Expertise

Expertise

Innovation
Technology
ESG

Elevate the performance of your innovation.

Innovation management Innovation funding strategy Tax credits IP Box Grants & Subsidies International schemes Digitalisation Resources and skills

Transform your digital challenges into strategic opportunity.

Performance and Operational Efficiency Safety and Compliance Digital Innovation and Transformation Contributing to Business Strategy Measuring and Communicating IT Value Cybersecurity Dedicated IT resources Choosing the Right ERP

To make you an effective and committed actor in the environmental and social transition.

CSR strategy CSRD & Sustainability Report Low Carbon Strategy Sustainable innovation strategy
Sectors

Sectors

Aerospace and Aeronautics
Food Industry
Public works and construction
Energy, Chemistry, Environment
Materials
Information Technology
Health and Cosmetics
Public sector

Aerospace and Aeronautics

Nearly 5,000 companies operate in the aerospace sector in France.

The sector employs over 250,000 people (around 7% of French industry) and generates over €100 billion in turnover.

Challenges for the sector Technological issues Multiple areas of innovation Our Aerospace and Aeronautics experts

Food industry

The agri-food sector includes different types of companies: agri-food industries, agricultural cooperatives, crop protection companies, etc.

Both upstream in terms of agriculture and downstream in terms of agri-food companies, the agri-food industry faces a number of challenges. The industry is one of the most innovative in France.

Challenges for the agri-food sector Multiple areas of innovation Our Food Industry Expert

Public works and construction

The construction sector alone accounts for 43% of France’s energy consumption. It is also responsible for 23% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Joining the global drive to reduce its carbon footprint and consume less energy, France has set itself ambitious targets for 2030.

The challenges facing the sector Technological issues Multiple areas of innovation Our Public works and construction expert

Energy, Chemistry, Environment

To reduce CO2 emissions, decarbonise, improve the energy efficiency of industrial processes, find new sources and reserves of energy and design new molecules, companies are facing a number of technological challenges and are investing €5 billion a year in R&D.

Challenges of the sector Multiple areas of innovation Our Energy, Chemistry & Environment experts

Materials

As a major supplier of basic resources and technological solutions, the materials industry is a strategic sector for the development of all branches of industry. From metallurgy, chemicals and plastics to composites, minerals and paper, the sector covers a wide range of fields. With 20,000 researchers, the sector represents an annual investment of around 7 billion euros in France.

Challenges of the sector Technological issues Multiple areas of innovation Our Materials expert

Information technology

In France, more than a quarter of R&D active enterprises have committed ICT R&D expenditure, amounting to EUR 8 billion (or 23% of domestic R&D expenditure).

Multiple areas of innovation Our sector experts

Health and Cosmetics

France is home to a number of world leaders in this strategic sector, which is a major driver of the economy.

Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, laboratories, medical devices and cosmetics are all represented in the sector.

Challenges in the healthcare sector The challenges facing the cosmetics industry Technological issues Multiple areas of innovation Our Health and Cosmetics experts

Public sector

To meet the expectations of a changing society, government, local authorities and public and voluntary organisations must put performance at the heart of their strategy.

Challenges in the sector Technological issues Multiple areas of innovation Our public sector expert
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Inside ABGI

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ABGi is a forerunner and leader in innovation funding and management consulting, both in France and worldwide.

In France Internationally

ABGi initiatives

Pioneer in the innovation funding and management consulting, ABGi, part of Visiativ, is committed on a daily basis to identifying, incubating, executing and sponsoring impactful initiatives for its employees, clients, partners and the causes we hold dear.

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ABGi,
35 years of expertise serving the performance of your innovation

35 years of expertise serving the performance of your innovation

For more than 35 years, ABGi has been supporting its clients in France and internationally in structuring and financing their research, development, and innovation projects.

In keeping with our origins, the values of our founder, our shareholders, and under the leadership of its management, in 2025, ABGi is embarking on a strategic shift and entering a new era. ABGi is committed to working alongside you by rolling out a new value proposition that is clear, simple, and effective, to support you in four key strategic areas:

Innovation,

Operations,

Technology, and

Sustainability.

This move allows us to continue our unique intrapreneurial and human adventure, where everyone is dedicated every day to developing tailor-made solutions to support the design, financing, and execution of strategic transformations.

Discover ABGi

ABGi in figures

After more than 35 years of development, ABGi has the capacity to intervene in a way that is tailored to your sustainable transformation challenges. Discover our figures internationally.

Offices worldwide

€80

million turnover

600

employees worldwide

4500

clients worldwide

Our history

Founded in 1990 by an entrepreneur in Lyon and developed by its employees for over 30 years, our firm, a forerunner in the innovation funding consulting, has accelerated sharply since 2015 and has established itself as a key and unique player in this market, both in France and wordwide.

2025

Multi-expertise

ABGi is taking a new strategic step by deploying a multi-expertise approach: Innovation, Operations & Performance, Technology, ESG. This diversification is part of a global transformation dynamic, driven by two main priorities:

Broadening expertise with a cross-functional vision to meet the growing challenges facing companies in terms of innovation, sustainability and operational performance.
Acceleration of digitalization, with the implementation of innovative technological solutions at the service of business processes and customers.

2024

Merger and SHIFT5 strategic plan

Absiskey and ABGi merge under a single identity, ABGi France: a new, consolidated entity, with a unique positioning and a clearer identity, serving an enhanced customer experience.

2024 also marks the start of new development ambitions with a plan to 2028: SHIFT5. Through SHIFT5, Visiativ aims to further enhance its position as a preferred and trusted partner for businesses.

2022 to 2023

Diversification and Digitalisation

ABGi is pursuing its acceleration and supports the CATALYST plan around 3 axes:

Enhancing innovation taxation funding services (Grants and Patent.Box)

Developing Resources and Skills services
Digitalising services and operational processes

The period also enabled to implement the ABGi consulting platform, the collaborative interface for innovation assignments.

2019 to 2021

Acceleration

In 2019, ABGi continued its international expansion with the acquisition of Jumpstart and MSC Associate in the UK, followed by IFTC in Northern Ireland in early 2021.

In 2021, ABGi strengthened its presence in the UK with the acquisition of IFTC in Northern Ireland, and established in Germany through a J.V. with Partner für Innovation & Förderung (PFIF), a pioneer and benchmark player in innovation finding in Germany.

2018

Consolidation

ABGi Group, with the support and investment of its entire management committee, was acquired by Visiativ. This strategic alliance aimed a, serving a singular ambition in our market:

Address all market segments
Exploit the potential of new technologies by drawing on technological skills
Benefit from the Group’s solidity and strength of execution to support our growth options.

2017

Internationalisation

The firm implemented its internationalisation plan with the acquisition of BGI, an R&D funding consultancy firm based in the United States, and Inventa, based in Brazil, and opened an office in Canada. ACIES Consulting Group then became ABGi Group and positioned itself as a pure player in the funding of research and innovation in France and inernationally.

2015 à 2017

“New Deal”

After several years of market reconfiguration, ACIES Consulting Group, under the impulsion of a new management team, drew up an ambitious new strategic plan, a rael New Deal based on 3 major themes:

Adjusting production capacity to market conditions,
Repositioning in the market, particularly for SMEs
Internationalisation of our activities

1990

Launch

Founded in 1990, ACIES Consulting Group was the innovation funding consulting pioneer, and quickly established itself as the market leader. Until 2009 and the government’s reforms of Research Tax Credit scheme, the firm dominated its market.