Institut Mines-Télécom and the Fondation Mines-Télécom partner with Bpifrance and Revital’Emploi to create the “Industries & Energy 4.0” fund

Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) and the Fondation Mines-Télécom have launched another fund dedicated to the sciences of energy, materials and processes. It will grant interest-free loans to the most promising start-ups developing innovative industrial projects. The fund set up in partnership with Bpifrance and Revital’Emploi and managed by Initiative Grandes Ecoles & Universités (IGEU) is endowed with €275,000.

“I am proud to head the approvals committee for this new fund. I welcome this initiative from IMT and the Fondation Mines-Télécom, which supports the success of the start-ups to be financed. Through the Fondation Mines-Télécom, IMT is reasserting its contribution to the economic and industrial development of France”, highlights Jean-Yes Gilet, Chairman of the Selection Committee and member of the Board of Directors of the Fondation Mines-Télécom.