Spotlight Video Interview: Director Julie Huguet on La French Tech Mission
"What we want to do is help entrepreneurs have the best ecosystem to create, to scale, and to go abroad."
Spotlight Interviews
Spotlight Interview: ChangeNOW CEO Santiago Lefebvre Wants You To Believe Again
ChangeNOW 2025, the "world expo of solutions for the planet," is in full swing this week. Ahead of the Paris opening, I spoke with Lefebvre about how a bold idea born at COP21 became a global gathering, and why, in a divided world, hope and action still matter.
Spotlight Interview: Keles' Laurent Van Lerberghe On Digital Health Investing
"The region between the UK, France, and Benelux is becoming something like a new Palo Alto. Everything is reachable within two and a half hours, creating a concentrated ecosystem of talent, capital, and market opportunities."
Spotlight Interview: Fly Ventures' Marie Brayer
"What's really exciting is seeing the emergence of academic entrepreneurship in France."
A Fight for Fairness: Maud Sarda on building a more ethical economy with Label Emmaüs
Sarda: "This isn’t just about the survival of a business; it’s about justice and survival as a whole. We’re fighting for a fairer world where second-hand goods are valued and everyone has access to high-quality, sustainable options."
Spotlight Interview: ValueCo CEO Mariem Mhadhbi On Making ESG Count in Capital Markets
"The name reflects what we aim to do: create real financial and market value while leveraging the collective intelligence of investors to inspire meaningful change."
Spotlight Interview: CEA-Leti Director Jean-René Lèquepeys
"We are there to make research activities, and to transfer the results of research activities to industry. Our model is lab to fab."
Spotlight Interview: Jimmy CEO Antoine Guyot On Nuclear Power's Renaissance
"France has one of the strongest nuclear industries in the world, and now, with government backing, we feel lucky to be in this new era of nuclear innovation."
Interview: Why Cathay's Marguerite de Tavernost Is Still Bullish On Web3
"This is fundamentally a long-term game. It's all about putting in place the structures and the foundations of the crypto industry so that it can become more mainstream."
SporTech President: France Rallying To Boost Sports Innovation
Jacques D'Arrigo is Co-Founder of Footbar and President of SporTech FR, a national association representing sports startups and entrepreneurs. Thanks to the Olympics, he said this often overlooked sector is finally getting support from investors and government.
Interview: Paris 2024 Olympic Innovation Chief Omar El Zayat
How the Olympic Committee sourced 600 startups and chose 17 to work with the Paris Games -- and what this could mean for France's SportsTech future.
Spotlight Interview: Kinomap Founder Philippe Moity
The French SportsTech startup is the official organizer of a connected marathon for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The interactive event will give Kinomap global visibility that it hopes to leverage to pursue its goal of reinventing the way people watch sports.
Spotlight Interview: Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch
The co-founder recently testified at the French Senate where he addressed concerns over the nation's competitiveness in AI, problems with fundraising and recruiting in France, and what drives him personally.
Spotlight Interview: XMOBILITY CEO Magali Alix-Toupé
On the new Le Mans accelerator: “Long term, we will have succeeded when we have found and helped launch the pioneers who will drive the decarbonization of transport."
Spotlight Interview: VivaTech's Nicolas Douchement
"This year feels more optimistic, like the beginning of a new era."
Spotlight Interview: Qubit Pharmaceuticals' Robert Marino And Jean-Philip Piquemal
Piquemal on the future of drug discovery: "Quantum computing will be...capable of predicting quickly and with accuracy the chemical processes we are looking at. And if we can predict, we can go faster."