On Tuesday, April 30th, HEC Seed Summit took place at Station F. From pitch contests to investor panels it was a nice day spent with the entrepreneurial community. Here are some highlights from the day; Conference with Pauline Laigneau Pauline Laigneau, Cofounder and CMO of GemmyO (a new generation jewellery brand) shared her experiences…

A startup studio (a.k.a. venture builder, venture studio, startup factory) is a company that builds startups. Startup Studios can be classified based on their methodology and focus. Methodology classification • Builder Studio Focuses on creating and developing companies, mostly from internal ideas, and providing critical resources (Ex. Rocket Internet, eFounders)…

Serena Capital’s Marie Brayer created the Ultimate French VC List which has became a reference document to have a glimpse of French VCs (and personally it saved hours of research). Here is an attempt to provide a clear vision of the French Startup Ecosystem, with all the actors that I learnt during my internship at Anova Startup Studio. This document is created to provide an overview of the French startup ecosystem with its varied actors, and by no means a complete list of each category.

Every time I meet a friend or a family member and they ask me what I do in my internship, I get this reaction: Then I get some questions So are you working at a startup? What do you mean by a studio? Ah, you mean VC? As my…