The French Technical train left Perpignan station for Madrid this Thursday, June 20. Will be back on Friday. About a hundred participants on board, including thirty founders of startups based in France, as well as Spain and Great Britain.
“These leaders will have the opportunity to speak (they promote themselves) in front of an audience of investors and business angels, as well as from a trip. The top ten of them will again speak at the French institution in front of the investors located in Madrid, the capital of Madrid”, explains Nicolas Gusse, president of French Tech Perpignan, which organized this event for the fifth time with the French company Tech Madrid Cap Sud 66 attraction agency.
For many of these entrepreneurs, the goal is to raise initial funds. “These are generally between €50,000 and €500,000 in seed raises. Finding funds in 2024 is not as easy as in 2020 or 2021. It is no longer enough to have the right idea at the right time. You have to present yourself with a proof of concept, a serious project already supported by several customers and the beginning of the cycle”, warns Nicolas Gousse, artificial intelligence is currently a common theme for investors, France “has big ambitions”. this field”. The president of the French Tech Perpignan insists that “it’s the people” that are very important in the choice of investors. “The business manager, his team, is what will make the difference in the end. »
About ten start-ups were created in 1966
Among the 30 participating startups, 10 are located in the Pyrenees-Orientales, such as Ecologène (design and installation of autonomous generators for solar energy production); Verréo (low-carbon packaging solutions for winemakers and brewers); Etikord (idea exchange and collaboration platform for ethical consumption and business practices), Digital Icons (card games representing French companies and entrepreneurs verified with blockchain), I-Novon (security systems for business); Off-season strategy (supporting communities and businesses to rediscover mountain places and life in rural resorts); Operask (a digital platform for risk management in enterprises open to the public); In search of positive parties (a management tool dedicated to structures that connect companies), the Largo group (an application for project management with AI) and Trust in isotopes (a tracking service for companies that import raw materials).