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HEC Paris has achieved a significant milestone by being officially recognized by Bpifrance and Dealroom in the ‘Observatoire Deeptech 2025 University Ranking’ as the leading business school in France and the 4th-ranked university overall for its contribution to the Deep Tech ecosystem. This second ...

As the WE4G program celebrates its 5th anniversary, it is the perfect time to reflect on its achievements and impact. Launched immediately after the COVID-19 crisis to counteract its negative effects on women entrepreneurs, WE4G offers comprehensive support designed to ease the entrepreneurial ...

On October 23rd, 2025, Heilbronn Slush’D, Germany’s flagship startup festival, took place. Powered by Campus Founders with the support of the Dieter Schwarz Foundation, the event aims to unite the European tech ecosystem in an intimate yet high-quality setting, fostering connections between founders ...

On October 14, 2025, at La Seine Musicale in Boulogne-Billancourt, France celebrated its future tech champions during the 2025 Innovation Competition awards ceremony. Driven by France 2030 and operated by Bpifrance and ADEME, this competition is one of the most powerful deeptech startup catalysts in ...

STATION F has just unveiled the 2025 edition of the Future 40 ranking, highlighting the most promising early-stage companies on its campus. Once again, startups originating from the HEC Paris entrepreneurial ecosystem are highly represented, accounting for 22% of the entire cohort.

The Mission French Tech has announced the 2025 promotion of the French Tech 2030 program, featuring 80 emerging companies selected for their strategic potential in critical technological sectors. Once again, startups originating from the HEC entrepreneurial ecosystem are strongly represented ...

“Courage: Bold Move for A Better World” was the theme of this year’s Women's Forum Global Meeting, a fitting backdrop for recognizing entrepreneurs who take audacious action to drive real impact. This is exactly the kind of entrepreneurs the Women Entrepreneurs 4 Good (WE4G) program supports ...

Every year, at the start of the academic year, the MSc X-HEC Entrepreneurs program begins with an extraordinary experience: the X-HEC ENT'RAID seminar. This year, from September 2 to 6, 2025, the seminar took the new class of 2025-2026 on a five-day expedition to the heart of the Jura Mountains ...

When you hear about circular fashion, what’s the first platform that comes to mind? Vinted? Vestiaire Collective? Now, what about circular fashion in Africa? Probably nothing, and that’s completely normal. It’s still nascent.

That gap is precisely what Fatou Dieng, a fashionista and entrepreneur ...

After 11 intense weeks of ideation, iteration, and a pure early-stage entrepreneurial adventure, the 2025 cohort of the HEC Paris Startup Launchpad brought their A-game for the program’s grand finale: Demo Day. With energy buzzing through Station F and a crowd of entrepreneurs, investors, mentors ...