe Equity Intervention - Obeddis 1 Equity Intervention - Partech International Venture Equity Intervention -Auriga Ventures Equity Intervention - Aurinvest Equity Intervention - FCPR PME Championnes Equity Intervention - Primaveris Equity Intervention - R Capital Equity Intervention - Biodiscovery Equity Intervention - FCPR Serena Equity Intervention - FCPR Croissance Equity Intervention - Sofinnova Capital Equity Intervention - Demeter Equity Intervention - D&P PME Equity Intervention - D&P entrepreneurs Equity Intervention - Sudinnova SA Equity Intervention - Emertec 4 Equity Intervention - EPF Equity Intervention - ORKOS Equity Intervention - FCPR Equity Intervention - Ventech Capital Equity Intervention - Vermeer Capital Equity Intervention - FCPR Xpansion Equity Intervention - FCPR Siparex Midcap Equity Intervention - FCPR Siparex Midmarket Equity Intervention - Finadvance Capital FCPR Equity Intervention - Winch Capital 2 Equity Intervention - Hexagone Equity Intervention - H2I Equity Intervention - Innovacom Equity Intervention - Iris Capital Fund Equity Intervention - ISAI Equity Intervention - IFI Equity Intervention - FCPI Nextstage Decouvertes Equity Intervention - FCPR Regions Innovation

by the European Regional Development Fund

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Equity Intervention - FCPI Poste Innovation Equity Intervention - FCPI la Banque Postale Innovation Equity Intervention - Baytech Venture Equity Intervention- Blue Sky Capital Equity Intervention - FA DIESE 2 Equity Intervention - FIP IXO Developpement Aid for innovation feasibility Equity Guarantee Equity Intervention - 3T POE - Practical Preparation for Employement Aid for recruitment of additional young people into SMEs on apprenticeship or professional training contract Aid for the recruitment of job seekers on a professional training contract FSN SME Fund Digital safety Fund Lump sum aid for an employer recruiting on a professional training contract Equity Intervention - D&P Equity Intervention - Avenir Entreprises Mezzanine Equity Intervention - Middle Market Fund Equity Intervention - BlackFin Financial Services Fund Equity Intervention - Citizen Capital Equity Intervention - Capital Export Equity Intervention - Initiative & Finance Equity Intervention - IT Translation Investissement Equity Intervention - MBO Capital Regional Fund for the guarantee of bank loans or SMEs and very smal enterprises

by the European Regional Development Fund

Training Contract DIRECCTE Content summary Objective : •

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Businesses hiring a young person on a training contract are entitled to a full or partial exemption from employer and employee social security contributions, a recruitment subsidy and a lump sum monetary payment. The exemption from employee and employer social security contributions applies for the duration of the contract. The training contract is a particular type of contract in which the business owner undertakes, in addition to the payment of wages, to ensure the young person vocational training, provided partly in house and partly at a trainee business training centre (CFA).

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Businesses of not more than 10 employees or artisanal businesses are exempt from employer and employee contributions, with the exception of contributions in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases. Businesses which meet or exceed the workforce of 11 employees for the first times as of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012, continue to benefit from the exemption from contributions for the year in which the threshold of 11 employees is exceeded, and the next 2 years. Businesses with over 10 employees and those not included in the trades register are totally exempt from employer and employee social security contributions for social insurance (with the exception of contributions for accidents at work and occupational diseases), family allowances, the CSG, the CRDS (contributions to the social contribution deficit), the employee supplementary pension contributions and unemployment insurance. The employer is still liable for contributions to supplementary retirement pension schemes, unemployment insurance, FNAL (the national housing fund); the national wages guarantee fund, the long term care tax contribution and transport contribution payment. Other welfare expenses of standard legal as well as contractual origin and tax and quasi-tax duties are exempt in full for the portion of salary equal to 11% of the statutory minimum wage. For the remaining part of the salary, social security contributions of standard legal or contractual origin are calculated as a fixed sum on the basis of the trainees’ basic wages and are revised annually. The minimum amount of the lump sum monetary payment, for each year of the training cycle, is fixed at €1,000. Except in the case of a training contract which ends before the term fixed due to the diploma or qualification set being obtained, the amount of the lump sum compensation is a based on the actual duration of the contract. This lump sum compensation is set by the Region; its amount varies depending on the region.

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of the organization Semaphore ®. Access to certain devices may be suspended in case of exhaustion of budgets allocated to them. The eligibility criteria can be changed at any time without notice.

by the European Regional Development Fund

CIE - Contrat Initiative Emploi (Employment Contract Initiative) PÔLE EMPLOI (JOB CENTRE) Content summary Objective : •

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The CIE (Employment Contract Initiative) enables businesses to hire unemployed people experiencing social and occupational problems accessing employment, on a contract of indefinite duration (CDI) or on a fixed term contract (CDD) of from 6 to 24 months. It must include an action plan for support and training. The Employment Contract Initiative agreement includes actions for guidance, vocational training or validation of prior experience or vocational support measures for facilitating the realization of the CIE beneficiary's career plan.

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The conclusion of a CIE entitles the business to financial assistance from the state, adjusted according to: ◦ the category and sector of the business activity, ◦ the actions planned in terms of vocational support and actions aimed at promoting the long term integration of the employee, ◦ the local economic conditions, ◦ the difficulties in accessing employment previously encountered by the employee. The amount of aid is set each year by a decree of the regional prefect. The CIE applies within the framework of a One-off Integration Contract. The State aid granted may not exceed 47 per cent of the gross rate of the statutory minimum wage for hours worked within the limit of the statutory term of the work. The State aid is intended to support a part of the cost of CIE and, where appropriate, the actions of training and vocational support provided under the CIE agreement.

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Limits of Liability Access to the forms does not confer the status of a priori beneficiary of the grants. Agencies instructors devices are the only jurisdiction to decide the allocation of the devices described. Despite the care taken in drafting and updating, the information shown on the relevant devices Semaphore ® can in no way engage the responsibility of the organization Semaphore ®. Access to certain devices may be suspended in case of exhaustion of budgets allocated to them. The eligibility criteria can be changed at any time without notice.

by the European Regional Development Fund

Industry and services PAT- Prime d'Aménagement du Territoire pour l'industrie et les services (Regional Planning Development Grant for industry and services) DATAR Content summary Objective : • •

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Businesses which have projects for the creation, extension or a change of activities, or revival of activities in a regional aid area can benefit from the PAT (the regional planning development grant). Projects for the setting up of activities on the grant site must enable: ◦ either the net creation of at least 25 permanent jobs and €5 million of eligible investments, ◦ or the net creation of at least 50 permanent jobs where the eligible investment is greater than €5 million. The projects for an expansion or change of activities on the grant site must enable: ◦ either the net creation of at least 25 permanent jobs and an increase of at least 50 per cent of the workforce on the site concerned, ◦ or the net creation of at least €10 million of eligible investments. Projects for the revival of activities can be supported by the PAT on the condition that: ◦ the employment situation in the employment area concerned is very depressed, ◦ the project for revival restores in a sustainable and structural manner the competitiveness of the business and contributes to the diversification of its outlets, ◦ and that the grant project will lead to the revival of at least 80 jobs and to the completion of at least €5 million of eligible investments, excluding the buy-out of the capital of the corporation that is the subject of the revival. Businesses involved in one of the following activities are eligible for the PAT: ◦ manufacturing industry, ◦ the collection, treatment and disposal of waste, ◦ trading, ◦ logistics, ◦ information and communication, ◦ financial activities and insurance, ◦ specialized scientific and technical activities, ◦ administrative and support service activities. The eligible costs correspond to: ◦ either the investment costs: the amount includes the cost price of fixed assets, excluding tax, comprised of land, buildings and equipment and patents. These investments must be related to the business activity of the recipient business and correspond to the grant program. They must be executed and registered in the records of the recipient business during the period of this project, ◦ that is to the wage costs corresponding to the jobs created, calculated over a period of 2 years.

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The amount of the PAT is €15,000 per job created for projects: ◦ for the setting up of activities creating at least 25 jobs and €5 million of eligible investment or creating at least 50 jobs for an investment lower than €5 million, ◦ of an extension to or change of activities creating at least 25 jobs with an increase of at least 50 per cent of the workforce, or creating at least 50 jobs. In the case of expansion projects or a change of activities leading to an investment of at least €10 million or for projects for the revival of activities, the amount of the PAT must comply with the ceilings rate for regional aid in relation to the amount of the eligible project costs, which include: ◦ between 10 and 15 per cent for the large businesses with more than 250 employees, ◦ between 20 and 35 per cent for the SMEs.

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ZRU Zone de Redynamisation Urbaine (Urban Revitalization Zone): exemption from social security contributions URSSAF (The French Administration)

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Businesses which come within a ZRU (Urban Revitalization Zone) may be exempt from the social insurance and the family allowance contributions for each employee hired. The exemption will apply for 12 months from the effective date of the employment contract. The exemption is for businesses that are hiring one or more employees to increase the strength of the business, up to a limit of 50 exempt employees.

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The amount of the exemption is total for wages lower than 1.5 of the statutory minimum wage, and decreases in a linear manner when the hourly wage is greater than 1.5 of the statutory minimum wage and becomes zero when the hourly wage is equal to 2.4 times the statutory minimum wage. The monthly amount of the exemption is equal to the product of the gross monthly wage paid to the employee with a coefficient determined by applying a formula which corresponds to the employee's position: ◦ in the case of employees whose gross hourly wage is less than or equal to 1.5 the statutory minimum wage, the exemption from the contributions cited above is 100 %, ◦ for employees whose gross hourly wage is greater than 1.5 the statutory minimum wage and less than 2.4 the statutory minimum wage, the formula for the calculation of the exemption is: coefficient=( 0.281 / ) x ( 0.9 2.4 1.5 x (the statutory minimum wage x number of hours paid) / (gross monthly wage)- 1.5).

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ZRR - Zone de Revitalisation Rurale (Rural Revitalization Zone): exemption from social security contributions URSSAF (French Administration)

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Businesses within a ZRR (Rural Revitalization Zone) may be exempt from the social security insurance, and family allowances contributions, as well as those for payment of those for transport and of contributions to FNAL, for each employee hired. The exemption applies for 12 months from the effective date of the work contract. The exemption is for the businesses which come within a ZRR and which hire one or more employees to increase the strength of the business, without exceeding a total workforce of 50 employees.

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The exemption amount is total for wages below 1.5 the statutory minimum wage, and decreases in a linear manner when the hourly wage is greater than 1.5 the statutory minimum wage and becomes zero when the hourly wage is equal to 2.4 times the statutory minimum wage. The amount of the monthly exemption is equal to the product of the gross monthly wage paid to the employee with a coefficient determined by applying a formula which corresponds to the employee's position: ◦ in the case of employees whose gross hourly wage is less than or equal to 1.5 the statutory minimum wage, the exemption from the contributions cited above is 100 % , ◦ for employees whose gross hourly wage is greater than 1.5 the statutory minimum wage and less than 2.4 the statutory minimum wage, the formula for the calculation of the exemption is: coefficient=( 0.281 / ) x ( 0.9 2.4 1.5 x (the statutory minimum wage x number of hours paid) / (gross monthly wage)- 1.5).

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Investment Aid in air quality ADEME Content summary Objective : •

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Businesses wishing to invest in technology allowing them to reduce their emissions of air pollutants, can benefit from financial aid from ADEME. The purpose of the aid is more particularly for industrial facilities. This investment may involve 3 types of operation: ◦ demonstration operations which comprise the first large scale operational applications of the new technologies, new processes or innovative systems and of the efficiencies resulting from the research and development or transferred to a new sector, ◦ the operational models which are designed to create national and regional references rapidly in the area of energy efficiency and sustainable development, with the intention of creating a real financial drive, ◦ aid for dissemination (the approach being by pollutant or by technology), with the objective of helping businesses to adopt the best available technologies to prevent or reduce atmospheric emissions.

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The amount of and the conditions for the grant of the ADEME aid are variable, depending on the region, and the nature of the project.

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Assistance for the development of innovation OSEO Content summary Objective : •

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OSEO's aid is for innovation development fund projects in the research and development phase. The projects must involve the development of innovative technological products, processes or services with marketing opportunities. The aid also seeks to fund participations in national and European technology partnerships. This aid helps fund the project, its formulation to pre-industrial launch. Aid for development of innovation can cover: ◦ project design and definition, ◦ technical and commercial feasibility studies, ◦ the development of innovation by the research and development staff , ◦ external services and advice, ◦ and the realization of prototype models, ◦ the deposit and the extension of patents for SMEs, ◦ purchase or amortization of equipment, ◦ acquisition of technical knowledge, ◦ preparation for the industrial launch.

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The aid may cover from 25 to 60 per cent of the expenditure net of tax to be decided on by OSEO under the innovation program, according to the project (nature, technology level and risk, status, age and size of the business,). The form the aid for the development of innovation takes is chosen by the business: ◦ a grant, ◦ an advance repayable in the event of success, ◦ a zero-interest loan.

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Intervention with Développement

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AVENIR ENTREPRISES Content summary Objective : • • • • •

Avenir Entreprises Développement is an investment fund which can intervene with equity investment. Avenir Entreprises Développement intervenes in businesses in the sectors of activity: environment, energy, industries and services. The interventions by Avenir Entreprises Développement relate to the development and transfer operations. Avenir Entreprises Développement intervenes in development capital and capital-transfer (Buy-Out or leveraged buy-out). Avenir Entreprises Développement is financed by the intervention of CDC Enterprises.

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The amount of Avenir Entreprises Développement’s intervention is typically between €300,000 and €2 million.

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Export Credit Insurance COFACE Content summary Objective : •

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COFACE export credit insurance was designed to insure businesses working in export against the risk of non-payment of their debts. It covers operations with a long realization period, or for a term of credit greater than 2 years. Different contracts are offered with different safeguards depending on the type of businesses concerned and risk insured. The cover protects the risk of market interruption and/or non-payment resulting from: ◦ political risk, ◦ commercial risk, ◦ catastrophic risk.

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The premiums vary depending on the risk covered, the nature of the safeguards, the country, type of buyer, duration of the risk and the financing structure. The export credit insurance covers 95% of the risk (100 per cent for the businesses whose turnover is less than €75 million).

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Market Exploration Insurance COFACE Content summary Objective : • •

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COFACE market exploration insurance cover is aimed at encouraging the exploration of foreign markets by French SMEs by limiting the financial risk in the event of commercial failure. Eligible expenditure covers all costs that the business has committed to its market exploration approach in the area covered, excluding expenses related to production and to purely financial investment: ◦ participation in trade events of an international character, ◦ market research, documentation, ◦ travel, accommodation, wages and expenses during the period of travel, ◦ recruitment, training, wages and employer costs for the export department staff newly recruited for the purposes of market exploration, ◦ operating costs of an office or a commercial subsidiary, ◦ advertising costs, ◦ product adaptation or validation costs, etc. The market exploration advance can provide businesses with a turnover of between €1.5 million and €500 million with a means of pre-financing their expenses through their bank covered by the market exploration insurance contract. For SMEs and very small businesses, market exploration insurance is provided by A3P (First Steps Market Development Insurance). This is for SMEs and very small businesses : ◦ having an export turnover of less than €200,000 or whose export turnover is less than 10 per cent of their total turnover, ◦ or prime-exporting.

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The maximum amount of the expenditure covered is fixed at the beginning of each fiscal year in the warranty period. The percentage covered by the market exploration insurance depends on the turnover of the business, and whether that the business is innovative, or whether that the business has already had a contract with COFACE. The percentage covered by the exploration advance covers: ◦ 100 % if the annual budget covered is less than or equal to €100,000, ◦ 80 per cent if the annual budget covered is greater than €100,000. The percentage covered by the A3P is fixed at €30,000.

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Access to certain devices may be suspended in case of exhaustion of budgets allocated to them. The eligibility criteria can be changed at any time without notice.

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Exchange rate Insurance COFACE Content summary Objective : • • •

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The COFACE exchange rate insurance is designed to allow businesses who export to negotiate contracts with overseas clients in the currency of the country concerned. It allows you to insure the exchange rate risk by indemnifying the losses. The exchange rate insurance negotiation can take 2 forms: ◦ the exchange rate insurance negotiation, which allows the business to fix an exchange rate at any time in the negotiation period, when it is in proven competition and the contract is not yet concluded, ◦ the exchange rate insurance contract, which is reserved to businesses with a project at the end of negotiation or which has recently concluded a contract, to insure an amount up to €15 million maximum. The exchange rate insurance contract allows you to fix an exchange rate price before signing the sales contract or afterwards, in the 15 days following its conclusion. The exchange rate insurance negotiation can in particular apply to the following currencies: US dollar, Canadian dollar, pound sterling, yen, Swiss franc, Danish kroner, Swedish kroner, Norwegian crown, Singapore dollar, Hong Kong dollar. Applications for Australia, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are examined on a case by case basis.

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Premium rates may vary depending on the currency concerned, the choice or otherwise for profit sharing, the insurance term.

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Thesis Fellowship ADEME Content summary Objective : •

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The ADEME Thesis Fellowship enables the co-financing by a business and ADEME of the preparation of a doctoral thesis on an industrial research or development topic. The thesis must relate to one of the areas which correspond to ADEME's missions. The areas of expertise concerned are: ◦ waste, ◦ polluted sites and soils, ◦ sustainable management of soil, ◦ renewable energy, ◦ transformation of and the rational use of energy, ◦ atmospheric emissions from fixed sources, ◦ housing, services sector and heat networks, ◦ mastery of electricity demand and regional planning, ◦ transport: the technical aspects; the impacts, systems and policies aspects, ◦ water quality, ◦ the tools and methods at the service of sustainable development, ◦ legal aspects of social and economic sciences, ◦ international action.

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Co-financing represents for the partner half the allocation cost (wages + employers’ costs + 15 % management fees) or approximately €19,650 per year for 3 years.

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Aid for technology partnerships OSEO Content summary Objective : •

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OSEO Aid for Technology Partnership relates to all or part of the operations intended to prepare and support the mounting of a transnational technology partnership, including the search for finance for development operations or pre-industrialization to be achieved in this framework. They may include: ◦ the project: formulation, technical and commercial feasibility studies, strategic validation, ◦ the partnership: the search for and evaluation of partners, negotiation and drafting of partnerships agreements, ◦ the drafting of the case for the application for the funding itself: the presentation to the competent authorities and follow up to signing of the contract.

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OSEO Aid for Technology Partnership is provided in the form of a subsidy capped at €50,000.

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Investment Aid for energy savings ADEME Content summary Objective : •

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ADEME Aid for energy savings allows you to finance investment projects for new equipment related to the production, distribution or use of energy, as well as for technical modifications of existing equipment in order to improve energy performance. This scheme relates to 2 types of operation: ◦ the demonstration operations, corresponding to a first large scale application of innovative and efficient new technologies which should help to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of a technology not yet proven, ◦ model operations, with the goal of rapidly creating, from techniques already validated, examples for a region, a field or a particular sector, to open a broader market for these techniques or to deal with obstacles that impede effective dispersion. The aid includes that for the extra cost of additional investments made towards achieving the stated objectives beyond cost savings engendered during the first 5 years of investment.

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The amount and the terms and conditions of the ADEME aid grant vary, depending on the region, and the nature of the project.

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Investment Insurance COFACE Content summary Objective : • • •

COFACE investment insurance is intended to protect the investments of French businesses abroad against non-commercial risks, especially political. The investments covered are direct investment: commercial, industrial (assembly workshop, heavy plant), mining and services. The investment may take different forms: ◦ equity stake to start a business, to expand an existing business, to buy back shares, ◦ a long-term shareholder loan or advance paid into a blocked account, ◦ medium to long term security deposit for an equipment loan, ◦ earnings from a license agreement, know-how, process, trade mark which are linked to foreign business activity, ◦ bank loan to cover capital investment to finance fixed assets, provided by one or several French banks, ◦ a provision for an agency, branch or a foreign institution with its own accounts.

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The security period is from 5 to 15 years. The losses are indemnified at 95%. The premium rate which is set at the outset of the security for its entire term, is calculated on the basis of the country, the investment characteristics and the loss event covered.

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JEI and JEU - Jeune Entreprise Innovante and Jeune Entreprise Universitaire (Young Innovative Business and Young Academic Business): exemption from employer contributions URSSAF (the French Administration)

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Businesses establishing their JEI (Young Innovative Business) or JEU (Young Academic Business) status may be exempt from employer contributions for social security, family allowances (except contributions for accidents at work). This exemption applies to employer contributions due to: ◦ the principal officers involved in the research and development project: the minority managers of SARLs (limited liability companies) and of private practice limited liability companies (SELARLs), the chief executive and general managers of limited companies (SAs), the chairmen and management of joint stock companies (SAS), ◦ the following employees: researchers, technicians, managers of research and development projects, head of legal for patent rights and technology agreements related to projects, those in charge of pre-competitive tests.

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As from 01/01/2012, the exemption applies to earnings and wages paid by the JEI and JEU arising before 31/12/2013 within the double limit: ◦ firstly, contributions due to gross monthly earnings of less than 4.5 times the statutory minimum wage, ◦ and secondly, a contribution limit per calendar year and per employer establishment, equal to 5 times the employer social security ceiling. From 01/01/2012, the exemption from employer social security contributions for JEI and JEU is total for the first 3 years of operation. Employer social security contributions are then due on a sliding scale: ◦ employer contributions are due for 20% of the amount for the fourth year of operation, ◦ employer contributions are payable for 30% of the amount for the fifth year of operation, ◦ employer contributions are due for 40% of the amount for the sixth year of operation, ◦ employer contributions are payable for 50% of the amount for their seventh year of activity.

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criteria can be changed at any time without notice.

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Businesses that proceed to hire an employee on a professional training contract may, under certain conditions, be exempt from employer contributions for social security and family allowances. They may also receive additional lump sum aid. A professional training contract is open to: ◦ persons aged from 16 to 25 years old wishing to complete their initial training, ◦ employment applicants aged 26 years old and over, ◦ beneficiaries of RSA, ASS (specific solidarity allowance) or AAH (adult disability allowance) or persons who have benefitted from a contract as part of a one off integration contract. The exemption applies to earnings and wages paid by the employer to job seekers aged 45 years old and over. Organising employer groups can, as part of the professional training contract, receive assistance under an agreement with the State for the actions they take to integrate and qualify young people aged between 16 and 25 years old without qualifications or who have particular difficulties accessing employment, or job seekers of 45 years old or more. They also benefit from an exemption from employer social security contributions for the two actions referred to above. The professional training contracts involve: ◦ general, occupational and technological instruction delivered in public or private training organizations, or when it has a training department, by the business, ◦ and the acquisition of know-how through the exercise within the business of one or more professional activities related to the qualifications sought.

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The exemption covers contributions for wages due: ◦ if it is a fixed term contract: until the end of the contract, ◦ if it is a contract of indefinite duration: until the end of the professional training. The exemption from employer contributions is limited to the product of the number of hours paid during the month multiplied by the amount of the hourly statutory minimum wage. The employer remains liable for contributions for Social Security due on the portion of wages exceeding the limit on the number of hours paid multiplied by the statutory minimum wage, employee contributions, contributions to accident at work-occupational disease, the FNAL (the national housing fund), the transport tax, CSG and CRDS (contributions to the social contribution deficit), social contribution autonomy. Employers who enter into professional training contracts and professional training activities with people aged 26 to 44 years old are exempt from statutory social contributions under the Fillon law. This provision also applies to professional training contracts concluded by employers (excluding employer groups) with young people aged 16 to 25 years old. State Support for employer groups is given annually, based on the number of training positions provided by the employer group for the benefit of young people between 16 and 25 years old and jobseekers aged 45 years old or more, recruited on a professional training contract. It is calculated as a fixed amount per year and per training position.

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Aid for innovative business start-ups OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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OSEO’s aid for innovative business start-ups funds business start-ups with innovative content. Expenditure to obtain approval for the proposed innovative business start-up is funded: ◦ project design and definition, ◦ feasibility study, business, legal or financial examination, ◦ the serach for partners, ... Aid is provided to SMEs based for tax purposes in France, formed less than 3 years ago.

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The OSEO grant is up to a maximum of €30,000.

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The OSEO Innovation Development Contract supports the financing of intangible investments and working capital requirement for innovation programs for SMEs. The innovation project can be for: ◦ the industrial and commercial launch of a product, ◦ the development of innovative technology, ◦ the modernization of production tools, ◦ the winning new markets, ◦ new models for marketing products and / or services, ◦ organization and methodologies innovation projects, The Innovation Development Contract permits the following expenditure: ◦ recruitment costs and training, ◦ market exploration and negotiation of the first orders, ◦ a communication and marketing campaign, ◦ the costs of upgrading, ◦ hardware, software, low resale value equipment, ◦ increase in working capital (for working capital requirement), ◦ setting up abroad.

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The OSEO Innovation Development Contract is a loan the amount of which is between €40,000 and €300,000, within the limits of equity and quasi equity of the business.

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Aid for studies and research and development projects ADEME Content summary Objective : • •

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ADEME can provide financial support for studies and R & D projects conducted by private laboratories, engineering firms, manufacturers or suppliers. These R & D projects must relate to the major themes of ADEME’s expertise, including: ◦ the prevention of and fight against air pollution, ◦ the limitation of waste production, its disposal, recovery and development, and the prevention of soil pollution, ◦ saving energy and raw materials and renewable energy development, particularly of plant origin, ◦ the development of efficient and clean technologies, ◦ the fight against noise pollution. ADEME finances three types of research and development: ◦ support for eco-innovation: this project is reserved to SMEs. It is limited to the design phase of a research, development and innovation project, prior to funding. It covers three types of actions: preliminary studies on the projects’ technical and economic relevance, the use of consulting services in innovation and temporary employment of highly qualified personnel for the realization of this design phase, ◦ industrial research: this project includes the planned research or critical investigation aimed at acquiring new knowledge and skills to develop new products, processes or services, or a significant improvement in products, processes or existing services, ◦ experimental development: this project includes the implementation of the results of industrial research into a plan, a scheme or design for products, processes manufacturing, services, and other ongoing operations even though they represent improvements. ADEME supports research and development including through requests for project proposals.

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For industrial research projects, the maximum rate of the intervention is equal to: ◦ for businesses with fewer than 50 employees: 70% of eligible costs, ◦ for businesses with fewer than 250 employees: 60% of eligible costs, ◦ for businesses with more than 250 employees: 50% of eligible costs. For experimental development projects, the maximum rate of intervention is: ◦ for businesses with fewer than 50 employees: 45% of eligible costs, ◦ for businesses with fewer than 250 employees: 35% of eligible costs, ◦ for businesses with more than 250 employees: 25% of eligible costs. For SME projects to support eco-innovation, the maximum rate of intervention varies with the eligible expenditure and the type of research: ◦ external services for verification of technical feasibility: 75% of eligible costs for industrial research projects and 50% of eligible costs for experimental development projects, ◦ for the use of innovation consulting services: 75% of eligible costs for projects of industrial research and 50% of eligible costs for experimental development projects, ◦ for the temporary employment of highly qualified personnel: 50% of eligible costs. For co-operative industrial research projects, the maximum rate of intervention is: ◦ for businesses with fewer than 50 employees: 80% of eligible costs, ◦ for businesses with fewer than 250 employees: 75% of eligible costs, ◦ for businesses with more than 250 employees: 75% of eligible costs. For co-operative experimental development projects, the maximum rate of intervention is: ◦ for businesses with fewer than 50 employees: 60% of eligible costs, ◦ for businesses with fewer than 250 employees: 50% of eligible costs, ◦ for businesses with more than 250 employees: 40% of eligible costs.

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Investment aid for waste ADEME Content summary Objective : • •

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Businesses wishing to invest in equipment to improve the management of business’ waste, but also of end of life household products, are eligible for financial aid from ADEME. Eligible equipment includes: ◦ equipment for prevention, ◦ equipment for regional management of business waste, ◦ equipment for recovery of waste not recovered to date, ◦ equipment for aggregation, sorting, recovery specific to building and civil engineering waste, ◦ equipment for biological management of organic waste (composting or anaerobic). While waiting for consolidated feedback on the latest outputs, financial support is not planned for biological management operations, mainly for return to the soil, incorporating the sorting of mechanicalbiological waste residual; support, however, may be granted on a case by case experimental basis, to operations of a nature likely to limit to a maximum the risks involved as part of the objectives for energy and organic recovery, and integration into an overall scheme of management, ◦ the waste treatment facilities where there are no channels for recycling or recovery possible (e.g. treatment of certain diffuse hazardous wastes, etc.), ◦ equipment for the improvement and quality control of flows of raw materials destined for recycling and organic recovery, ◦ measurement equipment and continuous monitoring of dioxins and furans: aid for setting up semi-continuous measurement equipment for dioxins and furans on the emission from incineration or co-incineration of waste for facilities or channels not yet equipped and subject to use of the materials approved by at least one recognized certification mechanism (e.g. NFIE, TÜV, MCERTS), ◦ demonstration operations: operations constituting the first full-scale operational application of new technologies, new processes, new techniques and new highly innovative and high performance systems resulting from research and development or transferred to a new sector. For businesses in the construction and engineering sector, ADEME is able to support good practice in terms of: ◦ deconstruction: a deconstruction operation is an operation in which the selective removal of all materials, products and equipment of finishing works prior to dismantling of the structure, and on the ground sorting of some of it is performed and in which the maximum recovery of waste, including mineral waste is sought. Prior to the work, a "waste" audit is conducted at the initiative of the project owner. The operations concerned relate only to buildings used for collective housing or with other uses (excluding nuclear), ◦ "clean" construction sites (or "green" sites): the primary objective of these construction or rehabilitation sites is to control environmental pollution caused by the various activities linked to the site. They are undertaken at the initiative of the project owner. This aid scheme concerns construction site waste from the moment of the programming operation. It is subject to the implementation of a SOGED (Système d'organisation et de gestion de l'élimination des déchets System for the organization and management of waste disposal) by businesses.

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Investment aid for renewable energy and materials ADEME Content summary Objective : • •

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Businesses wishing to invest in equipment to encourage the use of renewable energies and raw materials, can get financial aid from ADEME. ADEME aid may relate to: ◦ demonstration operations, relating to the first implementation of technologies from research and development or from existing technologies being transferred to new applications, ◦ model operations, aimed at introducing and developing technologies, practices or organizational methods in an area or sector of activities so they progress on an exemplary more "sustainable" development path, ◦ aid aimed at the diffusion of technologies or good practices in order to overcome market barriers, particularly in view of the significant decline in costs expected from the growth in volumes sold. The equipment in question is that allowing the use of the following energy: ◦ biogas, ◦ wood, ◦ electricity from renewable sources, ◦ geothermal energy, ◦ solar thermal energy. The eligible expenditure must relate: ◦ for biogas: to facilities for energy recovery from biogas, ◦ for the production of heat from wood: automatic boilers running on biomass, except for facilities providing combustion from household waste and cereal grains; heating networks associated with these boilers, except for the distribution of energy in buildings; platforms for biomass supply, ◦ for electricity from renewable sources: facilities to generate hydroelectricity or photovoltaic electricity, ◦ for geothermal energy: production processes using deep geothermal or surface geothermal energy, ◦ for solar thermal energy: the cost of the complete system, including the costs of production facilities for solar hot water including storage tanks, pipes making up the solar loop, pumps and control components, ◦ for biomass supply: collection equipment.

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Equity seed loan OSEO Content summary Objective : •

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The OSEO Participatory Seed Loan is intended to prepare and help young innovative businesses to access venture capital. It is additional to the aid granted by OSEO for innovation in anticipation of a seed fund from the equity or quasi equity intervention of a venture capital company or more generally of an investor. The Participatory Seed Loan is for SMEs engaged in the production of a technologically innovative product, process or service, waiting for a capital contribution to be raised from other financial partners (seed funds, venture capital company, industrials). It provides funding for expenditure related to the innovation program. It relates to innovative businesses less than 5 years old which have benefited from: ◦ innovation aid from OSEO, ◦ aid for "development creation" as part of the national aid assistance for the creation of innovative businesses, ◦ a regional support plan for the creation of innovative businesses instructed by OSEO, ◦ or aid for an innovation research and development project, granted for less than 2 years at the date of the application or from a Participatory Seed Loan for an amount exceeding €50,000 and granted by the National Agency Research, European Commission, a local authority or on a project accredited by a competitiveness cluster not funded by OSEO.

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The Participatory Seed Loan is a loan for an amount between €50,000 and €75,000. This amount may be increased to €150,000 in the event of any support from the region.

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ZFU – Zone Franche Urbaine (Urban Free Zone): exemption from social security contributions URSSAF (The French Administration)

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Businesses establishing themselves in or created in an ZFU (Urban Free Zone) which employ one or more employees, up to a maximum of 50 employees, are entitled, under certain circumstances, to an exemption from employer contributions for social security, family allowances, transport tax and contributions and dues to the FNAL (except accidents at work contributions). The exemption applies to business being created in the ZFU before 31/12/2014, employing fewer than 50 employees in their overall organizations.

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ZFU - Zone Franche Urbaine (Urban Free Zone): exemption from social security contributions for the self-employed RSI Content summary Objective : •

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Self-employed people engaged in industry, craft and trade, and located in in an ZFU (Urban Free Zone) may, under certain circumstances, claim an exemption from personal social security contributions in respect of sickness and maternity insurance. The exemption applies to businesses establishing themselves in or are created in an ZFU before 31/12/2014.

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The exemption is total for 5 years. For businesses of 5 or more employees at the end of the period of full exemption, the exemption is phased over three years: ◦ the exemption rate is 60% in the sixth year, ◦ the exemption rate is 40% in the seventh year, ◦ the exemption rate is 20% in the eighth year. For businesses with fewer than 5 employees, after the period of full exemption, the exemption is phased over 9 years: ◦ the exemption rate is 60% in the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth years, ◦ the exemption rate is 40% in the sixth and seventh years, ◦ the exemption rate is 20% in the 13th and 14th years.

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Adance Plus OSEO Content summary Objective : •

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OSEO Advance Plus helps fund, by way of advances for SMEs, the pre-funding of public commissions. It allows businesses who realize all or part of their turnover with the public sector to protect themselves against possible delays in payment beyond the statutory deadline of the mandating. Advance Plus also covers orders from large private clients approved by OSEO. This aid facilitates the management of cash in the business (funds coming in on a certain date). Advance + is available as Advance + Jeune Entreprise (Young Business) for businesses less than 3 years old. No guarantee is required from the manager.

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The amount on average is 80% of the amount of the tax inclusive invoice.

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Security Guarantee on innovative projects OSEO Content summary Objective : • • •

Innovative SMEs can benefit from an OSEO guarantee to obtain a bond from their bank as contract security. These relate to SMEs gaining a first contract with a major account, or a contract which represents a significant break in terms of size or the market served. Those eligible are on demand bonds or bonds as contract security (restitution, payment, performance bonds, ...).

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The maximum guarantee is of 80% for a risk exposure of €300,000.

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Development Transfer Contract OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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The OSEO Development Transfer Contract is a loan to improve the financial resources of the buyer of an SME, to supplement the banking contribution. The Development Transfer Contract funds the acquisition of business assets, corporate securities, acquisition costs, increased working capital (working capital requirements), current account repayments. The list of eligible sectors is set in each region.

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The amount of the OSEO Development Transfer Contract is between €40,000 and €400,000. It represents more than 40% all loans made for the proposed Transfer.

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Property leasing OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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OSEO property leasing allows a business to finance its property investments over long periods, enjoying maximum leverage and benefitting from the tax benefits in force. The property leasing can finance the acquisition (including acquisition related expenses): ◦ business property, ◦ land and buildings (completed or off plan), ◦ co-ownership units. The advantages of this approach are: ◦ the basis may be 100% of program costs, ◦ an attractive tax (rents allowable as expenses through most of the funding), ◦ it is possible to use tapered rates (and non linear).

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The building project must be for an amount greater than €200,000 (excluding tax).

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Equipment leasing - Financial leasing. OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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Equipment leasing and financial leasing can finance a businesses’ equipment investment. It can therefore immediately acquire the equipment it needs. There are two options: ◦ leasing, which allows the acquisition of the equipment at the end of the lease for a minimal residual value set at the beginning of the contract, ◦ financial leasing, which does not provide for an option to purchase. The operation does not appear in the financial liabilities of the business. Advantages common to both formulas are: ◦ 100% investment finance, ◦ rents fully tax deductible, ◦ flexible schedules tailored to the life and use of the equipment financed.

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The investment amount must be greater than €40,000 (excluding tax).

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Biotech guarantee OSEO Content summary Objective : • • •

OSEO Biotech Guarantee, aims to facilitate the setting-up and development of SMEs working in biotechnology and life sciences. Expenditures may involve tangible and intangible investment, and acquisitions. The guarantees for the bank loans are: ◦ of medium and long term loans, ◦ property and personal property leasing, financial leasing (excluding straight forward financial leasing), ◦ a short-term bridging loan to finance an acquisition.

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Biotech guarantee covers up to 70% (50% in the case of bridging loans) of a bank loan to SMEs than 5 years old. maximum risk exposure guaranteed is for €3 million for businesses being set up or transferred, €5 million for those being developed.

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The OSEO guarantee for the finance for business start-ups covers equity organizations, banks and leasing companies when they finance investments in SME creations. The following are relevant: ◦ tangible investment (property, furniture, equipment, facilities) and intangible (leasehold, research and development expenditure, and industrial and commercial launch expenditure), ◦ financing of working capital (working capital requirements), ◦ requirements related to the operational cycle, ◦ acquisition of business assets, ◦ issuance of security bonds for French or export contracts. Business start-ups may include: ◦ young businesses under development or which have been going for less than three years, ◦ new entrepreneurs: business start-ups "from scratch", artisans’ and traders’ first facilities on a take over of business’ assets or more generally by purchase of a business’ assets, ◦ the formation of companies by existing businesses or entrepreneurs, but only for projects for new activities or new product launches, ◦ equity contributions in the young SMEs by individual executives.

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OSEO guarantees: ◦ up to 60% of the credit in the case of new businesses being started from scratch by one or more individuals (but not by majority shareholders or directors of existing businesses), or in the case of joint intervention between OSEO and the Regional Council, ◦ up to 50% on other projects.

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Guarantees for the development of SMEs and very small businesses OSEO Content summary Objective : •

The OSEO guarantee for the development of SMEs and very small businesses aims to facilitate the financing of investment operations, by guaranteeing the risk on the credit provided by the bank.

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The guarantee can cover a maximum of between 40% and 60% of the financing. The guarantee is increased to 60% for: ◦ businesses which have received aid from OSEO, ◦ or for businesses described by OSEO as "innovative". The guarantee is increased to 50% for very small businesses or for technology development projects.

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Guarantee for international projects OSEO Content summary Objective : •

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The OSEO guarantee for international projects must encourage investment in French SMEs and encourage them to set up abroad, by business start-up or acquisition of a subsidiary in a country outside the EEA (European Economic Area) or Switzerland. The guarantee for international projects covers the economic risk of the failure of the business set up. The guarantee covers the contributions of equity and quasi-equity funds to the foreign subsidiary in the form: ◦ of purchases or subscriptions for shares or securities convertible into shares, ◦ of shareholder advances fixed for more than 3 years, ◦ participating loans.

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Whatever the guarantee, in the event of indemnification OSEO pays in 2 months, by way of advances, 50% of the indemnification estimated by the recipient. The final payment is made when the final loss is established, within a maximum of a 3 year period.

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Innovation Guarantees OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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The OSEO Innovation Guarantee is given to institutions (banks, specialized institutions, leasing companies) which have agreed to fund SMEs‘ innovative projects. The Innovation Guarantee is for tangible and intangible investments related to: ◦ design and development of new products or services (research and development, industrialization, marketing), ◦ the introduction of a new technology or techniques (manufacturing, marketing, management, ... ). Eligible expenses include: intangible investments or those of low value security, ◦ the increase in working capital (working capital requirements) generated by the innovative project, ◦ advances on subsidies from competitiveness clusters, ◦ all types of investments for a JEI (Young Innovative Business), supported by OSEO or a venture capital fund.

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The guarantee can cover up to 60% of funding.

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Guarantee for finance for a transfer OSEO Content summary Objective : •

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The OSEO Guarantee for Finance for a Transfer covers banks, equity organizations, leasing companies when they finance loans for purchasers (acquisition company, sole proprietorship, partnership, and individuals making an equity contribution in a business being taken over which meets the SME criteria), provided they are a majority either together or separately. The following transactions are eligible : ◦ purchases of shares: transfer of the majority of the capital, a minority aspiring (by contract) to achieve a majority, or exceptionally, acquisition of a minority by the majority shareholders if such acquisition is essential for business development, ◦ the take over of business assets, except for second facilities by take over of a retail business (NAF G 471 to G 479), hotels and restaurants (NAF I 551 to I 563) or personal services (NAF S 96.01 B to 96.09Z), ◦ the granting of a banking guarantee issued to secure a vendor loan, ◦ second facilities by take over of business assets in the case of an OSEO intervention regional guarantee.

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OSEO guarantees a maximum of 50 % (70 % in the case of a joint intervention with the Region) of the amount of the assitance granted.

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Long or medium term loan OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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The OSEO medium and long term loan enables developing businesses to finance their development investments. They may include: ◦ purchases of land or existing buildings, ◦ new buildings and facilities, ◦ modernization and expansion, ◦ the transfer of activity, ◦ taking over a business. The OSEO medium and long term loan is involved in the co-financing of a bank loan. In the particular case of investments related to energy management and environmental protection, OSEO intervenes with its specialists. The set up is then adjusted to the complexity of the projects (basis of financing, duration, type of contract).

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OSEO shares funding with the bank 50/50 in most cases. The lending rate is identical to that of the bank which is involved in conjunction with OSEO. The intervention base threshold is €152,500 for property financing and €76,225 for equipment finance.

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Guarantee and finance for investment in foreign subsidiaries OSEO Content summary Objective : •

The OSEO Guarantee for Investments in foreign subsidiaries covers banking organizations who finance SMEs which have the following projects: ◦ business creation or acquisition of a foreign subsidiary, ◦ investments realized by the foreign subsidiary, ◦ contribution by the French parent company, to a subsidiary abroad. ◦ it relates to all the tangible and intangible investment, including the purchase of a foreign company’s securities.

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OSEO guarantees 60 % of the amount of the investment.

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Guarantee for letters of credit for imports OSEO Content summary Objective : • • •

The OSEO guarantee for letters of credit for imports covers banking organizations which grant letters of credit for the import market or stand-by letters of credit to SMEs engaged in importing. The SME must give added value to the imported products. Commitments supported by a French bank between the opening of the letter of credit or signature of the stand-by letter of credit and the settlement payment are eligible.

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OSEO guarantees 60 % of the amount at stake.

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Guarantees for the pre-financing of export orders OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

SMEs which export goods or services may obtain a credit guarantee for the pre-financing of their export orders, from OSEO. The policy covers costs related to manufacturing expenses and the realization of the assets or services exported.

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OSEO guarantees 60% of pre-financing of loan.

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Guarantee for bank bonds for export contracts OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

The OSEO guarantee for bank bonds on export contracts covers guarantees for SMEs for their export orders. All on demand guarantees (bid, advance payment, completion, ...) or bonds on the market, issued by a French bank or local bank are eligible.

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The guarantee covers 60% to70 % of the amount of the bonds.

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Guarantee and finance for export investments OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

The OSEO export investment Guarantee can cover a loan to an SME making an investment in a dedicated export operation. Expenditure related to all tangible and intangible investments aimed at increasing export production is eligible.

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The guarantee covers 60 % of the banking assistance.

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Guarantee for short term commitments OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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The OSEO guarantee for short term commitments covers the various types of short term assistance that businesses may seek to help them win contracts or for market exploration. Those eligible are: ◦ bonds on contracts in France or abroad, ◦ the financing of expenditure incurred in connection with COFACE market exploration insurance, ◦ short-term lines. It relates to businesses using factoring, import credit letters or receiving bank credits for market exploration budgets. The bonds which are eligible are bid bonds, restitution, payment, performance bonds, retention and completion bonds.

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OSEO guarantees 50 % of the risk.

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Aide à l'innovation Passerelle (Innovation Gateway Aid) OSEO Content summary Objective : •

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In partnership with Pacte PME, OSEO can partially fund an innovative research and development project in a partnership between businesses with fewer than 2,000 employees and a major corporate client, via the Innovation Gateway Aid. The proposed research and development should be filed jointly by the business and the major corporate client. Eligible expenditure includes all projects for the development of innovative technologies, in the phase of industrial research or experimental development. These costs include those related to the innovation project, carried out internally or externally, including expenditure relating to the provision of human or material resources by the major corporate client.

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The reserach and development project is funded in a Tripartite manner by OSEO, the business and the major corporate client. Each contributes a third of the amount for the research program: OSEO is involved in the form of repayable advances (primarily) or grant, ◦ the business participates in the form of self-financing, ◦ the major corporate client intervenes through a financial contribution and / or the provision of human or material resources to the business.

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Development Contract OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

SMEs more than 3 years old which have a property investment or equipment project can be financially supported by OSEO via the Development Contract. The Development Contract funds intangible expenses generated by the project, which should relate to: ◦ intangible investments: cost of recruitment and training, the communication operation, marketing, costs of adaptation to standards and environmental compliance, etc., ◦ low resale value equipment designed and made by the business for its own requirement, development work, ◦ growth in working capital (working capital requirements) related to the project.

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The OSEO Development Contract is a loan the amount of which is between €40,000 €300,000.

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FACT - Fonds pour l'Amélioration des Conditions de Travail (Fund for the Improvement of Working Conditions) RESEAU ANACT Content summary Objective : •

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FACT (Fund for the Improvement of Working Conditions) supports businesses in the design and implementation of projects taking into account the organizational and human factors of work situations. FACT focuses on actions for very small businesses and SMEs. Eligible projects include: ◦ improving the prevention of occupational risks, ◦ consideration, as part of improved age management, of the arduous nature of trades and the exercise of these trades throughout life, in the context of a suitable occupational path . FACT may consider: ◦ aid for consulting services such as carrying out ergonomic or technical studies, ◦ the development of methodological tools to promote better working conditions (occupational risk assessment measure, etc.), ◦ support for funding and promotion of best practices to enable better dissemination of these good practices in working conditions, ◦ managemnet of studies designed to lead to the introduction of new work equipment generating additional costs for improvement of working conditions. FACT can focus on different aspects of the project, including: ◦ project leadership, ◦ methodological support, ◦ preliminary studies on change management or technical studies relating to work equipment, ◦ development of tools and methods contributing to the improvement of working conditions, ◦ monitoring.

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For projects conducted by one or more businesses the FACT aid supports a portion of the project costs up to a limit of €1,000 per day of intervention and a capped number of days intervention equal to: ◦ 15 days maximum for projects run by one business, ◦ 13 days maximum intervention per business signed on a package with more than two days devoted to the coordination of projects conducted by several businesses. For projects conducted by a trade association or inter-branch, the FACT aid supports a portion of the expenditure of the project eligible for subsidy up to a limit of 80% of the estimated amount of expenditure eligible for subsidy.

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PRCE - Prêt Régional à la Création d'Entreprise (Regional Loan for Business Development) CONSEIL REGIONAL PACA Content summary Objective : • • •

Businesses with high growth potential, particularly for the potential creation of numerous jobs, can be eligible for funding from the PACA Region. This is a direct loan to the business. Those eligible for the Scheme are businesses created less than a year earlier, whose headquarters are located in Provence-Alpes-Cotes d'Azur in the following industries: ◦ industrial or artisanal production, ◦ industry services, ◦ multimedia industry, ICT and activities in the audiovisual field, ◦ logistics, ◦ construction and engineering sector of an innovative nature, ◦ wholesale trade, except retail, ◦ hotels and restaurants in the mass area, except for 4 stars and higher.

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The loan amount is between €15,000 and €75,000. It is capped at €45,000 for business administrative services.

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PRCI (Prêt Régional au Creation Innovation) the Creation of Innovation

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CONSEIL REGIONAL PACA Content summary Objective : • • •

Businesses wishing to benefit from leverage to obtain a bank loan can get this loan. The target chosen for this loan is young businesses which want to finance intangible investments related to innovative programs creating jobs for the future at the industrial pre-launch stage. Those eligible for the Scheme are very small regional businesses and regional SMEs-SMIs which have been going for less than 3 years, which are financially sound and in good standing as regards their tax and social security obligations, and which do not belonging to a group whose total workforce is greater than 2,000 employees.

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The aid, capped at €150,000, is put in place in the form of a zero rated repayable advance which may equal a maximum of 50% of the eligible costs and 40% of the total program.

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PRME - Prêt Régional au Maintien de l'Emploi (Regional Loan for Job Retention) CONSEIL REGIONAL PACA Content summary Objective : •

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What is at stake is the avoidance of business closures and job losses which contribute to the weakening of the regions concerned. It may be: ◦ to support a purchaser with a view to maintaining jobs in the territory where the activity is located (abandonment by a group of a branch activity which may be viable), ◦ or to support and strengthen those facing economic difficulties by allowing them to get over a difficult period. Businesses must be headquartered in Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur. Businesses must have a workforce of less than 500 employees and show that at least 70% of this workforce is located in a regional employment pool. The businesses must fall primarily within an industrial or service industry. The businesses must be fully complianat vis-à-vis tax and social security obligations, and have been created for at least 5 years.

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PRME is a zero interest unsecured loan, up to a maximum of €300,000 on the basis of €2,500 per job created and/or maintained. This amount may be increased to €4,000 per job in a mass area.

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PRTE – Prêt Régional à la Transmission-reprise (Regional Loan for Business take over)

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The Aid Scheme for a transfer- take-over aims to encourage transfer-take over of regional business by assisting the purchaser to raise funds for the acquisition, the continuation of activities on an ongoing basis and the maintainance of jobs. This Scheme is for businesses in a transfer-take-over situation whose headquarters are located in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, and which employ fewer than 250 people, who realize a turnover of less or equal to €50 million or have a balance sheet total not exceeding €43m. The following industries are eligible: ◦ industrial or cottage industries, ◦ services industry, ◦ multimedia industry, ICT and activities in the field of audiovisual, ◦ logistics, ◦ constructionand engineering, ◦ wholesale trade, except for retail, ◦ catering, except for 4 stars and higher.

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The loan amount is between €15,000 and €150,000. It is capped at €75,000 for business administrative services.

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Unsecured loan NICE COTE D'AZUR INITIATIVE Content summary Objective : •

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The Nice Côte d'Azur Initiative unsecured loan for setting up or taking over a business is a comprehensive plan to support a business start-up or take over which breaks down into three stages: ◦ support before start-up: project analysis, aid, aid for research funding, ◦ financial aid in the form of an unsecured interest free advance, ◦ monitoring: support after business start-up. The unsecured loan for setting up or taking over of a business is intended to reinforce the personal contribution of the future entrepreneur. It usually comes in conjunction with a bank loan and can complete the finance plan. It is allocated personally to the individual manager or partner. The project sponsor must not already be a manager of another business. If the project involves several partners one of whom is already a manager, the latter must not hold more than 25% stake in the business of which he is already manager.

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The amount varies from €1,500 to €15,000.

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Aid for Strategic Industrial Innovation (ISI) Projects OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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Businesses that undertake strategic collaborative projects can be financially supported by OSEO under the Strategic Industrial Innovation program (ISI). The "ISI" is for strategic collaborative industrial innovation projects (technological advances, buoyant markets...) involving at least two businesses and a laboratory, including the project leader’s firm (being the one behind the initiative). These formative collaborative projects bringing together all relevant business and laboratory expertise around the R & D work to bring products, processes or services with high added value to the market, are growth generators. ISI aid is granted as part of a collaborative project for strategic industrial innovation: ◦ technological breakthroughs or significant technological advances, ◦ major innovations in terms of supply to the consumer, to the market, ◦ industrial objectives (products, processes, services) explicit and promising. Eligible expenditure includes: ◦ the costs of research and development, ◦ personnel costs, ◦ costs of instruments and equipment, ◦ depreciation of equipment, ◦ costs of contractual research, technical knowledge and patents bought or licensed, ◦ the costs of consultants, ◦ other operating costs, ◦ overhead costs related to project costs and innovative project management.

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The amount of aid granted by ISI per project is between €3 and €10 million. The aid consists of either a grant or a repayable advance: ◦ the grant is for activities of industrial research. The amount is between 25% and 45% of eligible expenditure, ◦ the refundable advance is for for experimental development activities. The amount is between 45% and 65% of eligible expenditure according to the size of the business and the importance of the collaborative nature of the project (with a maximum 40% for businesses with more than 250 employees).

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Unsecured loan RESEAU ENTREPRENDRE PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR Content summary Objective : •

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The Reseau Entreprendre Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur unsecured loan is intended to help, by providing leverage with banking organizations, for entrepreneurs of future SMEs, as well as those taking over businesses. To the unsecured loan is added: ◦ individual support customized by a business leader, who has been a Réseau Entreprendre member for a period of 2 to 3 years, ◦ group support ("club" type). The candidate must meet the following requirements: ◦ have control of the business and hold a majority stake, ◦ have as its main business the management of the business set up or taken over. The proposed business start-up or take over must meet the following requirements: ◦ have potential for job creation and the development of significant activity, ◦ be located in PACA, ◦ have a personal capital contribution.

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The amount of the unsecured interest-free advance is €15,000 to €50,000, repayable over 5 years for a business start-up and up to €90,000 repayable over 7 years for a take over (with a grace period of 6 to 18 months).

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AFPR - Action de Formation Préalable au Recrutement (Action for Pre-Recruit Training) POLE EMPLOI (JOB CENTRE) Content summary Objective : •

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Businesses with recruitment difficulties can benefit from financial support from the Pôle Emploi, through the AFPR (Action for Pre-Recruit Training). The AFPR finances the training of a job applicant prior to hiring. The business must undertake to employ the applicant on completion of training. This recruitment can be done either by: ◦ fixed term contract for a period of between 6 and 12 months, ◦ as part of a fixed term professional training contract, ◦ by temporary employment contract, if the planned assignments are closely connected with the pre-recruit training action and if it takes place for at least 6 months of the 9 months following the end of this action. The AFPR is intended to finance all or part of the cost of educational training.

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The AFPR aid is paid for up to 400 hours of training. The amount of the aid is limited to: ◦ €5 per hour of the training, for in-house training, ◦ €8 per hour of the training, for training conducted externally.

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PAT (Prime d'Aménagement du Territoire) research development innovation - Regional Planning Development Grant for research, development and innovation DATAR Content summary Objective : • •

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Businesses that perform research and development projects, particularly in a competitiveness cluster, can benefit from PAT (Regional Planning Development Grant). These research and development projects must enable: ◦ the net creation of at least 20 jobs, ◦ or the realization of at least €7.5 million of eligible costs. Enterprises conducting any of following activities are eligible for the PAT: ◦ manufacturing, ◦ collection, treatment and disposal of waste, ◦ trading, ◦ logistics, ◦ information and communication, ◦ financial and insurance activities, ◦ specialist activities, scientific and technical, ◦ administrative and support service activities. The eligible research and development expenditure , included in businesses' domestic expenditure on research and development, and taken in proportion to its use for the project concerned, are: ◦ staff costs (staff working directly on research and development and those who provide services directly related to research and development, such as managers, administrators and clerical staff), ◦ other current expenditure such as costs of purchasing materials, supplies or documentation, and overhead costs directly related to the project, ◦ costs of instruments and equipment, including embedded software. If the equipment is not used over its entire life for the project, only the depreciation costs corresponding to the duration of the project calculated in accordance with good accounting practice are eligible, ◦ the costs of the building and land allocated to the project. For buildings, only the depreciation costs corresponding to the project duration are eligible. On land, the commercial transfer costs or capital costs actually incurred are eligible. The costs of research contracted out, technical knowledge and patents bought or licensed from outside sources at market prices, when the transaction is made under normal competitive conditions and there is no element of collusion, as well as the costs of consultancy and equivalent services used exclusively for the research activity are also eligible.

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The amount of the PAT is €15,000 per job created or involved in the research and development project. Projects of exceptional interest because of their strategic importance or their collaborative aspect can be eligible for an maximum amount of €25,000 per job. For process innovation and organizational service projects the amount of the PAT is: ◦ 15% for large enterprises of more than 250 employees, ◦ 25% for SMEs, ◦ 35% for small companies with fewer than 50 employees.

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Equity loan for development of local communities OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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SMEs with business development and investment projects can be supported by OSEO, in partnership with some regional local authorities. Eligible expenditure includes: ◦ intangible investments, ◦ capital expenditure with a low surety value, ◦ the increase in working capital requirement linked to the development of the project activity. SMEs which have been in existence for more than 3 years are eligible.

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The loan amount is between €15,000 and €100,000. The aid from the local authority is intended to reduce the the business’ repayment burden.

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Export Loan OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

SMEs recently exporting or already operating abroad, which engage in an investment program to develop their international presence, can be financially supported by OSEO, through the Export Loan. The eligible expenditure includes: ◦ market research, market development exploration, participation in trade fairs, ◦ communication operations, ◦ recruitment costs and training, ◦ salaries and expenses for VIE, ◦ the costs of design, of adapting products to foreign standards, ◦ special or demonstration equipment with low resale value, ◦ the working capital requirement.

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The amount of the Export Loan is between €20,000 and €150,000 for businesses more than 3 years old. For businesses less than three years old, the loan amount is between €20,000 and €80,000. This maximum amount can be increased to €150,000 with the assistance of the Regional Council, depending on the region.

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Contrat de Développement Participatif (Participatory Development Contract) OSEO Content summary Objective : •

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Businesses with a program of acquisitions or investments in property or equipment, may apply for the OSEO Participatory Development Contract to support these investments and strengthen their financial structures. The eligible costs of the Participatory Development Contract are: ◦ the costs of upgrading and the costs of environmental compliance, ◦ the costs of setting up abroad, ◦ acquisitions, ◦ the costs of creating or renovating a store base, ◦ the acquisition of lease rights, recruitment and training of the sales team, ◦ development work, ◦ recruitment costs and training, ◦ market exploration expenditures, advertising expenditures, equipment, software, equipment of low resale value, ◦ the working capital requirement.

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The OSEO Participatory Development Contract is a loan of an amount up to €3 million. The loan amount is as a maximum equal to the business’ equity or quasi equity.

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Heat Fund ADEME Content summary Objective : • •

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The ADEME Heat Fund is intended to support projects for heat production from renewable energy by financing investment for the creation or replacement of facilities. The Heat Fund for renewable energy includes: ◦ biomass: projects must relate to industrial and agricultural installations with a production at least to 200 tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) per year of furnace output, ◦ solar thermal for domestic hot water production: projects must involve the service sector and agricultural activities (hotels, restaurants, canteens, non-seasonal camping, dairies, cheese dairies, etc., whose installation ensures a productivity of at least 350 kWh per m2 per year, ◦ geothermal energy: eligible investments must develop a thermal power of about 30 kW geothermal field probes or a thermal power of about 50 kW of geothermal surface groundwater; deep aquifer geothermal energy projects are also eligible (analysis of files on a case by case basis, ◦ biogas: new facilities are funded which have production of at least 200 toe per year. The Heat Fund also relates to heating networks: the plants must be fed at least 50% by renewable energy and / or recovered energy and promote at least 25 toe of renewable and recovered energy per year. Aid on a case by case basis may be made for facilities for cold production with renewable energy and heat recovery, provided that the project has satisfactory technical, economic and environmental statements.

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The amount of assistance from the Heat Fund depends on the energy used : ◦ for installations using biomass, the production aid varies between €300 and €1,750 per toe biomass furnace output, ◦ for facilities using solar thermal energy, aid for renewable heat production varies from €13,000 to €19,000 per toe useful solar energy produced annually for the settlement area of the business, ◦ for installations using geothermal energy, aid up to a maximum of 60% of the amount of the operation for geothermal field sensors, a maximum of 40% of the amount of the operation for surface aquifer geothermal energy, and for deep aquifer geothermal operations more than 60% of eligible costs for new operations and 40% of eligible expenditure for operations where the works already exist and are already used by the operation, ◦ for installations using biogas, the amount of aid varies by project, ◦ for installations using heating networks: the aid amount is up to a maximum of 60% of the network investment with a ceiling for the base of €2,000 per linear meter of network, depending on the type.

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Access to the forms does not confer the status of a priori beneficiary of the grants. Agencies instructors devices are the only jurisdiction to decide the allocation of the devices described. Despite the care taken in drafting and updating, the information shown on the relevant devices Semaphore 速 can in no way engage the responsibility of the organization Semaphore 速. Access to certain devices may be suspended in case of exhaustion of budgets allocated to them. The eligibility criteria can be changed at any time without notice.

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Unsecured loan INITIATIVE AGGLOMERATION SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS Content summary Objective : • •

This funding is for people in the territory of the Community of Sophia Antipolis Agglomeration seeking to create or acquire a business or develop a young business less than three years old. An interest free unsecured loan without collateral safeguards, may be a financial boost to create or acquire a business or expand an existing structure if the latter was created less than three years ago.

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The unsecured loan can be up to €8,000 on average and can vary depending on the project. 0 rate repayable loan over up to three years is free of interest or collateral safeguards. A repyament grace period of a maximum of 6 months may be granted.

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Innotech entrepreneurship Program RESEAU ENTREPRENDRE Content summary Objective : • • •

The Innotech Reseau Entreprendre program is intended to help entrepreneurs in innovative technology. Innotech supports projects (in the emergence or commercial launch phase), with a strong research and development phase, and with a product and / or technology of demonstrated feasibility. The following sectors are primarily supported: ◦ biotechnology, ◦ health technologies, ◦ electronic ◦ mechatronic, ◦ IT, ◦ environment, ◦ multimedia.

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The amount of the Reseau Entreprendre unsecured loan for the Innotech Reseau Entreprendre project without a guarantee is between €30,000 and €90,000, depending on the region.

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Export risk Insurance COFACE Content summary Objective : •

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COFACE export risk insurance can take two forms: ◦ bond insurance, ◦ pre-financing insurance. Bond insurance allows businesses to issue bonds required for their export projects. This insurance can be mobilized when businesses must provide security commitments for the bond to their bank for the bond guarantee and counter-guarantees for their export contracts. Bond insurance covers the risks of default or insolvency of the exporting business. The COFACE pre-financing insurance guarantees businesses that need to pre-finance their export contract by guaranteeing the bank against default risk. The pre-financing insurance covers businesses whose export contract presents insufficient installment payments or late payments. The insurance provides cover for the risk of non-recovery of all or part of the bank debt resulting from the failure or insolvency of the exporting business.

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The guaranteed proportion for bond insurance and pre-financing insurance: ◦ 85% maximum for businesses whose turnover is less than or equal to €150 million, ◦ 50% for other businesses.

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Fonds InnoBio CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS Content summary Objective : • •

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The Fonds InnoBio is a venture capital fund (mutual risk fund) that can intervene by providing equity or quasi-equity to businesses in the biotechnology and health sectors. These interventions should allow the development of large viable, strategic, competitive and growthsupportive SMEs. The Fonds InnoBio should enable them to grow in order to be more attractive to traditional financing. The Fonds InnoBio operates in the medium and long term, generally for a period of 7 or 8 years. The Fonds InnoBio invests in SMEs: ◦ directly or indirectly involved in the development of innovative life science / health products, ◦ developing products (chemical compounds and drugs of biological origin, etc.) in the pre-clinical or clinical phase, ◦ technology platforms, scientific and technology services.

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The amount of the intervention is generally between €3 and €10 million.

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Qualium investment CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS Content summary Objective : • • • •

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Qualium Investment is an investment fund which can intervene by contribution of equity to businesses in all sectors. These interventions should enable the development of large viable, economically nationally strategic, competitive and growth-supportive SMEs. Qualium investment is involved in co-investment in the medium and long term, generally for a period of 7 or 8 years. Qualium investment invests in businesses: ◦ whose value is between €40 and €250 million, ◦ leaders in their field, ◦ in growth sectors, providing opportunities for consolidation and development. It is involved in external growth or transfer operations.

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The amount of the intervention is generaly understood as between €20 and €75 million.

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Oc + CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS Content summary Objective : • • • •

The Fonds OC + is an investment fund which can intervene through quasi-equity investments in businesses who need to strengthen their capital to ensure development. These interventions should enable the development of large viable, strategic, competitive and growth-supportive SMEs. The Fonds OC + operates in the medium and long term, generally for a period of 5 to 7 years. Fonds OC + invests in businesses: ◦ which have generated a profit over at least the last 3 years, ◦ with a turnover of between €3 and €200 million.

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The amount of the intervention is generally understood to be between €0.5 and €5 million.

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Prêt vert bonifié (Green Loan Subsidy) OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

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Businesses more than 3 years old, investing to improve their competitiveness and actions to protect the environment, can benefit from the OSEO green loan subsidy. This loan finances: ◦ competitive investments which take into account environmental protection, ◦ projects to market products for the protection of the environment and energy consumption. The expenditure which is eligible for the program is as follows: ◦ capital investment for which market finance has proved difficult, especially when it has low security value, including equipment and intangible assets to optimize resources and processes, ◦ product or manufacturing process design: the costs of research and feasibility studies, directly affected staff costs, the costs for consulting and engineering firms, purchases necessary for prototype manufacture, ◦ the setting up of the manufacturing process: purchase of the services needed to build the manufacturing process, production testing, the cost of developing the materials and tools, ◦ eco-design measures, ◦ voluntary implementation, including collective, of certifications (ISO 140001, EMAS, OHSAS 18001, SA8000 or the new ISO 26000 standard being developed relating to businesses' European Solvency Ratio) or upgrades to meet required environmental standards. The investments should enable the business to integrate equipment or technologies which allow it: ◦ to control better or to reduce its impact on the environment, ◦ to reduce energy consumption or that of non-renewable raw materials, To bring to market products or services relating to environmental protection and the reduction of energy consumption. The eligible expenditure may include (detailed list on www.oseo.fr) : ◦ equipment for the recovery of power or heat, ◦ equipment designed to improve the energy efficiency of appliances or energy-consuming facilities, ◦ equipment for the capture and use of energy sources other than oil and gas, solid mineral fuels and electricity, for use in the industrial process, ◦ equipment for energy storage when the later reuse of this energy enabling savings of primary global energy, ◦ equipment and facilities to enable the reduction of polluting emissions into air, ◦ equipment and facilities to enable the reduction of the amount of waste products or increased material or energy recovery from waste processes, ◦ equipment and facilities to enable the reduction of the consumption of inputs other than energy (water, raw materials, ...), ◦ of intangibles to optimize resources and processes, ◦ services that enable the implementation of tangible investments in facilities or equipment to benefit business competitiveness and its environmental balance sheet, ◦ equipment, facilities and services related to process change to minimize the impact of products throughout their life cycle. The loan is part of the green subsidy measures decided on for investment in the future, as part of the national loan.

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The amount of the green loan subsidy is between €50,000 and €3 million. The loan finances green investments in intangible and tangible assets up to a limit of 40% of the overall program.

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Aid for reindustrialization DATAR Content summary Objective : •

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Industrial and service industry businesses with an investment productive job creating project, which influences the attraction of new business and re-industrialization of the country, can receive a refundable advance. This aid also finances business development projects, charge transfer, diversification or development of production, or modernization of the industrial process. Establishment take overs are eligible, to the extent that a commitment to additional business activity is planned in the investment project. The project must generate a high level of activity and employment within the region and must be directed to: ◦ an investment at least €5 million, ◦ the creation of at least 25 jobs. The eligible expenditure includes: ◦ the cost price excluding tax of buildings, equipment and machinery, ◦ internal and external costs related to project engineering. Aid for re-industrialization forms part of the measures adopted for the investment in the future, as part of the national loan.

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The amount of the refundable advance is between 30% and 60% of the amount of the eligible investment costs. In an area of regional aid, the aid amount is capped at: ◦ 60% of eligible investments for very small businesses and SMEs, ◦ 40% for large businesses. Outside the aid area, the aid amount is capped at: ◦ 60% for very small businesses, ◦ 30% for SMEs, ◦ to the amount authorized by the regulatory framework fo aid used for large businesses.

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RAPID – Régime d'Appui pour l'Innovation Duale (Support Scheme for Dual Cooperative Innovation) DGA Content summary Objective : •

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RAPID (Support Scheme for Dual Cooperative Innovation) is a scheme established by the DGA (General Directorate for Armaments) which funds industrial research or experimental development projects relevant to the defence sector. To be eligible the projects must be innovative, with strong technological potential and present applications in both military and civilian markets. SMEs and midsize organizations under 2,000 employees can conduct their independent projects individually or collaboratively. Expenditure eligible for RAPID is that related to research listed in the specifications at www.ixarm.com and development and may include: ◦ the cost of identified staff assigned to the project, in the following categories: researchers, engineers and technicians, ◦ depreciation of research facilities and equipment, as well as subcontracts entrusted to public or private laboratories, ◦ the costs buildings and land to the extent and for as long as they are used for the research project, ◦ the costs of research contracted out, the costs of outsourcing and consultants or experts' services, ◦ other operational costs, including the costs of consumables, materials, supplies and similar products, the costs of the assignment, patents and royalties incurred directly as a result of the research activity, ◦ the additional overheads incurred directly as a result of the research project.

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RAPID takes the form of a grant for a maximum amount equal to: ◦ 50% of eligible expenditure for industrial research projects, ◦ 25% of eligible expenditure for experimental development projects. For SMEs, the grant amount may be increased: ◦ by 20 percentage points for businesses with fewer than 50 employees, ◦ by 10 percentage points for businesses with fewer than 250 employees. Collaborative projects can earn increments (except for midsize organizations): ◦ of 15 percentage points for SMEs, ◦ of 5 percentage points for businesses with fewer than 2,000 employees if the collaboration is with a business or 10 percentage points if it is with a laboratory. The maximum level of aid is 80%. The maximum amount of aid is €2 million.

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Equity Intervention - 360 Capital Partners 360 CAPITAL PARTNERS Content summary Objective : • • • • •

360 CAPITAL PARTNERS is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. 360 CAPITAL PARTNERS intervenes in businesses involved in any business sector, excluding the biotechnology sector. 360 CAPITAL PARTNERS' interventions relate to operations for business start-up and development. 360 CAPITAL PARTNERS intervenes in seed capital, venture capital and development capital. 360 CAPITAL PARTNERS is financed through the involvement of CDC Enterprises.

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The amount of 360 CAPITAL PARTNERS’ intervention is generally for: ◦ between €100,000 and €500, 000 in seed capital, ◦ €2 to €8 million in development capital, ◦ between €1 and €5 million in venture capital.

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Equity Intervention - LFPI Croissance LFPI CROISSANCE Content summary Objective : • • • • •

FPI CROISSANCE is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. LFPI CROISSANCE intervenes in medium-sized or small businesses, in any industry. LFPI CROISSANCE's interventions relate to development and transfer operations. LFPI CROISSANCE intervenes in development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). the LFPI CROISSANCE fund is financed through the involvement of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of the LFPI CROISSANCE’s intervention is generally between €5 and €30 million.

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Equity Intervention – MI UI GESTION Content summary Objective : • • • • •

M.I is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. M.I intervenes in businesses of all sectors without exception. M.I’s interventions relate to operations for development and transfer. M.I intervenes in development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). The M.I fund is financed through the involvement of the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of the intervention is generally between €2 and €10 million.

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Equity Intervention - Acto Mezzanine GROUPAMA PRIVATE EQUITY Content summary Objective : • • • • •

The ACTO MEZZANINE fund is a mezzanine co-investment fund which can intervene by providing equity or quasi equity. ACTO MEZZANINE intervenes in businesses, valued between €20 and €150 million in any business sector without exception. ACTO MEZZANINE’s interventions are for development, transfers or external growth operations. ACTO MEZZANINE intervenes in development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). ACTO MEZZANINE is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of the ACTO MEZZANINE intervention is generally between €5 and €30 million.

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Equity Intervention - Acto Capital GROUPAMA PRIVATE EQUITY Content summary Objective : • •

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The ACTO CAPITAL fund is an investment fund of Groupama Private Equity investment fund, which can intervene through contribution of equity. ACTO CAPITAL intervenes in businesses with a value of between €20 and €50 million, in the following industries: ◦ health, ◦ tourism and leisure, ◦ business services. ACTO CAPITAL’s interventions relate to transfer and development operations. ACTO CAPITAL intervenes in development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO).

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The amount of the ACTO CAPITAL intervention is generally between €5 and €25 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPR Matignon Technologies MATIGNON INVESTISSEMENT ET GESTION Content summary Objective : • • • • •

MATIGNON TECHNOLOGIES is an investment fund that intervenes only through equity contribution. MATIGNON TECHNOLOGIES interenes in businesses in the following sectors: medical technologies and services. MATIGNON TECHNOLOGIES’ interventions relate to development, transfer and external growth operations. MATIGNON TECHNOLOGIES intervene in venture capital, development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). Matignon Technologies invests in European SMEs up 75%.

Amount : •

The amount of MATIGNON TECHNOLOGIES’ intervention is generally between €0.5 and €10 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Alven Capital ALVEN CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • •

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ALVEN CAPITAL is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. ALVEN CAPITAL intervenes in innovative businesses involved in the following industries: ◦ Internet, ◦ Media, ◦ technologies, ◦ services. ALVEN CAPITAL’s interventions relate to business start-up and development operations ALVEN CAPTIAL intervenes in seed capital and venture capital CAPITAL ALVEN is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of ALVEN CAPTIAL’s intervention is generally between €200,000 and €5 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Advance Capital Europe ACE MANAGEMENT Content summary Objective : • • • • •

ADVANCE CAPITAL EUROPE is an investment fund of Ace Management company which can intervene through contribution of equity. ADVANCE CAPITAL EUROPE intervenes in French businesses involved in innovative and high technology. ADVANCE CAPITAL EUROPE’s interventions relate to business start-up and development operations. ADVANCE CAPITAL EUROPE intervenes in venture capital and consolidation. ADVANCE CAPITAL EUROPE is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of ADVANCE CAPITAL EUROPE’s interventions is generally between €0.5 and €3 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - OBEDDIS 1 INNOVAFONDS Content summary Objective : •

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OBEDDIS 1 (Objets communicants, Energie, Développement Durable et Industries des Services Smart Devices, Energy, Sustainable Development and Industry Services) is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. OBEDDIS 1 intervenes in businesses which have been established for several years, falling in the ICT business sector (Information Communication and Technology), and its use in mobility, transport, energy management, environment, health, etc. To be eligible, businesses must have a turnover of between €2 m and €100 million. OBBEDIS 1 relates to development. OBBEDIS 1 intervenes in a venture capital and development capital. The OBBEDIS 1 fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of OBBEDIS 1’s intervention is generally between €300K and €2 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Partech International Venture PARTECH Content summary Objective : • • • • •

PARTECH INTERNATIONAL VENTURE is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. Partech International VENTURE intervenes in businesses in the ICT sector of activities. PARTECH INTERNATIONAL VENTURE relates to business start-up and development operations. PARTECH INTERNATIONAL VENTURE fund intervenes in seed capital and venture capital. The fund VENTURE Partech International is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of the PARTECH INTERNATIONAL VENTURE is generally between €1 and 7 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Auriga Ventures AURIGA PARTNERS Content summary Objective : • •

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AURIGA VENTURES is an investment fund of the Auriga Partners company which can intervene through contribution of equity. AURIGA VENTURES intervenes in technology businesses in the following sectors of activity technology companies involved in the following industries: ◦ life sciences, ◦ ICT. AURIGA VENTURES’s interventions relate to business start-up operations. AURIGA VENTURES intervenes in seed capital and venture capital. AURIGA VENTURES is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of AURIGA VENTURES’ intervention is generally between €0.5 and €6 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention – Aurinvest AURINVEST Content summary Objective : • • • • •

AURINVEST is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. Aurinvest intervenes in businesses of all sectors without exception, offering real opportunities for external growth. Aurinvest's interventions relate to development and external growth. Aurinvest intervenes in development capital. Aurinvest is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of Aurinvest's interventions is generally between €0.5 and €2.5 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPR PME Championnes NEXTSTAGE Content summary Objective : • • • • •

PME CHAMPIONNES is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. PME CHAMPIONNES intervenes in businesses involved in the following sectors of activity: environment, energy, industry and services, ICT, etc. PME CHAMPIONNES’ interventions relate to development operations. PME CHAMPIONNES intervenes in development capital. The PME CHAMPIONNES fund is financed through intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of the PME CHAMPIONNES intervention is generally between €4 and €10 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention – Primaveris PRIMAVERIS Content summary Objective : • • • • • •

PRIMAVERIS is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. PRIMAVERIS intervenes in businesses involved in the following sectors of activity: ICT, life sciences, energy and environment PRIMAVERIS intervention’s relate to business creation and development operations. PRIMAVERIS intervenes in seed capital and venture capital. The Primaveris fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises. To qualify for this assistance, companies must: ◦ have their headquarters or their establishment in the PACA region, ◦ be in the process of of being formed or be less than 3 years old, ◦ be able to benefit from partnership with public research.

Amount : •

The amount of the PRIMAVERIS intervention is generally between €150 and €500 K.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - R Capital R CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Content summary Objective : • • • • •

R CAPITAL is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. R CAPITAL intervenes in businesses involved in following sectors of activity: ICT, microelectronics, software, Internet, and services. R CAPITAL’s interventions relate to development operations. R CAPITAL intervenes in venture capital and development capital. R CAPITAL is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

energy,

Amount : •

The amount of R CAPITAL’s intervention is generally between €3 and €15 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention – Biodiscovery EDRIP Content summary Objective : • • • • •

BIODISCOVERY is an investment fund of Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, which can intervene through contribution of equity. BIODISCOVERY intervenes in businesses in the life sciences sector, and especially in therapeutic products, medical equipment and diagnostics. BIODISCOVERY’s interventions relate to development operations and external growth. BIODISCOVERY intervenes in venture capital and development capital. BIODISCOVERY is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of BIODISCOVERY’s intervention is generally between €2 and €15 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPR Serena SERENA CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • • • •

SERENA is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. SERENA intervenes in businesses involved in following sectors of activity: ICT, industry and services. SERENA’s intervention relates to business creation and development operations. SERENA intervenes in venture capital.

Amount : •

The amount of the SERENA intervention is generally between €1 et €8 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

100

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPR Sofimac Croissance SOFIMAC PARTNERS Content summary Objective : • • • • • •

SOFIMAC CROISSANCE is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. SOFIMAC CROISSANCE intervenes in businesses involved in the following sectors of activity, industry, services and technologies. SOFIMAC CROISSANCE’s interventions relate to development and transfer operations. SOFIMAC CROISSANCE intervenes in development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). The SOFIMAC fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises. This Scheme is for businesses located in the following regions: Auvergne, Limousin, Centre, South East Quarter.

Amount : •

The amount of the SOFIMAC CROISSANCE’s intervention is generally between €100,000 and €3 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

101

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Sofinnova Capital SOFINNOVA PARTNERS Content summary Objective : • • • • •

SOFINNOVA CAPITAL is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. SOFINNOVA CAPITAL intervenes in businesses involved in sectors of activity of ICT and life sciences. SOFINNOVA CAPITAL's intervention relates to business creatoin, development, transfer and external growth operations. SOFINNOVA CAPITAL intervenes in seed capital, venture capital, development capital and transfer capital transfer (buyout or LBO). The SOFINNOVA CAPITAL fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of SOFINNOVA CAPITAL’s intervention is generally between €500,000 and €25 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

102

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention – Demeter DEMETER PARTNERS Content summary Objective : • •

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Demeter Partners is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. DEMETER intervenes in unlisted SMEs in the sectors of activity: ◦ eco-industries (the treatment of water, air, waste, soil remediation), ◦ eco-energy (sustainable building, clean transportation, renewable energy, energy efficiency, etc.), DEMETER's interventions relate to business start-up, development and transfer operations. DEMETER intervenes in venture capital, growth capital or transfer capital. DEMETER is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of DEMETER’s intervention is generally between €2 and €15 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

103

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - D&P PME D&P FINANCE Content summary Objective : • • • • •

D&P PME is a D & P Finance investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. D & P PME intervenes in the SME sectors without any exceptions. The D & P PME’s interventions relate to development, innovation financing, reconciliation, business turn arounds or transfer operations. D & P PME intervenes in development capital or transfer capital transfer (buyout or LBO). The D & P PME fund is financed by the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of intervention D & P PME is generally between €0.5 and €1.5 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

104

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - D&P entrepreneurs D&P FINANCE Content summary Objective : • • • • •

D&P ENTREPRENEURS is a D & P Finance co-investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. D & P ENTREPRENEURS intervenes in SMEs in any business sector without exception. D & P ENTREPRENEURS’ interventions relate to business start-up and development operations. D & P ENTREPRENEURS intervenes in venture capital and development capital. D & P ENTREPRENEURS is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of the D&P ENTREPRENEURS’ intervention is generally between €0.5 and €2.25 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

105

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Sudinnova SA BANQUE DE VIZILLE Content summary Objective : • • • • •

SUDINNOVA SA is an investment fund of the Bank of Vizille which can intervene through contribution of equity. SUDINNOVA SA is active in young innovative technology companies with an international focus. SUDINNOVA SA's interventions relate to the business start-up or development operations. SUDINNOVA SA intervenes in seed capital and venture capital. The SUDINNOVA SA fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of the SUDDINOVA SA intervention is generally between €150,000 and €1 M.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

106

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Emertec 4 EMERTEC Content summary Objective : • •

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The EMERTEC 4 fund is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. EMERTEC 4 intervenes in businesses with high potential in the sectors of activity: ◦ energy, ◦ environment, ◦ mobility (people, goods and information). EMERTEC 4's interventions relate to business start-up operations. EMERTEC 4 intervenes in seed capital EMERTEC 4 is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of EMERTEC 4’s intervention is generally between €0.5 and €4 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

107

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention – EPF EPF PARTNERS Content summary Objective : • • • • •

EPF Partners is an investment fund of the EPF Partners company which can intervene through contribution of equity. EPF intervenes in fast-growing businesses, in all business sectors without exceptions. EPF's interventions relate to development, external growth, capital openings and owner buy-outs. EPF intervenes in development capital. The EPF fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of EPF’s intervention is generally between €3 and €15 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

108

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention – ORKOS ORKOS CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • •

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The ORKOS fund is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. ORKOS intervenes in services and ICT businesses, including in the following sectors of activity: ◦ management and development of networks, ◦ platforms in mobile and Internet services, ◦ e-commerce, ◦ software development, ◦ editing and content creation. ORKOS interventions relate to development or external growth. Orkos intervenes in venture capital and development capital. ORKOS is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of ORKOS’ intervention is generally between €1 and €4 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

109

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPR Technologie et Santé SOFIMAC PARTNERS Content summary Objective : • • • • • •

TECHNOLOGIE ET SANTE is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH intervenes in businesses in science and health technologies sectors of activity. TECHNOLOGIE ET SANTE’s interventions relate to development operations. TECHNOLOGIE ET SANTE intervenes in venture capital and development capital. The TECHNOLOGIE ET SANTE fund is financed through CDC Entreprises. This Scheme relates to businesses located in the following regions: Auvergne, Centre, Limousin, Rhône-Alpes, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrenees, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur.

Amount : •

The amount of the TECHNOLOGIE ET SANTE intervention is generally between €500,000 and €3 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

110

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Ventech Capital VENTECH Content summary Objective : • • • • •

VENTECH CAPITAL is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. VENTECH CAPITAL intervenes in businesses in the ICT and life sciences sectors of activity. VENTECH CAPITAL's interventions relate to business start-up and development operations. VENTECH CAPITAL intervenes in seed capital, venture capital and development capital. The VENTECH CAPITAL fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of VENTECH CAPITAL’s intervention is generally between €3 and €12 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

111

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Vermeer Capital VERMEER CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • • • • •

VERMEER CAPITAL is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. VERMEER CAPITAL intervenes in businesses in all business sectors without exceptions. VERMEER CAPITAL's interventions relate to development and transfer operations. VERMEER CAPITAL intervenes in development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). The VERMEER CAPITAL fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of VERMEER CAPITAL’s intervention is generally between €3 and €15 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

112

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPR Xpansion XANGE CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • • • • •

XPANSION is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. XPANSION intervenes in businesses in all business sectors without exception. XPANSION’s interventions relate to development, transfer, and external growth operations. XPANSION intervenes in development capital and transfer capital operations (buyout or LBO). The fund XPANSION is financed by the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of the XPANSION intervention is generally between €1 and €5 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

113

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPR Siparex Midcap SIPAREX Content summary Objective : • • • • •

SIPAREX MIDCAP is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. SIPAREX MIDCAP intervenes in businesses in all business sectors without exception. SIPAREX MIDCAP's interventions relate to development and transfer operations. SIPAREX MIDCAP intervenes in development capital and transfer capital operations (buyout or LBO). the SIPAREX MIDCAP fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.x

Amount : •

The amount of the SIPAREX MIDCAP interventions is generally between €2.5 and €5 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

114

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPR Siparex Midmarket SIPAREX Content summary Objective : • • • • •

SIPAREX MIDMARKET is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. SIPAREX MidMarket intervenes in businesses in all business sectors without exception. SIPAREX MidMarket's interventions relate to development and transfer operations. SIPAREX MidMarket intervenes in development capital and transfer capital transfer operations (buyout or LBO). The SIPAREX MidMarket fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of the SIPAREX MIDMARKET intervention is generally between €5 and €12 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

115

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Finadvance Capital FCPR FINADVANCE SA Content summary Objective : • • • •

The FINADVANCE CAPITAL FCPR fund is a Finadvance company investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. FINADVANCE CAPITAL FCPR intervenes in venture capital businesses in all sectors with a value of between €5 and €40 million. Finadvance CAPITAL FCPR’s interventions relate to capital transfer operations (buyout or LBO). Finadvance CAPITAL FCPR is financed through the intervention of the CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of the FINADVANCE CAPITAL FCPR intervention is generally between €3 and €12 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

116

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Winch Capital 2 EDRIP Content summary Objective : • • • • •

WINCH CAPITAL 2 is an Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. WINCH CAPITAL 2 intervenes in unlisted businesses in all sectors without exception. WINCH CAPITAL 2’s interventions relate to operations in internal or external growth and in capital reorganization. WINCH CAPITAL 2 intervenes in development capital. The WINCH CAPITAL 2 fund is financed by the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of WINCH CAPITAL 2’s intervention is generally between €7 and €15 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

117

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention – Hexagone LBO FRANCE Content summary Objective : • • • •

The HEXAGONE fund is an investment fund LBO France which can intervene through contribution of equity. HEXAGON intervenes in businesses whose value is between €10 and €100 million, in all business sectors without exceptions, which are profitable and have strong development potential HEXAGON intervenes in development capital and capital transfer operations (buyout or LBO). HEXAGON intervenes in industry sector consolidation operations (Buy and Build).

Amount : •

The amount of HEXAGONE’s intervention is generally between €5 and €20 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

118

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - H2I EQUITIS Content summary Objective : • • • • •

The H2I (Human Health Investment) fund is an Equitis company investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. H2I intervenes in life sciences businesses. H2I's interventions relate to business start-up and development operations. H2I intervenes in seed capital and venture capital. H2I is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of H2I intervention’s is generally between €0.5 and €1.5 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

119

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention – Innovacom INNOVACOM Content summary Objective : • •

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The INNOVACOM fund is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. INNOVACOM intervenes in businesses in the communication technologies sector: ◦ new materials and components for telecom applications, ◦ hardware and software networks, ◦ applications and online services. INNOVACOM's interventions relate to business start-up and development operations INNOVACOM intervenes in venture capital INNOVACOM is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of INNOVACOM’s intervention is generally between €2 and €10 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

120

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Iris Capital Fund IRIS CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • •

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The IRIS CAPITAL fund intervenes through equity contribution. IRIS CAPTIAL intervenes in businesses in services and technology in the following sectors of activity: ◦ media, ◦ telecommunications, ◦ Technology information / Internet. IRIS CAPTIAL's interventions relate to development operations. IRIS CAPITAL intervenes in venture capital and development capital.

Amount : •

The amount of IRIS CAPITAL’s intervention is generally between €3 and €20 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

121

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - ISAI Développement FCPR ISAI Content summary Objective : • • • • •

The ISAI fund is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. ISAI intervenes in innovative young businesses under 5 years old, engaged in the Internet field. ISAI's interventions relate to operations for the creation of businesses, which have already generated revenues (excluding the priming period). ISAI intervenes in venture capital. ISAI is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of ISAI’s intervention is generally between €500,000 and €1.5 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

122

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention – IFI INDUSTRIES & FINANCES Content summary Objective : • • • • •

The IFI (Industries Finances Investissements) fund is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. IFI intervenes in businesses with a valuation of up to €50 million, in all sectors of activity without exception. IFI’s interventions include development, transfer and external growth operations. IFI intervenes in development capital and capital transfer operations (buyout or LBO). IFI is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of the IFI intervention is generally between €3 and €30 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

123

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPI Nextstage Découvertes NEXTSTAGE Content summary Objective : • • • •

FCPI NEXTSTAGE DECOUVERTES is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. FCPI NEXTSTAGE DECOUVERTES intervenes in businesses in all business sectors without exception. FCIC NEXTSTAGE DECOUVERTES's interventions relate to business start-up, development, transfer and external growth operations. FCPI NEXTSTAGE DECOUVERTES intervenes in venture capital and development capital.

Amount : •

The amount of FCPI NEXTSTAGE DECOUVERTES’ intervention is generally between €0.15 and €3 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

124

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPR Régions Innovation SOFIMAC PARTNERS Content summary Objective : • • • •

REGIONS INNOVATION is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. INNOVATION REGIONS intervenes in the development of innovative companies in all business sectors without exception. REGIONS INNOVATION’s interventions relate to business start-up, development , transfer and external growth operations. INNOVATION REGIONS intervenes in seed capital, venture capital, development capital and capital transfer (buyout or LBO).

Amount : •

The amount of REGIONS INNOVATION’s interventions is generally up to €150,000.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

125

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPI Poste Innovation XANGE CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • •

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POSTE INNOVATION is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. POSTE INNOVATION intervenes in businesses in the following innovative sectors of activity: ICT, environmental technologies, environment and renewable energy, Internet, e-business, electronic and materials, life sciences, medical devices and services. POSTE INNOVATION's interventions relate to development operations POSTE INNOVATION intervenes in development capital.

Amount : •

The amount of POSTE INNOVATION’s intervention is generally between €500,000 and €5 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

126

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FCPI la Banque Postale Innovation XANGE CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • •

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LA BANQUE POSTALE INNOVATION is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. LA BANQUE POSTALE INNOVATION intervenes in businesses in the following innovative sectors of activity: ICT, eco technologies, environment and renewable energy, Internet, e-business, electronics and equipment, life sciences, medical devices and services. LA BANQUE POSTALE INNOVATION's interventions relate to development operations. LA BANQUE POSTALE INNOVATION intervenes in development capital.

Amount : •

The amount of LA BANQUE POSTALE INNOVATION’s intervention is generally between €500,000 and €5 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

127

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Baytech Venture BAYTECH VENTURE CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • •

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The BAYTECH VENTURE fund is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. BAYTECH VENTURE intervenes in businesses with high growth potential in the following sectors of activity: ◦ life sciences, ◦ ICT, ◦ semiconductors, ◦ other innovative technologies. BAYTECH VENTURE's interventions relate to business start-ups. BAYTECH VENTURE intervenes with seed captial and venture capital. BAYTECH VENTURE is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of BAYTECH VENTURE’s intervention is generally between €1 and €3 million.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

128

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Blue Sky Capital BLUE SKY CAPITAL Content summary Objective : •

The BLUE SKY CAPITAL fund is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity.

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BLUE SKY CAPITAL intervenes in businesses in the following sectors of activity: ◦ IT, Internet and e-commerce, ◦ software and multimedia, ◦ telecommunications and mobile ◦ energy and eco-technologies, ◦ services. BLUE SKY CAPITAL’s interventions relate to business start-ups, development or transfer operations. BLUE SKY CAPITAL intervenes with seed capital, venture capital and development capital. BLUE SKY is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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Amount : •

The amount of BLUE SKY CAPITAL’s intervention is generally between €100,000 and €350,000.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

129

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FA DIESE 2 FA DIESE 2 Content summary Objective : • •

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FA DIESE 2 is a business angels’ investment company which intervenes through contributions of equity. FA DIESE 2 intervenes in young companies with strong potential in the following sectors of activity: ◦ Internet and, ◦ life sciences, ◦ sustainable development, environment, energy saving, ◦ personal services, ◦ innovative projects with a high technological content. FA DIESE 2's interventions relate to business start-up or post-creation operations. FA DIESE 2 intervenes with seed capital and venture capital. FA DIESE 2’s intervention is financed, among others, by CDC Entreprises.

Amount : •

The amount of FA DIESE 2’s intervention is generally €1 million, in several tranches, with an initial investment of about €200,000.

If you want advice or assistance in setting up your application Votre CCI : •

130

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - FIP IXO Développement IXO PRIVATE EQUITY Content summary Objective : • •

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IP IXO DEVELOPPEMENT is an investment fund close to IXO Private Equity company, which can intervene through contribution of equity. FIP IXO DEVELOPPEMENT intervenes in SMEs in all sectors of activity without exception, which are mature and profitable, and wish to develop their capital. It also applies to businesses with fewer than 5 years of existence. FIP IXO DEVELOPPEMENT's interventions relate to development operations. FIP IXO DEVELOPMENT intervenes with venture capital and development capital. This Scheme relates to businesses in the following regions: Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrenees, LanguedocRoussillon and Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur.

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The amount of FIP IXO DEVELOPPEMENT’s intervention varies depending on the project.

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by the European Regional Development Fund

Aid for innovation feasibility OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

SEO aid for innovation feasibility finances studies and activities to integrate the skills necessary for the preparation of a research and development project. Studies preparatory to industrial research and experimental development activities can be financed relating to: ◦ the project design and definition, ◦ planning and validation of the technical and economic feasibility, ◦ on the brink, ◦ the study of strategic positioning, ◦ the recruitment of executives in research and development, ...

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OSEO takes the form of a grant or an advance repayable in the event of it being successful.

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132

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Guarantee OSEO Content summary Objective : • •

OSEO equity guarantee supports innovative SMEs seeking capital from their relationships with investment funds. The equity guarantee is for innovative SMEs who are recipients of contributions in equity or quasi equity made by venture capital companies or companies related to business angels or FCPR (Fonds commun de placements à risque) (Mutual fund risk investment) or FCPI (Fonds commun de placement dans l'innovation) (Mutual fund innovation investment).

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The guarantee covers part of the equity and quasi-equity investment, up to a maximum cover of: ◦ 50%, ◦ 70% for SMEs less than 5 years old.

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by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - 3T 3T CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • • • • •

3T CAPITAL is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. 3T CAPITAL intervenes in businesses in the the information technology and communication sector. 3T CAPITAL's intervention relates to business start-up and development operations. 3T CAPITAL intervenes with seed capital and and venture capital. The 3T CAPITAL fund is financed, amongst other ways, through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of 3T CAPITAL’s intervention is generally between €0.3 and €1.5 million.

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134

by the European Regional Development Fund

POE - Préparation Opérationnelle à l'Emploi (Practical Preparation for Employment) POLE EMPLOI (JOB CENTRE) Content summary Objective : •

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Businesses with recruitment difficulties can benefit from financial support from the Pôle Emploi, through the POE (Practical Preparation for Employment). POE finances a job applicant’s training prior to hiring. The business must undertake to employ the applicant on completion of training. This recruitment can be done either: ◦ on a contract of indefinite duration, ◦ fixed term contract of more than or equal to 12 months, ◦ apprenticeship contract, ◦ as part of a professional training contract of indefinite duration. The POE is intended to finance all or part of the cost of the instructional training. POE is paid up to a limit of 400 hours of training.

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The aid amount is limited to: ◦ €5 per hour training, for in-house training, ◦ €8 per hour training, for training conducted externally.

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135

by the European Regional Development Fund

Aid for recruitment of additional young people into SMEs on an apprenticeship or professional training contract. PÔLE EMPLOI (JOB CENTRE) Content summary Objective : • • • • •

Businesses with fewer than 250 employees which hire additional young people on an apprenticeship or professional training contract can benefit from aid from the Pôle Emploi. The recruitment should help increase the number of employees on an apprenticeship or professional training contract. The young employees hired must be under 26 years old. The contract start date must be between 03/01/2011 and 30/06/2012. Aid from the Pôle Emploi is granted for a period of 12 months.

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For recruitment on an apprenticeship contract, the amount of aid is calculated as follows: hourly statutory minimum wage at 01 / 01 X 151.67 X (minimum wage applicable to the apprentice at the work contract start date - 11%) X 0.14 X 12. For recruitment on a professional training contract in a business with fewer than 20 employees, the amount of aid is calculated as follows: hourly statutory minimum wage at 01/01 X 151.67 X minimum wage for a young professional trainees applicable at the work contract start date X 0.12 X 12. For recruitment on a professional training contract in a business with more than 20 employees, the amount of aid is calculated as follows: hourly statutory minimum wage at 01/01 X 151.67 X minimum wage for a young professional trainee applicable at the work contract start date X 0.14 X 12.

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136

by the European Regional Development Fund

Aid for the recruitment of job seekers on a professional training contract PÔLE EMPLOI (JOB CENTRE) Content summary Objective : • • •

Businesses which recruit a job seeker on a professional training contract can receive aid from the Pôle Emploi. The job seeker must be aged 45 years old or over. Aid relates to new hires on a professional training contract when the work contract start date is after 01/03/2011.

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The amount of aid from the Pôle Emploi is set at €2,000. For employees hired part-time, the amount of aid is paid in proportion to the time actually worked.

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137

by the European Regional Development Fund

Fonds FSN PME (FSN SME Fund) CAISSE DES DEPOTS Content summary Objective : • •

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The FSN PME fund is a venture capital fund (mutual risk fund) which can contribute equity or quasiequity investment to SMEs in the digital sector These interventions should enable the development of large SMEs developing new applications, services and digital content whose activity relates to the following sectors: ◦ cloud computing (cloud computing), ◦ recovery and digitization of scientific, educational and cultural content, ◦ digital based technologies (including nanoelectronics and embedded software), ◦ e-health, ◦ network security and resilience, ◦ intelligent Transportation Systems, ◦ digital City, ◦ e-education. The fund focuses on viable, strategic, competitive and growth-supportive businesses. The FSN PME intervenes in the medium and long term, generally for a period of 7 or 8 years. The FSN PME Fund intervenes with venture capital and development capital. The FSN PME is part of the measures adopted for the investment for the future, as part of the national loan.

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The amount of the intervention is generally between €1 and €10 million.

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138

by the European Regional Development Fund

Fonds national pour la Société Numérique (FSN)

CAISSE DES DEPOTS

Content summary Objective : • •

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The FSN (National Fund for the Digital Company) is an investment fund which can intervene with equity and quasi-equity, or through loans, to businesses in the digital sector. The FSN provides financing for new usages, services and digital content projects, which relate to the following sectors of activity: ◦ cloud computing, ◦ recovery and digitization of scientific, educational and cultural content, ◦ digital based technologies (including nanoelectronics and embedded software), ◦ e-health, ◦ network security and resilience, ◦ intelligent Transportation Systems, ◦ digital city, ◦ e-education. FSN intervenes in identified and profitable investment projects. FSN intervenes with venture capital and development capital. FSN is part of the measures adopted for the investment for the future, as part of the greater loan.

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The amount of the intervention is generally between €1 million and many tens of millions of euros.

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139

by the European Regional Development Fund

Lump sum aid for an employer recruiting on a professional training contract PÔLE EMPLOI (JOB CENTRE) Content summary Objective : • •

Businesses which recruit a job seeker registered with the Pôle Emploi, on a professional training contract, are entitled to lump sum aid from Pôle Emploi. The recruitment must be of a job seeker over 26 years old who is having difficulties getting long term employment.

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The amount of the lump sum aid is €2,000.

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140

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - D&P D&P FINANCE Content summary Objective : • • • • •

D&P is an investment fund which can contribute equity. D & P intervenes in businesses in the following sectors of activity: environment, energy, industry and services, ICT. D & P's interventions relate to turn around and consolidation operations. D & P intervenes with development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). D & P is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of D & P PME’s intervention is generally between €3 and €7 million.

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141

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Avenir Entreprises Mezzanine AVENIR ENTREPRISES Content summary Objective : •

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venir Entreprises Mezzanine is an investment fund which can contribute equity to the development financing of small and medium sized businesses over three years and whose turnover exceeds EUR 2 million. Avenir Entreprises Mezzanine intervenes in businesses in the following sectors of activity: environment, energy, industry and services. The Avenir Entreprises Mezzanine’s interventions relate to development and transfer operations. Avenir Mezzanine Entreprises intervenes with development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). Avenir Entreprises Mezzanine is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of Avenir Entreprises Mezzanine’s intervention is generally between €50,000 and €500,000.

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142

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Middle Market Fund AZULIS CAPITAL Content summary Objective : • • • • •

Middle Market Middle Market and services. Middle Market Middle Market Middle Market

Fund is an investment fund which can make an equity contribution. Fund intervenes in businesses in the activity sectors of: environment, energy, industry Fund's interventions relate to development and transfer operations. Fund intervenes in development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). Fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of Middle Market Fund’s intervention is generally between €5 and €15 million.

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143

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - BlackFin Financial Services Fund BLACKFIN CAPITAL PARTNERS Content summary Objective : • • • • •

BlackFin Financial Services Fund is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. BlackFin Financial Services Fund intervenes in businesses in the following sectors of activity: industry and services. BlackFin Financial Services Fund's interventions relate to development BlackFin Financial Services Fund intervenes in capital development BlackFin Financial Services Fund is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of BlackFin Financial Services Fund’s intervention is generally between €5 and €15 million.

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144

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Citizen Capital CITIZEN CAPITAL Content summary Objective : •

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Citizen Capital is a socially responsible investment fund that invests through equity contribution to fund growing SMEs (turnover between 1 and 20 million euros) whilst adopting a socially responsible approach. Citizen capital intervenes in businesses in all sectors of activity except high tech and biotechnology. Citizen Capital’s interventions relate to development capital and transfer operations. Citizen Capital's shareholders are institutional investors, including CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of Citizen Capital’s intervention is generally between €300,000 and €2.5 million.

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145

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Capital Export CAPITAL EXPORT Content summary Objective : • • •

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Capital Export is an investment fund which can contribute equity to growing SME involved in export. Capital Export intervenes in businesses in all sectors of activity without exception. The business must meet the following investment criteria: ◦ In bonis ◦ have a turnover of between €7 and €100 million, ◦ have an operating profit, ◦ have a reasonable level of debt, ◦ be a growing business with a cogent Business Plan and management suitable for and consistent with the business plan, ◦ already have an export turnover, ◦ have a strategy for international expansion. Capital Export’s interventions relate to development operations, transfer operations and external growth operations Capital export intervenes in development capital and capital transfer operations (buyout or LBO). Captial Export counts CDC Entreprises capital among its main subscribers.

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The amount of the Capital Export intervention is generally between €2 and €5 million.

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146

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - Initiative & Finance INITIATIVE & FINANCE Content summary Objective : • • • • •

Initiative Initiative Initiative Initiative Initiative

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Finance is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. Finance invests in businesses in all sectors of activity without exception. Finance's interventions relate to development and transfer operations. Finance invests in development capital and transfer capital (buyout or LBO). Finance is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of the Initiative & Finance’s intervention is generally between €1 and €10 million.

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147

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - IT Translation Investissement IT-TRANSLATION Content summary Objective : • • • • •

IT Translation Investissement is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. IT Translation Investissement intervenes in businesses in the ICT sector of activity IT Translation Investissement’s interventions relate to business start up operations IT Investment Translation intervenes in seed capital IT Translation Investissement is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of the IT Translation Investissement can be up to €300,000.

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148

by the European Regional Development Fund

Equity Intervention - MBO Capital MBO PARTENAIRES Content summary Objective : • • • • •

MBO MBO MBO MBO MBO

Capital is an investment fund which can intervene through contribution of equity. capital intervenes in businesses in all sectors of activity without exception. Capital's interventions relate to development and transfer operations. capital intervenes in development capital and captial transfer (buyout or LBO). capital is financed through the intervention of CDC Entreprises.

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The amount of the MBO Capital’s intervention is generally between €1 and €18 million.

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149

by the European Regional Development Fund

Fonds régional de garantie des prêts bancaires des PME-TPE (Regional fund for the guarantee of bank loans or SMEs and very small enterprises) PACA REGIONAL COUNCIL Objective :

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Created by the Region in partnership with OSEO, the fund guarantees up to 80% of bank loans to business entrepreneurs. The objective is to offer SMEs and very small businesses easier access to bank finance. Those able to benefit from this Scheme: ◦ SMEs of from 11 to 250 employees, whatever their date of formation, practicing in the following sectors: industry, business services, multimedia industry and ICT, wholesale trade and transportation, ◦ very small businesses, regardless of their industry sector and their date of formation, ◦ the loan may be assigned as appropriate for the creation or takeover of a business, or its innovation or development projects.

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The amounts guaranteed range from €45 000 to €300,000, for a level of guarantee from 60 % to 80 % depending on the case.

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150

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by the European Regional Development Fund

Easy Finance: European project for the promotion and facilitation of funding for innovative companies

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by the European Regional Development Fund

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