[Automatic translation follows] Entrepreneurship & Investing With its Endowment Fund (Win-up), its Accelerator (WeRaiseStartup), its own or associated investment funds (WeLikeVenture) and its partner associative networks (WeLikeAngels), WeLikeStartup created the WeLike Network which structures the ecosystem for financing innovative companies. In 2019, the WeLike Network supported and financed, with its investors and partners, 31 operations for a total of 30 million euros. Each year, the WeLike Network responds to more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, examines more than 1,000 files, selects 500 entrepreneurs for presentation to its investors, support and monitoring (follow-up rounds, Series A, B, etc.) until exit. Nearly 20 years …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] The leading local commercial network in France, the La Poste group is organized into 4 business lines: Services-Mail-Parcels, Banking and Insurance, Physical and Digital Distributor, GeoPost/DPDGroup for international. Present in more than 63 countries, on 5 continents, it achieved a turnover of €34.1 billion in 2023. In 2021, the La Poste group became the first public company to adopt the status of mission-driven company. 4 societal commitments are now included in its statutes: • Contribute to the development and cohesion of territories • Promote social inclusion • Promote ethical, inclusive and frugal digital technology • Work to …

Sectors: Postal services

We are Accor We are more than 290,000 hospitality experts placing people at the heart of what we do, creating emotion for our guests, and nurturing passion for service and achievement beyond limits. Building on the strength of our teams and of our fully integrated ecosystem of leading brands, personalized services & expert solutions, we break new ground to reimagine hospitality and inspire new ways to experience the world. We are dedicated to suit all desires and needs, and reinvent the guest experience every day with our 45 hotel brands across all segments- 5,600 properties around the world from luxury …

Sectors: Hospitality

[Automatic translation follows] The media of digital transformation L’Usine Digitale (www.usine-digitale.fr) is THE media of the digital transformation of the economy. Every day, the editorial team unearths technological innovations and new business models that will transform the economy of tomorrow. It also deciphers the best practices of companies (large groups, SMEs, start-ups, etc.), all sectors combined, and analyzes the underlying trends in high tech.

Leonard is the VINCI Group's innovation and foresight platform Leonard is the VINCI Group's innovation and foresight platform. Set up to invent and serve the Group's future business activities, Leonard is in charge of tracking emerging trends, identifying long-term challenges and goals, pinpointing opportunities for change in the Group's businesses and organisational structure, identifying new growth drivers and developing innovative project incubation and acceleration programmes open to both Group employees and startups. To host these programmes and meetings with the full range of innovators in VINCI's businesses, Leonard has opened Leonard:Paris, a 5,000 sq. meter innovation space in central Paris. …

Sectors: Construction

Business France is the national agency for the internationalization of the French economy. It is responsible for the international development of companies and their exports, as well as prospecting for and welcoming international investments in France. It promotes the attractiveness and business image of France, its companies and its territories. It manages and develops the V.I.E (Volontariat International en Entreprise). Created on January 1, 2015, Business France is a merger of UBIFRANCE and the AFII (French Agency for International Investments). Business France has 1,500 employees located in France and in 70 countries. It relies on a network of public and …

Sectors: National and local authorities