{"id":7142,"date":"2024-05-04T21:12:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T19:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ca-assurances.com\/publication\/credit-agricole-group-makes-e100-million-innovation-capital-investment-to-support-startups\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T21:12:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T19:12:04","slug":"credit-agricole-group-makes-e100-million-innovation-capital-investment-to-support-startups","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.ca-assurances.com\/en\/publication\/credit-agricole-group-makes-e100-million-innovation-capital-investment-to-support-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Group makes \u20ac100 million  innovation-capital investment to support startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=text-align:justify;\">As part of its innovation approach, highlighted by the Customer Project from its strategic plan \u201c2020 Strategic Ambition\u201d, the Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Group is announcing that it will be investing \u20ac100 million to support innovative young businesses<sup>*<\/sup>. The maximum budget for these funds could reach \u20ac200 million by 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">This investment, led by Cr\u00e9dit Agricole\u2019s Regional Banks, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A., Amundi and Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Assurances, will enable the Group to meet two key goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supporting the regional economy by financing innovation and investment in young tech firms operating primarily in the Group\u2019s six strategic areas: agriculture and agrifood, energy-environment, housing, health, tourism and marine;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Accelerating its digital transformation by investing in startups deploying solutions and applications for the bankinsurance sector, such as big data, connected devices, digital payment, cybersecurity and blockchains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Innovation is a core focus within the Group\u2019s strategy. For Bertrand Corbeau, Deputy Managing Director Head of Development, Client and Innovation at Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A.: <em>\u201cThese funds will further strengthen and ramp up the arrangements already in place to foster innovation within the Group, and particularly the Regional Banks. By supporting startups with their growth, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole is helping promote the development of an innovation ecosystem with positive impacts in terms of progress and jobs in all the regions. We will also be able to capitalise on the strong Villages by CA network rolled out in the regions (around 30 by end-2018) to accelerate the digital transformation across all our activities\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">With this innovation capital approach, structured with advice from SODICA Corporate Finance, the Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Group, building on its strong regional roots and dense network, is further strengthening its ability to support innovative young businesses everywhere, in France and around the world.<\/p>\n<p><sub>* The contributions by the Group\u2019s entities to the initial capital for the two funds (\u20ac100 million in total) are based on the following breakdown: \u20ac45 million for Cr\u00e9dit Agricole\u2019s Regional Banks, \u20ac25 million each for Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A. and CA Assurances, and \u20ac5 million for Amundi.\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","entite":[101],"caa-theme":[],"type-publication":[136],"class_list":["post-7142","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry","entite-credit-agricole-assurances-en","type-publication-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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