The Institut Pasteur is a Paris-based technology transfer and innovation institution that supports startup creation and investor partnerships for research-driven life sciences innovation. It helps create and develop biotech companies, works with public and private investors, and has participated in the creation or development of 35 startups since 1997. It is most relevant for France-based or Pasteur-linked seed-stage biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, HealthTech and life sciences startups commercializing biomedical research.