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Part mentorship hub, part foundry and part accelerator – our programs offer opportunities to France
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Part mentorship hub, part foundry and part accelerator, the ES incubator tailors its offerings to meet the evolving needs of high potential entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas.
We connect founders with key partners in the local ecosystem, and leverage our international relationships to build businesses ready to scale globally. Entrepreneurs may join a virtual co-working collective, which includes mentorship, peer collaboration, and master classes all within a dynamic shared space.
The Alpes region of France has a vibrant start up ecosystem, with both public and private R&D labs. Areas of specialty include augmented reality, deep tech, multimedia, image recognition, sustainability-related technologies and mechatronics.
Empowered Startups is focused on developing an ever-expanding network of French Public Body Research and Development partnerships.
Talent Passport : Innovative Project business incubation program
Empowered Startups business incubation program for innovative projects allows international entrepreneurs to balance the competing demands of meeting their professional commitments abroad with starting up a new high-potential business in France.
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Empowered Startups Platform (ESP)
Our proprietary entrepreneurship training and virtual incubation platform, ESP, is in use in partner incubators and research facilities in France, Portugal and Canada.
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French Alps International Startup Exchange
In partnership with French Tech, entrepreneurs with international ambitions may validate their problem-solution fit plans through curated programming abroad.
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Using our proven and powerful methodology, network, market insight and business expertise, we guide entrepreneurs on a path to successfully start a business in France.
We educate and empower founders to build market offers and business models that empower their ideas to become the best in the world. We guide them through the rigours of Lean StartUp and Horizon Methodology, and cycle through the validated learning process of build-measure-learn.
We select entrepreneurs from around the world with the best innovative and scalable concepts to startup in France, with international reach. We are skilled at assisting entrepreneurs in de-risking their projects, increasing their speed to market, and enhancing the overall prosperity of the French ecosystem they are entering.
We build startups that define and aggressively pursue revenue goals on this equation: My startup will sell $X of Y product to customers A, B, C in N number of countries in M number of months.
PARTNERS
Our valued partnerships provide transnational entrepreneurs with opportunities to deepen the foundations and extend the reach of their ventures.
Savoie Technolac
Our partnership with Savoie-Technolac provides start ups with access to a strong professional network with a global reach.
INRIA
Our partnership with INRIA provides start ups with ready access to top tier researchers, according to their business needs.
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The following professionals generously offer their perspectives on our plans. We are grateful for the influence they continue to have on our projects.
Pascal Viaud
CEO, Ubik and President, French Tech Taiwan
Véronique Péquignat
Director of International Actions, Invest in Grenoble-Alpes
Laurent Tabourot
Full Professor, Head of SYMME – Mecatronics Lab, Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Mélisande Roche
Development Director, Business France