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Rhône Dauphiné Développement

French mutual financing body supporting industrial companies with equity-type funding, acquisition finance and guarantees

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Rhône Dauphiné Développement operates under the name Somudimec, a French organisation that provides financial support to industrial businesses. It works through a network of member business owners who sit on committees of referents covering technical and technological fields. Twelve specialist advisers cover four territories across 31 departments in mainland France.

Products and services

  • Upper-balance-sheet financing: funding that strengthens a company's capital base.
  • Acquisition finance: support for owners taking over an industrial firm, including former employees buying their employer.
  • Counter-guarantees: cover that helps a business obtain other loans.
  • Grant research: help finding public aid and subsidies.
  • Transfer capital: a fund called Sud Capital Développement Industriel, launched with UIMM Côte d'Azur et Corse, for handing over industrial companies.

Clients

Small and medium-sized industrial companies in France, especially those with member ties to the metalworking industry federation.

Key facts

  • Coverage: 31 departments in mainland France
  • Advisers: twelve
  • Model: mutual network of member business owners

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Sep 2026.

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