Etienne KRIEGER

Dr. Etienne Krieger is an Affiliate Professor at HEC Paris. He is academic director of the HEC Challenge + certificate (France & Africa) and the “SME Manager: Innovation, Impact & Growth” certificate. He is also Scientific Director of the Entrepreneurship Certificate and Scientific Advisor of the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MSIE) at HEC Paris.

Etienne is a graduate of HEC Paris and holds a Ph.D. in management science from Paris Dauphine University. He has advised more than 1000 innovative companies. He is member of the Paris Saclay Seed Fund investment committee. He is also cofounder and/or advisor of several innovative companies and he was a board member of Xiring, a leading security solutions provider for electronic transactions, from its IPO until its friendly takeover by Ingenico.

He authored numerous books, papers, financial and business tools for entrepreneurs.

Dr. Krieger mainly teaches entrepreneurial finance. He launched a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) jointly developed by HEC and Ecole Polytechnique about technology-based start-up creation and development. This MOOC provided by Coursera has been followed by more than 66 000 students worldwide. He also designed the online course on Entrepreneurial Finance in HEC's Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Prior to starting his business activities, Dr. Krieger was the Director of the HEC Start-Up Institute and cofounder of the Challenge+ program at HEC Paris, France's leading business school. In this capacity, Mr. Krieger has developed and taught various programs on entrepreneurship and finance and advised numerous tech start-ups. He also participated in international meetings on innovation, notably the High Technology Small Firms Conference (The Netherlands), the International Conference on Small Business (San Francisco), the National Summit on Innovation (Malaysia), and the International Finance Conference (Tunisia). Dr. Krieger is founder and President of the Challenge+ alumni association and member of several committees selecting high tech new ventures. He has been consulted by the French government and several administrations about various mechanisms intended to favor innovation in small companies.