Paris is becoming one of the best places in the world to build a startup, but most of the early-stage entrepreneurs we speak to aren't aware of all the local tech resources that are available to help them.

With applications for the Paris Founder Institute now open, we're excited to release the Paris Startup Resource Guide, which is currently in Draft v1 below! It was developed by the Paris Founder Institute and local leaders: Alexandre Jeissou, Duong Vu, Oliver Tilloy, Vera Baker, and Wen Hu, and Raphael Bellec.

This is just a draft, and while we spent many hours on this research, more input is needed. Please leave your comments on this collaborative Google document to help us complete the list. There are definitely omissions on this current version. 

Are you looking to build a startup in Paris? Then apply to the Paris Founder Institute today!

Text version included below, for ease of searching:

Startup Stages

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There is no one right way to build a technology company, but for the sake of simplicity we have outlined a basic, common, sequential framework.

1. Idea Stage

This is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.

A. Inspire

• Paris Startup Media: Centralized local information, listings, and news. (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters)

1. J'aime les Startups
2. La French Tech
3. Maddyness
4. ParisTech Review
5. Rude Baguette
6. Tech.co Paris
7. TechBaguette
8. Welcometothejungle
9. Wydden

• Inspirational Paris Startup Events: Open, inclusive startup events that often focus on ideation. (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups)

1. Free Startup Project
2. Kultur Startup Paris
3. Les Entrepreneurs Evolutionnaires
4. LoudStory Startup League
5. Paris International Tech Meetup
6. Paris NewTech
7. Paris Startup Digest
8. Paris Tech Talks
9. Startup Nouvelle Génération Paris
10. Tech Stars
11. Urban Linker Startup Fever
12. Vivatech 

B. Educate

• Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing tech events. (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspire).

1. ClubStartups Paris
2. FinTech Startups
3. Paris Startups CTO Meetup
4. Startup Founder 101 Paris
5. Startup Grind Paris
6. Startup Workshop Paris: From Idea to Reality in 12 Weeks
7. Startup Workshops Paris Louveteaux
8. Startups Founders Apéros Paris

• Training & Feedback: Skill & Idea development events and startup bootcamps for entrepeneurs. (Includes comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute, General Assembly, Lean Startup Machine, code camps, etc)

1. #SenseMeetups
2. Code 42
3. Data Science Dojo
4. Founder Institute
5. Growth Hacking Girls
6. Le Wagon Paris
7. Lean Startup Experience
8. Lean Startup Workshop
9. Nest France Paris Startup Development
10. Simplon
11. Startup Bootcamp Paris
12. Startup Leadership Program
13. The Family

C. Validate

• Team Formation: Events for Finding Co-founders in Paris.  (i.e. tech networking events or other resources that facilitate early-stage recruitment and cofounder matching)

1. Founder2be
2. HackerHouse Paris
3. IdeasVoice
4. Paris Entrepreneurs Network
5. TheMakers
6. Unicorners

• Build First Product: Hackathons & product events in Paris.

1. BeMyApp Events
2. Blockchain Hackathon 
3. Cisco DevNet Hackathon
4. Code for Paris
5. Food Hackathon
6. Hackateam
7. Hackathon Métro 2030
8. Ladies of Code Paris
9. Le Hackathon de L'Education 2016
10. Paris -beginners- Coders Meetup
11. Techfugees Paris
12. Women On Rails
13. Women Who Code Paris

2. Launch Stage

In this stage, entrepreneurs establish and formalize the company, develop the product, get feedback from customers, and prepare for the next step.

A. Start

• Establish: Paris law firms & banks for startups

1. Alto Avocats
2. BNP Paribas
3. Baker & McKenzie
4. Banque Populaire
5. Barclays Bank
6. Chammas & Marcheteau Avocats
7. Gide Loyrette Nouel
8. Jones Day
9. La Banque Postale
10. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
11. Orsay Avocats
12. Pinot de Villechenon & Associés
13. Prêt d'Union
14. Qonto 
15. Solegal
16. Watson Farley & Williams LLP

• Paris Workspaces: Co-working and flexible workspaces for startups in Paris.

1. Anticafé
2. BTevenement 
3. COWORKSHOP
4. DojoCrea
5. Draft
6. Greenspace
7. L'Archipel
8. La Compagnie
9. La Cordée
10. La Ruche
11. Lawomatic
12. Le Laptop
13. Le Loft 50 Partners
14. Mutiniere
15. NUMA
16. Soleilles Cowork
17. Work In Paris

B. Develop

• Formalize: Paris accounting, development and HR tools for early-stage startups.  

1. Astria
2. Backelite
3. Belighted
4. Beyowi
5. ELITAX
6. Exponens
7. Fi Solutions
8. FIDAG
9. G-Design
10. James Howes & Co
11. NLE Accounting
12. Octave & Octave
13. Spira, Twist & Associés
14. Tapptic
15. Wandi

• Paris Incubators: Groups that prepare companies for seed investment and provide advanced mentorship. (i.e. advanced knowledge sharing, later stage events and resources)

1. 50 Partners
2. 1000 Startups
3. Agoranov
4. Labo de l'edition
5. Paris & Co. Incubateurs
6. Paris Biotech Santé
7. Paris French Tech Ticket
8. Sciences Po Entrepreneurs
9. Startup Next Paris
10. The Cantillon
11. Welcome City Lab

C. Launch

• Paris Seed Accelerators: Seed funding mentor programs (Techstars-style programs that provide funding)

1. L’Accélérateur
2. La Javaness
3. Microsoft Ventures Accelerator
4. Nextstars
5. NUMA
6. Partech Shaker
7. SenseCube
8. Startup42
9. Tektos
10. TheFamily
11. Yump France

• Pitch & Demo Events: Tech events that showcase Paris startups for investment.

1. Blockchain Pitch Day
2. D-DAY : Let’s celebrate entrepreneurship!
3. Microsoft Ventures Demo Day Paris
4. NUMA Demo Day Roadshow
5. Paris Pionnieres Demo Day
6. Pitch Don't Kill My Vibe
7. SeedNetworking
8. Startup42 Demo Day
9. Startup & Levée de fonds
10. Startup Pitch Night Paris

3. Growth Stage

Here, a startup proves their utility, receives recognition, and scales up. This usually requires funding, angels, VCs, and ways to connect them to startups.

A. Recognition

• Paris Investor Networking:  Events and groups that connect professional investors with founders.

1. CAIA
2. Cleantech Business Angels 
3. France Angels
4. Investessor
5. Keiretsu Forum

• Major Media: Mainstream local business press that often showcase local startups.

1. 20 Minutes
2. Canal+
3. Euronews
4. France 24
5. France Info
6. France Inter
7. L’Express
8. La Croix
9. La Tribune
10. Le Figaro
11. Le Monde
12. Le Parisien
13. RFI
14. TF1
15. The Local

B. Funding

• Paris Angel Investors: Seed-stage investors and micro-vcs.

1. Aksel Piran
2. Alain Sarfati
3. Audrey Soussan
4. Charles-Henry Tranie
5. Christophe Chausson
6. Cyril Grislain
7. David Bizer
8. David Opolon
9. Didier Tranchier
10. François Véron
11. Frédéric Montagnon
12. Gaston Bilder
13. Gilles Samoun
14. Jean de La Rochebrochard
15. Joakim Nilsson
16. Marc Brandsma
17. Marie-Christine Levet
18. Mark Yoshitake
19. Oussama Ammar
20. Renaud Visage
21. Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz
22. Romain Lavault
23. Samantha Jerusalmy
24. Simon Dawlat
25. Tariq Krim
26. Vincent Bastien
27. Yann Lechelle
28. Yann Mauchamp

• Paris Venture Capitalists: Series A and beyond

1. Alven Capital
2. Aster Capital
3. Auriga Partners
4. CEA Investissement
5. Demeter Partners
6. Elaia Partners
7. H.I.G. Capital
8. Idinvest Partners
9. ISAI
10. Newfund Capital
11. Next World Capital
12. Paris Business Angels
13. Partech Ventures
14. Quadrille Capital
15. Serena Capital
16. Seventure
17. Sofinnova Partners
18. Truffle Capital
19. Ventech

C. Growth

• Infrastructure: Office space, HR, local business insurance. (i.e. office space/ HR/ insurance providers for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)

1. AIG
2. Aviva
3. BPI Group
4. Courtier Assurance Professionnelle Vallois
5. GBO Human Resources
6. Groupe Arthur Hunt
7. Instant Offices
8. Locartis
9. MetroDesk
10. Regus
11. Search Office Space
12. Target Offices
13. Webscout
14. Zurich Insurance Group

• Expansion: Paris Growth accelerators and consultants. (i.e. programs and business consultants for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)

1. Accenture Consulting
2. Akeance Consulting
3. Areka Consulting
4. Bain & Company
5. CGI France
6. FTI Consulting
7. KPMG
8. L.E.K
9. Mars & Co. Consulting
10. McKinsey & Company
11. Okan Consulting
12. PwC
13. Roland Berger
14. Schlumberger Business Consulting

4. Paris Startup Success Stories

Successful homegrown companies that have raised significant institutional funding, employ a large workforce, or have achieved liquidity.

1. Autoreduc
2. Aircall
3. Appsfire
4. Augment
5. Blablacar
6. Contentsquare
7. Daily Motion
8. Dashlane
9. Dataiku
10. Deezer
11. Drivy
12. Ecovadis
13. Evercontact
14. Infinit
15. Jolicloud
16. KEECKER
17. Keymetrics
18. Lydia
19. Mailjet
20. Mention
21. Mirakl
22. My Visual Brief
23. Netvibes
24. Paw
25. Paymium
26. PrestaShop
27. Prêt d'Union
28. Qonto
29. Replay App
30. Sendinblue
31. SensioLabs
32. Sketchfab
33. Smeeters
34. Smiirl
35. Snips
36. Swile 
37. Teads.tv
38. Tldr.io
39. TravelerCar
40. Voodoo
41. Withings
42. ZapTravel

Supporters

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To facilitate the steps, every ecosystem needs strong supporters.

1. Paris Startup Leaders

Successful local founders who lead the ecosystem & frequently mentor newbies.

1. Alain Baritault 
2. Alexandre Grandremy
3. Alexandre Jeissou
4. André Dan
5. Axel Calandre
6. Benjamin Joffe
7. Benoit Bergeret
8. Bernadette Martin
9. Bertrand Marquet
10. Cédric Oeblinger
11. Clément Lécuyer
12. Duong Vu
13. Erwan Guiriec
14. Fabien Collangettes
15. Fabrice de Brisoult
16. Frédéric Austruy
17. Gilles LeGuennec
18. Guillaume Richard de Vesvrotte
19. Iain Wallace
20. Isabelle Raugel
21. Maike Strudthoff
22. Maxime Wagner
23. Nicolas Beretti
24. Oliver Tilloy
25. Orny Richard Impenge
26. Sara Stephenson
27. Sébastien Monaco
28. Stewart Masters
29. Timo Elliott 
30. Tony Jazz
31. Vera Baker
32. Wen Hu

2. Paris Government Startup Resources

Public organizations that facilitate local economic development

1. BusinessFrance
2. Grands Prix de l'Innovation de la Ville de Paris
3. International Chamber of Commerce
4. Invest in Paris
5. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
6. Paris21
7. Paris&Co.

3. Talent

Major local business or tech universities and employers that attract and retain local talent.

• Local Paris Tech Universities (universities with prominent technical or business programs)

1. American Business School Paris
2. EDHEC Business School
3. ESCE International Business School
4. ESSEC Business School
5. HEC Paris
6. IÉSEG School of Management
7. INSEAD
8. INSEEC
9. IPAG Business School
10. ISC Paris Business School
11. ISG International Business School
12. International School of Management
13. Novancia Business School
14. Paris School of Business

• Paris Tech Employers

1. Amazon
2. Apple
3. BlaBlaCar
4. Cisco
5. Criteo
6. DailyMotion
7. Deezer
8. Facebook
9. Google
10. HP
11. Mention
12. Microsoft
13. Mozilla
14. NetApp
15. PayPal
16. Pinterest
17. Spotify
18. Twitter

 

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Learn more about the Startup Ecosystem Canvas here, and leave us your thoughts on the Paris Canvas on this collaborative Google document (This is just a draft, and more input is needed!)

Are you looking to build a startup in Paris? Then apply to the Paris Founder Institute today