BNP Paribas, 1st French bank and 3rd bank worldwide in “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations” ranking
In 2020, BNP Paribas appears for the sixth year running in the demanding ranking of the “
For a number of years already, BNP Paribas has been building a global support programme for innovative start-ups in France and abroad. We take a look with Myriam Beque, Head of Innovation Development, French Retail Banking at BNP Paribas.
In 2012, BNP Paribas launched its first Innovation hubs to meet the specific banking needs of start-ups: from fund-raising, stock-market flotation and internationalisation, to wealth management for executives.
The Group itself participates in this financing by investing in start-ups via seed funding or sometimes even directly, through its own risk-capital structure. “Besides the essential matter of funding, start-ups also need to find their first customers,” Myriam Beque points out.
We decided to appoint investment managers to offer banking support to these atypical companies throughout their funding process.
As a major international bank, BNP Paribas can offer start-ups support in their development from A-Z. They should make use of it, since they are our clients of tomorrow!