🚀 Portrait of startup founders shaping the future of Tech!

🖼️ Get to know more about Frédéric, co-founder of Snowpack, the innovative company pushing the boundaries of connectivity infrastructure.

🌟 "For a safe and happy life, become invisible!" – Frédéric

✨ A glimpse into his journey:

🎓 From Passion to Innovation: Frédéric’s academic journey was as unconventional as it was impressive. Deeply dedicated to mastering boarding sports—especially #snowboarding—he nearly jeopardized his aerospace engineering degree. However, a year-long project saved the day: he developed a fully decentralized protocol for instant messaging and file-sharing, two years before P2P applications emerged on the internet. Recognizing its potential to compete with Napster, Frederic hesitated due to legal risks and an unclear business model. Instead of launching a startup then, he pursued a business degree to better understand the mechanics of entrepreneurship. This decision eventually led him to European Affairs, working with Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives and the Gouvernement.

💼 A Technologist-turned-Entrepreneur: At the inception of Snowpack, Frédéric and his co-founder faced skepticism from the industry. In their very first business meeting, a CISO from a leading connectivity infrastructure company interrupted their presentation, declaring, "If it wasn’t for my CEO, I would kick you out of my office right now. What you are telling me is just impossible!" Forty-five minutes later, the same CISO was fully convinced and became an internal champion for their groundbreaking solution. This moment encapsulates Frédéric’s ability to challenge the status quo and turn disbelief into momentum.

🔗 Want to learn more about Frédéric? Watch this interview: https://lnkd.in/e7BQ4dTg

🏆 Sopra Steria Ventures named CVC of the Year!!

⭐️ We are delighted to receive this #CVC award as it is a fantastic recognition of Sopra Steria’s commitment to support collaboration between startups, large groups, and sovereignty as a European Tech leader. This award honours players who managed “success, audacity and inspiration throughout the year whilst paving the way to other great success”. It honours as well the incredible energy given by Sopra Steria Ventures team to support entrepreneurs.

🚀 It validates the new journey we have been building since 15 months by resetting our culture, internal strategy and capacities in terms of thesis, researching, sourcing, process, working with VCs, the ecosystem and our business units to maximise synergies with our portfolio of startups.

Thanks to Socheat Chhay, our Managing Director for representing us on stage and to Julien Khaski, host of this incredible ceremony. Congratulations to Orange Ventures (Gil) and FDJ UNITED Ventures (Pierre), our fellow finalists, as well as to the brilliant players supporting us—Julie Huguet (La French Tech) 🔥, Thierry & Xavier (VCs of the Year, Wind) 🔥, Maya and Elsa (France Digitale), 🔥 Hub France IA, 🔥 techUK, and many more.

🚀 Congrats to fellow category winners > Inovexus (club accelerator), Sagard Europe (Private Equity), Evolem (family office) and VC award finalists Shift4Good and Serena

💙 Huge THANK YOU to the Maddyness team & Jury team for this recognition: Carole Barkatz, Marc Menasé, Claire BRETTON, 👉 Franck Sebag, Guillaume Vitrich, Loubna Ksibi, Benoit Roblin, Philippe Corrot 🟠, Philippe Englebert, Audrey Menager, Emma CHATARD, Chloé Le Nignol

🎉 And of course, a big thank you to our 52K Sopra Steria Sopra Steria Next SBS Sopra Real Estate Software Sopra HR Software colleagues for their trust and continuous support—it’s what enables us to keep pushing boundaries.

Find out everything about the ceremony 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8fzZP3R
#CVCOfTheYear

Last week was nothing short of inspiring. Hello Tomorrow enable us to witness firsthand how #DeepTech is taking center stage in Europe - and we’re thrilled to be part of this momentum.

💡 Our key takeaways:

✅ Defense & Space are top priorities – Europe is doubling down on strategic & sovereign autonomy, and the innovation coming from startups in these sectors is game-changing.

✅ Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is gaining traction in capitalization tables – From early-stage technical validation to later-stage GTM acceleration, corporates are becoming pivotal in scaling DeepTech startups.

✅ Governments are actively nurturing the Deep Tech ecosystem at a regional, national & European level – New initiatives and institutions are emerging to support founders, ensuring Europe remains competitive on a global scale.

A huge congratulations to the bold and visionary entrepreneurs we met along the way - you are building the future :

Andrea Ballabio - EYE4NIR 🚀 Priyansha Bagaria - Loopr AI 🚀 Alessandro Milozzi - Neuronova 🚀 Shai Machnes - Qruise 🚀 Khaled Maalej - VSORA 🚀 Nikolaus Hahne - Quantune Technologies GmbH

We were glad to (re)connect with some fellow VCs, CVCs, and academics, shaping the future of Deep Tech:
Xavier Gury - Wind 🔗 Hugo Hubert & François-Xavier Dedde - Omnes 🔗 Petros Farah - Samsung Ventures 🔗 David Ordonez - NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) 🔗 Lise Rechsteiner, PhD - Vsquared Ventures 🔗 Nicolas Autret - Walden Catalyst Ventures 🔗 Lorenzo Bottacini - PoliHub - Innovation Park & Startup Accelerator

See you next year in Amsterdam! 🇳🇱 🙌

[Unbedingt lesen 🇩🇪🇬🇧] IT Daily beleuchtet, wie Unternehmen wie Alice & Bob die Quantum-Revolution vorantreiben. 🚀✨

🔬 Alice & Bob’s “Cat Qubit” technology is a game-changer, paving the way for fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2030.

💡 Sopra Steria Ventures is proud to support this revolution, participating in Alice & Bob’s €100M fundraising to drive innovation and accelerate adoption.

Industries from finance to aerospace, logistics, and telecom will benefit from quantum’s power, while businesses must also prepare for post-quantum cybersecurity challenges.

Read more in IT Daily 👉 https://lnkd.in/ec9muxhj

🚀 Portrait of startup founders shaping the future of Tech!

🖼️ Get to know more about Michael , co-founder ofAlgoan, the company revolutionizing credit scoring through technology.

🌟 "By building together, step by step, we will change everything." – Michael

✨ A glimpse into his journey:
🎓 From Engineering to Fintech: Michael’s entrepreneurial journey started during his engineering studies, where he first met Paul. While Michael pursued a career in tech and Paul ventured into finance, the duo unknowingly set the stage for their future fintech venture. The bond they formed in the lab during the early 2000s remained strong, ultimately leading to the creation of Algoan nearly two decades later.

💼 A Natural Path to Entrepreneurship:
As Michael took on more responsibilities at Dassault Systèmes, he found himself coding less—a shift that led him to launch his first company in his spare time. The first mobile app from this venture was a success, though subsequent projects didn't achieve the same traction. However, the entrepreneurial spirit had taken hold. When he later discovered that his longtime friend Paul was also considering launching a business, the decision to create Algoan together was an easy one.

🔗 Want to learn more about Michael and Algoan? Visit: www.algoan.com