
WE WORK WITH POITOU-CHARENTES’S MOST AMBITIOUS STARTUPS TO HELP THEM REACH THEIR POTENTIAL
SPN, réseau Des Professionnels du Numérique
Alexis Nault, program manager of Start Innov’ Academy
+33 756 829 453
Address: SPN, 5 rue Victor Hugo 86 000 Poitiers – france
Opening Hours: Monday-Friday: 9:00 – 5:00 Saturday-Sunday: Closed

START INNOV’ ARE ACCELERATION PROGRAMS BUILT FOR LOCAL STARTUPS AND INNOVATIVE PROJECTS
We are offering 3 different programs to local startups and digital companies :
- The Academy, one of ADSA’s two French campus
- The Studio, dedicated to Edtech startups
- The Bootcamp, aiming at driving innovation projects in local SMEs


POITOU-CHARENTES IS A GREAT PLACE TO DEVELOP BUSINESS
In Poitou-Charentes, we don’t have a big metropole but 4 main cities which all have developed expertises on different and complementary domains. Since April 2019, Angoulême, La Rochelle, Niort and Poitiers have been labelled as French Tech Atlantic Valley.
- With the presence of many Videogames studios, and big Industries, Angoulême is a reference for the Creative and Cultural Industries, and also the Industry of Future.
- La Rochelle, which is a main touristic city, has also developped a powerful startup ecosystem around the Sea technology, Food & Biotech.
- Known as the 2nd main financial place in France, Niort hosts the main French Insurances companies and attracts all the Insurtech startups willing to work with the historical actors.
- Also called the French Capital of Education, Poitiers have a strong Edtech ecosysteme and intends to develop it in the next years.
LOCAL INBOUND MENTOR – Jean-Noel NUNEZ • Atout Pass POITIERS CITY

Jean-Noel Nunez founded Atout-Pass, a BtoB e-commerce society based in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, near the Futuroscope, which counts today more than 3000 professional customers and about 1 million of impacted employees. Atout-Pass has 3 brands : www.promoparcs.com / www.promo-cines.com / www.promo-spectacles.com, which are specialized in entertainment, with around 500 000 tickets sold each year.
As a very implicated member inside the SPN, our digital network, Jean-Noel has joined the team of Start Innov’ Academy as a startup mentor and e-commerce expert. He also regularly sponsors local events which promote entrepreneurship and innovation, as lately the two Startup Weekends Poitiers, organized by the SPN at Cobalt, our innovation place.