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From September 1st to 6th, 2025, Abidjan hosted a major milestone for innovation and entrepreneurship in West Africa. As part of the Startup Ecosystem Support Program (Programme d’Appui à l’Écosystème des Startups), led by CDC-CI Capital with support from the World Bank-funded PCCET project, and in ...

Over the past year, more than 630 companies joined Creative Destruction Lab around the world, tapping into the expertise of 1,000+ mentors. These ventures challenged the limits of deeptech, advancing tech innovations for the better. Now, let’s celebrate those who finished the journey: over 230 deep ...

Climate change poses an existential threat to our current way of life. Facing this colossal challenge, the imperative is clear: reducing carbon as fast as we can. This urgent mission necessitates unprecedented innovation and collaboration to develop and scale CDR solutions. It’s in this critical ...

This fall, the Incubateur HEC Paris opens its doors to a new cohort of startups, ready to pioneer solutions that will redefine markets worldwide. Let’s introduce the 14 new startups joining the 15-years community of Incubateur HEC Paris, where ambitious ideas evolve into tomorrow’s industry leaders.

Meet the 10 finalists of the WomenEntrepreneurs4Good (WE4G) 2025 program, female founders leading innovative, impact-driven companies in sustainability, healthcare, education, and tech. WE4G is a purpose-driven accelerator program dedicated to empowering early-stage women-led ventures focused on ...

Our planet faces an unprecedented crisis: there's too much carbon in our atmosphere. While efforts to reduce emissions are underway, we are currently failing to do so fast enough to secure a sustainable future. At CDL-Paris Carbon Removal stream, we support deep tech startups that are developing ...

From bold ideas to impactful action, this year’s ChangeNOW 2025 summit once again proved to be a key milestone for climate-driven innovation, and HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute was proud to be at the heart of it. This year’s edition, hosted at the Grand Palais in Paris, brought ...

The energy transition concerns us all. In France, over 700,000 households are already equipped with solar panels. But to truly optimize this green energy - and even achieve full energy independence - a few obstacles remain. That’s where Revolty comes in.

This startup, co-founded by Mathilde Janicot ...

India’s startup scene has always had big dreams… and now, some of those dreams are crossing borders. Back in April, ten ambitious AI startups from India kicked off their journey with the  IndiaAI Startups Global program. Over the next few months, they dove into the European tech scene, refining ...

Space, once reserved for government agencies and elite scientific institutions, is now rapidly transforming into a thriving arena for commercial innovation. As the space industry opens up to private enterprise, it is unlocking unprecedented opportunities in areas like telecommunications, Earth ...