Following a call for applications that attracted 25 submissions, the iExec and H7 teams selected 3 start-ups from the healthcare, telecoms, retail and intellectual property sectors to help them accelerate towards Web3.
The WEB3 incubator by iExec and H7 is launched. Congratulations to Ziplo, LAfricaMobile and Wearspaces, the winners of this first promotion!
The winners ✨
LAfricaMobile – Malick Diouf
LAfricaMobile is West Africa’s first multi-channel, multi-operator, multi-country digital cloud communications platform. The platform enables companies to engage a wide target audience and gives end-users instant, safe and secure access to the information they need. LAfricaMobile wants to experiment with new business models where users can monetize their data thanks to blockchain technology.
WEARSPACES – Alex Frêne, Ruben Attal, Julien Chmilewsky and Alice Faivre-Menot
WEARSPACES is a digital, immersive marketplace dedicated to luxury and design, with the aim of offering a new retail experience around phygital clothing – wearable both in the real world and within digital universes. The marketplace welcomes luxury houses and talented designers from all over the world, offering them a new sales experience.
Ziplo – Aurélie Drouvin and Clément Egger
Ziplo is a sovereign, innovative online tool that ensures the security of creators with a two-in-one service: file transfer, 100% French, to secure exchanges, and file deposit to obtain proof of anteriority to defend intellectual property in the event of theft, plagiarism or counterfeiting.
A customized program 📈
The program is launched! For six months, project leaders benefit from tailored support with :
→ Group workshops with iExec experts
→Exchanges with experts from the national Web3 ecosystem, such as Ledger and Dogami
→ Individual follow-up with Edouard Pogu, Business Developer at iExec, and Kelly Green Start-up Manager at H7 ;
→ Networking with Web3 players nationwide.
“Web3 represents a new approach to grasp. As a French pioneer and specialist in blockchain, our mission is to help companies take advantage of the opportunities offered by Web3. The launch of this incubator is part of this commitment, enabling start-ups to be supported in the development of their projects. We’re delighted to put our expertise at their service and open the doors of our ecosystem to them. Combined with the skills of H7, we hope that this support will be of great benefit to the start-ups.
Gilles Fedak, CEO and co-founder of iExec.
“New players are emerging and expressing a need for support with their technical and business development challenges. Since its launch in 2019, H7’s role has been to encourage start-ups to scale up and to help local companies understand the challenges of new technologies. With the launch of this incubator, our actions are continuing to serve entrepreneurs by combining our acceleration skills with those of iExec, but also by mobilizing the national Web3 ecosystem.”
Cédric Denoyel, President of H7.