Satt Reseau

What Satt Reseau does

Réseau SATT (legally Association des SATT) is a non-profit association under French Law of 1901, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Rennes, France (c/o SATT Ouest Valorisation). It coordinates a national network of 14 regional Sociétés d'Accélération du Transfert de Technologies (SATTs) that collectively operate as France's central deeptech technology-transfer infrastructure. The network's core function is to detect innovative projects emerging from French public research laboratories (universities, CNRS, INSERM), fund their maturation, protect resulting intellectual property via patents, license technologies to industry, and create deeptech startups. The organization does not develop proprietary technology; instead, it acts as a coordinating intermediary between the French public research ecosystem and industrial/investor demand.

The network operates two primary digital platforms: Tech-365.fr, which facilitates meetings between technology seekers and public research innovations, and Deeptech Connect, which connects investors with deeptech startups emerging from the SATT ecosystem. Réseau SATT itself is not a revenue-generating entity — its 14 regional SATTs are funded primarily through the Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir (PIA) and France 2030, and they take equity stakes or licensing royalties in return for maturation investments. The organization addresses the "valley of death" between French public research and commercial application, with named enterprise partners including Servier, BASF France, Spie batignolles, and MATERI'ACT (FORVIA), and ecosystem partners including Bpifrance, French Tech, CNRS, and INSERM.

Name

Satt Reseau

Legal name

Association des SATT

Website

http://www.satt.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Réseau SATT is a French non-profit association coordinating 14 regional Technology Transfer Acceleration Companies (SATTs) that fund, protect, and commercialize innovations from French public research laboratories for industry, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Ownership category

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Product category

Technology Transfer Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Management Consulting Services (54161), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Technology Transfer & Innovation-Driven Research Universities (High Commercialization) (EDAHABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Applied Research & Innovation Universities (EDAHAEAE)

Keywords

• Technology transfer services
• Deeptech startup incubation
• Research commercialization
• Patent licensing support
• Innovation maturation

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Funding and Government Support: Réseau SATT and its member SATTs are funded primarily through government programs including France 2030 and the 'Investissements d'Avenir' (Future Investments) program. The SATTs were created as part of the PIA (Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir) initiative. Services to researchers and startups are provided as part of this public mission, not as commercial revenue-generating activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Réseau SATT is the national association coordinating 14 regional Technology Transfer Acceleration Companies (SATTs) that identify innovative projects in French public research laboratories, fund their maturation, file priority patents, sign exploitation licenses with industrial partners, and create deeptech startups. The network operates two digital platforms—Tech-365.fr for technology scouting meetings and Deeptech Connect for connecting investors with deeptech startups—while the regional SATTs deliver direct field services to researchers, enterprises, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Product overview

Satt Reseau (Réseau SATT) is a national network of 14 regional Technology Transfer Acceleration Companies (SATT) that provide comprehensive technology transfer services connecting public research laboratories with businesses. The network operates two main platforms: Tech-365.fr for facilitating technology meetings and Deeptech Connect for connecting investors with deeptech startups. Services include detecting and analyzing innovative projects, filing priority patents, signing exploitation licenses, creating deeptech startups, and facilitating fund-raising for portfolio startups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tech-365.fr: Online platform for accessing deeptech innovations from SATT network
• Deeptech Connect

Products and services

• Tech-365.fr Digital platform operated by the SATT network that facilitates meetings and connections between technology seekers (enterprises) and innovations emerging from French public research laboratories. Designed for enterprises, researchers, and entrepreneurs seeking technology transfer opportunities.
• Deeptech Connect Digital platform dedicated to connecting investors with deeptech startups emerging from the SATT network's supported research projects. Targeted at VCs, corporate investors, business angels, and institutional investors seeking pre-vetted deeptech deal flow.
• Technology Transfer and Maturation Services Comprehensive technology transfer services delivered through 14 regional SATTs, including innovation project detection and analysis, priority patent filing, exploitation licensing, deeptech startup creation, and maturation funding. Services are provided to researchers, enterprises, entrepreneurs, and investors as part of the network's public technology transfer mission.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deeptech startups created through SATT support, with significant funding raised from private investors

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• CNRScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) is a major research partner whose laboratories generate technologies that SATTs help commercialize. Many startup success stories originate from CNRS-affiliated laboratories.
• INSERMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) collaborates with SATTs on healthcare and biotechnology innovations, with multiple startups created from INSERM research through SATT support.
• French TechmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Tech provides the national label and ecosystem support for deeptech startups, with SATTs serving as key actors in the French Tech Seed initiative and other French Tech programs.
• Institut Pasteur de TunisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership through AxLR involving investment and valorization of a joint IRD/IPT project on a new prophylactic vaccine against leishmaniasis. This represents AxLR's first international project with IPT.
• IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIRD collaborates with SATT AxLR on international technology transfer projects, including the leishmaniasis vaccine project developed with Institut Pasteur de Tunis.
• AFSSI (Association Française des Sociétés de Services d'Innovation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConvention signed between Réseau SATT and AFSSI to strengthen cooperation between the SATT network and innovation service companies in the Life Sciences sector.
• ServiermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerServier uses SATT technology scouting services to identify innovative therapeutic projects for their innovation pipeline, with established trust relationships enabling long-term partnership.
• BASF France (Division Agro)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Réseau SATT to identify biocontrol technologies and solutions for agriculture, helping BASF access new generation agricultural innovations from French public research.
• Digital113minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership between Digital113 (digital sector cluster), SATT AxLR, and SATT Toulouse Tech Transfer to facilitate cooperation between digital companies and technology transfer offices in Occitanie region.
• Fondation Maladies RaresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint call for expressions of interest launched by Toulouse Tech Transfer, AxLR, and Fondation Maladies Rares targeting rare disease research projects from researchers and hospital practitioners.
• MATERI'ACT (Groupe FORVIA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between MATERI'ACT (FORVIA subsidiary for low-carbon footprint materials), PULSALYS, and LINKSIUM to build an ecosystem dedicated to emerging deeptech solutions for sustainable materials.
• Agri Sud-Ouest InnovationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAxLR, Toulouse Tech Transfer, and Aquitaine Science Transfert partner with Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation to launch technological challenge calls for agricultural, agrifood, and agro-resource companies.
• Université Savoie Mont BlancminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLinksium partnered with Université Savoie Mont Blanc, its Foundation, Incubateur Savoie Technolac, and Bpifrance to create a Valorization Committee dedicated to financing scientific projects in Savoie and Haute-Savoie.
• Spie batignollesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction company using SATT technology search services, with over 50 technologies proposed and 14 detailed presentations resulting from the partnership initiated with Bpifrance.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CNRS Innovation: The technology transfer and commercialization arm of France's largest public research organization (CNRS). Directly comparable as a French public-research TTO active in the same researcher, enterprise and investor ecosystem, with overlapping patent, licensing and startup creation mandates.
• CEA Tech: Technology transfer and industrial R&D arm of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). Directly comparable as a public-research TTO focused on deeptech maturation, licensing and startup creation in energy, microelectronics and health.
• INRIA: French national institute for digital science research, with its own technology transfer and startup incubation activities. Comparable as a public-research organization that detects, matures and commercializes digital deeptech through licensing and spin-offs.
• Max Planck Innovation: Technology transfer office of the Max Planck Society in Germany. Comparable as a research-institute-affiliated TTO focused on patent licensing, startup creation and investor matchmaking for deeptech.

Broad incumbents

• Bpifrance: France's public investment bank and core financing partner of the SATT network. Comparable as a state-backed innovation financier that co-funds maturation, provides deeptech investment, and operates the i-Lab and French Tech Seed programs alongside SATTs.
• Fraunhofer Society: Germany's leading applied research organization with extensive technology transfer, licensing and spin-out activities. Comparable as a large, multi-regional European TTO ecosystem with a similar public-mandate model for moving research from lab to market.
• European Innovation Council (EIC): EU-level program providing funding and acceleration for breakthrough, deeptech and scaling innovations. Comparable as a higher-tier public funder that complements national TTOs like Réseau SATT by supporting startups emerging from public research.

Regional players

• TNO: Dutch applied research organization with significant technology transfer, licensing and startup creation activities. Comparable as a European public-research TTO operating under a similar mandate to commercialize national research outputs.
• Innovate UK: UK's national innovation agency funding and supporting R&D commercialization. Comparable as a state-backed intermediary that connects researchers, startups and enterprises to commercialize UK public research.

Others

• ASTP (European Association of Knowledge Transfer Professionals): Pan-European association of technology transfer professionals and offices. Comparable as the ecosystem body that aggregates, represents and professionalizes TTO activities across Europe, including French SATT members.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/reseausatt
• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/reseau-satt

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

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