About Montpellier BIC

Philippe Saurel, Président de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, Maire de la Ville de Montpellier

"Gifted, dynamic, innovative, pioneering... every year, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole and the Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) produce remarkable results and, above all, success stories that illustrate the achievements of the BIC method".

Philippe Saurel
President of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Mayor, City of Montpellier

“Montpellier BIC offers a wide range of services that have provided critical aid in the emergence of numerous tech champions—including strategy development coaching, assistance in raising funds, and integration into business networks. BIC’s three incubation facilities, Cap Alpha, Cap Omega, and MIBI, provide startups with a favorable environment that maximizes their chances of success”.

Chantal Marion
Deputy-president of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
In charge of economic development, higher education, innovation, and artisanship

Chantal Marion Vice-présidente de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole

An incubator recognized worldwide

Over the years, we have built a network based on trust and composed of business and institutional partners, incubators, investors and business angels, universities, and research labs, as well as major companies and competitiveness clusters.

Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole BIC is at the heart of the network, accelerating the creation and emergence of innovative companies and stimulating their growth.

Ranked as the second-leading startup incubator in the world by UBI Global, a Montpellier French Tech partner, BIC propagates Montpellier’s expertise in assisting innovation.

Photo de dirigeants au MIBI, une pépinière du BIC de Montpellier dédiée aux entreprises internationales

Montpellier BIC

Cap Omega Rond-Point Benjamin Franklin

34000 Montpellier

+33 (0)4 67 13 00 00

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A tight-knit team to help your company succeed

Do you have an innovative project? An innovative company? Let Montpellier BIC help you with its motivated team of 20 people dedicated to assisting entrepreneurs. Our teams have participated in success stories involving more than 670 startups.

Project leaders benefit from services built on thirty years of experience, including: innovative acceleration programs, hosting at incubators specifically devoted to innovative young companies, and practical tools such as the Montpellier Business Plan software application.

The BIC Advisory Board: our mentors

Discover our Cap Managers working diligently for your success

Karine Puget, CEO of Genepep

Pierre-Emmanuel Thuret, founder of Innobiz

Stéphanie Gottlib-Zeh, co-founder of Techsia

Stéphane Reboud, GM France and Dell Montpellier site director

Arnaud Pradel, Vice President of Horiba Medical

Bruno Meline, founder and CEO of Diadom

Jean Cottave, former regional director of EDF

Christophe Carniel, founder of Netia and Vogo, President of Transferts LR

Claudia Zimmer, co-founder of Aquafadas

Philippe Nahoum, founder and General Manager of Choosit

Gaël Bonnafous, founder of Scimob

Salomon Botton, Regional Delegate for Orange

Alain Guillemin, former CEO of Royal Canin, former GM of the Terrena cooperative group

Every effort united for success

Higher education and research

Montpellier Sup Agro, IRSTEA, Euromove, Cirad, CNRS, Montpellier National Higher School of Chemistry (ENSCM), EPF, Inra, Polytech Montpellier, Université de Montpellier (UM) and Université Paul Valéry, AxLR Satt, CHU, IES, Alès Ecole des Mines Incubator...

Accelerators and competitiveness clusters

Accelerators: Dell for Entrepreneurs (DFE), NUMA Montpellier, Village by CA, Axeleo, Sart'inPost, Start2You …
Clusters and competitiveness clusters: Eurobiomed, Qualiméditerrannée, DERBI, Trimatec, SAFE Cluster, Aqua Valley, Optitec, MerMediterranée, French South Digital, Push Start...

Banks, financial organizations, and investors

Région Occitanie, Créalia, Bpifrance, Méliès, Réseau Entreprendre, and nearly 200 national capital investment funds, including Irdi Soridec, Sofilaro, IT Translation, Breega, Cap Horn, CM-CIC, Newfund…

Montpellier BIC: an incubator at the heart of French Tech

The Montpellier BIC structure has long been a partner of French Tech Montpellier, with Montpellier BIC notably being the partner incubator for the French Tech Ticket and French Tech Visa programs.

A well-established entity within the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Department of Economy, Employment, and Integration, Montpellier BIC is co-funded by the European Union, European Social Fund "L'Europe s'engage en Occitanie”, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, and Région Occitanie.