Jonathan Lascar from Bpifrance: "We must bet on deeptech and its disruptive models"

VivaTech, the biggest tech show in Europe, will be held both digitally and in person at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (15th arrondissement), from June 16 to 19.

The event will host over 25,000 m², against 56,000 m² in 2019 (the 2020 edition had been canceled), more than 500 exhibitors, including 200 start-ups.

Jonathan Lascar, director of Bpifrance Le Hub, a team that supports Bpifrance start-ups, believes in the potential of French designers.

What are the emerging sectors that will develop?

JONATHAN LASCAR.

It is above all the deeptech, these start-ups that offer disruptive and innovative solutions, resulting from research, which is gaining momentum.

We have deeptech in almost all sectors: whether in the environment, agriculture, medtech - with research to make the brain react for example - psytech, to de-stress ...

Jonathan Lascar, director of investments made by the Innovation funds of BpiFrance.

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Many research institutes, laboratories and SATT

(Editor's note: companies for the acceleration of technology transfer) are

withdrawing from patents.

But then you need an entrepreneur to develop this technology.

Are French start-ups well positioned?

Yes, we are very good at patents, several hundred are filed each year.

And we are the second European country, behind the United Kingdom, in terms of investment in start-ups.

With teleworking, offers are multiplying in psytech, remote management solutions, will there be room for all?

The more solutions we have, the better the quality of service will be.

Yes, there is room, and entrepreneurs must be encouraged.

What are the activities in which to invest today, and tomorrow?

It is difficult to say in which sector to invest, except that it is necessary to bet on deeptech and its disruptive service models.

To give you two examples, Bpifrance has invested in Ynsect, a start-up that has revolutionized the food industry with insect protein.

TechnoFounders (a start-up studio specializing in deeptech), which collaborates with research institutes and SATTs to identify technologies with high potential, has enabled the launch of UV Boosting in the agricultural sector.

This start-up offers an alternative to pesticides by sending ultraviolet rays on strawberries.

Deeptech requires a longer research phase, and therefore more expensive than other technologies, but remember that thanks to Bpifrance's Ecotechnologies Fund 2, 300 million euros could be invested in greentech start-ups in the years to come. come.