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LaBoîte

Web agency for businesses in Grenoble.

Making a technology, an engineering offer or industrial know-how easy to understand, for customers and job candidates alike.

LaBoîte designs websites, brand identities, video and communication strategies for start-ups, industrial SMEs and engineering firms in Grenoble and its metropolitan area. We work from Chambéry, mostly remotely, and come to Grenoble for scoping workshops and filming. Our role here: turning a technical offer into arguments a buyer understands.

From Chambéry, we work remotely with businesses in Grenoble, and come on site for workshops, shoots and launches.

Grenoble

Isère (38) · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

  • research and innovation
  • microelectronics
  • digital
  • mountain sports
Grenoble

Our agency is right here, in Chambéry.

What does the economy of Grenoble and its metropolitan area rest on?

Grenoble Alpes Métropole describes a highly technology-intensive industry, organised around electronics and digital, health, energy and the environment. The CEA, France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, and Université Grenoble Alpes work hand in hand with industry there.

According to the Métropole, these two players meet companies' needs in micro and nanotechnology, photonics, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and health. Minalogic, a competitiveness cluster registered in Grenoble, brings together the regional digital sector around a deeptech core: microelectronics, photonics and software. On the Presqu’île, the peninsula between the Isère and Drac rivers, the GIANT alliance unites eight partners, including the CEA, the CNRS, the ESRF, the Institut Laue-Langevin and Grenoble INP.

As early as 2014, Insee, the French national statistics office, described an urban area geared towards design, research and knowledge-based services, with STMicroelectronics and Schneider Electric among the main employers.

For communication, this means selling things that are hard to show: a component, a piece of software, a calculation method. Buyers are engineers who read the details, and candidates compare several cutting-edge employers. The website has to explain without oversimplifying, as our article on deeptech websites in Grenoble shows.

Where are the business hubs of the Grenoble area?

Four areas shape the technology scene: the Presqu’île, Inovallée in Meylan and Montbonnot, the Grésivaudan valley and the GrandAlpe project to the south. Their companies do not have the same expectations.

  • Presqu’île and the GIANT campus

    Laboratories, engineering schools and young companies housed in the high-technology buildings run by Minatec Entreprises. Research spin-offs here are looking for a brand name and identity and a clear message for their first industrial customers.

  • Inovallée, Meylan and Montbonnot

    A technology park that reports more than 350 companies, from software to medtech. For these SMEs and mid-sized firms, communication serves recruitment as much as sales: careers pages, team videos, an offer that is easy to read.

  • Grésivaudan valley

    Between Grenoble and Savoie, the valley is home to microelectronics manufacturers such as STMicroelectronics and Soitec, and their subcontractors. Those suppliers need to present their capabilities, certifications and references so that buyers find them quickly.

  • GrandAlpe, south of the city

    A major development project led by the Métropole, including the FabricAlpe zone reserved for industrial activities focused on the energy and environmental transitions. The companies that move there will need to announce their arrival and recruit.

Which services suit a Grenoble business?

Everything the Studio and Consulting do, with one common thread: making a technical offer understandable and appealing.

  • Website design

    Presenting the technology through the problems it solves, with pages for buyers, partners and candidates: see website design in Grenoble.

    The service Website design in Grenoble
  • Branding and brand identity

    Moving from a lab project name to a brand that is credible in front of investors and manufacturers.

    The service
  • Video and photography

    Filming a clean room, a test bench or a research team with our partner video crews, in line with the site’s rules.

    The service
  • Social media content

    Reels and LinkedIn posts that show the people and what happens behind the scenes, for your employer brand as well as for prospecting.

    The service
  • Search engine optimisation (SEO)

    Targeting the long, precise searches technical buyers make rather than overly generic keywords.

    The service
  • AI and assistants

    An internal assistant that searches your technical documentation, as in our guide for industrial SMEs in Isère.

    The service AI integration in Grenoble
  • Brand and business launch

    For a start-up coming out of a laboratory: name, identity, website and materials for investors, in the right order.

    The service
  • Offer strategy

    Turning a bespoke service into a clear offer with named deliverables, the approach behind our article on how to sell your offer.

    The service
  • Growth and acquisition

    Measuring where enquiries come from, adjusting pages and campaigns, and deciding where to invest next.

    The service

What typical cases do we handle for Grenoble?

These examples are typical situations, chosen because they come up often in the Grenoble area. They do not describe real clients.

  • A Presqu’île start-up facing industrial buyers

    For example, a young sensor company whose website talks about physics rather than applications. We reorganise the content around use cases, add a page per market and a short motion design animation to show how it works.

  • An engineering firm that sells time spent

    A team of engineers whose every quote starts from scratch. We help them name a few offers and present them on the website and in a sales deck, like the one designed for AG Impact Partners in another sector.

  • An SME torn between custom software and an off-the-shelf tool

    A maintenance company tracking its jobs in a spreadsheet. We compare the options before developing anything, following the grid in our article on business software versus market tools, an approach that led to Corsiva OS for the Corsiva group.

How does a project with a Grenoble company unfold?

A scoping workshop at your premises or by video call, remote work in approved stages, and trips for filming and key presentations.

Confidentiality, sign-off by a legal department or a research partner, restricted access to laboratories: we build these constraints into the schedule from the first meeting, with who approves what and what can be shown.

The workshop brings together management and, if possible, an engineer who knows the product: they are often the one who finds the example that makes the technology click. Mock-ups, copy and development then move forward remotely; filming happens on site after a scouting visit. The same setup applies to Lyon, Valence and Chambéry.

Frequently asked questions, Grenoble.

Can you write about a complex technology without distorting it?

Yes, by working with the person who knows it. We interview an engineer or a researcher, write the copy, then have every technical page reviewed. The aim: your customers understand what it is for, and your peers find nothing inaccurate.

How do you communicate about a project that is still confidential?

We can sign a non-disclosure agreement before any detailed discussion. The website then presents the problem solved and the benefits without revealing the process, and grows as patents are filed and announcements are made.

Is an English website useful for a Grenoble start-up?

Often, because partners, investors and customers are not all French speakers. Translate the pages that support sales and recruitment first, then expand if enquiries justify it.

Can the website help recruit engineers?

Yes. A careers page showing the projects, the team and the working environment, with footage shot on your premises, complements job ads. When several high-tech employers are chasing the same profiles, these details matter.

A project in Grenoble? Let’s talk.

A first conversation by video call or on site in Grenoble, then a written proposal, item by item.

We also work around Grenoble.