What SATT Ouest Valorisation does

SATT Ouest Valorisation is a French Technology Transfer Office (Société d'Accélération du Transfert de Technologie), established in 2012 and headquartered in Rennes, that operates as the mandated valorization partner for 28 public Higher Education and Research establishments across the Brittany and Pays de la Loire regions. The organization runs four University Innovation Campuses (PUI: Nantes Université, PREDICT, Blue Box/Brest, and Campus d'Innovation Rennes) and is embedded in regional offices in Rennes, Nantes, Brest, and Lorient, supporting over 160 academic laboratories. Through the national SATT network, it provides privileged technology scouting access to roughly 70% of French academic research, including 13,000+ qualified innovations, 2,150 maturation projects, and 2,800 patents sourced from 165 research establishments and 150,000 researchers.

The core service portfolio spans intellectual property protection (invention detection, patentability analysis, patent drafting and filing on behalf of partner establishments), maturation program financing (taking technologies from TRL 2-3 to TRL 6-7 with internal risk-bearing capital and optional co-maturation with industrial partners), contract engineering for public-private research collaborations (CIFRE theses, R&D service contracts, common laboratories / LabCom), end-to-end deeptech startup creation support (IP transfer, entrepreneurial roadmap, integration with regional technopoles and incubators), a Marketplace of regional technologies, the Plug in Labs Ouest platform for laboratory/equipment access, and a UBSIDE business unit delivering R&D services from Université Bretagne Sud. The organization also runs the Deeptech Starter entrepreneurship immersion programme, maintains thematic Expert Dossiers (Health, Chemistry & Materials, ICT & Engineering), and has taken direct equity positions in portfolio spinouts such as GlioCure.

The business model combines three revenue streams: licensing and royalty income from exploitation licenses for public research technologies; maturation program financing structured as professional services where SATT assumes initial technological and financial risk; and partnership contract engineering fees. Capital sources include Programme Investissements d'Avenir endowment distributions, regional co-financing from Bretagne and Pays de la Loire (since 2019), European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) support since 2015, ANR funding leverage, and Bpifrance co-financing through the BFTLab deeptech program. ISO 9001:2015 certification (2025) and a 90% gender equality index (2026) signal operational and governance maturity. The shareholder structure is a Pact of 11 public research institutions holding 50% of shares organized around the four campuses; regional governments participate as voting partners without equity.

Name

SATT Ouest Valorisation

Legal name

SATT Ouest Valorisation

Website

https://ouest-valorisation.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SATT Ouest Valorisation is a French Technology Transfer Office, founded 2012 and headquartered in Rennes, mandated to valorize research from 28 public Higher Education and Research establishments across Brittany and Pays de la Loire through IP protection, maturation financing, contract engineering, and deeptech startup creation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rennes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Licensing and Technology Transfer: Revenue generated from licensing public research technologies to enterprises, including exclusive or non-exclusive exploitation licenses, and managing royalty flows back to research institutions.
2. Maturation Program Financing: SATT invests in maturation programs taking technologies from TRL 2-3 to TRL 6-7, assuming initial financial and technological risk, with co-maturation options alongside identified industrial partners.
3. Partnership Contract Engineering: Contractual services for structuring research partnerships between public laboratories and private enterprises, including CIFRE theses, collaboration contracts, and shared laboratories (LabCom).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SATT Ouest Valorisation is a Technology Transfer Office (TTO) that detects, evaluates, and protects scientific inventions from 28 public research laboratories in Brittany and Pays de la Loire. It finances the technical and economic maturation of promising projects from TRL 2-3 to TRL 6-7, engineers contractual frameworks for public-private R&D partnerships, and creates or supports deeptech startups by transferring intellectual property rights.

Product overview

SATT Ouest Valorisation is a Technology Transfer Office (TTO) structured as a Service offering portfolio rather than a single product. Its core offerings comprise: (1) Intellectual Property Protection Services — detecting, evaluating, and filing patents on behalf of 28 partner research establishments; (2) Maturation Programs — financing and developing technology projects from TRL 2-3 to TRL 6-7, including co-maturation with industrial partners; (3) Contract Engineering — designing bespoke public-private R&D collaboration contracts including CIFRE theses, LabComs, and R&D service agreements; (4) Deeptech Start-up Creation Support — end-to-end accompaniment of spin-off companies including IP transfer, business roadmap, and startup ecosystem integration; (5) UBSIDE — a dedicated business unit providing companies direct access to R&D competencies and equipment of Université Bretagne Sud; (6) Technomarketplace — an online marketplace of available technologies from regional public research; (7) Technological Scouting — a national SATT network scouting service covering 13,000+ innovations and 150,000 researchers; (8) Deeptech Starter Programme — an entrepreneurship immersion programme for researchers; and (9) Expert Dossiers — thematic knowledge resources on health, materials, and engineering sciences. All offerings are delivered across 4 campus innovation structures serving Brittany and Pays de la Loire.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Intellectual Property Protection Services

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Région BretagnecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Regional government partner providing co-financing for maturation programs and innovation support activities, with voting rights but no equity stake in the SATT. Engaged alongside Pays de la Loire region since 2019.
• Région Pays de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Regional government partner providing co-financing for maturation programs and innovation support activities, with voting rights but no equity stake in the SATT. Engaged alongside Bretagne region since 2019.
• Technopôles and Incubators (Brittany & Pays de la Loire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaboration with territorial technopoles and incubators to support deeptech startup creation, providing comprehensive support from laboratory to market for emerging companies.
• ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational research agency providing funding leverage for maturation programs and LabCom (common laboratory) labeling initiatives.
• Pacte Shareholders (11 Public Research Establishments)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollegially organized group holding 50% of SATT shares, including 28 beneficiary establishments that have entrusted the SATT with technology valorization responsibilities across the 4 innovation campuses.
• AtlanpolemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNantes-based technopole providing business acceleration programs and facilitating access to industrial network and funding for startups emerging from public research.
• Incubateur KIVOmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness incubator supporting researcher-to-entrepreneur transitions, providing managerial, commercial, and financial skills development for deeptech startup founders.
• CNRS InnovationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNRS technology transfer subsidiary supporting the Mottronix project including RISE program selection and licensing agreement coordination for quantum materials technology.
• SATT Network (National)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of 13 SATTs across France providing unified technology scouting access to 70% of French academic research, 13,000+ innovations, and 2,800 patents.
• Angers TechnopolemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTerritorial innovation catalyst supporting Innov'nCare's business structuring and integration into the regional economic ecosystem.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cambridge Enterprise: University of Cambridge's TTO providing IP protection, consulting, and startup creation across life sciences, physical sciences, and tech; broader incumbent operating globally with comparable research valorization mandate.
• Oxford University Innovation: Major UK university TTO handling IP protection, licensing, and startup creation for Oxford's research output at much larger scale; broader incumbent with comparable mandate of transferring public research to industry.

Direct peers

• SATT Paris-Saclay: Direct peer operating under the same national SATT framework, providing IP protection, maturation financing, and deeptech startup creation services to research institutions in the Paris-Saclay cluster; comparable mandate model and service portfolio.
• Inserm Transfert: Health-focused French TTO handling valorization of Inserm's biomedical research portfolio, including maturation, licensing, and startup support; directly comparable in mission to Ouest Valorisation's HealthCare business unit.
• SATT Sud Est: Another French SATT providing equivalent technology transfer services to research establishments in southeastern France (Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille regions); same mandate structure and service portfolio, differing only by geography.
• CNRS Innovation: France's largest public research technology transfer subsidiary (formerly FIST), serving CNRS laboratories nationwide with IP management, licensing, and startup creation; direct functional peer for the IP/transfer activities that overlap with SATT mandates.
• SATT Nord: Sister SATT covering northern France (Lille, Hauts-de-France regions), delivering IP protection, maturation, and startup creation under the same national SATT framework; direct comparator on mandate structure and service offerings.

Regional players

• Max Planck Innovation: German TTO handling IP transfer and startup creation for the Max Planck Society's research portfolio; comparable in mandate and structure but serves German territory rather than France.

Others

• Bpifrance (BFTLab): French public investment bank operating the BFTLab deeptech accelerator; not a TTO peer in mandate, but a key funding partner that co-invests in startups emerging from SATT pipelines, making it a comparable deeptech funding entity.
• Bretagne Valorisation: Predecessor regional research valorization entity in Brittany prior to the SATT network consolidation; related ecosystem participant (some overlap in leadership lineage), though now narrower in scope than SATT operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OuestValo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments1 record

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