La French Tech is a program to put France amongst the big start-up nations. In Rennes and Saint-Malo, La French Tech is operated by Le Poool. Its unifying values are entrepreneurial flair, ambition, optimism and creativity. Its missions include detecting, accelerating and supporting the cluster’s promising start-ups, deploying our start-ups across the world, and helping traditional companies through their digital transformation. The goal is to make Rennes / Saint-Malo an accelerator of international level. Its main mission is to accelerate local startups in France and internationally by

• developing programs start-up need
• federating local actors
• encouraging companies’ digital conversion

La French Tech Rennes St Malo is a non-profit organisation that implements the project on a local level. The French government awarded the label to Rennes Métropole, Saint-Malo Agglomération together with Malestroit, Carentoir and La Gacilly. Le Poool benefits from financial supports from the European Union, la Région Bretagne, Rennes Métropole and Saint-Malo Agglomération.