Faculty & Research
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!
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!
Our Centers
482
startups supported in 2022
168 Tech Startups
100
social and environmental projects
800+
business experts
€1,9B
raised by HEC Paris entrepreneurs in 2022
11
of the leading unicorns worldwide were founded by HEC Paris alumni
+40%
of the cofounders of startups supported by the Incubateur HEC Paris in 2022 are women
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Guide
Tailored 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
Master of Science X-HEC Entrepreneurs
Format:
Full-time face-to-face with some online sessions
Duration:
300/500 hours (depending on options)
Working Experience:
3-24 months
Language(s):
English
Cost:
33350
€
Place(s):
France
Executive Master in innovation and Entrepreneurship
Format:
Online
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
HEC Paris Startup Launchpad
Format:
On site
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€*
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
Women Entrepreneurs for Good (WE4G)
Format:
Online
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Paris
Registration date(s):
HEC Challenge +
Format:
On site & Online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
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:
4500
€*
Place(s):
Abidjan
HEC Challenge + Dakar
Format:
On site and online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
4500
€*
Place(s):
Dakar
Incubateur HEC Paris
Format:
On site or Online
Duration:
3 to 12 months
Language(s):
French
&
English
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
Creative Destruction Lab - Paris
Format:
Online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€*
Accélérateur ESS
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
2 years
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Place(s):
Paris
Meta AI Startup Program
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Place(s):
Paris
Registration date(s):
Hectar
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
3 to 12 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
1200
€ excluding VAT
Place(s):
France
HEC Stand Up
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
10 weeks
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
Place(s):
France
Master of Science X-HEC Entrepreneurs
Format:
Full-time face-to-face with some online sessions
Duration:
300/500 hours (depending on options)
Working Experience:
3-24 months
Language(s):
English
Cost:
33350
€
Place(s):
France
Executive Master in innovation and Entrepreneurship
Format:
Online
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
HEC Paris Startup Launchpad
Format:
On site
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€*
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
Women Entrepreneurs for Good (WE4G)
Format:
Online
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
English
Place(s):
Paris
Registration date(s):
HEC Challenge +
Format:
On site & Online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
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:
4500
€*
Place(s):
Abidjan
HEC Challenge + Dakar
Format:
On site and online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
4500
€*
Place(s):
Dakar
Incubateur HEC Paris
Format:
On site or Online
Duration:
3 to 12 months
Language(s):
French
&
English
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
Creative Destruction Lab - Paris
Format:
Online
Duration:
9 months
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Cost:
0
€*
Accélérateur ESS
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
2 years
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Place(s):
Paris
Meta AI Startup Program
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
6 months
Language(s):
English
Next start(s):
Place(s):
Paris
Registration date(s):
Hectar
Format:
Hybrid
Duration:
3 to 12 months
Language(s):
French
Next start(s):
Cost:
1200
€ excluding VAT
Place(s):
France
News
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The HEC United team takes us to Morocco to meet Ataa Khayati, an alumna of the HEC Paris Master in Management program (2010). Ataa has been working at Onomo Hotels for the past eight years as the General...
French HEC Alumnus, Dominique Croce, co-founder and Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Yopit PAGO, has a pathway that blends entrepreneurial passion with market opportunities in Argentina. His story was...
If you are part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem at HEC Paris, the name Laurent Didier is surely familiar to you... Otherwise, he is one of those individuals worth knowing! Marketer, entrepreneur...
Reflecting on 2023, the HEC Paris Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute took a monumental step forward! We witnessed an unprecedented surge on multiple fronts, leading to an expanded program portfolio...
The HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute may have been recently established, but some people have been engaged in entrepreneurship at HEC Paris way before its inception. Michel Safars is one...
The French Tech Next40/120 laureates were announced during world’s biggest tech event VivaTech! In this 5th edition, HEC Paris stands out as the top business school for producing promising startups, with...
A couple of weeks ago, the entire Paris-Saclay ecosystem gathered at the HEC Paris campus to celebrate innovation. The 7th edition of Paris-Saclay SPRING, dedicated to CleanTech, brought together key...
“No, a salesperson is not just an extroverted person with endless speeches!” To dispel the myths about salespeople, let’s explore the journey of Inès Grillault Laroche. An expert at the HEC Paris...
As the curtains draw on another successful edition of the HEC Paris Startup Launchpad, it's time to reflect on the whirlwind of entrepreneurial energy, creativity, and innovation that unfolded over the...
Third places, intergenerational micro-nurseries, affordable workspaces, shared housing... If innovating from a physical place seems to go against the grain of what most of the startups of our ecosystem...
From February 12th to 15th, 2024, Côte d'Ivoire warmly welcomed the HEC Challenge + Dakar promotion, following the recent launch of the HEC Paris program in Senegal. Over four intense days, project...
While the world of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) is booming, revolutionizing how we perceive the ownership and value digital works of art, only 15% of French people claim to be familiar with NFTs, according...
If there's one program that's long overdue for a spotlight, it's the Creative destruction Lab (CDL). While the CDL-Paris program at HEC Paris only started back in 2021 with one stream: the Climate stream...
Join us on Wednesday, March 20 for the annual HEC Paris Startup Launchpad Grand Pitch Night, live from the Curzon Soho movie theater in London! This special evening will feature 6 finalists who have been...
Events
Success Stories
Behind every great idea is a great entrepreneurial team. Discover our success stories.
BACKGROUND Founded in 2014, DAMAE Medical offers a medical imaging device capable of examining biological tissues in depth, at a cellular level, through simple contact with the surface of the skin. This innovative optical technology allows...
Céline Lazorthes is the founder and CEO of the Leetchi Group, which has more than ten million users in over 150 countries! Background Created in 2009 by Céline Lazorthes, Leetchi.com is a secure web service that provides a fun and easy way for people...
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...
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...
François Pelen is the co-Founder of Groupe Point Vision. He is an ophthalmologist, pharmacologist, HEC graduate (EMBA.91) and Challenge + professor. After a career in pharmaceuticals that began at Sanofi and culminated in a position as Vice-President...
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