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In France, it feels like the rainy season…🌧️ But it’s also a shower of good news at the Incubateur HEC Paris! From fundraising, new programs, to new team members, let’s dive in!
This week, we’re highlighting two major drivers of innovation: AI and education. ✨ 🧠
Artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries and redefine the way we live and work. Meanwhile, education is undergoing a transformation, with new tools and platforms making learning more accessible and engaging for younger generations.
Whether through smarter AI solutions or innovative educational methods, this month proves that progress in these fields is leading us toward a future that is not only more exciting but also increasingly connected and fast-paced.
Revyze raises $6M to revolutionize learning for Gen Z & Gen Alpha.
Young people spend an average of 5 hours a day on social media.
what if that time could be used to learn? 📱
Good idea, Revyze has the perfect solution and great news!
This startup, incubated at the Incubateur HEC Paris, has just announced the closing of a $6M seed round to accelerate its mission of revolutionizing education for GenZ and GenAlpha.
The company’s mission is to democratize access to high-quality education through a social learning app that blends the engagement of TikTok with the gamified structure of Duolingo. 🤯
In just two years, more than 1 million students have started using Revyze, learning through short, interactive videos and quizzes created by their peers. It’s making education both engaging and social!
This funding will drive U.S. expansion, the introduction of new features, and the recruitment of top talent to grow the team.
Congratulations to Guillaume Perrot (ex-Alan), Anatole Blanc (ex-Auto1), and Florent Sciberras (ex-Airbnb) and all the team!
Tennaxia and Traace join forces to create a European champion in sustainability software.
Traace, an Incubateur HEC Paris startup founded by Thomas Guyot, Rodolphe Denieau and Patrick Nollet has joined forces with Tennaxia to create a leading European player in sustainability software.
This strategic partnership combines Tennaxia’s ESG and HSE expertise with Traace’s advanced carbon management platform, offering comprehensive solutions for companies facing growing regulatory demands like CSRD. The collaboration aims to enhance corporate sustainability reporting and management while driving innovation in decarbonization and ESG performance. This merger strengthens both companies’ positions in the rapidly growing sustainability sector.
Inbolt Raises €15M to Empower Industrial Robots
with Vision and AI.
Inbolt, an alumni startup Incubateur HEC Paris, has successfully raised €15 million to revolutionize industrial robotics. Their innovative solution combines AI-powered 3D vision with machine learning, allowing robots to see and understand their surroundings in real-time, boosting precision and efficiency in manufacturing environments.
This new funding will accelerate the development of their cutting-edge technology and help expand their presence globally, meeting the growing demand for smarter, more autonomous industrial robots. Inbolt is not just optimizing workflows—they are shaping the future of smart manufacturing.
Time is running out!
There are only 10 days left to apply to join the Incubateur HEC Paris. Don’t miss your chance to turn your vision into reality and take your startup to the next level.
📅 You can submit your application until October 20th, midnight. (Paris time)
👉 Apply Now
What’s bigger than big news?
It’s Meta big news!
Last week, the five winners of the AI Startup Program Meta were announced, featuring technical mentoring from Hugging Face and Scaleway, as well as business mentoring from incubateur HEC Paris.
Open-source is the key to driving innovation across ecosystems. The purpose of this program is to help startups integrate open-source foundation models into their products and scale their businesses.
Here are more details about the selected startups:
Neuralk AI
Develops AI models to help businesses build solutions that naturally interact with their structured databases.
Founders: Alexandre Pasquiou and Antoine Moissenot
Vocal Image
Vocal Image is a vocal coaching and personal development app designed to help users improve their voice, communication, and confidence. Leveraging AI, it provides personalized exercises and real-time feedback to optimize vocal performance.
Founders: Nick Lahoika and Maryna Shukiurava.
Batisia
A solution specializes in predictive maintenance solutions for the construction industry, using AI to anticipate and prevent structural issues. Their platform optimizes building management, reduces costs, and enhances safety by providing real-time monitoring and data-driven insights.
Founders: Ulysse Alarcos and Raphaël Gandin.
Pruna AI
Enables companies to reduce the size of their AI models, cutting costs and increasing processing speed while maintaining the same performance as the original model. Founders: John Rachwan, Bertrand Charpentier, and Rayan Nait Mazi.
Kodex AI
Kodex AI provides an AI-driven platform designed to help financial services compliance teams automate tasks such as horizon scanning, regulatory alerts, gap analyses, and policy cross-checking. With their GenAI Regulatory Co-worker, the platform streamlines workflow automation and reporting, helping companies eliminate regulatory risk and make smarter, faster decisions.
Founders: Thomas Kaiser and Claus Lang.
An expert to take care of our experts. 💯
We are thrilled to welcome Noémie Philippe to the team at HEC Paris Incubation and Acceleration Center. ✨
Considered the Gustave Eiffel of the Incubateur HEC Paris, Noémie has a natural talent for building bridges between people and ideas, combining strategic expertise with human facilitation.
Her mission?
To unite our network of over 1,000 experts and become a true matchmaker, maximizing opportunities for exchanges between incubated startups and this community.
With solid experience alongside major corporations, Noémie has dedicated her career to supporting talent, fostering communities, and driving innovation. Passionate about human relationships, she firmly believes that every encounter is an opportunity to unlock individual potential. Why did she join the Incubateur HEC Paris
For the thirst for collaboration and the desire to unite this community to create even more synergies, connections, and exchanges, welcome aboard Noémie!
During the B2B rock event at Station F Armand Thiberge, founder of Brevo and Etienne Krieger, a professor who has witnessed the growth of more than a 1000 startups of the HEC Paris ecosystem, explored the decisions that lead successful startups to achieve such results.
Brevo has 500,000 clients in 180 countries and has reached the incredible milestone of €150M in annual recurring revenue.
It’s always difficult to give generic advice because success greatly relies on execution and there is no secret sauce🪄you need to test and learn.
But here, we give you 4 tips :
🤝 TEAM: He works with people he would enjoy spending time with in his personal life. We only have one life, so let’s have fun!
📈 M&A: For acquisitions (Armand made 10 acquisitions with Brevo), if there’s no fit at the first meeting, drop the deal!
🏹 MARKET: He believes in targeting a massive market that allows a business to grow with just 1% market share. Brevo helps SMBs and global companies connect with their customers. It’s a huge market, and now they are the leader in Europe.
🔬 FOCUS: In the beginning, Brevo was a digital agency creating websites, but they launched several internal projects simultaneously. Once they recognized the need for CRM technologies, they stopped everything else and focused on this scalable market.
Looking to be part of an AI company that builds solutions for seamless interaction with structured databases?
Join neuralk
Do you want to work for the AI company revolutionizing the real estate industry with data-driven insights and automation?
Join Batisia
Ready to help revolutionize customer support with cutting-edge automation and AI? Join Prune.ai.
Join Prune.ai
Interested in automating compliance tasks and eliminating regulatory risk in financial services? Kodex AI has the tools and the team for you.
Join Kodex.ai
“Business opportunities are like buses,
there’s always another one coming.”
Richard Branson
(founder of Virgin)
