Success stories

They secured their funding

Grants, competitions and public programmes: French award-winning companies, as seen in the press.

Case studies: companies funded by public grants

Real examples of companies that obtained public funding — ERDF, France 2030 and other schemes — for a concrete project: amount obtained, scheme used and outcomes.

17 case studies

€9.5M grant secured

Quandela

How France 2030 supported the birth of Europe's first quantum computer factory

France 2030 · Île-de-France

Featured in Le Parisien

€1.8M grant secured

Michelin

WhiteCycle, a European project to recycle complex waste and reintroduce PET into industry

Horizon Europe · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Featured in Discover the Greentech

€3.3M grant secured

Carbios

Demonstrating the enzymatic recycling of plastics through the LIFE programme

LIFE · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Featured in Le JDD

€1.5M grant secured

Brenus Pharma

Developing a cancer immunotherapy with Eurostars funding

Eurostars · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Featured in Les Echos

€6M public funding secured

Vulkam

Industrializing a new generation of metals with France 2030

France 2030 · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Featured in Présences Grenoble

€2.5M grant secured

SiPearl

Developing a European microprocessor with the EIC Accelerator

EIC Accelerator · Île-de-France

Featured in BFM Business

€600,000 grant secured

GUASCH & FILS

600 000 € in FEADER funding to develop the processing of local meat

FEADER · Occitanie

Featured in ICI

€146,237 grant secured

MOULIN DE SAURET

146 237 € in FEADER funding to develop organic flours and promote local wheat

FEADER · Occitanie

Featured in Agglo.tv

€1.5M grant secured

ABELIO

1,5 M€ in FEDER funding to develop artificial intelligence for agriculture

FEDER · Occitanie

Featured in BFM Business

€1.1M grant secured

CRISTEL

1,07 M€ in FEDER funding to modernize and expand a historic industrial site

FEDER · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Featured in maCommune.info

€1.9M grant secured

SILMACH

€1.86M in FEDER funding to develop a new generation of smart sensors

FEDER · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Featured in EE News Europe

€1.2M grant secured

Sun-Belt

1,175 M€ in FEDER funding to scale up a leather goods workshop

FEDER · Occitanie

Featured in Le Journal des Entreprises

€218,766 grant secured

Food RADARS

Supporting agri-food SMEs in their transition and commercial development with Interreg

Interreg · Hauts-de-France

Featured in Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen

€249,013 grant secured

Neo-Eco and Plinius Labs

Turning shellfish waste into cosmetic ingredients with Interreg

Interreg · Hauts-de-France

Featured in Les Echos

€73,980 grant secured

Rue Traversette

Financing the creation of an artisanal cannery workshop with FEADER

FEADER · Occitanie

Featured in Midi Libre

€49,391 grant secured

SICA CENTREX

Developing a new agricultural sector with FEADER

FEADER · Occitanie

Featured in Réussir

€500,000 grant secured

Coopérative fromagère des Bergers du Larzac

500 000 € in FEADER funding to expand the production workshop

FEADER · Occitanie

Featured in La Dépêche