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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

Our Centers Our Centers

3 distinct centers, providing access to all entrepreneurial ideas!

About our Centers

The mission of the HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute is to lead an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem in Europe for talents and corporate transformations, accelerating enduring and positive impacts across business and society. Now comprising three distinct centers, providing access to all entrepreneurial ideas with any in different steps of innovation.

Incubation & Acceleration Center - Lead Content

Incubation & Acceleration Center

Empowering entrepreneurs seeking to find solutions to our future by creating assets and connecting communities.

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Incubation & Acceleration Center Team

Antoine Leprêtre
Director
Orhiane Savarese
Event & Startup Manager
Philadelphe Knellwolf
Operating Partner
Elsa Pouradier
Startups Community Builder
Emma Bouyssou
Communication & Event
Deep Tech Center - Lead Content

Deep Tech Center

Bringing business and strategic support to revolutionary, science-based innovations with the potential for high impact on business, society, and the environment, driven by disruptive technologies: Biotechnologies, AI, Quantum, Climate, Space.

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Deep Tech Center Team

Aymeric Penven
Aymeric Penven
Executive Director
Corinne Begaud
Corinne Begaud
Program Manager
Emma Cochrane
Director of Strategic Projects
Sophia El Hajaj Gnassounou
Sophia El Hajaj Gnassounou
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Projects Manager
Edwige Migan
Edwige Migan
Program Manager
Social Entrepreneurship Center - Lead Content

Social Entrepreneurship Center

Embracing entrepreneurship as a tool for social transformation and promoting a solidary economy that creates a value chain for society, generates positive impact, and brings about structural changes for a more inclusive and fairer world.

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Social Entrepreneurship Center Team

Hervé Angelini
Hervé Angelini
Chief Operating Officer
Nathalie Riond
Nathalie Riond
Academic Manager
Emma France
Director of Impact Development
Sarah-Noëlle Madani
Communication Officer

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In collaboration with leading figures from HEC Paris, Guillaume Le Dieu de Ville, the director of Startup Launchpad , has brought fresh innovation to the teaching of entrepreneurship. In an exclusive...
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