What Floralis does

Floralis is the wholly-owned technology transfer and valorization subsidiary (filiale de valorisation) of Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), incorporated as a SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) with share capital of €747,260 and headquartered at 7 Allée Palestine, Gières, France. Founded in 2004 and ISO 9001 certified in innovation management, the company functions as an "opportunities facilitator" between UGA's research laboratories and the socio-economic world, structuring technology development, R&D collaborations, licensing agreements, and startup creation across ten technology domains: numérique, environnement/énergie, économie/droit/gestion, électronique/instrumentation, intelligence artificielle, humanités, matériaux/procédés, agroalimentaire/nutrition/bien-être, thérapeutique, and dispositifs médicaux. It operates as the designated operator of Institut Carnot LSI (Logiciel et Systèmes Intelligents) and runs a domain-organized team of charged'affaires (business developers), each covering a specific technology vertical. Notable successes include Emoface (educational games for autism, C.U.R.I.E. Trophy 2021), Pelican Health (gut microbiota sampling technology with two patents pending), MEMUS (ultrasonic-assisted membrane filtration), and the ADSC platform for complex health-data valorization.

The business model is project-based and hybrid. Revenue is generated through licensing and royalty arrangements, service contracts structuring R&D collaborations, and public funding tie-ins — including France's Plan de Relance, where the State covers 50–80% of employee salaries for companies partnering with research laboratories, generating fees for structuring and managing those collaborations. Pricing is negotiated case-by-case and not publicly disclosed. The company is sales-led: each business developer identifies industrial needs in their domain and matches them with laboratory capabilities. Its customer base is diversified across spin-offs (Emoface, ETISENSE, Rheonova, Pelican Health, BGene) and enterprise partners (NAVER LABS Europe), with outcomes spanning clinical studies, industrial pilots, and funded startups.

Floralis's institutional positioning is anchored in a dense regional deeptech network: parent UGA (ranked 99th globally in Shanghai 2020, top 5 in France), SATT Linksium (maturation co-funding averaging €160k per project over 16 months), Bpifrance (i-Lab and Challenge Out Of Labs competitions), and at least seven competitiveness clusters (Minalogic, Lyon Biopole, Tenerrdis, Axelera, Medicalps, Digital League, Biopolis). Operationally, the company is currently expanding capacity — recruiting a Business Developer intern, a Business Developer for Digital and Electronics, and a Postdoctoral/Research Engineer in Deep Learning for computational physics as of March 2026 — and maintains an active international event presence including CES 2024 in Las Vegas.

Name

Floralis

Legal name

Floralis UGA Filiale

Website

https://floralis.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Floralis is the wholly-owned technology transfer subsidiary of Université Grenoble Alpes, structuring R&D collaborations, licensing, and startup creation across ten research domains from a Grenoble-based, ISO 9001-certified team serving industry partners and academic researchers.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Gières

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Technology Transfer and Valorization Services: Floralis generates revenue by facilitating technology transfer between UGA research laboratories and the socio-economic world. Services include technology development support, collaborative research setup (including under the Carnot LSI label), licensing, and startup creation. Revenue derives from licensing fees, service contracts with industry partners, and public funding tied to R&D collaboration programs.
2. R&D Employment Subsidies (Plan de Relance): In the context of France's economic recovery plan, Floralis facilitates R&D collaborations where the State covers 50-80% of employee salaries for companies partnering with research laboratories. This generates service revenue for structuring and managing collaborative R&D projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Floralis is a technology transfer and valorization subsidiary of Université Grenoble Alpes that facilitates opportunities between UGA research laboratories and the socio-economic world. Its core offering includes innovation facilitation, technology development support, R&D collaboration management (notably as operator of Institut Carnot LSI), technology licensing, and startup creation support across ten research domains including digital, environment/energy, AI, electronics, materials, therapeutics, and medical devices.

Product overview

Floralis is a technology transfer and valuation subsidiary of Université Grenoble Alpes, functioning as an opportunities facilitator between research laboratories and the socio-economic world. The offering consists of core services including innovation facilitation, technology development support, R&D partnership management (notably as operator of Institut Carnot LSI), licensing support, and start-up creation assistance. These services provide access to cutting-edge expertise across ten research domains: Digital, Environment/Energy, Economy/Law/Management, Electronics/Instrumentation, Artificial Intelligence, Humanities, Materials/Processes, Food/Nutrition/Well-being, Therapeutics, and Medical Devices. The portfolio also includes specialized platforms such as ADSC for complex health data analysis, and specific technology projects like MEMUS (ultrasonic membrane filtration), Emoface (autism education software), Vision-R (VR/AR platform), HydroCovid (hydrogen treatment), and CURE HD (neuroprotective treatment), alongside support for start-ups including Pelican Health and participation in European networks like SpintronicFactory.

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Products and services

• Innovation Facilitation Services End-to-end facilitation of innovation transfer between Universit\u00e9 Grenoble Alpes (UGA) research laboratories and the socio-economic world. Services include technology development support, R&D collaboration setup (including within Institut Carnot LSI), licensing support, and startup creation assistance. Serves companies of all sizes and UGA researchers seeking to commercialize or industrialize academic research.
• Research Domain Expertise Access Single point of access to cutting-edge UGA research expertise across ten technology domains: Digital, Environment/Energy, Economy/Law/Management, Electronics/Instrumentation, Artificial Intelligence, Humanities, Materials/Processes, Food/Nutrition/Well-being, Therapeutics, and Medical Devices. Available to industrial partners, SMEs, and academic researchers.
• R&D Collaboration Management (Carnot LSI) Management of R&D collaborations under the prestigious Institut Carnot LSI label, covering software, intelligent systems, and digital technologies. Floralis operates as the Carnot LSI institute operator, facilitating collaborations between LSI labs and industry and unlocking public R&D funding through Carnot programs.
• Plan de Relance R&D Employment Program Facilitation Structuring and management of collaborative R&D projects where the French State covers 50-80% of employee salaries for companies partnering with research laboratories, in the context of France's economic recovery plan. Available to companies seeking subsidized R&D collaborations with UGA labs.
• Startup Creation Support Support for researchers, PhD students, and post-docs wanting to create deep-tech startups based on UGA research. Includes support through Challenge Out Of Labs (with SATT Linksium, DRRT, Bpifrance), i-Lab competition preparation, and partnering with Le Carré Accelerator. Delivered with Linksium's maturation financing (~160k€ per project over 16 months).
• Technology Licensing Support Negotiation and structuring of IP licensing deals between UGA research laboratories and industrial partners. Covers licensing of proprietary research technologies developed at UGA labs across the ten technology domains, including the legal, contractual, and IP management aspects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 project laureates for the Grenoble Alpes site at i-Lab 2023, 7 accompanied by Floralis
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• Institut Carnot LSI (Logiciel et Systèmes Intelligents)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFloralis is the operator of the Carnot LSI institute, a prestigious French public research partnership label. As operator, Floralis facilitates R&D collaborations between LSI labs and industry, accesses Carnot R&D funding programs, and participates in Carnot-branded partnering events. Carnot LSI covers software, intelligent systems, and digital technologies.
• SATT LinksiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinksium is the Technology Transfer Acceleration Company (SATT) of the Grenoble Alpes labs. Floralis works closely with Linksium on maturation programs, startup incubation, and the Challenge Out Of Labs competition. Linksium provides financing averaging 160k€ per maturation project over 16 months.
• Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFloralis is a wholly-owned subsidiary (filiale) of UGA. It is embedded on the university campus with direct access to all UGA research laboratories across 10 technology domains. UGA ranked 99th globally in the Shanghai 2020 ranking.
• MinalogicsecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerCompetitiveness cluster for digital technologies in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Floralis participates in Minalogic events and collaborates on digital and AI innovation projects.
• Lyon BiopolesecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerHealthcare and biotech competitiveness cluster in Lyon. Floralis partners on health and biotech technology transfer projects.
• TenerrdissecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerEnergy competitiveness cluster in the Savoie region. Floralis collaborates on energy and environment innovation projects.
• AxelerasecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerCompetitiveness cluster for materials and processes in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Floralis partners on materials and process innovation projects.
• Digital LeaguesecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerDigital ecosystem association in Grenoble. Co-organizes Happy League events with Floralis and promotes digital deeptech from the region.
• Réseau C.U.R.I.E.secondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerNational federation of technology transfer professionals from French public research. Floralis is a member. The network organizes the annual C.U.R.I.E. Congress and Trophies.
• SATT Linksium (Challenge Out Of Labs)secondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerChallenge Out Of Labs is organized by Linksium in partnership with DRRT and Bpifrance. Floralis supports researcher candidates. Since 2016, the challenge has propelled 150+ laureates and expertized ~300 projects.
• AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers)minorOthersGlobal association of technology transfer professionals. Floralis is listed as a partner on its website.
• MedicalpssecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerHealthcare and medical devices competitiveness cluster in the Grenoble area. Floralis partners for medical devices and health technology transfer.
• Digital GrenobleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDigital ecosystem actor in Grenoble, part of the French Tech network.
• AURA EntreprisesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes enterprise development agency.
• Le Carré AcceleratorminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGrenoble-based startup accelerator. Works with Floralis to support startup creation from research.
• BiopolisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPart of UGA's life sciences ecosystem. Floralis collaborates on biotech/health startup projects.
• ASTP (Association of Science and Technology Professionals)minorOthersEuropean association for research transfer professionals. Floralis is listed as a partner.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SATT AxLR: SATT for the Languedoc-Roussillon academic ecosystem. Comparable French regional academic TTO with similar funding sources (Carnot, SATT program, Bpifrance) and similar deal mix (licensing, collaborative R&D, startup spin-outs).
• CNRS Innovation: Technology transfer and startup arm of CNRS, France's largest public research organization. Directly comparable TTO function across physical, biological, and engineering sciences — same customer base (French SMEs/industrials) and same revenue model anchored in licensing and collaborative R&D.
• SATT Sud Est: SATT covering Aix-Marseille Université, Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Université de Toulon and other southern French labs. Comparable academic TTO model (maturation investment, licensing, startup creation) operating on a regional French footprint similar to Floralis.
• Inserm Transfert: Private subsidiary of Inserm dedicated to valorizing French biomedical research. Direct peer in the therapeutics/medical devices sub-domain of Floralis's portfolio — same business model (licensing, startup creation, collaborative R&D), overlapping Bpifrance/i-Lab grant ecosystem.
• INRIA Transfert: National technology transfer subsidiary of INRIA, France's digital research institute. Comparable French academic TTO model — takes public-research software and AI IP and licenses or spins it out to industry. Comparable scale and revenue mix (licensing + services + public funding).
• SATT Linksium: Grenoble-Alpes SATT (Société d'Accélération du Transfert de Technologies) operating in the same labs and partnering directly with Floralis on the Challenge Out Of Labs and maturation programs. Closest functional peer — both monetize Grenoble-Alpes research IP through licensing and startup creation, with overlapping researcher relationships.

Emerging players

• Oxford University Innovation: University of Oxford's technology transfer company. Comparable business model — spins out startups, licenses IP, and runs consulting/collaborative research with industry from a top-tier academic research base. Different geography but a useful functional benchmark for TTO monetization of deeptech IP.

Broad incumbents

• Fraunhofer (Germany): Europe's largest applied research organization with extensive contract R&D and IP licensing services. Broadly comparable institutional model — public research organization monetizing IP through industry contracts and licensing — but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach than Floralis.
• CEA Tech (CEA valorisation): Industrial R&D and technology transfer arm of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission. Much larger organization covering materials, electronics, energy, and digital — operates as a broader incumbent that overlaps with several of Floralis's 10 domains but is anchored in CEA's own labs rather than UGA's.

Others

• Carnot Institute network: Association of the 39 French Carnot institutes that Floralis's Carnot LSI belongs to. Other Carnot operators (e.g., CEA List, Carnot MICA, Carnot Télécom & Société numérique) compete for the same French enterprise R&D budget and are natural peers for collaborative research intermediation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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M&A

Investments1 record

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