Find out more about Arthur Waller, co-founder and CEO of French unicorn Pennylane. In 2012, Arthur and his friends found PriceMatch, a start-up specializing in revenue management. The solution is quickly adopted by more than 700 hotels. In 2013, the start-up raised a million euros in capital before being acquired by online booking giant booking.com. For three years, Arthur join …
Graduated from the EM Lyon Business School, Matthieu Birach began his career at Rothschild and Société Générale, before discovering the world of start-ups in 2015. Driven by a desire to extend his horizons, Matthieu joined Take Eat Easy, a start-up specialized in meal delivery. Less than two years later, the project ended: Matthieu had to announce the end of the …
Find out more about Ion Leahu-Aluas, CEO of DRIVECO and entrepreneur committed to the energy transition. “I was determined to be part of this mobility revolution.” Born in Romania, Ion Leahu-Aluas grew up in the United States. A few years later, he continued his engineering studies in France, and although this stay was initially intended to last only a few …
Discover more about Martin Jaglin’s career and take a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Mon Petit Gazon, the favorite mobile game among soccer fans. In 2011, Martin Jaglin, Benjamin Fouquet and Grégory Rota, three long-time friends, decided to create their own video game, by and for soccer fans. In parallel with their respective jobs, they founded MPG – MonPetitGazon, …
Discover the background and advices of Julien Zakoian, CEO of Indy. Julien Zakoian has lots of experiences in management and marketing in major compagnies beetween Paris and New-York : Julien has worked for Veepee, AirBnB and Meero. In 2022, he joined Indy – the accounting solution for the self-employed – as Managing Director. In this episode, Julien shares his tips …
Use cases, methodologies, tools and impacts. Two years of iterations have led to the creation of this white paper. In these pages, Digital League and H7 present an overview of Open Innovation, analyzing its challenges and benefits. This white paper brings together everything that makes the Club Open Innovation unique, from membership to working methods, coaching and co-development. A guide …
La Belle Histoire is a series of articles highlighting entrepreneurs and their teams, starting from where it all began, and sharing with you the stages they went through. What’s next? They’re still writing it. Kikleo was created by Vincent Garcia and Martin d’Agay as an end-of-study project, and has now become an impact company. Four years after the start of …
Discover the story of Mathieu Nebra, an entrepreneur committed to making education accessible everywhere and to everyone. In 1999, Mathieu was 13 and driven by a desire to learn how to create a website. Frustrated by the complexity of the resources available at the time, he decided to set up his own site to enable as many people as possible …
At just 33, Benjamin Netter is a serial entrepreneur. Find out more about his career. Co-founder and former CTO of October, Benjamin led the technical team at this French scale-up that simplifies and accelerates the lending process for small and medium-sized businesses. In 2017, Benjamin left October to found Riot, a SaaS tool for training employees in cybersecurity best practices, …
The “innovating for sustainable food” program, run by H7, SUEZ and Lyon Métropole Habitat, welcomes four new winners. For this third edition, the companies Oligofeed, La Ferme Intégrale, SFaire and Foodzilla will be coached for 9 months on their financial, strategic and operational challenges. October saw the official launch of the third edition of the “innovating for sustainable food” program, …
Calls for applications, entrepreneurial meetings, job dating – find out all about H7 news for the last quarter of 2023. Current calls for applications 📣 Innovating for sustainable food, 3rd edition The call for applications for the third edition of the “innovating for sustainable food” program closed on October 1. Winners will receive 9 months‘ support in addressing their strategic, …
In 2017, Mounira Hamdi and Anthony Babkine founded Diversidays, the equal opportunity association working for more diversity in tech and digital professions. Since its creation, Diversidays has supported over 10,000 jobseekers and 50 tech players. As part of the 13M program, we met co-founder Anthony Babkine. Hello Anthony, would you like to introduce yourself? My name is Anthony Babkine and …
Since 2016, Konexio has been offering digital training courses for people who are far from employment (refugees, young people from QPVs, people undergoing retraining, women, …). The association’s aim is to help them develop their skills, in order to promote their integration into the world of work. As part of the 13M program, we met Jean Guo, co-founder and CEO. …
Meet the four winners of 13M, the first nationwide digital inclusion gas pedal created by Banque des Territoires, Groupe SOS, H7 and Pulse. Hello Arthur, can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Arthur, I’m 21 and I’m the founder of SOStech. SOStech’s mission is to give everyone the means to take advantage of the opportunities offered …
One satisfied user is worth two. Bookinou has understood this – since the beginning of June, the Lyon-based start-up has been offering a loan campaign aimed at teachers. The aim was to give them the opportunity to test the Bookinou storyteller and validate its pedagogical virtues in helping 2-7 year-olds learn to read. Since its creation, Bookinou has helped over …
Meet the four winners of 13M, the first nationwide digital inclusion gas pedal created by Banque des Territoires, Groupe SOS, H7 and Pulse. Hello Eric, can you tell us a bit about yourself? 👋 My name is Éric GAYRAUD, and I’m the founder and director of LISIO. I’m a computer scientist by training. For fifteen years, I worked as a …
Discover the story of Alexandre Mars, the philanthropic entrepreneur committed to social justice. Alexandre Mars began his entrepreneurial career at the age of seventeen. After fifteen years of hard work creating and developing successful start-ups, he sold two of his companies to Publicis and BlackBerry. In 2014 he founded Epic Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the lives of …
Anthony Rose is CEO of SeedLegals, a platform that simplifies and automates the process of creating and managing legal documents for start-ups and investors. Read his advice. Anthony Rose is CEO of SeedLegals, a platform that simplifies and automates the process of creating and managing legal documents for start-ups and investors. Anthony has over 20 years’ experience in the tech …
Discover Adrienne de Malleray’s career path: from journalism to environmental transition. Before co-founding Genesis, Adrienne de Malleray worked for 15 years as a journalist with the Canal+ group. This experience has shaped his taste for quality information: accessible to all, synthetic and actionable. Born into a farming family, Adrienne embarked on her entrepreneurial journey in 2019, working alongside Devialet co-founder …
La Belle Histoire is a series of articles featuring entrepreneurs and their teams – the main characters – starting from where it all began – the genesis – and sharing with you the stages they went through – the epic -. What happened next? They’re still writing it 😉 April 2023, Arnaud Gracieux, founder of PrepAcademy, officially announces the raising …
Meet the four winners of 13M, the first nationwide digital inclusion gas pedal created by Banque des Territoires, Groupe SOS, H7 and Pulse. Hello Mehdi and Stephan, can you tell us a bit about yourselves? Mehdi: I’m Mehdi Bensafi, president of the NECC association and Sport Manager on the taekwondo and para-taekwondo competition as part of the Paris 2024 Olympic …
Since its creation in 2020, Starton has helped more than 1,600 professionals move to Web3. Their solution facilitates the integration of blockchain into companies’ internal processes. A true pioneer on the French scene, Fabien Poggi – co-founder – was one of the guests at the Web3 incubator’s Demo day. The aim: to share his expertise on the adoption of blockchain …
Since its creation in 2019, Neopolis – the mobile game that transforms the real world into a giant game board – has attracted over 3 million players in Europe. With the launch of Neoland, the Web3 version of the game, Neopolis has implemented a new strategy to encourage user adoption. Co-founder Ben Kaltenbaek gives us his top tips. Ever since …
Meet Marianne Beaufils – in charge of “digital inclusion” projects and investment – and Nicolas Turcat – head of the Education, Public Services and Digital Inclusion Department – at Banque des Territoires. Through their eyes, discover the raison d’être of 13M, the first gas pedal dedicated to digital inclusion by Banque des Territoires, Groupe SOS, H7 and Pulse. Hello Marianne, …
La Belle Histoire is a series of articles featuring entrepreneurs and their teams. the main characters – starting from where it all began the genesis – to share with you the stages they went through – and the epic -. What next? They’re still writing it 😉 Thursday, 10:30 am, Anthony Lio, co-founder of Bump.sh, returns from several intensive days …
Nelly Cornejo, Head of Adoption at iExec and a recognized expert in the democratization of technology, spoke at H7 as part of the WEB3 incubator organized by iExec and H7. She looks back at the stages of technological adoption, and shares 3 essential levers to encourage the adoption of Web3 solutions. Numerous Web3 solutions are emerging, supporting new uses. However, …
Find out more about the mission of FoodPrint, which works towards a transition to more sustainable food.
Meet Arthur Pinault, founder of SOSTech, winner of 13M, the first gas pedal for digital inclusion.
Discover NECC, winner of 13M, the first gas pedal for digital inclusion.
Meet the four winners of 13M, the first nationwide digital inclusion gas pedal created by Banque des Territoires, Groupe SOS and H7. Hello Cyril, can you tell us a bit about yourself? 👋 My name is Cyril, I’m 37 years old, I have 4 children and 4 companies to my credit. I come from a large family of entrepreneurs: my …
