HEC Paris Startup Launchpad

🚀 Calling all women entrepreneurs: applications are now OPEN for the 5th edition of the #WomenEntrepreneurs4Good program! Have you started a project with the potential to create lasting social impact? This could be the opportunity that takes it to the next level! In partnership with HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute, Bank of America, and Bredin Prat, our accelerator is designed to boost early-stage, impact-driven projects through tailored coaching, technical support, and a global network of experts. It’s open to all female-identifying entrepreneurs around the world working on solutions to social and environmental challenges! 🌎 What’s in it for you?   🌱 Join a powerful community where confidence grows, ideas evolve, and women lift each other up 🚀 Over 100 selected participants will benefit from business model coaching and expert-led workshops 🏆 10 finalists will join the HEC Paris online incubator and pitch onstage at our 20th anniversary Women’s Forum Global Meeting in Paris! 💬 Hear from 2024 finalist Célia Roussin ✨🍇 on why you should join : “Surrounded by fantastic and ambitious women, you get wings to fly!” Learn more about the program and apply here by 3 May 2025 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eQybTig2 📣 Know someone who should apply? Tag them below, or take the leap yourself! Nannette Lafond-Dufour Leïla Grison Flavio Conesa Mathieu de La Souchère Laetitia Arnold Cédric Marroco-Sage Madeleine Bernardeau MARINE CAUJOLLE Margaux Uzureau Mathilde Guyot Gwenaëlle Morin Laure Modesti-Jubin Sophia S. Emma Cochrane Inge Kerkloh-Devif Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Kate ROMAIN Clémence Fallet Check out some past WE4G laureates & their projects: Capucine Cogné Understand Your Cycle Ruti Ejangue Yummy Greens 🌱 Mathilde Janicot Revolty Paula Menéndez Pausa Oly Platform Georgina Yaa Kwartemaa Boamah AkoFresh ™️ Elsie Amoako Mino Care Comfort Ayikoru BuriCare Limited Célia Roussin ✨🍇 Pépite Raisin ✨🍇 Justine Pelisson StudiAva #WomenEntrepreneurs4Good #WE4G #WomenInBusiness #SocialImpact #ImpactEntrepreneurship #CallForApplications #Entrepreneur #StartUp

1 stage. 10 finalist teams. 2 winners. The Startup Launchpad Demo Day 2025 brought the house down at STATION F and our students turned up the heat 🔥 🏆 Jury Prize: Siva - Ugo Benazra, Samuel Mesguiche & Ruben Weinstein An AI assistant designed to lift the admin burden off caregivers, so they can focus on what truly matters: care. 🏆 Audience Prize: Solfair - Elif Dinç, Pedro Gomes Menezes, Anthony Ferrara & Fynn Fröhlich Making it easier for SMEs to switch to renewables with a smarter approach to energy procurement. Both teams win a 4-month incubation at Incubateur HEC Paris - and we can’t wait to see what’s next for them! Thank you to Pierre Angot for presenting the 4-month incubation prize and the incubator, and to Inge Kerkloh-Devif for introducing the IEI ecosystem. A huge shout-out to our jury who made this final so special: 💠 Benoist Grossmann – Managing Partner, Eurazeo 💠 Flore des Robert – Co-founder, La Bonne Brosse 💠 Delphine Colson – Executive Director, HEC Foundation 💠 Julien-David Nitlech – Managing Partner, IRIS Congratulations to all the finalists and every team that pitched that day! Keep pushing, your projects have the potential to go far 🚀 Guillaume le Dieu de Ville Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Remi Rivas Fabrice Graff Sophie Rebouillat-Lesieur Thiago Penteado HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute HEC Paris HEC Alumni #HECStartupLaunchpad #HECParis #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup #LaunchpadJourney

🥁 Just a few days until our Demo Day! 🥁 Get ready for the grand finale of the Startup Launchpad 2025 with our Demo Day! Join us as our top 10 startups take the stage to showcase their innovative projects. 📆 Friday 5 April 2025 🕑 2 pm - 6 pm (doors open at 1:30, cocktail ends at 6 pm) 📍 STATION F - Share zone 👉 Few spots still available, link to register in the first comment The finalists will pitch their projects to an exceptional jury panel: ✨ Flore des Robert - Co-founder of La Bonne Brosse ✨ Julien-David Nitlech - Managing Partner at IRIS ✨ Delphine Colson - Executive Director at HEC Foundation ✨ Benoist Grossmann - Managing Partner at Eurazeo At the end of the day, one team will be selected by the jury, and another one by audience vote. Both winning teams will earn a 4-month incubation at Incubateur HEC Paris. Come support our startups and vote for your favourite projects 🔥 👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eMdwZ5wr Guillaume le Dieu de Ville Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Remi Rivas Fabrice Graff Sophie Rebouillat-Lesieur Thiago Penteado HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute HEC Paris HEC Foundation HEC Alumni #HECStartupLaunchpad #HECParis #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup #LaunchpadJourney"

London, that’s a wrap! An incredible journey, countless insights, and a Grand Pitch Night for the books! ✨ 💡 The cohort had the chance to engage with their patron Adrien Nussenbaum, Juliette Souliman Jannat Rajan, and Nathalie Gaveau, diving into the realities of #entrepreneurship, #fundraising, and the VC landscape. 🎯 Through workshops on #storytelling and team dynamics, and meetups with entrepreneurs who welcomed them into their offices or at the UK House, students sharpened their skills and gained invaluable insights—a huge thank you to all the coaches and founders who made it happen! 🔥 Grand Pitch Night – a historic finale! 🔥 The Grand Pitch Night was nothing short of incredible—the pitches were so outstanding that the jury faced an impossible choice… and for the first time ever, they crowned not one, but two winners for the Jury Prize! 🏆 Audience Prize: GuestEase – Catalina Negoita, Nicola Massari, Nicolas Schroeder & Tarek Massoud 🏆 Jury Prizes Solea – Youssef El Arjoun, Hugues Moreau & Céline Caiilliau Vega – Valentin Pruvost, Hugo Barras & Aurélien Kremer Congratulations to the winning teams and also to the other teams who competed this night! A massive thank you to our Grand Jury—Adrien Nussenbaum, Nathalie Gaveau, Nicole Anderson, and Harsha Shah—for their invaluable insights and expertise. And finally, a special thank you to the HEC in the UK team for making this entire journey possible: Wendy D., Yuri Johanna Guillen, Marie NORMANT, Laura Saint-Lo, Delphine Mourot - Haxaire 💙 Guillaume le Dieu de Ville Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Remi Rivas Fabrice Graff Sophie Rebouillat-Lesieur Thiago Penteado Inge Kerkloh-Devif HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute HEC Paris HEC Foundation HEC Alumni #HECStartupLaunchpad #HECParis #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup #LaunchpadJourney

🔥 Plot twist at the Grand Pitch Night! For the first time ever, the jury couldn’t settle on just one winner… so they picked two! Last night in London, we wrapped up our learning expedition with our legendary Grand Pitch Night at the Curzon Theatre. Six standout teams took the stage after days of workshops, networking, and immersion in the local scene. The pitches were sharp, the energy was high—and the results made history: 🏆 Audience Prize GuestEase – Catalina Negoita, Nicola Massari, Nicolas Schroeder & Tarek Massoud 🏆 Jury Prizes Solea – Youssef El Arjoun, Hugues Moreau & Céline Caiilliau Vega – Valentin Pruvost, Hugo Barras & Aurélien Kremer A huge shoutout to all the teams for their hard work and vision—it’s just the beginning! 🚀 And a special thank you to our jury for their insights and expertise: 🔹 Adrien Nussenbaum - HEC Alumni, Patron of the Launchpad 2025 cohort & Co-founder & Co-CEO of Mirakl 🔹 Nathalie Gaveau - AI Tech Entrepreneur & Board Member 🔹 Nicole Anderson - CEO & Founder of Redsand 🔹 Harsha Shah - Managing Director at Bank of America Guillaume le Dieu de Ville Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Remi Rivas Fabrice Graff Sophie Rebouillat-Lesieur HEC in the UK Delphine Mourot - Haxaire Wendy D. Thiago Penteado Inge Kerkloh-Devif HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute HEC Paris HEC Foundation HEC Alumni #HECStartupLaunchpad #HECParis #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup #LaunchpadJourney

🔥 The Grand Pitch Night is happening tonight! 🔥 After weeks of hard work, six teams have made it to the finals and are ready to take the stage: Bed.ai, Gradable, GuestEase, Siva, Solea, and Vega. They will showcase their innovative solutions and fight for the votes of the jury and the public. 🏆 Investors, entrepreneurs, and innovation enthusiasts— join us to discover some of the most promising startups from this year’s cohort and support your favourite team! 📅 Tonight Wednesday 26 March – from 7 pm UK / 8 pm Paris 📍 Live from Curzon Soho Theatre in London 📺 Watch the live stream on Youtube & vote for your favourite project—links in the comments! Guillaume le Dieu de Ville Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Remi Rivas Fabrice Graff Sophie Rebouillat-Lesieur HEC in the UK Delphine Mourot - Haxaire Wendy D. Thiago Penteado Inge Kerkloh-Devif HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute HEC Paris HEC Foundation HEC Alumni #HECStartupLaunchpad #HECParis #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup #LaunchpadJourney

🔥 It is time to announce the finalists for the Grand Pitch Night! 🔥 This year’s selection journey was fiercely competitive. We started with the Petit Jury last week, narrowing down 31 teams to 5 finalists. Following that, we surprised the cohort this morning with an unexpected competition to select a 6th team for the Grand Pitch Night. We are delighted to announce the six finalists competing at the Grand Pitch Night: ✨ Bed.ai - Émilien Stoll Inès Rochdi & Jules Michaud ✨ Gradable - Annika Bautista, Shuvayu Das Gupta & Matthieu Delsart ✨ GuestEase - Catalina Negoita, Nicola Massari, Nicolas Schroeder & Tarek Massoud ✨ Siva - Ugo Benazra, Samuel Mesguiche, Ruben Weinstein, Nayla Carmen Abou Charaf & Salomé Krief ✨ Solea - Youssef El Arjoun, Hugues Moreau & Céline Caiilliau ✨ Vega - Valentin Pruvost, Hugo Barras & Aurélien Kremer They will compete and pitch their projects in front of an exceptional panel: 👉 Adrien Nussenbaum, patron of the Launchpad 2025 cohort and co-founder & co-CEO of Mirakl 👉 Nathalie Gaveau, AI Tech Entrepreneur & Board Member 👉 Nicole Anderson, CEO & founder of Redsand 👉 Harsha Shah, Managing Director at Bank of America 📅 Mark your calendars for Wednesday 26th of March at 7 pm UK Time / 8 pm Paris Time! 📍 Join us at Curzon Soho Theatre in London - link to register in the comment 📺 Can’t be there in person? Catch the live stream on HEC Paris's YouTube channel and our LinkedIn page. This is an excellent opportunity for investors, fellow entrepreneurs, and innovation enthusiasts to see the standout projects emerging from the Launchpad 2025. Join us to support these startups as they pitch their visions and vote for your favourite! 📱 Guillaume le Dieu de Ville Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Remi Rivas Fabrice Graff HEC in the UK Delphine Mourot - Haxaire Wendy D. Thiago Penteado Inge Kerkloh-Devif HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute HEC Paris HEC Foundation HEC Alumni #HECStartupLaunchpad #HECParis #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup #LaunchpadJourney

Off to London, we are! 💂♀️👋 It is that time of year again! We (137 participants + staff!) are on our way to London for our annual learning expedition to explore the thriving entrepreneurial landscape of the UK 🚄 We kick off the trip with a special moment at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, where our 2025 patron Adrien Nussenbaum – co-founder & CEO of Mirakl – will engage with the cohort and share his entrepreneurial journey, bust a few myths about entrepreneurship, and give valuable insights on successfully launching a startup. Huge thanks to Inès Le Chatelier & Colin Fourmentraux for moderating this session, and Théophile D. for capturing the moment 📸 Next up, our students Dannerys Peralta & Fynn Fröhlich animate a conversation with VCs Juliette Souliman & Jannat Rajan on understanding the VC landscape, market trends, fundraising, founder insights, and the current state of the ecosystem. And tomorrow, we will have a surprise for the cohort to start the day, so stay tuned 👀 HEC in the UK, here we are! 🤸♂️ Guillaume le Dieu de Ville Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Remi Rivas Fabrice Graff Sophie Rebouillat-Lesieur Thiago Penteado HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute HEC Paris HEC Foundation HEC Alumni #HECStartupLaunchpad #HECParis #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup #LaunchpadJourney

Building a startup is hard. Scaling it efficiently? Even harder 🤯 For founders, no-code is often seen as a tool for rapid prototyping, but it is also a powerful lever for automation and operational efficiency. Today, startups don’t just use it to launch their products—they also rely on it to streamline processes, reduce manual tasks, and focus on what truly matters: growing their business 📈 To explore this further, we spoke with Erwan KEZZAR, co-founder of Contournement and expert speaker in our program, about how startups can leverage no-code beyond product development. Check out the interview—link in the first comment! 👇 Guillaume le Dieu de Ville Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Remi Rivas Fabrice Graff Sophie Rebouillat-Lesieur Thiago Penteado HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute #HECStartupLaunchpad #HECParis #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup #LaunchpadJourney #nocode #nocodeops

French version below 👇 It's coming again... The Startup Launchpad Demo Day 2025! 🚀 Join us for our traditional pitch competition that marks the culmination of this year’s Launchpad and discover the 10 most advanced startup projects from the 2025 cohort: 📆 Friday 4 April 2025 🕑 2 pm - 6 pm (doors open at 1:30, cocktail ends at 6 pm) 📍 STATION F - Share zone 👉 Register now to secure your spot - link in the first comment Our 10 competitors, selected in the morning during the Final Pitch, will pitch their projects in front of an outstanding panel of judges. At the end of the Demo Day, two teams will be announced as winners: one by the jury members, and the other by the audience. The winners will receive, among other prizes, a 4-month incubation at the Incubateur HEC Paris. Come and vote for your favourite startup! The Launchpad has been the springboard for success stories like OVRSEA, Spacefill, Skello, Garantme, Urgentime, Veesion, Goodvest, Revyze, Ida, Corma, and so many more! Come and discover the next generation of entrepreneurs! --- Il est de retour... Le Demo Day du Startup Launchpad 2025 ! 🚀 Rejoignez-nous pour la grande compétition de pitchs qui clôturera cette édition du Launchpad et découvrez les 10 projets de startups les plus aboutis de la promotion 2025 : 📆 Vendredi 4 avril 2025 🕑 14h - 18h (ouverture des portes à 13h30, fin du cocktail à 18h) 📍 STATION F - zone Share 👉 Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant pour garantir votre place - lien en 1er commentaire Nos 10 compétiteurs, sélectionnés le matin même lors du Final Pitch, pitcheront leur projet face à un jury d’exception. À l’issue du Demo Day, 2 équipes seront désignées gagnantes : l’une par le jury, et l’autre par le public. Les gagnants remporteront notamment une incubation de 4 mois à l’Incubateur HEC Paris. Venez voter pour votre projet préféré ! Le Launchpad, c'est la rampe de lancement de success stories comme OVRSEA, Spacefill, Skello, GarantMe, Urgentime, Veesion, Goodvest, Revyze, Ida, Corma et tant d'autres ! Venez découvrir la relève ! Guillaume le Dieu de Ville Mathias ABRAMOVICZ Remi Rivas Fabrice Graff Sophie Rebouillat-Lesieur Thiago Penteado HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute HEC Paris HEC Foundation HEC Alumni #HECStartupLaunchpad #HECParis #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Startup #LaunchpadJourney #DemoDay