CNRS:

The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research) is a government-funded research organization, under the administrative authority of France's Ministry of Research.

Founded in 1939 by governmental decree, CNRS has the following missions:

   - To evaluate and carry out all research capable of advancing knowledge and bringing social, cultural, and economic benefits for society

   - To contribute to the application and promotion of research results

   - To develop scientific information

   - To support research training

   - To participate in the analysis of the national and international scientific climate and its potential for evolution in order to develop a national policy

OSEO:

OSEO was born in 2005, by bringing together ANVAR (French innovation agency) and BDPME (SME development bank), around a mission of general interest supporting the regional and national policies. Its mission is to provide assistance and financial support to French SMEs and VSEs in the most decisive phases of their life cycle : start up, innovation, development, business transfer / buy out. By sharing the risk, it facilitates the access of SMEs to financing by banking partners and equity capital investors.