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🔎 Are you developing a high-impact project and looking for funding to make it happen?
An engineer by training and an expert in finance, I assist companies in activating the most suitable financing levers: Grants, Loans, Fundraising, Energy Savings Certificates (CEE)...
I intervene in a targeted manner on public and private schemes (Ademe, Regions, Bpifrance, CEE...), from identifying opportunities to the complete assembly of solid and well-argued files, maximizing your chances of success.
🎯 My added value
✔️ Over €2 million in grants obtained for my clients since 2022 (amounts ranging from a few thousand to several hundred thousand euros)
✔️ Possibility of 100% success-based intervention (fees only if you obtain the aid)
📌 Services offered
- Identification and prioritization of mobilizable schemes
- Drafting and complete structuring of grant applications
- Support for mobilizing loans or fundraising
- Financial structuring: business plan, financial models, budget monitoring, KPIs
- Reporting to funders or investors
- Conducting financial and strategic due diligence
🧭 Background
- Freelance consultant for SMEs, mid-cap companies, and large corporations (sectors: circular economy, energy, sustainable mobility)
- Associate General Manager of a reuse startup (Reconcil) – responsible for strategy, financing, and operations
- Former investor at Caisse des Dépôts – financing impact projects in territories (2015–2019)
- Previous experience: infrastructure funds (CDC Infrastructure), corporate and investment banking (Natixis), engineering (civil engineering, urban planning, transport)
🔧 Areas of expertise
Grants • CEE • Loans • Fundraising
Financial modeling • Business Plan • Budget monitoring
Electric mobility • Renewable energies • Circular economy • Sustainable logistics
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 20km)
Experience
- auto-entrepreneurFinance & Sustainable Development Consultant for Impact CompaniesCONSULTING AND AUDITSJanuary 2022 - Today (4 years and 5 months)Paris, France🚀 I assiststartups, VSEs, SMEs, mid-cap companies, and large corporationsin finding public and private funding for their projects: industrial investments, ecological transition, mobility, circular economy...💰 **Over 2 million euros obtained for my clients since 2022**, on files ranging from a few thousand to several hundred thousand euros.🎯 100% success-based remuneration possible (commission on obtained funding): no vague promises, only concrete results. **Alignment of interests is total**.🔧 My expertise✅ Grants (Ademe, Regions, Bpifrance, Europe)✅ Energy Savings Certificates (CEE)✅ Bank loans & honor loans✅ Responses to calls for projects & investment aid✅ Complete structuring and management of applications✅ Financial modeling, business plan, forecasts✅ Support for relations with public and private funders📌 Examples of recent assignments🔹 Funding (grants, CEE, loans) for a new industrial site in reuse: structuring, submission, and monitoring.🔹 Industrial site prospecting for the establishment of a factory for an international group (RES / circular economy): evaluation grid, site visits, local authority relations.🔹 Sourcing of raw materials (CSR) for an energy transition player.🔹 Funding strategy (grants, loans, equity) for an Artificial Intelligence startup in freight transport.🔹 Leading a video & written training on financing impact projects.👨💼 A pragmatic, personalized, and results-oriented approach.I can work on a specific project or provide comprehensive support until funding approval and post-signature monitoring.🤝 Feel free to contact meI will quickly identify if I am the right consultant for your project. If not, I will recommend a specialist who better suits your needs.
- Hors-PisteCreation of a training course on financing for new entrepreneursJuly 2022 - July 2022 (1 month)Paris, France📝 Drafting of an educational program for new entrepreneurs💼 Presentation of the main financing tools: grants, loans, love money, fundraising...🎥 Production of short explanatory videos accompanying each lesson
- ReconcilGeneral Manager - AssociateENVIRONMENTALMay 2019 - June 2021 (2 years and 1 month)Paris, FranceCo-creation of this startup specializing in reuse, offering reusable and washable containers as an alternative to disposable packaging.📍 Management of the development of the first Reconcil washing unit in Paris, including financing, supervision of service providers, commissioning, operation, and maintenance.💰 Focus on fundraising for the deployment of new washing units.⚠️ Judicial liquidation: valuable experience in crisis legal management and associated procedures.
Reviews
Damien
Hors-Piste
Reviewed on 8/25/2022
Nicolas delivered a high-quality training on financing for our organization. I will likely use his services again for consulting or other modules.
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Education
- Master of Science - Financial TechniquesESSEC2013Spécialisation en Corporate Finance
- Master of Science - Structural EngineeringUniversity of Manchester2010Double diplôme avec l'ENTPE - Spécialisation en calcul de structure