Funding

To identify the most appropriate sources of funding for your project's creation/development: take advantage of the financial engineering service provided by Synergia/the BIC.

Calvados Création

Calvados Création currently coordinates seven specific tools in partnership with a number of business creation – recovery professionals. It ensures the management and the coordination of funding schemes such as Calvados Création and Normandie Initiative loans on trust, ZFU (urban Free Zone) Reimbursable Advances and Business Creation Loans, together with the FGIF (Women's Guarantee Fund).
Synergia can act as an intermediary to present your funding application.
Contact: Amaryne Rougereau - www.calvados-creation.fr Tel: 02 31 54 55 76

OSEO – FRENCH AGENCY FOR INNOVATIVE BUSINESS SUPPORT

Tailor-made solutions either to compensate for market gaps or to ensure an optimal lever effect when approaching leading funding sources: creation, innovation, development, export, recovery-transfer…

Contact:
OSEO Basse-Normandie – Regional
Funding & Guarantee Department - Tel: 02 31 46 76 76
Innovation Department – Tel: 02 31 46 76 76

Lower Normandy Regional Council and MIRIADE

The Lower Normandy Regional Council currently coordinates around 200 business assistance schemes. You can consult the guide to regional support opportunities at www.region-basse-normandie.fr.
The Regional Mission for Innovation and Economic Development Action:
www.miriade-innovation.fr.

NCI Gestion

NCI Gestion is an AMF certified management company specialising in local private equity.
Throughout their development (creation, development, transmission), NCI Gestion's aim is to offer financial coaching to businesses with excellent growth potential, essentially located in Normandy.
NCI's investment potential stems from several Risk Funds (FCPR) subscribed with public and private institutional investors (regional councils, banks, pension funds, insurance companies).

Norm’Angels

Norm'Angels is the first business angels association to be created in Calvados, reuniting physical persons willing to invest part of their goods, time, skills and networks in an innovative high potential business, from its very launch. An interesting alternative to banks, who rarely get involved at such an early stage in business creation, Business Angels can prove to play a leading role in local economic development. Contact Norm'Angels to find out more about Normandy's other networks.

Chairman: Eric Henault Morel
Contact: Laurent Jossier - normangels@normangels.fr - www.normangels.fr

NormandInnoV business convention

This annual event is devoted to innovation and funding for young regional and national businesses. Organised in partnership with Mar-Tech & Finance, it satisfies 3 aims:
• Reuniting investors
• Presenting young innovative businesses
• Valorising research
Contact: Laurent Jossier – www.normandinnov.com