MINATEC in figures

Grenoble-based startup Diabeloop, founded in partnership with Leti and diabetes research center CERITD to develop an artificial pancreas for insulin-dependent diabetics, raised €13.5 million in July 2017. Aliad (an Air Liquide company), Supernova Invest funds, Sofimac Partners, Kreaxi, and two Crédit Agricole regional investment funds injected €7.5 million in fresh capital into the company. The remaining €6 million in financing came from banks Bpifrance, CASRA, and Banque Populaire ARA. The influx of funds and new investors will position Diabeloop to… More information

The World Trade Center (of the Grenoble Chamber of Commerce) and Maison MINATEC are just 750 meters away from each other. A new partnership will now bring them even closer! The two event venues signed an agreement on September 15 to combine their resources and boost their event capacity. By pooling their facilities, the WTC and Maison MINATEC will increase their meeting capacity to 900 seats and will be able to offer more than 2,000 sq. m of exhibit space.… More information

Work-study programs are increasingly popular at Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school. This year, 21 students were admitted into the work-study program, up from 14 the previous year, exceeding the school’s target. While the program mainly focuses on integrated systems design, its name was recently changed to Electronics, Microelectronics, and Telecommunications (EMT). Graduates of vocational and technical college programs and traditional undergraduate programs are eligible to apply directly to the program without completing an engineering preparatory program. This year… More information

To promote the “Women in Science” collection recently created at the Phelma library, APMST, a French non-profit group promoting gender equality in the sciences, is running an original competition to get people reading! Both women and men are eligible to enter. Participants must read one of the 49 books in the collection and do a book report, which can be in any format—text, images, audio, video—as long as it gets people interested in the book! The deadline has been extended… More information