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Christian Grellier
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Christian Grellier, Director of R&D and Open Innovation
Innovation is central to Bouygues Immobilier’s strategy. We have set up an open approach with a rich ecosystem of partners, and created BIRD (Bouygues Immobilier Research & Development) to support start-ups and stay tuned in to trends on the property market.
Investing in high-potential start-ups

Property development projects generally take a long time. Several years may go by between the first studies for a building and handover to the customer. In those circumstances we need to keep in touch with the latest trends so that on handover the product is always at the cutting-edge of uses.


That is why we forge close links with start-ups. We created our subsidiary BIRD in 2015 to invest in high-potential start-ups – market-ready firms that have already achieved practical outcomes in strategic areas for us, such as energy efficiency, building performance and 3D visualisation.


As well as enabling us to enhance our offering, this support helps them to grow while retaining their operational and commercial independence. We have developed an ecosystem of partners including Bpifrance (a subsidiary of public investment bank CDC specialising in innovation), public and private investment funds, competitiveness clusters and regional incubators such as Paris&Co in Paris, TUBÀ in Lyon and Bordeaux Metro Pulse in Bordeaux. 

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Bpifrance Le Hub works with Bouygues Immobilier’s innovation team to help them identify companies which correspond to their innovation challenges in areas such as smart buildings, sustainable cities and support technologies. What we like about the partnership is how responsive they are about meeting these companies and how quickly the relevant operational people get involved.
Nicolas Dufourcq
CEO of Bpifrance
A win-win partnership

Working with a company the size of ours may be intimidating for a recently created business. Some see Bouygues Immobilier as a kind of behemoth and don’t dare make contact with us. And yet we have already invested in eight start-ups over the last two years:

-    Realiz3D, which specialises in the 3D modelling of property development projects,
-    Lymo, the leader in crowdfunding for the property market in France,
-    BePark, the European car park sharing leader,
-    YAD.space, a co-working space design agency, 
-    Intent Technologies, which runs the first open building operation system, 
-    Ikimo9, the first site to compare new homes,
-    Smiile, the European expert in open source solutions,
-    Spallian, a consulting and software company.

So don’t hesitate to contact us! 

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You have created or are working in a startup in the residential property, commercial property or urban development sector and would like to work with us? Nothing could be easier: contact us here!

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With the investment of Bouygues Immobilier’s BIRD, I was able to grow my business not only financially but also in terms of reputation, visibility and, most importantly, trust with users and developers. They support me in my projects without interfering in the way I run the company.
Elisabeth Julien
founder of Ikimo9
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Our partnership with Bouygues Immobilier enables us to exchange land and take advantage of their expertise to help us secure our property projects, as well as giving us preferential access to a first-rate network for the development of our operations. For Bouygues Immobilier, it offers an opportunity to test the market for these new financing methods and to try out new concepts on small-scale projects.
Jean-Baptiste Vayleux
CEO of Lymo
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Having initially collaborated on the Fort d’Issy eco-neighbourhood, our partnership with Bouygues Immobilier will help us to expand faster while keeping our operational independence. We also work together on even more comprehensive solutions because needs are constantly changing.
Julien Vandeleene
Managing Director of BePark

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