With the recent installations of offices of AB Tasty, Verteego, etc, a new trend is emerging beyond the 86 companies established in 2016 by the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Development : more and more start-ups and companies in the digital sector choose Nantes Saint-Nazaire to install their office IT, but also, and especially, to experiment with new approaches in terms of R&D and Management. 4 examples from the news of the metropolis.
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Verteego : a HR experience to offer other ways of working
Born in Paris in 2008, Verteego is a company that specializes in software solutions cloud data-analysis service to the operational performance and sustainable development of organizations. Actress of the digital transformation, Verteego thinks, designs and delivers analytical applications in order to understand today and applications the predictor for tomorrow. A native of Lyon, its Director-General, Delegate, Clément Guillon, wanted to enjoy a life which is more open to nature and the great outdoors, and decided to move to Nantes in February 2017, while making its implementation an argument HR : “After 9 years of existence of Verteego, we wanted to offer a renewal to our employees. The office of the city of Nantes has been created to offer a multitude of ways of working : they can choose Paris or Nantes, regardless of their team. ”
“For my part, I have chosen Nantes for its quality of life but also for its resources and its infrastructure in R&D, such as schools and laboratories, with whom we hope to forge close ties : in Paris, there is often one partner among many others. Finally, we operate in the sector of digital technology at the service of environmental issues, and societal and Nantes is a city of ambitious and particularly strong on this point : this is a laboratory idea to the city of tomorrow. ”
Verteego account today 30 people. Based in the Startup Palace, a space dedicated to start-ups created in 2015, the office of nantes will develop into welcoming Parisians who want it and recruiting on the spot.
Lucca : the dynamic digital nantes attracts more and more developers… and even the internal
Established in 2002 and is based in Paris, Lucca, publishes a set of online services to simplify the administrative management and HR of the companies (management of leave, expense…). In 2010, Guillaume Allain, partner and Product Owner moved to Nantes, first at home, and then to the Canteen in 2013. This high place of the digital life in nantes soon gave him access to a network of developers, very good : “Nantes is the city meet-ups : there are all of the evening. They allowed me to have access to excellent training which could have cost me thousands of euros. In addition, the attractiveness is stronger in Nantes, the recruitment is done a lot by word-of-mouth and networks open easily “.
In 4 years, Lucca Nantes is increased from 2 to 19 people and comprises 6 recruitment by the end of the year. Nantes also drew in-house. Following a mini-seminar organized in the city of the Dukes in 2016, 2 developers parisians have chosen to join the bureau of nantes, and in 2017, it is the marketing team who will be moving into the metropolis with, also, recruitments in sight. The paris headquarters retain R&D, consulting and sales. Today, Lucca has 74 people, including 25 in nantes, france.
AB Tasty : the 4th Great Place to Work 2017 chooses Nantes in order to test his 1 office of R&D pure
Founded in 2009 and based in Paris, AB Tasty edits of solutions of optimization of the customer experience (A/B Testing, Personalization of Experience, Commitment). In parallel to the opening of trade offices abroad (London, New York…), Brice Lagroy of Croutte, one of its leads, and technical employees historical, opens a research and development pure and Nantes, at the Startup Palace, in January 2017. “One of the founders of AB Tasty has always imagined to create an entity of pure R&D product-centric’, isolated from the rest of the technical team to evolve the product faster. For my part, I wanted to return in the West : Nantes has emerged as the best option because the metropolis is renowned for its dynamic web environment, ideal for the development of research, sharing of tools, technology watch, to find new ways to develop… upon my arrival, the integration to the Startup Palace has allowed me quick access to this ecosystem, but also and above all to make me a first network. Finally, I have found that it multiplies really the chances of finding good profiles, recruiting in Nantes. ”
AB Tasty has 95 employees in Paris, already 3 in the city of Nantes and provides 3 further recruitment by the end of the year. In 2017, the start-up was elected, for his 1st participation, 4th in the Great Place to Work.
Easy Leisure : “The right profiles IT are now looking for a better quality of life”
Created in 2014 and based in Paris, Easy Leisure digitizes the professionals of tourism and leisure, a growing area, to bring them into relationship and enable them to sell online. Only French player in its market, the start-up is facing only 2 competitors in Europe. Franc-comtois of origin, its partner in charge of the IT team lives in Nantes, where he attended the arrival of the IT team of The Range and the development of a true science park. Christopher Moisan-Saddle, CEO and founder of Easy Entertainment and decided to relocate to the IT team and to install regional trade.
“The appeal of Nantes is evident in terms of technology and resources. There are profiles of the same quality as Paris, or even better, while facing less competition, such as the good profiles IT looking today for a better quality of life “.
The team is currently 15 people based in Paris, 5 in Nantes – based Start-up Palace, 3 in Lyon, and will start on the 1st of July next the first terminal of booking touch an object connected to replace the display flyers in the hotels.
The start-up nantaise Take a Desk, you can install his office in the available space of a large company… to create a maximum of” Innovation Camps”
In addition to now many spaces coworking and incubators, Take a Desk allows start-ups, freelancers, researchers… to install their team (up to 8 workstations) in the space available to companies who share their strategic objectives in order to create synergies. Take A Desk takes care of the coffee and many services thanks to its ” Survivor Kit “. New means of open innovation, the concept is also a great way to integrate in an ecosystem and develop its network.
New means of open innovation, the concept is also a great way for newcomers to integrate into an ecosystem, and build a first network of friendly and professional.
About Nantes Saint-Nazaire Development : The economic development agency and international Nantes Saint-Nazaire Development is born on the 1st of January 2015 the merger of the agencies of the two jurisdictions. It has four core missions in service of employment and the attractiveness of the territory nanto-nazairien : 1. The exploration companies, investors and talents in France and abroad, 2. Their reception and accompaniment, 3. The coordination and promotion of the territory for professional meetings, and 4. The animation, promotion and marketing of the territory in France and internationally. The agency has 25 employees.
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