The company was established in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco with people based in London, Paris and Boston.
The scientific know-how, significant industrial networks and companies and a flourishing entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem.
Get the executive summary50% of the decarbonisation to get to net zero will come from technologies that have not yet reached the state of commercialisation, according to the IEA. It is crucial to install a sustained dialogue between the actors of innovation, investment, and public policy in order to find solutions for decarbonisation.
€1.9 billion have been invested into French cleantech in 2021. The French cleantech ecosystem is very active: investments in venture capital have been multiplied by 4 in 5 years.
Despite its progress, France is lagging behind its German and British neighbors on cleantech investment: in 2021, €3.4 billion were invested in Germany, and €3.9 billion in the UK. Cleantech investment needs to continue to grow in France.
Get the executive summaryIn 2021, only 1% of venture capital invested in French cleantech went to materials and chemicals, a key sector for decarbonisation.
Get the executive summaryOur mission is to contribute to "net-zero" objectives through recurrent dialogues between key players of innovation, of investement and of French public policy. We ensure cleantech start-ups' conditions of emergence, growth and scale-up, thus promoting a massive deployment of essential solutions for the world of tomorrow.