We’re Back On Track! 💪
It’s the GRAND RETURN of the Incubateur HEC Paris newsletter, your dose of inspiration and innovation. 💌
Located in the heart of STATION F, the world’s largest startup campus, the Incubateur HEC Paris supports entrepreneurs at every stage. Our mission is to contribute to make HEC Paris the top European ecosystem for entrepreneurs and innovators solving global challenges. We empower founders with tools, resources, and tailored support to succeed, accelerating our impact on business and society.
We help build the future by creating assets, connecting communities, and generating opportunities, with our strong community providing essential support and collaboration for all members. Stay tuned for exciting news and upcoming events!
Paris, the European capital of AI 🧠
We are glad to announce that we are extending the new edition to European startups! Incubateur HEC Paris is excited to continue supporting the program.
💡 We had a successful first cohort of the Meta AI Startup Program at STATION F in Paris, supporting our French startups Pollen Robotics, Qevlar AI, FRINGUANT, Jimini AI, and Toongether by Kartoon.
🌟 From October to February 2025, we will accelerate at STATION F five startup with technical mentoring from Meta , Hugging Face, and Scaleway and business mentoring from Incubateur HEC Paris. Open-source is the key to driving innovation across ecosystems. Our aim is to help startups integrate open-source foundation models into their products and help scale their businesses.
🇫🇷 Paris is a strong hub for AI, and this program aims to advance the European AI innovation ecosystem even further.
Applications are open for startups across the EU!
👉 fb.me/AIStartupProgram
Are you ready to shape the city of tomorrow? 💪
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the new edition of Urban Odyssey, our incubation and acceleration program in partnership with Icade and Incubateur HEC Paris.
🫵 Join us and:
· Accelerate innovative solutions for a sustainable, future-proof city
· Receive business coaching from experts and mentors
· Access Icade's assets for synergistic growth
· Secure up to €400k in pre-seed investment
🌍 Focus areas:
1. Low-carbon transition in construction
2. Land use transformation
3. Adapting to lifestyle changes
4. Digital and tech innovations
The Urban Odyssey team is structured to support an initial wave of new projects this summer. Whether you have a startup idea or are ready to take on new challenges, we want to hear from you!
Applications are open for startups
👉 Apply Now!
New cohort - Beauty Tech Atelier L’oréal 🎉
Welcome to the 8 startups that have just joined the Beauty Tech Atelier in Station F! Initiated by L'Oréal Group with the support of Incubateur HEC Paris, Beauty Tech Atelier is the world’s #1 Beauty Tech accelerator.
🚀 Since its inception in 2018, 93 startups have joined this acceleration program.
Half of them are international startup and 52% are founded or co-founded by women. Congratulations to these new startups operating in four sectors:
E-Commerce: Dataiads, Particular Audience, EKOO Audio Business Platform
Content & Compliance: MatchTune, VX Media LLC
Loyalty: Badge
Beauty Tech Atelier
👉 Learn more about the program
Forget the fear of not leading your startup in the right direction! Discover a dynamic discussion with Jonathan Khorsandi, scaling expert, and Michael Marcus, CCO at Jebbit, where you’ll get direct feedback and actionable tips to scale your business.
Doers-to-Doers: This conference format offers valuable insights from accomplished startups and industry experts. Attendees bring practical questions, and speakers provide straightforward, actionable answers. Featuring discussions with Groupe Caisse des Dépôts and Capgemini, the panel explored strategies for successful partnerships.
What you’ll learn:
📈 How to set up scalable business models
💪 Training and enabling your team
🚫 Avoiding pitfalls that hinder scaling
🌟 Attracting top talent with a strong vision
📚 Case studies from Jebbit, Salesforce, and more
Discover Buddy, a platform simplifying adulting with an engaging, user-friendly interface for managing tasks and finances.
Paradigme raised €1.2 million to expand their efforts in encouraging major fashion brands to embrace second-hand clothing.
Discover Revolty, offers current and future solar panel owners the opportunity
to maximize their production and double their savings.
Four HEC Paris students launched Rakoono, using machine learning and generative AI to offer affordable virtual tutoring from middle school to university.
Harvy raised €1 million in a pre-seed funding round to enable producers
to collaborate and streamline distribution without intermediaries.
Viva Technology: We were on the scene!
During Viva Technology, the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute hosted a captivating #DoerstoDoers session. The session, led by the Incubation & Acceleration Center, focused on “How do companies de-risk collaboration with startups?” 🌟
Pitch Night incubateur HEC Paris in UK :
we celebrated women entrepreneurs.
This month, our HEC UK team and HERMESA partners celebrated women entrepreneurs with an inspiring pitch night, featuring six amazing startups led by female CEOs. It was a fantastic evening of creativity, networking, and entrepreneurial spirit. Despite the challenges, like women raising only 2% of annual venture capital, we’re committed to changing this by providing ample opportunities. They are making it happen, making it BIG!
Oly: The SaaS platform for professional fashion resellers
NomadHer: The application for female globetrotters
Auxilia: Artificial intelligence in the service of security.
Smarteem: The intelligent CRM for recruiting and staffing your freelancers.
Martee ai: The only demand forecasting tool for the food-on-the-go industry.
Anya: Empowering women's health through key life stages.
A year of remarkable achievements. 👏
The variety of projects and initiatives of the HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute reflects our collective commitment to promoting diversity, ensuring equal opportunities, and driving progress towards a better future.
Our active participation in flagship events like Paris-Saclay Spring, Vivatech, and COP28, along with engaging activities such as DemoDays, DesignSprints, and PitchNights, underscored our mission to drive lasting change.
The combined efforts of startups, entrepreneurs and innovators have left their mark, which makes it hard to name just one initiative.
But if we have to, here are three inspiring case studies that well represent the impact of the HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute.
CLIMATE CHANGE 🌍
Schneider Electric partnered with us to address the urgent climate crisis, through the Future Ready Project. A collaboration supporting the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL-Paris) Climate Stream program, which empowers founders to develop scalable and impactful solutions against climate change.
INCLUSION 🤝
The Women Entrepreneurs for Good program, in partnership with the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society (A Publicis Groupe company), Bank of America Business and Bredin Prat, has been a beacon of support for women entrepreneurs pioneering green solutions worldwide.
INTERNATIONALISATION 🌐
In partnership with Japanese Ministry of Trade & Industry (METI), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Venture Support LLC and STATION F ; We launched the International Program through the Incubateur HEC Paris, aimed at facilitating the success of international startups in the French market.
Discover our global impact and program details
👉 our 2023 Activity Report.
🔴 Discover the interview with Michel Safars, HEC Paris professor and serial entrepreneur, awarded the Pierre Vernimmen BNP Paribas Teaching Award 2024 for his dedication to entrepreneurship and deep tech.
👉 Read now
🔴 Discover the 2023 HEC Foundation highlights: €14.2 million funded crucial initiatives at HEC Paris, thanks to donor support. Imagine our impact if each of us invited 2 people to donate!
👉 Read now
🔴 Discover how biotech and space tech startups are aligning business with planetary boundaries to save our planet. Read about Genomines and Pixstart’s innovative solutions in HEC Paris’ latest review!
👉 Read now
Do you want to work on ensuring seamless data flow in the supply chain?
Lead /Senior Developer Full Stack
Sales Account Executive - Join Tracklab
Do you want to work on innovative and high-performing software that facilitates
the energy transition?
Senior DevOps Engineer - Join Ecolearn
Do you want to work on inventory management software designed to help retailers efficiently manage their stock?
Full-stack Web Developer (internship) - Join Ako
Do you want to help accelerate energy renovation projects?
Business Manager (internship) - Join Colona
Your opinion matters
“Build something that a few people love,
not something that everyone kind of likes.”
Stewart Butterfield
(Co-founder of Slack)