The event of the year for ESSEC entrepreneurs!
ESSEC Founders Day brings together key players in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem around high-potential startups, founded by ESSEC students and alumni, in sectors undergoing profound transformation: Health, Fintech, Media, Cleantech, etc…
On October 9, 2023, the “ESSEC Founders Day Competition” will reward the ESSEC startups of the year, with a Student prize and an Alumni prize.
THE PROGRAMME
- 5:30 pm: Introduction by Adeline LEMAIRE, Executive Director, Bpifrance Funds of Funds and Vincenzo Vinzi, Director of ESSEC:
- 5:30 pm-7.30 pm: pitch by the 6 finalists, student startups and alumni startups
- 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: What happened to them? Presentations by Hemeris and Vestack: ESSEC Founders Day 2022 winners
- 8 ,pm: Announcement of winners and prize-giving by In Extenso Innovation Croissance
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The 6 finalists will be granted a €10k cash prize as well as an in-depth audit of their growth strategy and detailed recommendations from In Extenso Innovation Croissance.
In Extenso Innovation Croissance advises innovative organizations on the major challenges of tomorrow by providing companies and public actors with the strategic vision of a partner capable of proposing and implementing scientific, technical, strategic, financial and fiscal recommendations in the field of sustainable innovation.
With 100 consultants mastering the entrepreneurial and sectoral challenges of their clients, In Extenso Innovation Croissance offers a strong territorial network in France, thanks to 7 regional offices, ensuring both reactivity and perfect knowledge of ecosystems and networks of decision-makers.
Jury 2023 !
We are delighted to introduce the members of the jury who will have the honor of participating in the ESSEC Founders Day 2023 event. These renowned experts in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship will bring their expertise and knowledge to evaluate the projects presented during this exceptional evening.
RELIVE THE 2022 EDITION !
On September 26, 2022, the second edition of ESSEC FOUNDERS DAYS 2022 was held at the Bpifrance headquarters. 6 beautiful startups competed in the final. Each winner has perfectly illustrated the ability of ESSEC Business School entrepreneurs to provide ambitious solutions to economic and environmental challenges.
2022 WINNER in the Student category :
Building the future of agriculture and agri-food with Hemeris
Co-founded by Steven Deves-Girain (E21) and Flora Vandier, Hemeris aims to build to a more environmentally-friendly agro-industry, thanks to the development of an innovative and sustainable solution for seed treatment based on cold atmospheric plasma. As an alternative to widely-used chemical compounds, Hemeris focuses on decontaminating and enhancing the water absorption of seeds. Hemeris has two industrial and customer partners, Germine and Gautier Semences.
A dual graduate of ESSEC and CentraleSupélec, and son of a vegetable farmer, Steven has always had a vested interest in building a responsible agro-food industry.
“At present, the industry uses a long and complicated disinfection process involving chloride compounds. We’re entering a 4-billion-euro seed market. Our target is seeds and grains of very high added value.”
The deeptech Hemeris works hand in hand with Geeps, IPS2 and LGPM, 3 laboratories in the Paris Saclay ecosystem. The start-up is supported in its entrepreneurial growth by ESSEC, 21st by CentraleSupélec and Agro PariTech.
“Our roadmap for 2022 is the diversification of laboratory applications; in 2023 we’re aiming to set up the first pilot projects for a customised decontamination of seeds and grains, and 2024 should see the roll-out of decontamination units for our industrial customers.”
Winner 2022 in the Alumni category :
Vestack evolves in the construction industry
Co-founded by Nicolas Guinebretière (E17), Jean-Christophe Pierron and Sylvain Bogeat, Vestack is a technological platform for digital design (BIM) and industrial building (modular 3D in wooden frameworks) which reconciles carbon requirements and the profitability of real estate developments. Vestack designs and constructs buildings which cut CO2 emissions in three and halve lead times, at no extra cost.
“The building sector currently represents €100 billion in turnover for France, €1,000 billion in Europe, and contributes to more than 25% of the world’s CO2 emissions. Vestack is a new solution which offers an integrated vertical model with 3 innovative technologies: a software programme, a modular building system and an integrated industrial model with low CAPEX.”
Vestack opened its first plant near Meaux, and is due to open a second factory in the coming months in Seine-et-Marne, creating some forty new jobs to meet the demands of the catchment area.
“The real issue is not the demand, which is huge, but the ability to develop production plants. Vestack hopes to exceed €10 million in turnover next year.”
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