tech&fest 2025

HEC Paris

HEC Paris, one of the best business schools in the world, is a leader in research and teaching in management sciences. We offer a range of programs tailored to the needs of students and participants selected among today's top talents. This year, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of HEC Paris, which welcomes talents and projects in line with the school's values, is evolving to become the HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI). Already comprised of three distinct centers: the Incubator Center, the Deep Tech Center, and the Social Entrepreneurship Center. In 2023, 🚀 542 start-ups benefited from support from the IEI, of which 230 were tech start-ups. At the same time, 590 women entrepreneurs were trained, 238 were certified under the Stand UP program, and concurrently, 42 social and solidarity enterprises were supported. The number of HEC Paris unicorns🦄 in this entrepreneurial ecosystem reaches 13, of which 11 continue to have a valuation of over 1 billion euros. Over the past five years, our start-ups have raised an impressive amount of over 7.76 billion euros in fundraising. This evolution strengthens our commitment at all levels of entrepreneurship and innovation, transforming this incredibly diverse, inclusive, and engaged community into a stronger ecosystem with real impact on the economy and society. 💥 Our mission is to accelerate enduring and positive impacts across business and society through an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem for talents and corporate transformations, materializing ideas into real solutions for global challenges.

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