Creative Valley

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Creative Valley, is a French startup incubator and accelerator founded in 2011, providing the best support through several acceleration programs, based in Paris. The company has four incubation centersin the Parisregion, including Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris 13ème, Paris Saclay, and Vélizy. Each center dedicated to a specific theme, with one located at Station F, the world’ biggest Startup factory. Since 2011, Creative Valley has built an ecosystem of innovation centers, school networks and startup acceleration programs in France and abroad. With a strong presence in the Ile-de-France region, Creative Valley relies on more than 150 experts and mentors, has a very large international network and has developed more than 20 partnerships with schools and universities. More than 200 startups have already been supported by Creative Valley. Recently, Creative Valley has been working with mid-sized companies to support them in their digital transition. Today we are an innovation and technology hub, locally and internationally with a dense network of partners in Asia, the US and Africa, including corporations, investors and government agencies.

Creative Valley is both an incubator and a gas pedal that supports entrepreneurs and innovative project leaders with several tools: from helping entrepreneurs to welcome companies, from their creation to their complete development in France and in the world. Creative Valley is above all a sacred union of enthusiasts and optimists, who believe in education, entrepreneurship and innovation, in the diversity of their backgrounds and in encounters, all driven by the same desire to help students at the end of their studies, the entrepreneurs of today, to become the job creators and captains of industry of tomorrow. The company's activity and the profile of its clients can be summarized as follows.

One of Creative Valley's main missions is to provide entrepreneurs with innovative workplaces. To do this, the company offers four different centers, each dedicated to different themes. KB11: The company's headquarters is located in Kremlin-Bicêtre, where it hosts startups specializing in IT and digital technologies. Station F: Creative Valley co-hosts and manages Station F's arts and culture program called "ADN x IFM" with its partner "Institut Français de la Mode". V43: Located in the city of Vélizy, V43 focuses on the development of startups in the smart city sector. IPHE Saclay : The Paris Saclay region is known as the best technical and R&D center in France. IPHE Saclay is an incubator based on cutting-edge technology.

Creative Valley offers not only a network of sites but also support for entrepreneurship in the form of workshops, conferences, mentoring and coaching. Coaching within Creative Valley is divided into three categories. Support for student entrepreneurs: Creative Valley distinguishes itself by working with students in its ecosystem to make them work together. The company has forged partnerships with more than 20 schools and universities and hosts nearly 40 start-ups and some 20 artists and artisans. Building on the richness of human capital and the quality of education to stimulate the emergence of our digital economy. CREATIVE VALLEY was launched in partnership with the directors of EPITECH and École 42, and is a spontaneous initiative with a strong local base. Its objective is to see the emergence of a new generation of companies with a strong digital component, born from the meeting of students from technical schools initiated into the "project-based" learning method with other complementary profiles, students and young professionals from design, animation, and practical schools, as well as from business and engineering schools. Supporting entrepreneurs in various industries: Creative Valley welcomes and incubates entrepreneurs in various sectors, including fashion, culture, art, IT and biotechnology. To do this, the company collaborates with clusters, groups of experts with industry expertise to support and accompany each startup in its launch and growth. Supporting international entrepreneurs: Creative Valley actively works across borders through its extensive network in the the world. The group's goal is to bring international entrepreneurs to the Paris Region. For this mission, we work hand in hand with Choose Paris Region, a regional public agency supervised by the Regional Council. For the moment, Creative Valley has 102 partners around the world, mainly focused on Europe and East Asia.

In order to help strengthen seed financing in France, Creative Valley is currently mobilizing French public and private players, investment funds and major corporations to create Creative One, a €100 million fund whose mission will be to finance the creation and accelerate the development of the most promising French startups from this ecosystem, the breeding ground for French excellence that needs to be transformed into leadership.