About
Manifesto
Our conviction
At F4, we believe that traditional R&D models can no longer keep pace with the speed and complexity of industrial transformation.
Why
F4 acts as an accelerator of technological breakthroughs, at the intersection of a research laboratory, an incubator and a technology company.
We deliver deployable solutions to problems that combine significant technological complexity with a real industrial need.
Our ambition is simple: to turn scientific and technological advances into tangible industrial solutions that can scale and create value.
How
Agile R&D to accelerate time to market
We bring scientific research closer to engineering and real-world applications to accelerate the journey from idea to solution, reducing handoffs between disciplines and testing hypotheses quickly.
The aim is to demonstrate rapidly that a solution works in the real world, so that we can build systems designed to scale from the outset.
Expertise across the entire technology stack
F4 brings together complementary skills: engineers, developers, data experts, hardware specialists, designers, product managers and domain experts.
This diversity allows us to continually assess feasibility, performance, usability, industrial constraints and market realities together.
End-to-end responsibility
Complex technology projects involve many risks: feasibility, integration, performance, security, scaling, industrialisation and adoption.
Our model allows us to anticipate these risks from the earliest stages of development: expertise across the entire technology stack reduces the risks associated with interfaces between teams, suppliers and technologies.
Our ambition for the coming years within the Reed ecosystem
F4 aims to continue identifying and developing technologies that can address major industrial and environmental challenges.
To support this ambition, F4 is part of an ecosystem backed by partners capable of supporting growth at scale, including Reed.
Reed, a Société Générale Group company, identifies and invests in technology businesses that have already demonstrated their potential, giving them the resources to structure their growth and scale up.
Its ambition is to build a portfolio of technology companies capable of becoming European, or even global, champions in their markets.