🇫🇷 Accelerators, incubators and startup programs in France

Accelerators, incubators and startup programs in France

• Bpifrance

  Program · Paris

  France's public investment bank: grants, loans and venture funding for startups at every stage.

  Offers: funding, investment, mentoring

• La French Tech

  Program · Paris

  The government programme and brand for the French startup ecosystem, with local hubs worldwide.

  Offers: info, community

• French Tech Visa

  Program · Paris · Free access

  Fast-track residence permit for foreign founders, employees and investors joining French startups.

  Offers: info

• French Tech Tremplin

  Program · Paris

  Programme supporting founders from underrepresented backgrounds with funding and coaching.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• JEI status (Jeune Entreprise Innovante)

  Program · Nationwide

  Tax and social-charge relief for young innovative companies investing in R&D.

  Offers: funding

• Paris&Co

  Program · Paris

  Paris's innovation and incubation agency running sector incubators.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Station F

  Accelerator · Paris

  The world's largest startup campus, hosting dozens of programmes under one roof.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Station F Founders Program

  Accelerator · Paris

  Station F's own programme for early-stage founders.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• HEC Paris Incubator

  Accelerator · Paris

  HEC Paris's incubator at Station F.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• Wilco

  Accelerator · Paris

  Accelerator for Île-de-France startups.

  Offers: mentoring

• Hexa (formerly eFounders)

  Accelerator · Paris

  Startup studio that has built companies such as Front and Aircall.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• 50 Partners

  Accelerator · Paris

  Founder-led accelerator backed by successful French entrepreneurs.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Agoranov

  Accelerator · Paris

  Public-interest incubator for deep-tech and research startups.

  Offers: mentoring

• France Digitale

  Community · Paris

  Association bringing together French startups and VCs, publishing ecosystem studies.

  Offers: info, community

• Bourse French Tech (Bpifrance)

  Program · Paris

  Bpifrance grant for very early tech startups, before or alongside the first funding.

  Offers: funding

• Crédit d'Impôt Recherche (CIR)

  Program · Nationwide

  France's research tax credit, one of the most generous R&D incentives in Europe.

  Offers: funding

• France 2030

  Program · Paris

  National investment plan funding innovation and deep tech, including startup calls.

  Offers: funding

• i-Lab

  Program · Paris

  National innovation competition for deep-tech startups, run with Bpifrance.

  Offers: funding

• Business France

  Program · Paris

  Agency helping foreign founders invest in France and French startups expand abroad.

  Offers: info

• Innov'up (Île-de-France)

  Program · Paris

  Paris region grants and advances for innovative SMEs.

  Offers: funding

• ACRE

  Program · Nationwide

  Social-charge relief for people starting a business, including individuals leaving a job.

  Offers: funding

• EuraTechnologies

  Accelerator · Lille

  Large tech campus and accelerator in Lille.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Le Village by CA

  Accelerator · Paris

  Crédit Agricole's network of startup villages across France.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• Schoolab

  Accelerator · Paris

  Innovation studio and startup programme in Paris.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• IncubAlliance

  Accelerator · Paris-Saclay

  Incubator for deep-tech startups from the Paris-Saclay cluster.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• ESSEC Ventures

  Accelerator · Paris

  ESSEC business school's incubator and fund.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• WILLA

  Accelerator · Paris

  Incubator supporting women founders.

  Offers: mentoring

• The Galion Project

  Community · Paris

  Community of French founders sharing knowledge and helping each other.

  Offers: community