TECHNOPÔLE MARSEILLE PROVENCE CHÂTEAU-GOMBERT

Le lieu de l’innovation technologique et entrepreneuriale

MPM Innovation Fund

MARSEILLE PROVENCE INNOVATION FUND

Since 2003, Marseille Provence Métropole has led Marseille Provence Innovation Fund; this structure which supports the creation and development of innovative, job-generating companies in the Marseille urban area was jointly implemented by the State, the Department Council (13), Marseille Provence Métropole and the City of Marseille.

Eligibility conditions

  • To be either an innovative SME (<250 employees) with 2 years of existence, or an innovative  company in the creation phase (supported by Marseille Innovation or Grand Luminy business incubators, or by the Impulse or Belle-de-Mai incubators, or else by the Pégase cluster).
  • To work in the fields of engineering sciences, aeronautics, multimedia, biotech-health.
  • To set themselves up in one of the 4 following areas: Marseille Provence Technology Park in Château-Gombert, Luminy Technology Park, Pôle Média in Belle-de-Mai in Marseille or Parc des Florides in Marignane.
  • To create at least 3 permanent safeguarded jobs within 3 years.

Grant
€8,000 per permanent hire (maximum amount granted to each company over 3 years, up to a €96,000 ceiling).

Partners 
Impulse incubator, Belle de Mai incubator, Marseille Innovation, Grand Luminy, Pégase cluster, Marseille Mission Emploi, Provence Promotion, CCI, CMA, Prides, Marseille Métropole Initiatives, Primi, SATT, competitive Clusters…

Contact and information:  04 95 09 50 25 / Email : mf.cartella@marseille-provence.fr