Incubation
From idea to project
A free incubation program, exclusively for CentraleSupélec students and researchers, to structure, test, and launch your entrepreneurial project.
Explore our offerings
Support
Comprehensive support exclusively for CentraleSupélec students and researchers, to get your project on track.
- Individual strategic coaching on ideation, business model and positioning.
- Masterclasses and practical workshops on pitching, MVP, market validation or fundraising.
- Access to experts marketing, tech, intellectual property or finance
- Seamless integration with educational programs (CS+E Track, ETY, Entrepreneurship Track, Startup Week)
Community
Full access to the 21st by CentraleSupélec community Masterclasses, ask me anything, afterworks, VC Talks, Demo Day.
Sharing and interactions with other student project leaders or entrepreneurs, alumni from the Acceleration program, who are at a more advanced stage
Access to our joint events with ESSEC, AgroParisTech, or STATION F
Funding
Entrepreneurship Grants
Sponsored by the CentraleSupélec Foundation, for seed funding
Preparation for BFT or BFT Lab-type schemes
Access to early-stage public funding via Sharpstone (Innov’up, i-PhD, etc.)
Our spaces dedicated to entrepreneurship
The Startup Campus
The coworking space for student entrepreneurs
The Startup Campus is the hub for CentraleSupélec's student entrepreneurs. Located on the Paris-Saclay campus, it's a collaborative workspace dedicated to early-stage projects.
You get access to it from the Incubation program to:
- develop your startup
- connect with the entrepreneurship team
- interact with other student entrepreneurs
A dynamic and open space, where ideas, entrepreneurial ambitions, and unlimited coffee meet.
The workshop
CentraleSupélec's FabLab to prototype your ideas
La Fabrique is CentraleSupélec's 1,200 m2 FabLab, designed to enable students to transform their ideas into concrete prototypes.
Equipped with professional tools, it is accessible to hardware or deeptech project leaders.
Technical support, safety, experimentation: everything is in place to go from concept to functional prototype. Prototyping guaranteed!
- 1200 m2
- ED Printing
- Laser cutting
- Machining
- Electronics
Le Repaire
The event space for pitching and networking
Located near the Startup Campus, Le Repaire is the event space specifically dedicated to entrepreneurship.
There you'll meet other students, alumni, inspiring founders, and can participate in numerous events, Ask Me Anything, or Afterworks.
A vital hub for immersing yourself in CentraleSupélec's rich entrepreneurial community.
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Mix&Match:
find your co-founder
find your co-founder
Meet Your Cofounder #1
Mix&Match is the ultimate matchmaking event designed specifically for students who want to turn their idea into a market-ready startup and are looking for the right complementary profile to accelerate.
A unique concept co-organized by CentraleSupélec and ESSEC Business School to connect science and market.
Meet motivated business professionals, especially from our partner ESSEC Business School
Discuss freely about your technology
Form complementary engineer/entrepreneur duos
Lead'Hers
Designed and delivered in partnership with ESSEC Business School, Lead'Hers is our program dedicated to female entrepreneurship in tech and deep tech.
It supports female founders and co-founders through a tailored program:
- Strategic coaching
- Mentorship by women leaders
- Group workshops
- Access to laboratories
- FabLab
- and investor networks
Designed to address the specific challenges faced by women entrepreneurs, Lead’Hers aims to increase the visibility, confidence, and success of female talent, particularly in deeptech and strategic innovation sectors.
Who is it for?
Female founders or co-founders (students, PhD candidates, alumni) with a technological or deeptech project.
Connect with the 21st by CentraleSupélec Incubation Manager
Meet our startup manager for an initial discussion, a presentation of your project, and your needs.
Victor, Incubation Manager
