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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

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3 distinct centers, providing access to all entrepreneurial ideas!

About our Centers

The mission of the HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute is to lead an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem in Europe for talents and corporate transformations, accelerating enduring and positive impacts across business and society. Now comprising three distinct centers, providing access to all entrepreneurial ideas with any in different steps of innovation.

Incubation & Acceleration Center - Lead Content

Incubation & Acceleration Center

Empowering entrepreneurs seeking to find solutions to our future by creating assets and connecting communities.

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Incubation & Acceleration Center Team

Antoine Leprêtre
Director
Orhiane Savarese
Event & Startup Manager
Elsa Pouradier
Startups Community Builder
Emma Bouyssou
Communication & Event
Deep Tech Center - Lead Content

Deep Tech Center

Bringing business and strategic support to revolutionary, science-based innovations with the potential for high impact on business, society, and the environment, driven by disruptive technologies: Biotechnologies, AI, Quantum, Climate, Space.

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Deep Tech Center Team

Aymeric Penven
Executive Director
Corinne Begaud
Program Manager
Emma Cochrane
Director of Strategic Projects
Sophia El Hajaj Gnassounou
Sophia El Hajaj Gnassounou
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Projects Manager
Edwige Migan
Edwige Migan
Program Manager
Social Entrepreneurship Center - Lead Content

Social Entrepreneurship Center

Embracing entrepreneurship as a tool for social transformation and promoting a solidary economy that creates a value chain for society, generates positive impact, and brings about structural changes for a more inclusive and fairer world.

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Social Entrepreneurship Center Team

Nathalie Riond
Nathalie Riond
Directrice pédagogique - Pôle Entrepreneuriat
Emma France
Director of Impact Development
Tatiana Martic - Accélérateur ESS
Tatjana Martic
Associate Director
Sarah-Noëlle Madani
Communication Manager
Andrey Konakov
Digital Manager
Amira Lahmar
Amira Lahmar
Program Lead
Cecilia Pera
Program Builder
Priscilla Pauvaday
Program Builder
Magali Sak
Magali Sak
Program Builder
Juliette Lompech
Program Lead
Isabelle Soeung Mockel
Isabelle Soeung Mockel
Program Lead
Anne Vansteelant
Anne Vansteelant
Program Lead
Louise de Isasi
Louise de Isasi
Program Builder

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