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Boosting female entrepeneurship

Boosting female entrepeneurship

Women account for less than a third of startups in France. Yet more than two-thirds of them say they are tempted by entrepreneurship. In the Impulse Partners ecosystem, only 10% of our startups are headed or co-headed by women. In fact, we have two additional biases:...

Quality of life in working from home

Quality of life in working from home

Although it was already a common practice for 7% of French employees, teleworking has become widespread since the first confinement was announced: between March and April, 95% of organizations* used it for eligible employees. This new way of working, which has become...

Water recovery and management

Water recovery and management

Our planet's water resources are dwindling, and urbanization is occurring at a faster rate than the construction of infrastructure to treat and distribute drinking water. The UN estimates that today 4 out of 10 people suffer directly from the scarcity of water in the...

Combating urban heat islands

Combating urban heat islands

Climate change and extreme heat waves, combined with population growth, urban densification, and the artificialization of land, are all factors in the multiplication of "urban heat islands" - an expression that appeared in the middle of the 20th century. These...

Energy retrofitting

Energy retrofitting

The energy retrofitting of the building stock has become a national priority. The ambition is to reduce energy consumption by 38% in 2025 and 67% in 2050 compared to 2010. This will notably involve renovating 20 million housing units by 2050 - a market worth 14...

Startups that are pivoting

Startups that are pivoting

In order to better respond to changing customer needs, many start-ups evolve during their development and their confrontation with their market. They "pivot" in the language of entrepreneurship. This "pivot" translates the idea of an evolution around a central axis,...

Why and how to innovate in the maritime sector

Why and how to innovate in the maritime sector

European states, including France, are promoting "green" recovery plans. The challenge for industrial players is now to deepen and accelerate actions that will contribute to a new model that is sustainable, economically, socially and ecologically. The maritime world...

Robotised construction sites

Robotised construction sites

Robots are mechatronic devices (combining mechanics, electronics and computers) designed to automatically perform tasks that imitate or reproduce human actions. If their use can replace the human, in the construction sector or industry, they are often used in addition...

Impulse Partners at Moniteur Innovation Day

Impulse Partners at Moniteur Innovation Day

The second edition of Moniteur Innovation Day took place on October 19th at the Seine Musicale in Paris. Project managers, architects, professionals from construction et housing and start-ups participated in the day of reflexion and discovery of new...

Impulse Partners, signatory of the Sista charter

Impulse Partners, signatory of the Sista charter

Impulse Partners is delighted and proud to be a signatory of the SISTA charter alongside more than 50 gas pedals and 20 venture capital funds. The objective? To enable the support and financing respectively of 50% and 25% of start-ups (co)founded by women by 2025....

The sale of social housing

The sale of social housing

The Elan law, introduced in 2018, aims to improve the living environment, promote access to housing and the construction of new housing. One of the levers provided for by the law is the sale of social housing, with the objective of increasing the number of homes sold...

Quality of inside air

Quality of inside air

We spend nearly 80% of our time in enclosed spaces and breathe an average of more than 13,000L of air every day. Indoor air quality (IAQ), exposed to various harmful pollutants (furniture, coatings...) or health threats that are transmitted through the air, is then a...

Biomimicry

Biomimicry

Biomimicry is a process of innovation and engineering which consists of taking inspiration from living organisms. Its forms, structures, properties or even modes of organization are studied, and used in solutions to solve human problems. The biomimetic approach is a...

Operator support

Operator support

We have talked about these innovative maintenance systems, mainly based on data recording, to enable predictive maintenance. Innovation and technology can be at the service of understanding equipment, but also of sharing information and expertise between operators....

Propel by MIPIM

Propel by MIPIM

Among the trends of this year's Propel by MIPIM, our teams highlighted sustainability and quality of life, biodiversity and vegetalization, energy savings, as well as making it easier for users to buy, rent, build and manage real estate. We had the pleasure of...

Low carbon materials in construction

Low carbon materials in construction

Every year, the building sector emits more than 123 million tons of CO2, which is more than 25% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the national territory. Faced with this fact, governments have put in place a number of regulations and measures applicable to new...

H4D raises €15M

H4D raises €15M

Congratulations to H4D for this great fundraiser of 15M€. This investment will enable the company to multiply its health projects and its territorial location to support access to care. For more information, click here 👉 https://www.h4d.com/levee-15-millions-2020/...

Qarnot raises €6M

Qarnot raises €6M

Congratulations to Qarnot computing ( https://qarnot.com/en/home/ ) for this nice fundraising of 6M€ 🚀 This makes it possible to accelerate the development of ecological heating: based on the use of fatal heat emitted by computers.

Newsletter March 2020 – Part 2 – Startup news

Newsletter March 2020 – Part 2 – Startup news

For this second part of our newsletter, we would like to inform you about our startups , their developments, and their offers. We have put together a more targeted format, with specific topics, to highlight the contribution of our startups to the selected themes,...

Newsletter March 2020 – Part 1 – Headlines

Newsletter March 2020 – Part 1 – Headlines

In the current situation of uncertainty and restrictions on travel and gatherings, our role is to help you continue to innovate. More than usual, entrepreneurship needs to be encouraged! We remain mobilized and active alongside our partners and startups. Here is the...

Siteflow raises €1.5M

Siteflow raises €1.5M

Congratulations to Siteflow (https://siteflow.fr/) for raising €1.5 million from 360 Capital and being selected by Orano's Dismantling and Services entity for one of the most ambitious digital transformation plans in the nuclear industry. Find all this news here...

Homeloop raises 20M€

Homeloop raises 20M€

Homeloop ( https://www.homeloop.fr/ ), raises a second round of funds of 20M€ and positions itself as the leader in the immediate purchase of real estate in France. http://bit.ly/2RlqTyX #iBuying #Proptech #immobilier

COZY AIR announces its fund raising of €850,000

COZY AIR announces its fund raising of €850,000

COZY AIR is a specialist in the improvement of air quality by exploiting data. At the end of the year, COZY AIR is carrying out a first fund-raising of €850,000 . This fund-raising will enable the company to continue its growth, to establish itself as a market leader...

Upfactor raises €2.5 million

Upfactor raises €2.5 million

UpFactor (http://upfactor.fr/), a pioneer in raising buildings by detecting airborne land potential, raises €2.5 million. This fundraising event will allow him to develop his business in Paris and in major cities.

Impulse Labs on BATIMAT

Impulse Labs on BATIMAT

BATIMAT: Come to our stand E021 Hall 6 and meet 23 innovative start-up. On the agenda this week: visit of Julien Denormandie on Monday evening, pitchs on Tuesday morning from start-up Cement Lab on the ByBeton stand (Hall 6 stand G108), pitchs Friday morning for...

[NEX’IDEA] Challenge innovation Nexity

[NEX’IDEA] Challenge innovation Nexity

Les collaborateurs sont au cœur de la transformation de @Nexity, engagée dans une approche centrée sur le client et l’expérience utilisateurs. Le #ChallengeinnovationNexity donne corps à notre démarche innovation, à travers l’intrapreunariat ! #StartupStudio

Mipim Proptech Europe 2019

Mipim Proptech Europe 2019

Impulse Partners, Arp-Astrance and the CSTB Lab were present for the second consecutive year at MIPIM Proptech Europe with 9 startups. Inch : Simplifies trustee and property management activities and improves the relationship between property managers, residents and...

L’Anru lance « Anru+ Les Innovateurs » !

L’Anru lance « Anru+ Les Innovateurs » !

"Quand l’innovation prend ses quartiers " Lancement de la communauté Anru+ les innovateurs avec le soutien des Petites rivières et d’Impulse Partners à la Bellevilloise. L’objectif de la communauté : fédérer les porteurs de solutions innovantes et les mettre en...

VIVA TECH

VIVA TECH

Impulse présent au coté de ses partenaires à Vivatech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNJ3AbEFNzM

CEDRIC O ET AGNÈS BUZYN A BOUCICAUT

CEDRIC O ET AGNÈS BUZYN A BOUCICAUT

Visite d'Agnès Buzyn, Ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé accompagnée de Cedric O, secrétaire d'Etat auprès du ministre de l'Economie et des Finances, chargé du Numérique à l'incubateur Boucicaut. Les enjeux de santé, avec nos accélérateurs Immowell-lab et Santé...

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