Can you introduce your ABGi consultancy in a few words?
ABGi, part of Visiativ, is an innovation management and financing consulting firm. For more than 30 years, ABGi has supported its clients in accelerating their innovation, either by improving and ensuring the activation of tax incentives for R&D in all countries where they are present; exploiting all the aid and subsidies to which they are entitled; improving its management of innovation; and strengthening their R&D teams and skills.
In figures, ABGi currently has 500 employees worldwide, for more than 4,000 clients spread over eight countries, and with a turnover of 50 million euros. In France, our firm has 215 employees, for 1,000 clients, through 7 agencies. We represent 15% of the market in terms of CIR collection, with a turnover of 25 million euros.
Who are the customers targeted by your solutions and expertise?
We address all innovative companies seeking financing and structuring their innovation and R&D: whether they are start-ups, VSEs, SMEs, SMEs, ETIs or large companies.
In general, what are the added values of ABGi?
ABGi is the only international group, pure player innovation management and financing consultancy, which knows how to offer its clients the best management and financing solutions for their R+D+i, anywhere in the world.
We have extensive coverage of schemes in France and internationally, through our multiple locations in Europe, North and South America, allowing us to harness and maximize the potential of international, national and local schemes. ABGi also has the ability to put opportunities in perspective for our potential clients using our Knowledge Management and benchmarking.
We are an agile company, endowed with the execution force of the greatest and the precision of a specialist firm on a human scale. Finally, we now have technologies adapted to the establishment of a collaborative work environment and proactive management of missions with our analytical tools that are at the service of better value creation.
What challenges is your company currently facing?
To date, we have faced multiple challenges, but the most important are enriching our value proposition, engaging and developing employees in a rapidly changing world, and using digital technology to serve our operational excellence and improve customer service.
What will be the news of ABGi for the coming weeks?
ABGi, part of Visiativ, reaffirms its leading position in the innovation financing market and continues to develop its unique approach in France and internationally.
In France, our consulting firm has just carried out a strategic merger with Absiskey, which aims to reinforce Visiativ’s value proposition around its consulting activity. Endowed with common values and solid experience, the two companies join forces to become the benchmark player in the Strategy, Management and Innovation Consulting market in Financing.
With a complementary presence in the territory, ABGi and Absiskey also reinforce their proximity to the client in France and continue their international expansion, with eight countries covered: France, Germany, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom.
This strategic merger consolidates the development of ABGi which, through the acquisition of new human and financial resources, manages to simultaneously create a strong and successful employer brand around the innovation of its clients.
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