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

Director

Event & Startup Manager

Startups Community Builder

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

Executive Director, Deep Tech Center

Program Manager

Director of Strategic Projects

Sophia El Hajaj Gnassounou

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Projects Manager

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

Directrice pédagogique - Pôle Entrepreneuriat

Director of Impact Development

Tatiana Martic - Accélérateur ESS

Associate Director

Communication Manager

Digital Manager

Amira Lahmar

Program Lead

Program Builder

Program Builder

Magali Sak

Program Builder

Program Lead

Isabelle Soeung Mockel

Program Lead

Anne Vansteelant

Program Lead

Louise de Isasi

Program Builder

News

Oct 28, 2026

Three New Rankings Spotlight the HEC Paris Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

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...

Oct 20, 2026

KOSME 2026: meet the Korean startups in the new cohort

The Incubateur HEC Paris is welcoming a new KOSME cohort to Station F: ten Korean startups ready to scale across France and Europe.

Oct 20, 2026

Fall Batch 2026: the startups of the HEC Paris Incubateur's new cohort

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...

Oct 20, 2026

HEC Professor's Deep-tech Startup Secures Top French Grant

While Bpifrance chose “culot” (“daring,” as in HEC’s motto "Dare the impossible") as the theme of its annual meeting, Praedon, a startup co-founded by HEC professor Maximilian Schiffer, has just received...

Poets&Quants HEC Business School OTY 2026

Oct 19, 2026

HEC Paris Named 2026 Business School of the Year by Poets&Quants

Poets&Quants has named HEC Paris its 2026 Business School of the Year, highlighting the School’s commitment to expanding opportunity, making research accessible and preparing students to shape a changing...

Around thirty participants pose as a group in front of the Château de Versailles.

Oct 15, 2026

Transdev: Giving Top Executives Time to Think Ten Years Ahead

From 2022 to 2026, Transdev and HEC Paris trained 101 of the group's top executives, in four cohorts, through a custom program built around the company's 2030 strategy. The program was designed for...