On Friday November 8, 2024, the Initiative center Manche (ICM) network presented checks to two companies: l'Authentique Comptoir (€5,000) and Topaze heritage (€3,000). “I am the ICM sponsor of Charlotte Lebrun for the company Topaze Patrimoine. I am retired but wealth management was my field. I can advise Charlotte for this highly regulated profession which competes with banks, even if it organizes itself very well. Our support is more or less consistent depending on the project leaders,” shares Gilles Cristoforini, ICM volunteer.
Help finding funding
“ICM’s advice is important and useful,” says Louis Gardin, leader of the Authentique Comptoir project with Tancrède Payen de la Garanderie, a wine merchant activity which will celebrate one year of reopening. “It was time to hand over this symbolic check, the money has already been used,” ICM volunteers are having fun.
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Their mission is to support project leaders by helping to find financing and offering honorary loans or bonuses that allow projects to start. They offer their advice to successfully pass the 3rd gradee year and can connect creators with other entrepreneurs in their network.
