Incubator | The 7 winners of the CentraleSupélec Entrepreneurship Fellowships 2026 unveiled 🔥

12 ambitious and innovative entrepreneurial projects, led by our students and selected from over 60 applications, competed during an evening full of energy and conviction. Thanks to the 21st by CentraleSupélec team and the Academic Directors
of the CS+E Program, the Entrepreneur Tech Year, the CS Entrepreneur Track, and the CentraleSupélec-ESSEC MSc, who enabled us to select these talented finalists.

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The program included: compelling pitches, an exceptional jury… and 7 grants to be won, including:

• 🏆 1 Deeptech Award worth 10 000 €
• 🏆 6 Thematic Awards worth 5 000 € each: Impact | Jury | Public | AI | Hardware | Female Entrepreneurship

A total of €40,000 awarded for this 2026 edition, thanks to the support of the CentraleSupélec Foundation.

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Orchestrated by 21st by CentraleSupélec, with the support of the Foundation, this final celebrated the audacity and entrepreneurial excellence of students from our various programs.

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The 2026 edition saw strong enthusiasm

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• 120 participants present on campus
• 1,300 spectators live on YouTube
• Over 400 votes for the Audience Award

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A strong sign of the entrepreneurial vitality of our ecosystem.

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Funded by the CentraleSupélec Foundation, these scholarships represent a strategic leverage for student entrepreneurs in the early stages.
This initial funding allows them to consolidate their model, accelerate their development, and facilitate access to other funding sources, particularly non-dilutive ones.

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Since their launch in 2021, these grants have supported over forty projects, some of which have become true success stories, like Greenly, Caps Me, or Scienta Lab.

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A big thank you to the jury members for their expertise and commitment:

• Xuan-Mi Meyer, Deputy CEO of CentraleSupélec
• Nathalie Bousseau, Director of the CentraleSupélec Foundation
• Steven Deves-Girain, Founder & CEO of Hemeris
• Serena Petracchini, Co-founder & CSO of Papilio.bio

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The 7 projects awarded in 2026

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🏆 Deeptech Prize – Soraccel 

Louis Regnier, Matteo Lucas, Lionel Rosellini (CS Entrepreneurs Track) 

Soraccel develops GPS-free drone swarms equipped with onboard AI-based decision-making autonomy. Their technology enables missions to be executed in unknown areas, without human piloting, thanks to real-time dynamic reasoning.

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🏆 Impact Prize – Shanah

Edmond Jean (Entrepreneur Tech Year)

Shanah welcomes men released from prison who suffer from psychiatric disorders and supports them towards stability through a therapeutic farm.
Facing a 60% recidivism rate, the project offers a comprehensive approach: housing, medical and psychological support, agricultural activities, and spiritual guidance to permanently break the cycle of reoffending.

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🏆 Jury Prize – PhaPIM

Loïs de Varax (MsC CentraleSupélec-ESSEC)

PhaPIM revolutionizes computer vision in degraded conditions thanks to a multimodal camera capable of capturing phase, polarization, and infrared in a single shot.
A strategic breakthrough for critical decisions in defense, industry, and smart cities.

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🏆 Audience Award – CLIMATE FOR ALL

Tommaso Aiello, Giacomo Aiello, Côme Chayriguès, Saad Kourahi (CS Entrepreneurship Program) 

CLIMATE FOR ALL is a fast SaaS that helps design renovation strategies adapted to future climate risks.
It enables SMEs to quickly make reliable and resilient renovation decisions in the face of future climate risks.

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🏆 Women's Entrepreneurship Award – ALORA (PoliticalMap)

Elora Drouilhet and Ali Dor (MsC IA)

Alora transforms geopolitical news into an interactive map of relationships between countries, actors, and themes.
Its innovation: organizing information not as a stream of articles, but as a dynamic system of relationships, visually explorable and instantly understandable.

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🏆 AI Award – ZenkoLab

Josselin PERRET, Chakib Lahrach, Thomas St Ges, Léon Sibout (CS+E Track)

ZenkoLab is developing an AI-powered ophthalmological diagnostic solution that automates patient analysis and referral.
Objective: to eliminate waiting times and ensure immediate care for critical cases.

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🏆 Hardware Award – SagittAir 

Lucas Cousin, Rafael Aronis, Daniel Naji (Engineering Program)

SagittAir develops AI-based solutions for combating FPV kamikaze drones. Their technology enables the detection, tracking, and neutralization of low-cost aerial threats, autonomously and in real operational conditions.

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🎥 Relive the final

👉 Replay available here

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Congratulations also to the 5 other finalists

These projects, like the winners, will join the support program of the 21st by CentraleSupélec incubator.

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ArgiProtek

Paul Ourliac, Ilhan Amirou, Mattis Witschi, Léa Abdou Salam (CS+E Program)

A device to combat clay swelling, which causes cracks in houses during dry periods. Hygrometric sensors continuously monitor soil moisture, while an underground irrigation system precisely regulates water supply.

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Demetis

Clémence Guyoux and Baptiste Bonnet (MsC CentraleSupélec-ESSEC)

A sustainable crop protection solution against viral diseases based on RNA interference (RNAi), enabling the targeting and elimination of pathogens as soon as they enter plants.

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Holocyte

Valentin Uzan, Lucas Jung, Jules Rainon (MsC CentraleSupélec-ESSEC)

A virtual cellular twin capable of predicting the toxicity and efficacy of biological drugs before animal and human trials, in order to reduce clinical failures and accelerate therapeutic innovation.

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InstrIA

Aurélie Pillet, Ayoub Sguiar-Lhamdani, Célestin Chevalier (Engineering Program)

InstrIA automates repetitive digital processes simply via natural language, regardless of the tool used, even without an API.

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REYZO

Octave Poylo (MsC CentraleSupélec-ESSEC)

REYZO is a platform for proctored certifications validating candidates' technical expertise in finance and offering recruiters direct access to a pool of operational talent.

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See you next year for a new edition!

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