#scientipole

Scientipole  - French fund for innovative startups - selects innovative startups and help them get seed funding : personal loans for founders. Mentors are respected experts in the startup ecosystem. They work with you to improve your value proposition or redifine your strategy. 

Blockbase was distinguished by the jury of scientipole and got all the jury's voices for BulldozAIR app. 

Many thanks to Hugues Randriatsoa  from scientipole and Mr Robert Lassere our dedicated expert. Both of them helped us to refine our strategy and get our first clients before facing the jury.

We highly recommend young entrepreneurs to check their eligibility for scientipole initiative - or France initiative for other regions- It's a very good way to start after having you first MVP or your first clients.

Scientipole's network works great when it comes to meeting other entrepreneurs during their Brouhaha networking nights on Paris peniches. 

The label is well known and recognized in france. It gives you credibility and recognition for next steps. 

Although France is only now seeing a new innovative ecosystem spring to life in Paris, it is already offering many opportunities for French startups to grow. Europe’s austerity and social systems have proven to be a backbone for many young entrepreneurs. Unemployment measures ensure financial stability for many entrepreneurs. In addition to these individual-focused efforts, public funds and organizations have been created to stimulate the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in France.

Over the past few months, Baptiste Fradin, COO of Infinit, has been driving an effort to raise public funds in order accelerate the company more quickly. Last week, Infinit was accepted into Agoranov, a public incubator tied to research. We thought it important to maintain a strong link with the research community and Agoranov will help us do that. We will have the opportunity to collaborate with other entrepreneurs and researchers as well as have access to mentoring and aid in navigating the public funding system in France.

The last few months have been a roller coaster ride for Infinit. And with the opening of the Infinit blog we’d like to hit rewind and offer you a look at some of the biggest moments in Infinit’s still young history.

In September 2011, Infinit was accepted to Le Camping, along with 11 other companies. Le Camping is France’s first and most well known acceleration program for startups.  The 6-month program helped Infinit take form and grow from a PhD research project into a fledgling business. With support from a large community, several organized events and a strong European network, Infinit truly made leaps and bounds. After Le Camping’s Demo Day in December, we met our investors. Their first ticket went a long way.

In addition to a small first round of funding, Infinit was accepted into Scientipole and Agoranov, two public initiatives to drive innovation in France. We’ve thus been able to leverage not only our funding, but also the expertise of a supportive ecosystem. Over the past 4 months, our core development team has come together and our go-to-market efforts are taking form. Our alpha release is just around the corner with a date set for early August.

              Along the way, we met some incredible people and challenging mentors. In May, one of them, Stephan Ramoin of Gandi, has allocated an office to Infinit at Gandi Labs, a new incubator dedicated to high potential startups that fit with Gandi’s own expertise in domain services and hosting. The team at Gandi acts as a group of mentors for Infinit, sharing their ideas and challenging our own strategic thinking. Combining the expertise of an experienced and growing company with the challenges of a startup allows for a true exchange of knowledge that can help Infinit be resourceful and sustainable in its own development.