First session of the Montpellier 2025 Innovation Booster
From February 5 to 7, 2025, the University of Montpellier, leader of the University Innovation Cluster (PUI)organized the first session of the year of the Montpellier Innovation Booster (BIM). Six up-and-coming innovators took part, determined to turn their ideas into concrete solutions, whether through business start-ups, public-private partnerships or technology transfer.
For three days, these project leaders benefited from workshops, conferences and coaching sessions. The main objective: to prepare them for the decisive pitch, a challenge in which each participant must present his or her project in just three minutes to a panel of experts.
A variety of projects
Among the projects presented, two focused on agriculture. One aimed to develop an application to facilitate the use of an existing soil health method, while the other proposed a spatialized rainfall-flow modeling platform. Three other projects focused on human health: a device to treat male incontinence, a solution to improve the management of invasive vascular devices, and a freeze-drying proposal dedicated to quality control of various pathologies. Finally, the last project focused on finance, with an application to support financial investment.
A catalyst for innovative projects
At the end of the session, four out of six participants submitted their applications to the Pôle universitaire d'innovation's investment and innovation committee (COM'IN), which will select the winners and offer them funding to develop their projects. This event is one of the PUI's initiatives to identify and support innovative projects. Every year, this program becomes a real catalyst for project leaders, offering them not only tools, but also a network of experts, partners and financiers to help them take their projects to the next level.
The next BIM will take place on April 8, 9 and 10, 2025. You have until March 7 to register and try to give your project a new lease of life.