MISSIONS
Co-create through collaborative operations and partnerships with start-ups, SMEs and project sponsors
Unite our ecosystems and networks around common projects: business sectors, customers, suppliers and institutional partners
Invest in the most innovative solutions on the market
Discover our innovation areas!
A PROJECT ACCELERATOR
GL events Factory is an acceleration programme entirely devoted to Open Innovation projects, thus becoming your single point of contact for all the group's entities innovation topics. Setting up contacts, calling for and managing projects, deploying solutions, etc. GL events Factory supports you at every stage.
AN INVESTMENT FUND TO SUPPORT INNOVATION
GL events has created an investment fund to effectively respond to its strategic challenges in terms of digital transformation, ecological transition, community development and content production.
In line with the Group's mission of "Bringing people together", the Fund's purpose is to invest in young start-ups and SMEs with high potential which facilitate the gathering of individuals or organizations, the sharing of content and experiences and which develop solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of the event industry: proptech, eventech, foodtech, NFT/web3, esport & gaming, cleantech, impact...
Depending on the synergies identified between the company's project and GL events, the investment fund takes minority shareholdings (with investments ranging from €200k to €1m per company) and in co-investment (BA, private or other corporate funds).
CALLS FOR PROJECTS
Immersive technologies
Immersive technologies are reinventing the event industry. Virtual reality, augmented reality, Me ...
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GL events is a major player in the sports events sector. Since the Albertville Olympic Games, the ...
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The GL events group has been committed for several years to an environmental and social approach. In ...
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Have you imagined a use case between your product/service and GL events that does not necessarily fi ...
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