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Getting started: start-up!
Have you ever considered Clermont Auvergne Métropole as an innovative territory in which to test your business model and launch your activity? The answer is definitely yes.
A tight-knit network
Turning a good idea into a project, and a project into an economically viable reality: welcome to Clermont Auvergne Métropole! To achieve this, the metropolis works as part of a network, forging solid partnerships and supporting business start-ups to limit financial risk.
Support for every profile
Do you have a project in the cultural and creative industries? The Hub’IC incubator is here to help. More interested in social innovation? Cocoshaker or Alter’incub are your entry points. Is science at the heart of your business model? Busi by CAI takes over.
To get your project off the ground without giving up your studies, Clermont Auvergne Métropole supports Pépite: a program launched by the University, adapted and integrated into the curriculum. It also supports the ESC Clermont business school, which has developed its own Squarelab incubator, open to local entrepreneurs.
A metropolitan fund to support innovation
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- upto€30,000 ingrants from the IMF
- 60Pépitestudentsevery year
- 5incubators
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Expanding: level-up!
It’s a good idea to choose Clermont Auvergne Métropole to get started. And you’d be well advised to stay and develop your innovation potential. 5 compelling arguments to convince you.
1 open university
The Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA) has decided to go beyond its walls and open up its laboratories to the business world.
The results? Public research and business are coming closer together, and working collaborations are emerging between two worlds that were not used to seeing each other. Much more than just a marketing promise, this proactive approach has been recognized, approved and even awarded the I-site and PUI labels.
- 42,000students
3 competitiveness clusters and 2 clusters
United we stand! Métropole’s 3 competitiveness clusters are aptly named: they bring together local players in the same sector of activity.
The aim: effective public/private partnerships to promote innovation and economic development.
Cimes engineering and solutions for manufacturing production.
Vegepolys valley the plant-based competitiveness cluster.
Axelerachimieenvironment and process engineering.
Following the same logic, Clermont Auvergne Métropole’s two clusters attract expertise from the same production niche.
Together, these clusters of companies can pool resources and production tools to conquer new markets.
Analgesia is the first research foundation dedicated to innovation against pain. Since its creation in Clermont Ferrand in 2016, ongoing collaborations with researchers have enabled the development of new treatments to care for patients.
Le Damierc‘is the region’s cultural and creative industries (CCI) cluster. Music, cinema, video games, live performance… It boasts 70 image and sound companies employing nearly 170 people.
7 sectors of excellence
Sustainable mobility industry
Renewable energies
Circular economy and sustainable materials
Food industry
Engineering and technologies of the future
Health and well-being
Cultural and creative industries
2 gas pedals
To give new impetus to projects and companies, Clermont Auvergne Métropole relies on two gas pedals: Le Village by CA and CAI.
Their mission? To help you get through major, often risky stages faster: transition, growth, international expansion…
The house of innovation
Its credo is to transform the results of academic research into concrete solutions. It houses various University departments and builds bridges to innovation and entrepreneurship. Ready for disruptive innovation?
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Networking: what’s up?
An innovative ecosystem is the basis. An innovative, lively and caring ecosystem where you can make the most of your relationships without playing elbows: that’s what Clermont Auvergne Métropole is all about.
Easier the pro network
Naturally, a region on a human scale is a great place to meet people. Professional communities form, forge links and meet regularly to talk business. Clermont Auvergne Métropole relies on its partners, such as Frenchtech, the Maison de l’Innovation and the CCI, to organize events focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation. So many opportunities to meet newcomers and new recruits, pitch your project and identify future collaborations.
Overview of networking events
Clermont Auvergne Métropole keeps up the pace of innovation with events all year round.
