SATT NORD

Name

SATT NORD

Legal name

SATT Nord

Website

https://sattnord.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Transfer Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Management Consulting Services (54161), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Health Research, Clinical Trials & Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) (HLAJAOAM)

Keywords

• Technology transfer services
• Intellectual property licensing
• Technology maturation funding
• Deep tech startup creation
• Public research commercialization

Headquarters

HQ city

Lille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Technology Licensing: SATT Nord generates revenue through licensing agreements with companies for technologies developed from public research. They negotiate and manage license contracts, collecting fees and royalties from licensees.
2. Startup Equity: SATT Nord creates spin-off companies from research projects and retains equity stakes, generating returns when startups succeed or raise subsequent funding rounds.
3. Technology Maturation Funding: SATT Nord invests in technology maturation projects, bearing the financial and technological risk, with returns realized upon successful transfer or licensing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SATT Nord is a publicly-funded Technology Transfer Acceleration Company (Société d'Accélération du Transfert de Technologies) that bridges French public research institutions and private companies. Its services span identifying research opportunities, protecting intellectual property (97+ patents and software registrations), funding and managing technology maturation projects that bear both technical and financial risk, and commercializing outcomes through licensing agreements or spin-off startup creation. Headquartered in Lille with regional offices in Reims and Amiens, it serves the Hauts-de-France and Champagne-Ardenne territories through a team of expert domain interlocutors.

Product overview

SATT Nord is a Technology Transfer Acceleration Company (Société d'Accélération du Transfert de Technologies) that operates as a service-oriented organization rather than a single software product. Its portfolio consists of core services including Technology Maturation Programs, Intellectual Property Protection, Licensing Services, and Startup Creation Support, complemented by the Tech-365 marketplace platform. The organization also supports and has spin-off relationships with multiple deeptech companies including Aurora (cold plasma sterilization), Apmonia Therapeutics (cancer immunotherapy), InBrain Pharma (Parkinson's treatment via DIVE technology), and Invenis Biotherapies (HPPL biotherapy for neurodegenerative diseases). Additional offerings include Calls for Projects (AMI/AAP) across strategic sectors and initiatives like GRECO EXPER for AI-assisted medical experimentation and the Innover en Nord-Est regional innovation program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Technology Maturation Programs Funding and project management to mature research results into technologies ready for transfer to industry. SATT Nord bears the technical and financial risk during the maturation phase, covering scientific development, IP protection, and preparation for market access. Customer is public research researchers and institutions; end outcome is a transferred technology via license or startup.
• Intellectual Property Protection Services End-to-end management of patent filings and software registrations to protect inventions emerging from public research. Service covers prior-art analysis, patent drafting, filing, prosecution, and portfolio maintenance before licensing or transfer. Customer is public research researchers and institutions seeking to valorize inventions.
• Licensing Services Negotiation and management of technology licensing agreements with existing companies (or sublicensing to startups) to commercialize technologies developed from public research. Includes drafting exclusive or non-exclusive license contracts, collecting fees and royalties, and monitoring licensee performance. Customer is private companies seeking innovation pipeline access.
• Startup Creation Support Full accompaniment from technology maturation through company formation for deep-tech spin-offs emerging from research. SATT Nord retains an equity stake in the resulting startup, recruits the CEO, and connects the company with investors and incubators. Customer is researchers seeking startup creation as their commercialization pathway and the resulting spin-off companies.
• Tech-365 Marketplace Platform Marketplace platform operated through the SATT Network that opens up access to licensable technologies from French public research to companies. Includes SATT Nord's portfolio within the broader national SATT Network catalog of available technologies.
• Calls for Projects (AMI/AAP) Targeted calls for expressions of interest and project proposals in specific domains that SATT Nord launches and manages to identify and fund innovative research projects. Mechanism through which researchers access maturation funding in prioritized strategic sectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 17 technologies transferred to companies in 4 years of operation (by 2016)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CHU Amiens-PicardiecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2024CHU Amiens-Picardie leads the GRECO EXPER consortium (Tiers-Lieu d'Expérimentation) for experimental medicine in digital and AI. SATT Nord is part of this consortium along with UPJV, MipihSIB, innov'a, and Compagnie des Tiers-Lieux.
• SATT SayenscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022SATT Sayens, Conectus, and SATT Nord launched joint 'Innover en Nord-Est' program (2022) as part of SATT Acceleration Project. Focuses on boosting innovation and impact of breakthrough technologies from public research, targeting the north-east of France.
• IRT RaileniumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 April 2018Partnership convention signed with IRT Railenium (railway technology research institute) and i-Trans Competitiveness Cluster to strengthen valorization of research projects and encourage technology transfer in the transport sector.
• SATT Grand EstcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 March 2018Partnership between SATT Grand Est, Conectus Alsace, and SATT Nord to optimize complementarity of skills and actions in the Grand Est region. Aims to simplify access for companies, mutualize field actions, and share best practices following the formation of the Grand Est region.
• Aurora SterilisationcoreTechnology or IntegrationSATT Nord facilitated discussions between Aurora, URCA, and CRITT-MDTS for cold plasma sterilization technology development. Negotiated sublicense agreement with Aurora and manages ongoing IP matters.
• BioversyscoreTechnology or IntegrationSwiss biotech company Bioversys established subsidiary in Lille (2018) to conduct antibiotic R&D in collaboration with Institut Pasteur de Lille, INSERM, CNRS, University of Lille, and SATT Nord. Collaboration started in 2013 on tuberculosis research.
• EuraTechnologiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with EuraTechnologies to encourage and accelerate support for Deep Tech projects, providing startups access to incubator resources and SATT Nord technology transfer services.
• EuraTechnologies (Let's Grow Deeptech Consortium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe 'Let's grow deeptech' consortium, including SATT Nord, won the PIA 3 program 'Integration of SATTs, incubators, and accelerators' operated by Bpifrance.
• CETIMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCETIM and SATT Network joint call for projects TILT (2nd edition) for technology transfer to mechanical engineering industry, targeting SMEs in the sector.
• ENSAITminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConvention of partnership signed between SATT Nord and ENSAIT (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles) for collaborative projects.
• EDIH GreenPowerIT Hauts-de-FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSATT Nord is partner of EDIH GreenPowerIT (European Digital Innovation Hub) for digital transformation support in Hauts-de-France.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CEA Tech: The CEA's tech transfer arm, operating a much larger R&D platform and broader industry-facing portfolio. CEA Tech is a broader incumbent in French public-research valorization, with overlapping capabilities in deeptech licensing and spin-off creation, but at national scale.

Direct peers

• SATT Ouest Valorisation: SATT covering western France with the same SATT Network model. Direct peer on technology maturation, IP protection, and startup creation services offered to public researchers and companies.
• SATT Sud-Est: SATT serving the PACA and Corsica regions with the same SATT Network technology transfer model. Directly comparable in service offering, KPI structure, and PIA/France 2030 funding logic.
• SATT Linksium: SATT covering the Grenoble-Alpes region with a strong deeptech focus. SATT Linksium operates the same technology maturation, IP protection, and licensing model, and competes with SATT Nord for SATT Network benchmarks, I-Lab wins, and downstream deeptech investor mindshare.
• SATT Paris-Saclay: One of the largest French SATTs, operating the same technology transfer acceleration model around the Paris-Saclay research cluster. It is a direct peer in the SATT Network, with the same funding model, same KPIs (maturation, licensing, spin-offs), and overlap in target research domains.
• SATT AxLR: SATT serving Languedoc-Roussillon, operating the same maturation-funding-plus-licensing model within the national SATT Network. Directly comparable in target customer (public researchers), value proposition, and revenue model.
• SATT Erganeo: SATT serving Île-de-France with the same public-private tech transfer model. SATT Erganeo and SATT Nord share the same SATT Network governance, KPIs, and revenue model, although Erganeo covers the largest concentration of French public research labs.
• SATT Sayens: SATT Sayens is a sister SATT covering Grand Est, formed from the merger of SATT Grand Est and Conectus Alsace. SATT Nord and SATT Sayens are joint partners in the 'Innover en Nord-Est' program, operate the same public-funded tech transfer model, and compete for the same national SATT Network projects and benchmarks.
• SATT Toulouse Tech Transfer: SATT serving the Midi-Pyrénées region, with the same public research valorization mandate. SATT Toulouse Tech Transfer is a directly comparable organization in SATT Network benchmarks and operates a similar deeptech-focused spin-off and licensing pipeline.

Emerging players

• INSERM Transfert: INSERM's tech transfer subsidiary, focused on health and biotech research valorization. It is a thematic specialist in the same broader public-research-tech-transfer space as SATT Nord, with significant overlap in SATT Nord's HPPL, TAX2, DIVE, and H-Immune biotech assets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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