Reseau Initiative Pays de Martigues

Initiative Pays de Martigues is a non-profit association established under French law in 1998 at the initiative of the City of Martigues and the Martigues Area Regional Authority, to support the creation, takeover-transfer and development of economic activities within the community territory. Our mission: To assess, finance and support project leaders in their early years. IPM grants interest-free, unsecured honour loans intended for entrepreneurs establishing themselves in our intervention area. These loans enable entrepreneurs to strengthen their equity and thus facilitate access to bank financing. Beyond financing, IPM assists entrepreneurs in preparing their financing applications, acts as a financial intermediary with banks and supports entrepreneurs during their first years of operation. To this end, Initiative Pays de Martigues mobilizes: A team of experienced business managers capable of supporting project leaders in defining and formalizing their project through to the completion and validation of the financing application. A network of volunteers, professionals from the business world (business leaders and executives, bankers, lawyers, accountants, consultants...),…