Le Village By CA Finistère
The Villages by CA network in support of business executives, for innovation and for our region
The Villages by CA network
2014 marks the beginning of The Villages by CA adventure. Prompted by the Crédit Agricole, a number of large and medium-sized companies came together to create a unique venue and network entirely given to economic development and to supporting innovative projects. It is in the heart of Paris’s business district, at 55 rue La Boétie, that the very first Village by CA was established. This unique setting set the stage for the creation of a dynamic and value-creating ecosystem.
The Village was designed as a place for sharing and creating around four major goals :
- Enabling the advent of innovative projects and of new talent
- Helping fledgling companies bring their solutions to life and attain commercial success
- Promoting, accelerating and spreading innovation in all forms
- Contributing to regional economic development
Now the premier European start-up support network, the Village by CA is present throughout France, working toward energizing regional economies through supporting local innovation. The thirty or so Villages by CA in France and throughout the world form a vast network within which start-ups and businesses can meet and build relationships, with one unifying ambition : Cooperating for innovation.
The Village by CA Finistère
Facilitating Innovation
The Village by CA Finistère is the 15th of its kind and was launched in 2017 at the heart of the Ateliers des Capucins, one of Brest’s most iconic landmarks. Its organizational model as a business and start-up cooperative was entirely unprecedented and its members constitute a veritable community in which all actions are subject to collective decision-making.
Since its creation, the Village by CA Finistère has been committed to encouraging the Finistère’s economic development through innovation and cooperation between entrepreneurs and the region’s established players: Start-ups, MSCs, SMCs, major groups, institutions. A place for creating relationships, the Village provides these players with the capacity to jointly innovate and create new business opportunities, particularly around our 4 fields of excellence: the sea, cybersecurity, health, agriculture/agribusiness, and energy transitions.
After 3 years of existence, the Village has carved out its own place in the ecosystem alongside entrepreneurs and local economic entities, by proving its potential to find tangible answers to specific needs. Strengthened by its founding ideas and backed by The Villages by CA network, the Village aims to cement its expert status in supporting the start-ups and established businesses of the Finistère.
Its team of specialized and experienced consultants provides the skills needed to reinforce the Village’s capacity to support and accelerate the development of businesses, regardless of size. Buoyed by its values – Local Focus, Cooperation, Reciprocity, Desire and Realism – the Village offers personalized and pragmatic support tailored to the various phases of a start-up’s development and to the innovation requirements of businesses, in order to set them apart from the competition.
Our fields of expertise
The sea
From the environment and coastal planning to infrastructure and maritime transportation, to sailing and the shipbuilding industry, as well as marine energy, mining and biological resources.
Agriculture
Agribusiness
From tilling the soil to the transformation and distribution of foodstuffs, by way of livestock farming and the improvement of agricultural production conditions.
Cybersecurity
From the protection of IT systems and of management data, to risk oversight, to the coupling of cybersecurity technologies with innovative cases in the SmartGrids field, to the future factory, to connected and autonomous transportation and new services in the Internet of Things.
Health
From the development of surgical robots to medical equipment and technologies; from home care, the patient’s digital care pathway, and biotechnology, to the pharmaceutical industry, hospitals and the development of well-being through connected objects.
Energy transitions
From renewable energies to all the innovative solutions needed to meet the challenges of energy transition.
A multidisciplinary team at your side
Gina GUERREIRO - HERRY
Manager
of the Village by CA Finistere
Following her experience as Head of International Development in an SMC and in the banking sector, and after 10 years as Branch Director for the Crédit Agricole, Gina joined the Village in 2018 as head of Partner relations. As a Business Developer, Gina supported start-ups in the development of their sales revenue in France and throughout the world. Now, Gina manage the Village by CA Finistere’s team.
Fanny GUEGAN
Marketing and Communication Director
Convinced of the potential value and advantages Marketing and Communications can provide to businesses of all sizes, Fanny devotes her expertise and abilities to providing organizations with the ability to develop themselves through the establishment of a global marketing and communications strategy.
Arnaud LE MAOUT
Innovation consulting engineer - Sea, cybersecurity and energy transitions
As a former Flight Captain and innovation chief for his squadron in the French Air Force, Arnaud went on to continue his career as an engineer with Airbus before landing in the field of entrepreneurship in 2015. At the head of his own start-up until 2018, Arnaud now contributes his experience to businesses in the fields of the Sea and Cybersecurity.
Emmanuel ETESSE
Innovation consulting engineer - Agriculture / agribuisness, health and energy transition
After 20 years in the technical and economic fields of agriculture, Emmanuel became involved in a start-up specialized in management and data value. His ability to provide a bridge between the profession and Finance ensures the provision of comprehensive customer advice. An inquisitive and attentive person, Emmanuel is constantly on the lookout for technological evolutions.
Our Manifesto
