Paris

Our Paris office opened its doors in 2018 to welcome impactful and ambitious individuals based in France.

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Next core cohort starts Autumn 2023 Next application deadline 5 June 2023

Located within Station F, the world’s biggest startup campus, our Paris cohorts bring together exceptional people to build globally important companies.

Building across a variety of sectors including industry 4.0, retail and healthcare, our Paris companies have gained huge amounts of traction in a short amount of time.

In Paris, we run both our Core and Graduate programmes.

Companies

Our Parisian alumni are building across different industries and technologies.

Our teams’ innovations include using AI to tackle infertility; providing carbon negative fabrics for the fashion industry; and democratising 3D animation.

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Featured Companies

Flowlity

Building the world's first cognitive supply chain network.
Series A Supply Chain, Transportation or Logistics

Kinetix

Democratising 3D animation by making it faster and more accessible for all creative minds.
Seed Media or Entertainment

Lynceus

Building the world’s most reliable manufacturing quality prediction software.
Seed Data Science

Neoplants

Using synthetic biology to design plants for the future
Series A Biotechnology

Fairbrics

Fairbrics provide carbon negative fabrics for the fashion industry.
Series A Manufacturing or Industrial

Core Biogenesis

Using plants as biofactories to produce high-value molecules 10 times cheaper.
Series A Biotechnology
Our community

We’ve welcomed founders from a huge variety of professional and academic backgrounds to apply their unique insight.

What they all had in common was a commitment to building an innovative startup now. These are the challengers; the driven; the leaders; the ones with the potential to found globally important companies.

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The Paris team

Support from expert advisors and mentors

Our in-house team and venture partners bring with them a wealth of startup knowledge and experience to push our founders and their company to excellence.

Coralie Chaufour

Partner and General Manager, Paris
Engagement Manager at McKinsey and corporate lawyer, graduated from Harvard and Sciences Po

Thomas Poitrineau

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First
Previous Principal at Entrepreneur First, focused on company building. Now an investor at a VC fund

Nicolas Douay

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First
Exited co-founder of KelDoc, angel investor

Rob Bishop

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First
Investor & co-founder of Magic Pony, built through EF & exited to Twitter for US$150M

Louis Berlan

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First
Investor at Bear Flag Ventures, advisor to EF teams

Jamie Wong

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First
Entrepreneur, investor, advisor and writer, co-founder of Vayable
“In less than two months, I felt I’d reached out and I’d done something much faster than what I’d done in all my academic years, which have given me my background, but didn’t give me this freedom of saying that I can do whatever I want in this world and leave a mark.”
Joanne Kanaan CEO, Omini
Life on the platform

"They help you to be able to focus on what matters."

Hubert, CEO of Leakmited which he founded through our platform, shares the value of the EF team.

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Paris FAQs

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Do I need to be able to speak a particular language?

A

The platform is run in English, and is the common language used by participants amongst each other. Therefore, you will need to be comfortable speaking and working in English.

You therefore do not need to be able to speak French in order to take part – however, it’s always helpful to have some proficiency as you’ll be living and working in Paris for the duration of the platform.

Q

Can I get a visa to take part?

A

We are able to connect offer holders for our Paris platform with immigration specialists who can support in your relocation and provide you with the visa options based on your personal circumstances.

Q

How does financial support during Form work in Paris?

A

Entrepreneur First funds you as an individual from Day 1, and if you form a company, we are your first investor. To start we will pay you €2,000 a month for 3 months during Form. If you leave Entrepreneur First at the end of Form or Launch the stipend is yours to keep.

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How does investment during Launch work?

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If you are successful at the Investment Committee, at the start of Launch, we will make our first investment in your company. We invest £80,000, along with the stipends paid in the first part of the platform, for 10% of your company.