Organizers
GIF 09 is brought to you by 3 key organizations in Grenoble in charge
of detecting, developing and valuing breakout ideas, emerging
technologies and young businesses from the universities and public
research centers.
These 3 organizations have teamed up and selected amongst their
portfolio of their most innovative projects and high-potential start
ups.
GRAVIT : Grenoble Alpes Valorisation Innovation Technologies
Stimulating Innovation
GRAVIT is a bridge between research laboratories and the industry. GRAVIT federates 200 laboratories from 7 universities and public research centers in the French Alps. The mission of GRAVIT is to answer the growing needs for innovation from the industry by nurturing in the labs the relevant technologies.
GRAVIT :
- understands emerging technologies needs and technological barriers faced by the industry
- hatches untapped promising ideas from research labs results and turns them into proven concepts
- conducts exploratory market studies
- defines the best exit strategy : licensing to business or spinning out through a new business creation with the support from GRAIN
GRAIN : GRENOBLE ALPES INCUBATION
Coaching project leaders and entrepreneurs
GRAIN is an upfront incubator dedicated to the successful launch preparation of innovative businesses. As the entrepreneurs are mainly former engineers from the labs or technology driven companies, GRAIN focuses the incubation process on the constitution of the core team, the development of the entrepreneurial culture and the marketing and business planning support to understand the demand profile and select the best business model. GRAIN also connects the entrepreneurs to its large network of external contacts including local and national institutions, VCs, market researcher experts, legal advisers.
Since 1999, GRAIN has accompanied 170 projets leaders. As of june 2009, 97 start-ups have been created.
PETALE : PEpinière Technologique ALpine d'Entreprises
Helping start ups to grow
PETALE is a specific program designed to accelerate the successful development of early-stage high tech companies through an array of business support resources and services. Particular attention is paid to strengthening the sales team and getting the first reference customers. The program also provides fundraising assistance and connexions to the innovation and technological eco-system through its network of contacts.
