Participations et Centrale Innovation
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Overview
Central Innovation is the valorisation subsidiary of three central schools: Centrale Lyon, Centrale Nantes and Centrale Méditerranée. Central Innovation ensure the interface between actors of academic and industrial research to promote the valorization of research and the transfer of technology to socio-economic partners.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 0
Investment portfolio
- Miura Simulation
Participated · Equity · Dec 2025
Founded in 2020 in Nantes, France, Miura Simulation develops Miura Nexus, a unified, data-centric platform that centralizes siloed simulation data and exposes fully observable, AI-ready endpoints. The software replaces locked ecosystems and fragmented workflows, giving engineering teams full traceability while accelerating design cycles. Target customers span industrial players in aerospace, energy, and automotive, all seeking to embed AI more deeply into simulation processes. With its recent capital infusion, the company plans to expand operations and advance product development. Although no revenue or user metrics were disclosed, the €2M raise underscores early market validation. The founding team—Jose Aguado, Domenico Borzacchiello and Jordi Gómez—brings domain expertise in simulation and AI. Miura Simulation’s near-term focus is scaling its platform and broadening its customer base across additional industrial sectors.
- WaltR
Participated · Equity · Mar 2024
WaltR develops a technology that pairs space imagery with ground data and AI to identify, measure and map gaseous and particulate pollutant emissions from cities, industrial sites and airport or port infrastructures. The company says the new financing will support commercial growth in France and across Europe, while backing technical developments and an innovative R&D program. WaltR closed its first fundraising of €2 million in a round led by Groupe ADP with participation from Expension Ventures, Spacefounders France, Pays de la Loire Participation and Centrale innovation. The startup opened an office in Nantes in 2024 as part of its expansion. WaltR was founded in 2018 by Éric Pequignot as a spin-off of CNES and currently employs 20 people. The capital will be used to accompany commercial rollout and further technical and R&D work.
Team
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