20-21 April
Silicon Valley

Marc ISABELLE, engineer & PhD in Economics, is the founder and CEO of european economics.
Marc is a recognised expert in the public funding of strategic projects. Since 2009, he has helped 195 companies secure €41 billion in public funding for 246 major projects. These initiatives tackle key societal challenges – including disruptive innovation, decarbonisation, resilience and infrastructure – across a wide range of industrial sectors including microelectronics, software, telecoms, automotive, energy and environment, batteries, pharmaceuticals and biotech.
Through his extensive work with the European Commission and national authorities, Marc has actively contributed to shaping the methodologies and best practices used to assess public funding applications and their compatibility with EU regulations.
Founded in 2009, european economics is a recognised pure-player consultancy specialising in public funding. We deliver tailored, high value-added services across Europe to support our clients in designing and implementing turnkey public funding strategies – State aid and European funding – for their most strategic projects:
• €41 billion in public funding secured for 246 projects, including €5.8 billion in 2024,
• 100% success rate for State aid notifications to the European Commission.
We support our clients with a turn-key approach at every step of their project’s life-cycle: funding strategy definition, application file preparation (at National and EU level), European Commission validation process, and funding monitoring.