In 2016, 41 technology transfer projects were examined via InriaHub, our internal platform:
30 projects were given support, with investment worth a total of 1.4 million euros.
Furthermore, many Inria PhD students are interested in the option of founding a startup: in 2016, 300 of them followed the "Horizon start-up" programme designed to explore the possibilities of entrepreneurship.
Startups
In 2016, 10 new startups were founded, bringing the total number of startups developed through Inria since 1984 to 140:
2016 also saw the development of a network of startupers, including:
Partnerships
In 2016, Inria consolidated many long-standing partnerships and entered into new ones with major groups.
With major groups
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The South Korean Samsung Group.
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Safran, primarily focusing on critical embedded systems, secure networks and communications, systems monitoring and data analysis.
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Oberthur Technologies (within the Inria Rennes Research Centre High Security Laboratory).
With SMEs
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In 2016, Inria set up:
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The collaboration between the SME BatVoice and the Geostat team took them to the French Senate to take part in the Tremplin Entreprises contest.
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The "Interactive digital simulation and virtual experience" community was launched in Bordeaux.
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Safety Line, an Inria Innovation Lab set up in 2015, was in the spotlight when it was nominated for the digital innovation award in the Prix des Technologies Numériques.
With universities
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Inria signed an agreement with Conectus Alsace, the Technology Transfer Accelerator Company (SATT).
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In 2016, as part of the third wave of Institut Carnot certification, Inria had its status as a Carnot Institute consolidated. This certification is awarded by the French Research Ministry and recognises the aptitude of the best research organisations to work effectively with industry partners. The Inria Carnot Institute has defined a set of ambitious objectives on the back of its first six years of growth in turnover and improved efficiency. The main priorities are to be more proactive in reaching out to business, with initiatives like InriaTech, and improve the quality of customer relations.
Support
Once again this year, Inria has used its expertise to help businesses grow:
Some Great Softwares
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The Allgo platformhas been launched, enabling software developed by research teams to be made available online as quickly and as simply as possible. For the users (scientists, SMEs, general public), this makes it possible to provide a "Software as a Service (SaaS)" type service and thereby reach a very large audience of users who are not IT experts.
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The genome sequencing software developed by the Bonsaï team has been taken up by over a hundred laboratories.
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Simgrid, the toolkit for simulating distributed systems has also been widely adopted.
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The
Pl@ntNet app has grown in scale with the extension of its botanical reference database and an ever larger community, especially of international users.