Incubateur HEC Paris: Meet the Spring Batch 2026

A NEW SEASON OF FOUNDERS READY TO RESHAPE INDUSTRIES

Each year, Incubateur HEC Paris welcomes three cohorts of early-stage startups. On May, it's spring's turn at Station F! From artificial intelligence and renewable energy to mental health and sustainable construction, these startups share a common thread: they are attacking structural problems that incumbents have left unresolved for too long. 

INNOVATING FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD

Decarbonising the economy is easy to say and extraordinarily hard to do, especially in the sectors that matter most. Food supply chains remain opaque, solar energy is abundant but poorly shared, and cement, responsible for around 8% of global CO2 emissions, has barely changed in a century. Three startups in this batch decided that was long enough to wait. Let’s introduce them.
 

SEGMOS

Segmos helps food suppliers build and sell low-carbon offerings, turning sustainability into a measurable revenue driver rather than a compliance burden. Segmos bridges the gap between supplier ambition and buyer expectation in the food value chain.

Sector: Agri-food, ESG
Founders: Adam Melki & Jean-André Bonnardel
 

JANE

Jane is a collective self-consumption platform that lets users simulate, create, and manage shared solar energy operations. Jane optimises local renewable power use at a neighbourhood scale, making community energy projects accessible to everyone.

Sector: CleanTech, Energy
Founders: Simon Heurtebise & Nathan Bouldoires
 

CURA

CURA is a cement producers to slash emissions by up to 85% using their existing mines, plants, and supply chains, at cost parity or below. CURA tackles one of the world's hardest-to-abate industries without asking operators to rebuild from scratch.

Sector: DeepTech, Materials
Founders: Erin R. Bobicki, PhD, Phil De Luna, Sabrina Scott

INTELLIGENT TOOLS REDEFINING HOW WORK GETS DONE

There are fields that demand expertise, judgement, and human presence. Yet, professionals spend a disproportionate share of their time on tasks that have nothing to do with any of those things. The real cost of manual processes isn't measured in hours lost, it's measured in decisions not made, insights not surfaced, and expertise never fully deployed. Four startups in this cohort are using AI to change that equation, turning operational friction into strategic advantage.
 

COBALT

Cobalt is an AI-native ATS/CRM platform designed to automate and streamline operations for staffing and recruiting agencies. Cobalt eliminates the repetitive, manual work that slows recruiters down, so they can focus on what they do best: connecting people.

Sector: HRTech
Founder: Grégory Hissiger
 

POLICYMATE

PolicyMate is a customisable intelligence for government activity, enabling policy teams to monitor legislative and regulatory updates from key global sources in just minutes per day. PolicyMate turns information overload into a strategic advantage.

Sector: GovTech, Intelligence
Founders: Grégoire Gaonach & Spencer Hawes
 

VETALLY

VetAlly is an AI assistant for veterinarians that automates medical reports and administrative tasks, freeing up to two hours per day in every clinic. VetAlly lets vets spend more time with patients and less time with paperwork, a win for practitioners and animals alike.

Sector: AI, VetTech
Founders: Bastien Fricot & Salomé Carville
 

REENBOW

Reenbow is an AI simulator that reproduces real-world scenarios for safe training on risks, procedures, and contingencies, applicable across any sector. Reenbow makes high-stakes situational practice accessible, affordable, and repeatable without real-world consequences.

Sector: AI, TrainingTech
Founders: Ahmed Belabbas & Redouane Bouchane
 

CARING FOR BODIES AND MINDS

Healthcare spends billions treating what it could have prevented. Three startups in this cohort are betting on a different approach, one that starts earlier, acts smarter, and meets people where they are, long before they need fixing.

HELLO WILO

hello wilo is a mobile mental health prevention app for 18-to-25-year-olds, designed to improve daily well-being and develop long-term psychosocial skills. The startup hello wilo meets young adults where they are (on their phones) with evidence-based tools they'll actually use.

Sector: HealthTech
Founders: Marie Simphal & Arnaud de la Paillonne

PRINT YOUR FEET

Print Your Feet is the first B2B solution for standing work prevention. Using AI and smartphones, Print Your Feet delivers custom 3D-printed anti-fatigue insoles to workers at scale, making occupational health personalised, affordable, and proactive.

Sector: HealthTech
Founder: Julien Legoupil
 

VARL HAIR

A French deeptech beauty startup developing AI-powered diagnostic tools for personalised scalp and hair care. VARL Hair brings clinical-grade precision to a market historically dominated by generic, one-size-fits-all solutions.

Sector: BeautyTech
Founders: Yaye Fatou Sourang, Michelle Guirand & Chloé C.

RETHINKING CONNECTION, CULTURE, AND COMMERCE

Social media is global but audiences are local, financial inclusion remains out of reach for millions who rely on informal savings networks, and the entertainment industry hasn't seen a genuinely new format in decades. Three startups in this cohort are going where established players have not! Let’s introduce them.
 

TOKPORTAL

TokPortal creates localised, native accounts to help brands scale their presence on social media authentically in any country. Think of it as the infrastructure layer for global social media expansion.

Sector: MarTech
Founders: Alexis Klein & Vincent Tellenne
 

TOGETHRUST

Togethrust is digitising traditional offline ROSCAs (rotating savings and credit associations) to make them more secure, legally compliant, and scalable. Togethrust empowers underserved and underrepresented communities with a financial tool that's been trusted for generations, now built for the modern world.

Sector: FinTech
Founders: Tamio Ngoma, Khaled Souf & Frederic Lowe

SHOOTERS

Shooters is the world's first immersive shooting range and cocktail bar concept, merging pixels with bullets via proprietary technology that detects real impact points. Shooters creates a new entertainment category where precision sport meets premium social experience.

Sector: PropTech
Founders: Julien Vandenitte & Romain Félix

WHAT ABOUT INCUBATEUR HEC PARIS?

Founded in 2007 and based at Station F, Incubateur HEC Paris supports each cohort through a four-month programme built around one principle: achieve in four months what would normally take a year.

The approach is tailored to each startup: identifying needs in real time, connecting founders with the most relevant resources, and surrounding them with the right people at the right moment. That means access to 1,000+ mentors and experts, expert tutors for long-term strategic guidance, and a global network of 60,000 alumni.

The incubator runs three intakes per year, in January, May, and September, ensuring a continuous pipeline of ventures at every stage. To date, Incubateur HEC Paris has supported more than 900 startups, with alumni including Leetchi, Garantme, and Lemlist.

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