Partnerships

The ICM - Brain & Spine Institute is a unique research cluster, innovative in its design and its organisation, gathering patients, physicians and researchers in a single location to allow for faster development of cures for lesions of the nervous system.

The incubator of the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, iPEPS-ICM, offers extensive services and a prime location in the unmatched research environment of Paris’ largest hospital, La Pitié-Salpêtrière.

The Quadrivium I seed fund, managed by Seventure Partners, invests in early-stage companies with links to one of twelve major universities and academic institutions, in digital technologies and life sciences.

M Ventures is the strategic, corporate venture capital arm of Merck. M Ventures takes an active role in its portfolio companies and teams up with entrepreneurs and co-investors to translate innovation towards commercial success.

High-Tech Gründerfonds is Germany’s most active seed stage investor, financing technology-driven companies in a wide range of fields to take their ideas through prototyping and to market launch.

Financière Arbevel is an entrepreneurial investment management company based in Paris. Financière Arbevel launched its first European private equity fund with a cross-over approach focused on the non-listed life-science universe, with the idea of accompanying a limited number of biotechnology start-ups in their development.

Verve Ventures - formerly Investière - is the leading European startup investment platform for qualified and institutional investors and focuses on European high-tech startups. The Verve community consists of more than 4,000 qualified private investors, family offices and pension funds.

Scipio bioscience is supported by the Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir and the Région Île-de-France. The Innov’up Leader PIA program is designed to support the development of global leaders on their market.

Bpifrance’s goal is to favor the growth of the French economy by helping entrepreneurs thrive. Bpifrance is a financial institution, with private culture, serving the collective interest and supporting entrepreneurs every step along the way.

The European Innovation Council is Europe’s €10.1B flagship innovation programme, with a unique funding system based on a combination of grants and equity investment awarded to start-ups and SMEs through a highly competitive selection process.