French Tech
French Tech is an official label of the French government for cities that are particularly committed to promoting the local or regional start-up economy. The designation serves as a common identifier for innovative French companies and is used for communication around the world.
history
In November 2014, the French government awarded French Tech to nine cities . The IT officer of the cabinet Valls Axelle Lemaire announced in January 2015 that a budget of 15 million euros had been agreed for the French Tech program. The semi-public French bank Bpifrance has granted subsidies of 200 million euros to the project since 2015 and supported the establishment of French tech agencies and the presence of the program at technology fairs in other countries.
Since 2017, the management of the program has been based in the newly opened service park for start-ups Station F in Paris .
Cities and regions
The network of French Tech cities includes some large urban regions in metropolitan France as well as several cities and regions that have been defined as thematic development priorities ( écosystèmes thématiques ) in relation to the start-up economy :
- Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
- Bordeaux
- Grenoble
- Lille
- Lyon
- Montpellier
- Nantes
- Rennes - Saint Malo
- Toulouse
- Brest
- Normandy : Rouen , Caen , Le Havre
- Nice
- Lorraine : Metz , Nancy , Épinal et Thionville
- Chambery
- Annecy
- Valence
- Romans-sur-Isere
- Saint-Étienne ("Design Tech")
- Reims
- Angers ("Industry Tech")
- Avignon ("Culture Tech")
- Burgundy - Alsace - Franche-Comté ("Med Tech" and "Bio Tech")
- Amiens
- Chalon-sur-Saône
- Clermont-Ferrand
- Dijon
- Grand Besançon Métropole
- Angoulême - La Rochelle - Niort - Poitiers
- Tarbes
- Toulon
- new York
Individual evidence
- ↑ Les premières 9 métropoles #FrenchTech. gouvernement.fr, November 12, 2014, accessed July 3, 2020.
- ↑ Narjasse Kerboua: Aix Marseille Provence devient "Capitale French Tech". Made in Marseille, accessed July 3, 2020.
- ↑ LORnTECH devient capitale French Tech en s'associant avec l'écosystème alsacien . Tout-Metz, accessed July 3, 2020.