Fifty Bees — cabinet de conseil et expertise comptable à Lyon
Guidance and support for public funding

Guidance and support for public funding

Identify and activate all the funding you're entitled to — R&D, investment, arts, collections — without getting lost in paperwork.

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R&D Tax Credit (CIR), Innovation Tax Credit (CII), Young Innovative Enterprise status, Bpifrance grants, regional, European : we help you activate the right funding levers, at the right time, safely.

Objective : maximize your funding without destabilizing your business, in complement to your financial management.

>Fund innovation without getting lost in the maze of programs

Innovating, investing, creating are already challenges. Funding them shouldn’t be another one.

At Fifty Bees, we support companies to mobilize the right programs — at the right time — in the best conditions.

  • R&D Tax Credit
  • Innovation Tax Credit
  • Arts Professions Tax Credit (CIMA)
  • Young Innovative Enterprise status (JEI)
  • Bpifrance grants
  • State aid programs
  • European aid
  • Collections Tax Credit
  • R&D Tax Credit approval
  • Innovation Tax Credit approval
  • FEDER grants
  • France Agrimer Vitis program
  • Living Heritage Company status

>The main programs we activate for you

We build with you an effective, coherent and controlled funding strategy. Here, no indigestible jargon or impossible-to-decipher aid catalog. Just an engaged, educational and structured team to help your project take flight with the right support.

R&D Tax Credit (CIR) — transform your R&D expenses into controlled tax credit

The CIR can cover up to 30% of your eligible expenses.

But you need to properly identify and qualify your work, document technical choices and anticipate potential tax scrutiny. We structure your file so it’s optimized and consistent.

Innovation Tax Credit (CII) — fund your prototypes and new products

The CII targets SMEs developing innovative products, even without scientific research in the strict sense.

We identify eligible expenses, estimate the amount available and secure technical justification. Our consultants guide you between CII and CIR to reassure authorities during a potential audit.

Young Innovative Enterprise (JEI) status — lighten your burden from the start

JEI status provides tax exemptions and social charge reductions.

We check your eligibility criteria and secure your positioning from the outset.

Note on the 2026 budget bill the creation of the Young Impact Innovation Enterprise :

  • •Definition : companies carrying out research spending that meet the criteria of young social utility enterprises or social and solidarity economy (ESE).
  • •Tax benefits : tax reduction rate for subscribers set at 40%.
  • •Duration : temporary measure (repeal already planned for January 1, 2029).

Grants & public aid — activate the right levers at the right time

Bpifrance, Regions, Europe… There are many public aid programs available.

We analyze calls for proposals, assess your chances of success and put together a solid application. Our support gives you an exhaustive reading of public aid while ensuring fund availability before submitting your application.

Secure your files — anticipate rather than react

Poorly documented funding can become a tax risk.

We prepare your files to be solid in the event of an audit.

>Innovating ? Do an assessment now
(not in 6 months)

R&D projects, software, prototypes, product development… it’s better to anticipate than catch up.

A few months of delay can lead to :

  • R&D expenses forgotten for CIR/CII
  • Lost aid due to lack of planning
  • Documents not ready in case of audit

This is exactly when you need structure. And that’s what we’re here for.

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>Questions you’re asking yourself(or perhaps not yet)

Am I eligible ? Is this the right program ? What if I get it wrong ?

Before talking forms, we need to clear up doubts. Here are the questions most business owners we support are asking :

  • Identify the right programs based on your projects
  • Anticipate calls for proposals
  • Understand real eligibility criteria
  • Gather the right supporting documents without spending weeks on it
  • Avoid mistakes that could trigger a tax adjustment
  • Save time and focus on your innovation projects

>What our support
enables you to achieve

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  • Programs identified

    in one structured meeting

  • Clear timeline, checklist provided, secure submission

  • Technical and tax validation,

    without ambiguity

  • Documented, sourced file,

    ready to present

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Our job is to turn your doubts into certainties (and your expenses into funding).
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>Notre approche pas à pas

01

Project framing

Understand your business, identify potentially available programs (CIR, CII, JEI, grants, etc.), clarify what we could bring you.

02

Detection of available programs

CIR, CII, JEI, French and European grants.

03

Application preparation

Solid technical qualification, documented financial estimate, managed timeline, complete checklist.

04

Support for declaration

The file is written, sourced and ready to be presented.

05

Follow-up & management

Long-term support through to the final euro and settlement of your aid program.

Ce qui fait notre différence

Compensation aligned with results

A large part of our work is linked to the funding obtained.

CIR/CII estimate by the first half of the year

To manage your funding mid-course.

A file followed through to the final euro

And through settlement of your aid program.

A dedicated public funding expert

And a backup team.

A hive of mobilizable expertise if needed

Legal, HR, governance, strategy.

Résultat

🚀 you manage your innovation with visibility and control.

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At each step, you’re accompanied by professionals able to speak innovation, taxation and business strategy — with pragmatism and common sense.
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>Retours d’expériences

Parce que vous n’avez pas besoin de promesses… mais de preuves.

Témoignages

Manon Belhassen

« Fifty Bees’ support enabled us to secure our choices and manage the CIR much more serenely. »

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>Well-structured funding also means…

Innovation funding is rarely isolated. It often raises other questions we also handle :

  • • Financial management : Looking for funding ? It may be time to get a finer view of your metrics. We offer quarterly dashboards to anticipate, adjust and decide better. Much more useful than a static balance sheet.
  • • HR structuring : If you’re hiring (an R&D director ? a product manager ?), make sure everything is set up on the HR side. Do you need to adjust contracts ? Are you compliant with social protection or collective agreements ? Our HR teams advise you in direct connection with your innovation challenges.
  • • Audit & statutory auditing : To secure your filings and anticipate inspections, in connection with your innovation projects.

What we love is bringing our expertise together to answer your real needs, even those you haven’t yet formulated.

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> Envie d’en parler ?

A project ? A question ? Want to check your eligibility ?

Get in touch with our public funding expert for an initial discussion.

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