Organisations and Support

To set up in the Gironde is to be able to rely on comprehensive support in all the aspects of your project from a network of experts and organisations set up to provide backing for project leaders.

Bordeaux Invest is the contact organisation for national or international investors wishing to develop their activities in the Bordeaux region. In close collaboration with its partners and the local authorities, its role is to help investors make their projects a reality. (Finding available land or property, economic data, financial backing, finding partners…)
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Agency for Innovation and Industrial Development in Aquitaine (ADIAA)

The result of a merger between 2ADI and Innovalis, the Agency for Innovation and Industrial Development in Aquitaine:

• contributes to coordinating industry networks and competitiveness clusters in order to implement a common development strategy
• supports innovative projects from businesses by facilitating access to research and technology-transfer skills, as well as to financing
• helps improve the performances and sustainability of companies through technological and methodological upgrading operations and participation in regional, national and international technical and economic networks
• acts for the development and attractiveness of territories and economic areas in Aquitaine
• encourages actions for promotion, prospecting, and investor hosting, liaising between the French International Investment Agency and all regional stakeholders
• contributes to economic, technological and strategic intelligence and forward planning

Technology Parks: Bordeaux Technowest, Bordeaux UNITEC, Bordeaux Productic

Bordeaux is one of the rare regions in France to offer a qualified contact for each stage in the development of your company. Multidisciplinary structures with teams are supporting company development.

Main financial backers

Aquitaine Amorçage, Aquitaine Création Investissement, Finaqui, FINEO, IRDI (Regional Industrial Development Institute), Oséo, Réseau Entreprendre Aquitaine.

Our region is one of the three most sought-after in France for venture capital investments. For example, the AQUI INVEST co-investment fund offers innovative SMEs an opportunity to combine larger amounts of capital on joint projects in the sectors related to the competitiveness clusters and also to sustainable development and ICT more generally.

Financial Support

Depending on the area and the activity, projects can benefit from the following support:

• Investment and job creation: local development aid (PAT), support for acquisition of and work on business premises, exemptions from professional tax.
• Development subsidies for R&D and technology transfer programmes
• Training financing support

The BGI agency can answer any questions investors might have about the conditions of these subsidies and can prepare the corresponding financial simulations.