The BFT (Bourse French Tech)
Grant given by the BPI to innovative startups
The grant is given to finance up to 70% of an innovation investment. Your investment needs to amount to at least 45K€, of which 70% - 30K€ can be financed through the BFT and you will need to finance the extra 15K€.
⏰ : What moment of your startup it finances : Creation - needs to be within your 1st year post incorporation 🚀 : For what startups : Innovative and Tech (just being digital is not enough) 🌎 : Where : All France 💰 : How much : 30K€ / 90K€ for Deep Tech (Emergence) 👐 : Pre-requisite : Have 30% of the amount of your innovation investment in funds
How to get it ?
Did you incorporate inside or outside of Paris ? 😅 It will determine how to get the Bourse French Tech !!
Incorporated outside of Paris ?
Thats perfect well done ! You can get the real Bourse French Tech ! If you incorporated outside of Ile-De-France, and you have time (shouldn't be the case !), try to get a meeting directly with the BPI and do your file on your own. That way you retain 100% of the grand
Link : https://www.bpifrance.fr/Contactez-nous If you incorporated within IdF or have little time ($$$) we recommend that you meet a 'leveur de subvention' that will do most of the work for you ! They will do all the paperwork + help out in doing the business plan + presentations. They are usually ex BPI employees and have a great network and knowledge to help you present your idea to have the best chances of getting the grant + get the good contact way faster than normal !
We like :
3i Financement
~5000€ charged : 2000€ once you have had your BPI meeting and the person in charge of your demand has said that it should be good (~ 70% chance of getting the grant) + 3000€ after you have received it. If you don't get your grant you will still be liable ! Contact : Cyril - Cyril.Fougeres@iii-financements.com
Lila Consulting
~5000€ sucess fee only ! charged after you have received your grant ! Contact : Jerome Drai - jerome.drai@gmail.com
Incorporated in Paris ?
You have more chances of getting the grant (lesser level of innovation needed) but you NEED to be in one of the incubators labelled PIA. Because there were too many demands in Paris, the city + BPI decided to change the rules for startups incorporated in Paris. To get the grant you need to be in one of the incubators compatible with the PIA (Paris Innovation Amorçage). They finance your incubation by taking a (significant) share of the grant. Due to the high price (for a Paris&Co it is usually around 18K€ / year incl. the incubation + desks for 4-6 pp) it is usually recommended to get it once you have a team of at least 4pp. !! You can get the PIA even if you incorporated more than 1 year ago but it will only finacne 50% of your R&D expenses Précision : le PIA est aussi accessible après 1 an d'existence mais ne finance que 50% de vos dépenses. Link : check the incubators
Incubator list
Paris & Co (14 incubators per industry)
Pepiniere 27
ENSAM
Science-Po
Dauphine
LE 104
agoranov
atelier paris
ESPCI
ICM
Institut de la vision
La ruche
Labo de l’edition
Willa
Paristech entrepreneurs
Alaways changing so check it out !
Check our summary (in French for now) of the Workshop on Financing means of the BPI
Workshop_Financement_BPI_-_12_07.pdf 60.0 kBBarth :
Pour la bourse FT, je recommande de passer par un presta. Notamment Lila, ils ont un typeform pour te dire en 24h si tu es elligible facilement et t’envoie des reco si tu ne l’es pas. https://lilaconsulting.typeform.com/to/i3Hzpb
Mais si tu passes par le lien un associé BPI va revenir vers toi et t’accompagner sur le montage du dossier
Tu peux aussi demander à Jeremi BERTOLINO jeremi.bertolino@bpifrance.fr, Karima BENELHADJ karima.benelhadj@bpifrance.fr, de ma part de te dire qui est le conseillé pour le 95 :wink: