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Grenoble-based EnerBee, founded in early 2014, has won three awards over the past few months: a national prize for innovative start-ups, a global innovation award, and a connected objects award. The prize money supplements funds from investors and private-sector backers, giving EnerBee a total of €1 million to pursue plans to launch a pilot production […] >>

 “Our goal is to turn more projects into commercially-viable products” The French government is pushing the country’s clusters to make the transition from “project factory” to “product factory.” What does this mean for Minalogic? As a member of the national competitive cluster system, we are aligning with this objective. We started by assessing the 46 […] >>

The third edition of the Challenge First Step is hitting cruising speed, with ten start-up projects submitted (seven from Leti, two from Liten, and one from List; nine project leaders are permanent employees of the CEA Technology Research Division, the tenth is on a post-doc contract). Shortlisted candidates, to be announced on June 19, will […] >>

Grenoble-based start-up Primo1D exhibited at RFID Journal Live 2014 held in Orlando, Florida on April 8–10, taking advantage of the opportunity to present the broad range of potential applications (which include anti-theft and anti-counterfeiting) for its E-Thread RFID technology. E-Thread technology, developed at CEA-Leti, leverages a patented electronic chip whose grooved sides enable it to […] >>

France’s National Industrial Property Institute (INPI) published its 2013 patent ranking in April. The CEA ranked third with 625 patent applications (up from 566 in 2012), coming in behind PSA Peugeot Citroën (1,378 applications) and Safran (645 applications). The 2013 ranking is fairly similar to the previous year’s ranking. Changes worth noting: Safran pulled ahead […] >>