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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 they're solving shouldn't still exist. Discover the 13 startups joining Incubateur HEC Paris ...

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 in Paris.

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 research and debates suggest, what founders and innovators truly confront is not measurable risk ...

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 commitment to making social entrepreneurship a powerful, inclusive, and measurable lever for ...

In 2024, atmospheric CO₂ reached 421 ppm, far exceeding the critical 350 ppm threshold, as natural carbon sinks become saturated. With emission reduction strategies proving insufficient on their own, Direct Air Capture is now considered a required technology to achieve climate targets. The ...

On March 5, 44 students from HEC Paris’s Grande École and Master’s programs gathered at Station F, the world’s largest startup campus, for the first-ever edition of Pitch & Hire, an event designed to directly connect startup founders seeking talent with HEC students looking for their first, or next ...

A new cohort of the HEC Paris Startup Launchpad kicked off on January 19, 2026. This year, the program supports 38 startup projects across a wide range of sectors, including Banking & Finance, Education & Training, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Construction, and Consulting & Business Services, to ...

For years, HEC Paris has solidified its reputation as a leading institution for generating high-growth ventures, playing a pivotal role in the French and global technology landscape. We take great pride in seeing HEC Alumni startups reach extraordinary heights and become pillars of the French ...