Economic Policy Bordeaux Regional Investment Capital
Access to expert advisers and funds
Venture Capital and Regional Investment Capital
The region benefits from a plethora of public and private venture capital and investment capital companies, as well leading consultancy firms and merchant banks.
Examples of funding organisations the BRA works with include :
- Regional Participation Institute (IRDI) : involved in the various components of investment capital for large scale projects.
- Sud Ouest Capital Risk Innovation (SOCRI) : as a venture capital company for Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrenees regions, the SOCRI finances the projects of innovative companies less than 7 years’ old.
- Expanso Capital (Galia Gestion) : local venture capital company ;
- Grand Sud Ouest Capital, Fortis Banque, Banque Populaire du Sud Ouest : venture capital companies for innovative industrial projects.
- Aquitaine Creation Innovation (ACI) : a venture capital company providing funds for small projects containing some risk, set-ups and innovation development.
- Fa Dièse : Private start-up fund for financing innovative businesses in their initial stages.
- Aquitaine amorcage : dedicated to innovative projects,
- Fonds Aquitain de Garantie : guarantee designed to boost the creation and development of business and facilitate access to funding.
- Aerofund : the Aquitaine and Midi Pyrenees regions have put a specific range of funding in place specific to capital risk for businesses signed up to the Competitiveness pole in the aeronautic sector with less than 500 employees.
For more information, please contact the B.R.A. dedicated team.