Innovation

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Innovation at setec: ingenuity for affordable, sustainable solutions

setec‘s approach to innovation is designed to be cost-effective, in line with three challenges: preserving our environment, the growth of the world’s population and urbanisation (150 cities with more than one million inhabitants will emerge in Africa and Asia by 2035). The aim is to meet the essential needs of these populations with less material/energy intensity, while maintaining the same quality of life.

setec‘s innovation roadmap is based around four themes:

The development an internal network to spread a culture of innovation,
Intrapreneurship and the creation of new activities,
Partnerships with start-ups,
Scientific partnerships with research laboratories.

setec‘s determination to listen to the world outside and to embark on a process of entrepreneurial innovation led to the creation of the setecLabs startup studio, in order to undertake a disruptive intrapreneurship approach.

The different groups have been able to develop innovative solutions and their ideas to create new products or services that meet the needs of clients or companies.

In this way, the group has been able to develop innovative offerings such as SetbySetec, a decision-making platform for land and regional planning, Orbow by Terrasol, a geotechnical operations tool, and Datae4D, a solution to help maintain engineering structures.

To understand and act in this changing world, setec has forged partnerships with major stakeholders in the world of innovation. setec has been a partner of the Impulse accelerator, which specialises in construction, since 2014.

setec also supports internal start-ups (Advizeo, SetbySetec) as well as external start-ups (Bulldozair, Padam, The Cross Product, E-Cassini), as a partner or investor, directly via the setec Innovation investment fund or in association with other venture capital funds.

Last but not least, this approach is based on numerous associations with the world of research and teaching, universities and schools (Ecole des Ponts, ESTP), which enables us to keep a constant watch on scientific subjects and to have the opportunity to incorporate the latest techniques into our projects.