2020 highlights - Incubator
Published on September 30, 2021 – Updated on October 14, 2021
Some of the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa incubator's startups raised significant funding in 2020, notably BHealthCare, Nextflow, INVIRTUS TECHNOLOGIES and Akryvia. Others have distinguished themselves through awards received, including Hera-Mi, which received the Centrale Nantes Innovation Award, Farwind, which was awarded a prize at Start West, and Akryvia, winner of the i-Nov innovation competition. A productive year for the incubator!
- BHealthcare raises €1.5M to finalise its robotic blood sampling platform "Heiva™"November 26, 2020BHealthCare - a former startup of the Centrale-Audencia-ensa business incubator - is a medtech company specializing in the development of next-generation robotic solutions for more reliable peripheral vascular access. It has just announced seed funding of €1.5 million secured in June 2020, together with other public funds. This supplements several funding mechanisms and grants to the tune of €2.8 million obtained since the creation of the company in 2016. The operation was carried out exclusively with leading biologists and renowned specialists in the medical field.
- Centrale Nantes taking part in Startups & Innovation DayOctober 23, 2020To close the "Printemps de l'Innovation 2020" event, come along to Startups & Innovation Day and discover 80 innovative French startups in the fields of: industry of the future, future health, energy transition, social innovation, digital and artificial intelligence.
- Hera-Mi receives the "Centrale Nantes Innovation Prize" at the Startups & Innovation Day eventOctober 23, 2020Centrale Nantes is a partner of the event and as such, Frédéric Meslin, Director of Development, presented the Centrale Nantes Innovation Prize to the startup Hera-Mi, which has been supported by the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa incubator since July 2017.
- Nextflow Software raises 3 million euros to finance its international growthOctober 7, 2020Nextflow Software, a Centrale Nantes spin-off, just completed a first round of funding to the tune of three million euros. This round will allow Nextflow to ramp up the sales of its innovative numerical simulation software and pursue its international development.
- FARWIND receives an award at Start West 2020September 23, 2020Farwind – a startup in the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa incubator - is developing a solution for converting offshore hydroelectric energy into renewable fuel, a project that won the In Extenso prize at the 20th edition of Start West.
- Congratulations to XSun for its flight recordJuly 7, 2020For its first long solar-powered flight, XSun recorded an impressive 12-hour carbon-free and 100% autonomous flight covering 600km!
- INVIRTUS TECHNOLOGIES, startup in the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa incubator, secures €750K in fundingMarch 10, 2020InVirtus Technologies, which specialises in geolocation in industrial environments, has just successfully completed a new round of financing. Investors include BACS-Innov, an investment company bringing together alumni from Centrale Supélec and Ecole Centrale Group - alongside private investors from the startup's own professional network.
- i-Nov innovation competition - another win for AKRYVIA, start-up in the Centrale Nantes Audencia ensa incubatorJanuary 16, 2020AKRYVIA, a Deep Tech start-up in the Pays de la Loire Region is delighted to announce its award in the French Fab category in the third round of the i-Nov innovation competition.
- AKRYVIA raises €900k in fundingJanuary 30, 2020AKRYVIA, start-up in the Centrale-Audencia-ensa Nantes incubator, raises funding to the tune of €900k.
