In collaboration with Bpifrance, the Bavarian State Economic Department, the law firm Mazars in Germany, Moove Lab (the mobility startup gas pedal at Station F founded by MOBILIANs and Via ID), NetMedia International, Smarketer GmbH, and the city of Düsseldorf, where it is based, Business France Germany will support 10 French companies, eight of which are from the tech sector and two from the mobility sector. They were announced on May 3 after being selected by a Franco-German jury, and will participate in an eight-month acceleration program tailored to better understand the specifics of the German market, expand their network and accelerate their development in Germany.

Business France is a French national agency responsible for the international development of companies and their exports, as well as for prospecting and welcoming international investments in France. Created on January 1, 2015, it is the result of the merger of Ubifrance and the French Agency for International Investments (AFII) and has a total of 1,500 employees in France and in 55 other countries.

Business France Germany is based in Düsseldorf and has a staff of more than 40 people in charge of four sectors: agri-food (Agrotech), new technologies, innovation and services (NTIS), infrastructure, transport, industry (ITI) and fashion, housing, health (MHS). It offers four ranges of products and services: consulting, networking, communication-press and International Volunteers in Business (VIE).

The Impact Germany program

The Impact Germany program aims to help French companies accelerate their growth and development in Germany.

Evelyne Scuto-Gaillard, Director of Development and Innovation Support at Bpifrance said:

“We are delighted to renew our support for this program, which provides long-term assistance to selected French companies in a very demanding and competitive market. The mission will put the foot in the door for La French Tech and mobility champions by offering them a personalized path and meetings to develop fine-tuned and adapted commercial actions and thus penetrate this complex high-potential market in a context of strong digitalization of the Mittelstand.”

The 2022 edition

The call for applications for the third edition of Impact Germany was launched last January, the winners were announced this May 3.

This eight-month customized acceleration program consists of three stages:

– From May 18 to May 20, 2022: Business France in Germany, along with Bpifrance and its partners, will welcome the 10 French companies at the French Consulate General in Düsseldorf for the launch of the event.

During these three days, they will have access to personalized advice sessions on their development strategy in Germany, first collective workshops with German experts, Franco-German companies based in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia will testify about their experience. A visit to the “5G Lab” at the University of Medicine in Düsseldorf and numerous networking events with the Business France Germany network are also planned.

– From June 1 to June 30, 2022: this second phase aims to help managers adapt to this new market and help them refine their strategy.

This month will be dedicated to meetings with companies, mentors and Business France partners during collective sessions. Each company participating in the program will receive a personalized positioning study.

– From the end of August: Launch of the prospecting phase.

The Franco-German teams of the Tech & Services and Industry & CleanTech departments of Business France in Düsseldorf will accompany the 10 French managers in prospecting for local clients and partners and will facilitate the appointments.

During this third phase, the Business France teams will welcome the French delegation in Munich for a second meeting within the framework of the Bits&Pretzels festival, which will be held from September 25 to 27, 2022.

The companies will participate in numerous networking events, including with the French Tech Munich network, the Bavarian region’s economic department “Invest in Bavaria” and the ecosystem.

The 10 companies selected for the program

The 8 Fintech companies that will benefit from this program are

Exatech

The company offers a wide range of solutions and services to ensure the success of exams and assessments. Its Viatique platform digitizes candidates’ paper copies, making them
candidates, renders them instantly anonymous and makes them available to markers for secure on-screen correction.

Krono-Safe

ASTERIOS TOOL SUITE” software allows for full automation of kernel configuration and verification in real time: its customers’ applications can be quickly certified and accurately executed regardless of the number of processor cores.

Mooncard

Secure and configurable, the Mooncard card allows the payment of all company expenses (business expenses, online purchases, subscriptions) and fully automates the administrative management (pre-filling of data, storage of receipts, accounting processing).

Skeepers

A French Tech 120 company in 2022, Skeepers helps brands build customer loyalty through ROI and pragmatic solutions that cover the entire customer journey as well as the management and continuous optimization of the customer experience. Skeepers already has a subsidiary in Germany.

Silvr

A Fintech company, Silvr builds the first European financial operating system for digital businesses. Growing rapidly thanks to a €130M Series A funding round, Silvr offers on-demand financial solutions to unleash the growth of its business customers.

Tixeo

Already established in Berlin, Tixeo offers the most secure video conferencing technology on the market. For more than 15 years, its R&D teams have been designing and implementing innovative security mechanisms in partnership with the industry’s leading companies.

TradeIn

TradeIn is a collaborative platform for real-time scoring of companies’ creditworthiness and payment behavior. The Paris-based company helps SMEs mitigate and transfer their business risks. CIC, BNP, Caisse d’Epargne and Mutuelle Générale are among its clients.

Web Geo Services

A French Tech 120 company in 2022, Web Geo Services offers Woosmap, a unique
a unique location-based technology platform that connects consumers to businesses. This platform is the only one located in Europe, GDPR compliant without any personal data collected. Web Geo Services already has 7 offices worldwide, including a representation in Germany.

The 2 companies Mobility

CaRool

CaRool offers an all-in-one AI solution for garages and service providers to optimize tires and digitalize the automotive sector. This solution allows to find the exact reference of the tire and check its wear level thanks to AI-powered image recognition, optimize tire life, improve the tire changing experience, optimize smart online appointment booking, and enables predictive maintenance thanks to a finer knowledge of the consumer.

Reparcar

By offering a wide range of quality, reused and refurbished car parts on a high-performance e-commerce platform, Reparcar’s solution allows anyone, whether an individual, a garage owner, a body shop or an insurance adjuster, to quickly and easily find and purchase the reused car parts they need to repair their vehicle.

Translated from Business France et Bpi France dévoilent les lauréats de la 3ème édition du programme Impact Germany