Long live technology!

The third episode looks at the gender issue in deep tech start-ups. While research-based start-ups are multiplying and becoming increasingly important in the French economic landscape, the percentage of women at the head of these companies remains very low. Today, less than 2% of robotics start-ups and less than 3% of AI start-ups are founded by women. While parity is higher at the research stage, with many young women researchers, the gap increases when you get to positions of authority. How…

The fourth episode looks at the benefits of collaboration between companies and public research, primarily the exchange of resources between the two. On the one hand, laboratories provide the company with expertise in their primary field. On the other, the company provides financial and human resources. This collaboration simultaneously advances research and develops innovation and the marketplace. Jean-Luc Maria is the CTO and founder of Exotrail, a start-up specialising…

The second episode looks at the importance of the team and the allocation of roles in deep tech start-ups, where the technology/research and business aspects are closely linked. Finding a good product position and providing business development experience allows researchers to focus on their scientific expertise. How is the collaboration established between a researcher, a manager and/or a business developer? How do these separate areas come together to benefit the project? …

The fifth episode is dedicated to the European financial support helping the development of deep tech start-ups which will potentially overcome technological barriers. As an example, the start-up Chiral Track, which specialises in the analysis of pharmaceutical molecules to improve our understanding of their health benefits. For their co-founder, Antoine Comby, the support of Europe has been a real boost for the development of their product. Director of the…

In the first episode, the two researcher-entrepreneurs we interviewed compare the challenges of research and entrepreneurship. While research seeks to provide an answer to a physical or mathematical problem, entrepreneurship provides solutions to real-world needs. Faced with the risks and various unknowns that entrepreneurship involves, Gaël Matten and Théau Peronnin emphasise their ambition to bring a new and revolutionary project to the daily lives of people. They are accompanied by the RISE…

A l'occasion de sa deuxième participation à VivaTech, le rendez-vous européen consacré à l'innovation technologique, le CNRS présente un échantillon de son savoir-faire dans la deeptech à travers différentes start-up issues de ses laboratoires. Les nouvelles technologies rendent plus performantes les thérapies actuelles. Elles préviennent les complications, réduisent les risques et régénèrent les tissus. Healshape propose la première bioprothèse mammaire personnalisée…

A l'occasion de sa deuxième participation à VivaTech, le rendez-vous européen consacré à l'innovation technologique, le CNRS présente un échantillon de son savoir-faire dans la deeptech à travers différentes start-up issues de ses laboratoires. Plusieurs start-up françaises issues du CNRS sont investies dans la course aux ordinateurs quantiques. Parmi elles, Quandela développe un processeur pour le calcul quantique, où l'information est traitée par des photons grâce à une…

A l'occasion de sa deuxième participation à VivaTech, le rendez-vous européen consacré à l'innovation technologique, le CNRS présente un échantillon de son savoir-faire dans la deeptech à travers différentes start-up issues de ses laboratoires. Trois défis principaux se présentent pour la filière hydrogène : produire de l'hydrogène sans utiliser d'énergie fossile, le stocker en grands et petits volumes et le convertir en énergie. Deux start-up tentent de relever les défis :…

Miniaturised low-altitude satellites represent the future of global connectivity and real-time Earth monitoring. #ThrustMe enables this new space industry to be economically and environmentally sustainable by developing and marketing electric propulsion systems, which will be on display during the fair. This start-up was founded in 2017, and emerged from the Laboratoire de physique des plasmas (CNRS/Ecole polytechnique).