Deeptech Lyon 2025 Morning Session: Secure Funding and Scale Up

With a strong scientific and industrial heritage, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region boasts several key strengths: academic excellence, strategic sectors undergoing transformation, and a support ecosystem that is rapidly taking shape. It is the ideal environment for turning cutting-edge research into industrial innovations!

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However, the region’s industrial ambitions can only be realized by addressing two key challenges: securing the funding needed to accelerate growth at a time when risks are high and capital requirements are significant, and successfully scaling up to industrial levels by mobilizing sustainable investments, rare skills , and strong partnerships.

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The goal of this morning’s event is to bring together all stakeholders in the ecosystem, highlight local success stories, and collectively identify concrete ways to transform research into competitive industrial innovations. This is an event not to be missed for anyone who wants to contribute to technological sovereignty, the green transition, and France’s reindustrialization.

8:00 a.m. – Welcome & check-in

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9:00 a.m. – Opening and welcoming remarks

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9:10 a.m. – Keynote: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, a region of excellence for industrial deep tech

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9:25 a.m. – Interview: Reindustrialization and Financing

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9:30 a.m. – Panel discussion: Financing the scaling up of industrial deep tech

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10:15 a.m. – Interview and Q&A: From your first fundraising round to the stock market: how can you prepare in advance?

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10:30 a.m. – Coffee Break

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11:00 a.m. – Keynote: Deeptech Regions: When Regional Policies Shape Industrialization.

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11:15 a.m. – Panel Discussion: Overcoming Structural and Operational Challenges in Scaling Up

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12:00 p.m. – Closing Keynote: Sovereignty & Competitiveness: Bpifrance’s Vision for Industrial Deep Tech.

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12:20 p.m. – Closing Remarks

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12:30 p.m. – Networking & Cocktails