Who are we?
We are an innovation cluster specialising in sustainable agricultural and agri-food innovation, bringing together, motivating and challenging 350 members through our Agri Innovation Club and our range of bespoke advice and services.
Our mission: to stimulate responsible food innovation by challenging the innovations of businesses, researchers, transfer organisations and educational institutions.
Our vision: In a rapidly changing world, where paradigms are shifting irreversibly, the food industries of western France will have to reinvent themselves. Modest, collaborative and economically efficient regional projects will be the key to success.
For 20 years, we have been accelerating the transition of these sectors towards sustainable models by connecting and advising members of our community in the Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire and Normandy regions in particular, while also working at national and international level.
Our team
& our expertise
Valorial is a team of around twenty people with complementary profiles and experience, committed to working alongside you and based in Brittany, Pays de la Loire and Normandy, close to where you are. Our complementary expertise enables us to cover a wide range of topics: R&I project engineering, innovation strategy, network development, promotion, etc.
Our team is dedicated to the success of your projects, and we put our expertise at the service of your growth and transformation ambitions.
Our governance
Valorial also has a committed governance structure that reflects the diversity of our members and our regions. It defines Valorial’s strategic direction, drawing on the practical experience of its 40 members.
Our values
Audacity
Listen
Competitiveness
Collective intelligence
Friendliness
Our priority areas of innovation, from field to plate
Preserving natural resources
& adapting production
to climate change
Developing agroecological
methods of animal
and plant production
Deploying technologies
for operational excellence
in farms and factories
Promoting resources
& co-products
within a bioeconomy approach
Ensuring safe, healthy
and sustainable food
for better eating
Offering innovative
food uses
and services
supported structures, with a high concentration of stakeholders in western France
research and innovation projects funded and structured since 2006
partnerships with European clusters to promote collaborative initiatives
qualified leads per year
events per year in France and internationally
offices: Rennes (head office), Nantes, Quimper & Caen
Our partners
Valorial relies on an extensive network of partners, made up of experts from the innovation ecosystem of western France.
They contribute to the emergence and development/management of projects, as well as to the organisation of our events.
