G.A.C. Group (HQ France, hosting organisation)
G.A.C. Group (G.A.C.), is an international innovation consultancy firm specialised in innovation performance support (18M+ sales revenue in 2019). It was established in 2002 and employs 200+ specialists, mostly with PhD or MSc, spread across Europe and across the world. The headquarters of the company are based near Paris, in Issy les Moulineaux, France; with offices in several cities of France (Nantes, Lyon, Lille, Sophia Antipolis…). The company integrates sound competences in innovation management, internationalisation, co-creation with end users, networks and platforms, economic studies (including innovation strategies, territorial innovation development, evaluation, and impact assessment), financial performance, & human resource performance. Thus, G.A.C. specialists provides 360° support to innovation, from ideation to industrialization and project management, and cover the whole expansion value chain, from ideation to industrialization, from IP advice to project management, R&D public funding and new market access, from internationalisation strategy to its operationalization, legal document drafting to operational support. Our technical experts are consultants specialized per industry and knowledgeable in sectorial trends, issues and skilled on innovation projects to face industry and societal challenges. In 2018, G.A.C. launched GAC’UP, start-up accelerator, to accompany innovation start-ups in acceleration phase.
G.A.C. recently integrated the team and projects of inno TSD (now G.A.C.), specialists in supporting inter-regional and international collaboration for innovation and economic development (500+ projects implemented since 1986, including over 40 FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects): cluster and SMEs internationalisation support, university‐industry cooperation, business incubator management, supporting start-ups and other innovative companies, impact maximisation, stakeholder engagement, as well as inter-regional connections and mutual learning activities.
G.A.C. has a strong list of relevant references with over 2000 private clients across the world, including deep tech start-ups and renowned multi-national companies.
Website: https://group-gac.com/