Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute
Our Institute supports innovators and entrepreneurs from all walks of life! Whatever your profile is, we will help you grow with ambition, efficiency and impact!
We are pleased to announce that the institute has been ranked second start-up hub in France, out of 180 hubs in Europe's Leading Start-Up Hubs 2026 by the Financial Times.
Discover the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute
Within the HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute, we have set up an unparalleled concentration of entrepreneurial energy! Whatever your profile is, a start-up in its infancy or a unicorn, SME in acceleration or corporate in transformation, Social or environmental entrepreneur, whether you come from Paris, Séoul or New York, if you are driven by the desire to move the lines, we will help you grow with ambition, efficiency and impact! Find the fast-tracks to success. Grow beyond what you thought you could.
Make it happen Make it big!
599
startups supported in 2024
16
of the leading unicorns worldwide were founded by HEC Paris alumni
1,000+
business experts
€16,1B
raised by HEC Paris entrepreneurs over the last 5 years
38%
of the cofounders of startups supported by the Incubateur HEC Paris in 2024 are women
100+
social and environmental projects
Our Centers
Annual Activity Report
All you need to know about innovation and entrepreneurship at HEC Paris.
Check out the reportTailored programs for each step of your entrepreneurial journey
HEC Stand Up
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
10 weeks
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
Place(s):
France
HEC Level Up
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
4 weeks
Language(s):
French
Cost:
0
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
HEC Young Innovators
Duration:
2 weeks
Language(s):
French
Master of Science X-HEC Entrepreneurs
Format:
Full-time face-to-face with some online sessions
Duration:
520 hours (on average)
Working Experience:
3-24 months
Language(s):
English
Cost:
34985
€
Place(s):
France
Executive Msc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Format:
Online (433,5 hours)
Duration:
18 months (433,5 hours)
Working Experience:
8 or more years
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
24950
€*
Place(s):
Online
Msc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Format:
Online (460 hours)
Duration:
2 years (460 hours)
Working Experience:
From 2 years
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
22950
€*
Place(s):
Online
HEC Paris Startup Launchpad
Format:
On site
Duration:
3 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
Women Entrepreneurs for Good (WE4G)
Format:
Online
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Paris
HEC Challenge +
Format:
On site & Online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
6500
€
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
HEC Challenge + Abidjan
Format:
On site and on site
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
5000
€*
Place(s):
Abidjan
HEC Challenge + Dakar
Format:
On site and online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Cost:
4500
€*
Place(s):
Dakar
HEC Up
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€
Place(s):
France
LuminEdge
Format:
Hybride
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€*
Incubateur HEC Paris
Format:
On site or Online
Duration:
4 months
Language(s):
French
&
English
Place(s):
Station F
Creative Destruction Lab - Paris
Format:
Online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€*
KISED: Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development
Format:
Online and on site
Duration:
3 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
KOSME
Format:
On site
Duration:
1 year
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
AI Startup Program
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
L'Oréal Beauty Tech Atelier
Format:
Online or on site
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
TotalEnergies On
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
6 months
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
Accélérateur ESS Île-de-France
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
2 years
Language(s):
French
Place(s):
Paris
Accélérateur ESS SUD
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
12 months
Language(s):
French
Place(s):
Marseille, France
Accélérateur ESS Normandie
Format:
Hybride
Duration:
12 months
Language(s):
French
HEC Stand Up
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
10 weeks
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
Place(s):
France
HEC Level Up
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
4 weeks
Language(s):
French
Cost:
0
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
HEC Young Innovators
Duration:
2 weeks
Language(s):
French
Master of Science X-HEC Entrepreneurs
Format:
Full-time face-to-face with some online sessions
Duration:
520 hours (on average)
Working Experience:
3-24 months
Language(s):
English
Cost:
34985
€
Place(s):
France
Executive Msc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Format:
Online (433,5 hours)
Duration:
18 months (433,5 hours)
Working Experience:
8 or more years
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
24950
€*
Place(s):
Online
Msc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Format:
Online (460 hours)
Duration:
2 years (460 hours)
Working Experience:
From 2 years
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
22950
€*
Place(s):
Online
HEC Paris Startup Launchpad
Format:
On site
Duration:
3 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
Women Entrepreneurs for Good (WE4G)
Format:
Online
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Paris
HEC Challenge +
Format:
On site & Online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
6500
€
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
HEC Challenge + Abidjan
Format:
On site and on site
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
5000
€*
Place(s):
Abidjan
HEC Challenge + Dakar
Format:
On site and online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Cost:
4500
€*
Place(s):
Dakar
HEC Up
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€
Place(s):
France
LuminEdge
Format:
Hybride
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€*
Incubateur HEC Paris
Format:
On site or Online
Duration:
4 months
Language(s):
French
&
English
Place(s):
Station F
Creative Destruction Lab - Paris
Format:
Online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€*
KISED: Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development
Format:
Online and on site
Duration:
3 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
KOSME
Format:
On site
Duration:
1 year
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
AI Startup Program
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
L'Oréal Beauty Tech Atelier
Format:
Online or on site
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
TotalEnergies On
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
6 months
Place(s):
Station F, Paris
Accélérateur ESS Île-de-France
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
2 years
Language(s):
French
Place(s):
Paris
Accélérateur ESS SUD
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
12 months
Language(s):
French
Place(s):
Marseille, France
Accélérateur ESS Normandie
Format:
Hybride
Duration:
12 months
Language(s):
French
Success Stories
Behind every great idea is a great entrepreneurial team. Hundred of entrepreneurs and founders went through HEC Paris ecosystem. Discover their success stories.
Nathalie Gaveau is the founder of Shopcade and the General Manager of Lagardère Active Shopping. She was also the co-founder of PriceMinister that was sold to the Rakuten Group in 2010 for $250 million. Background Shopcade was founded in 2011 in the...
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet was the founder of PriceMinister.com in 2000. He left PriceMinister.com in 2014 and has subsequently established two investment funds, ISAI and Kernel Holding Investments. Background PriceMinister.com was founded in Paris in...
Céline Lazorthes is the founder and CEO of the Leetchi Group, which has more than ten million users in over 150 countries! Created in 2009 by Céline Lazorthes, Leetchi.com is a secure web service that provides a fun and easy way for people to collect...
François Pelen is the co-Founder of Groupe Point Vision. He is an ophthalmologist, pharmacologist, HEC Paris graduate (EMBA.91) and HEC Challenge + professor. After a career in pharmaceuticals that began at Sanofi and culminated in a position as Vice...
Anaïs Barut is the Co-founder and CEO of DAMAE Medical, a pioneering medtech startup revolutionizing skin cancer diagnosis with its non-invasive imaging technology. Recognized by MIT Technology Review in 2015 as one of France’s top 10 innovators...
News
From September 2026, three major rankings confirmed HEC Paris as one of Europe’s leading entrepreneurial ecosystems. The school entered the global top 10 of the PitchBook Universities Ranking for the...
The Incubateur HEC Paris is welcoming a new KOSME cohort to Station F: ten Korean startups ready to scale across France and Europe.
The HEC Paris Incubateur welcomes its new September cohort, bringing together 13 startups and 23 founders. Health, finance, law, AI, agriculture, beauty… The incubated projects span a wide range of...
Biotech is no longer one industry with one investment logic. In this analysis, Livia Kalossaka maps more than 1,000 deep tech startups to reveal how AI drug discovery, TechBio platforms and...
On June 2, the Renault Group Technocentre hosted the 2026 edition of Paris-Saclay SPRING. The HEC Paris team was there alongside nine startups from the Challenge+ program, which had come to meet with...
For its landmark 10th anniversary edition, VivaTech drew more exhibitors, more visionaries, and more ambition than ever before, and HEC Paris was once again at the very center of it all.
HEC Paris continues to strengthen its position as France’s leading institution for nurturing entrepreneurial champions. With 33 startups founded or co-founded by HEC alumni — or supported by an HEC...
As VivaTech 2026 marks a decade as the global crossroads for innovation, artificial intelligence has transitioned from a futuristic promise to essential corporate infrastructure. Amidst 180,000...
Selected from 681 applications, 100 startups were pre-selected to join the program, and 35 companies have completed CDL's rigorous objective-based program at CDL-Paris, working alongside world-class...
Every season, a new cohort, and every cohort, a new set of bets on the future. On May, thirteen founding teams walk through the doors of Station F with one thing in common: the conviction that the problem...
From strategic necessity to civilian infrastructure, today’s defence technologies could reshape industries far beyond geopolitics. Key findings Defence-funded innovation has historically generated major...
The 6th edition of the WomenEntrepreneurs4Good (WE4G) program has revealed its 10 laureates. Discover the women founders selected this year to join the HEC Paris Incubator and pitch at the Women's Forum...
The personal load working professionals carry daily into the workplace can be costly, for both your mental health and your company's performance. To tackle this long-invisible problem, Camille Agon and...
Who shapes innovation when entrepreneurs navigate ambiguity, AI disruption, and shifting regulatory and capital regimes? Entrepreneurship has long been described through the lens of risk. Yet, as recent...
HOPES (HEC Ouvre la Porte à l’Entrepreneuriat Social in French) is a large-scale initiative led by HEC Paris and supported by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. More than a program, HOPES is a long-term...
Deep Tech: Turning Breakthrough Science into Impact
From climate and biotech to AI, quantum and space, deep tech holds the potential to tackle global challenges. Yet turning frontier science into market-ready solutions requires more than technological excellence.
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HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute Team
Inge
Kerkloh Devif
Senior Executive Director
Thiago
Penteado
Marketing & Communication Director
Antoine
Leprêtre
Director
Aymeric
Penven
Executive Director, Deep Tech Center
Jean-Rémi
Gratadour
Climate Academic Director
Emma
France
Director of Impact Development
Nathalie
Riond
Director of Pedagogy