IRIIG
IRIIG, a Lyon-based school founded in 2019, is 100% dedicated to innovation and impact management. It is located in an entrepreneurial “third place” and is built on a “learning by doing” approach.
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20 campuses, 6,000 students, one point of contact.
Backing Genius means reaching the whole of French student entrepreneurship through a single body, and supporting its move abroad in 2027.
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One contract, one invoice, one contact. Rather than twenty association agreements negotiated one by one.
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Your name on the events, bootcamps and Demo Days across the whole network, not just a logo in a footer.
Direct sourcing
Meet the founders of tomorrow: 1,000 active Genius students every year, and thousands more met at our campus events.
[ They back us ]
Nineteen partners, nine of them for over five years.
Schools and Universities
3 partenaires
Jobteaser
A French platform for career guidance and recruitment of young talent, directly integrated into the career services of more than 800 European schools and universities. It connects students, educational institutions, and companies for internships, work-study programs, and first jobs.
HULT
A private international business school with campuses in Boston, San Francisco, New York, London, Dubai, and Shanghai, offering a highly practice-oriented curriculum. Students can transfer between campuses during their studies, as part of a community that brings together more than 170 nationalities.
Businesses
13 partenaires
Onepoint
A French consulting firm specializing in the digital transformation of businesses and public sector organizations, with AI at the core of its services. It operates in France, Belgium, Canada, and Australia.
Ted X
A program of local conferences organized independently under a TED license, modeled after TED Talks: short presentations by entrepreneurs, researchers, or creators on ideas worth spreading. Each TEDx event is organized by a local team, often made up of students when sponsored by a school or university.
Antler
A venture capital fund and international “startup generator” operating in some 30 cities, including Paris, that invests at the earliest stage—even before the team or the idea exists. Its program brings together carefully selected candidates to form founder duos, validate an idea, and secure initial funding within a few weeks.
Viva Technology
Europe's largest event dedicated to tech, innovation, and startups, held annually in June at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles by Publicis Groupe and the Les Échos-Le Parisien group. The 2026 edition, the tenth, attracted 200,000 visitors from 165 countries and more than 15,000 startups.
Forvis Mazars
An international audit, consulting, tax, and accounting firm of French origin with a strong presence among both large corporations and startups. It became Forvis Mazars in June 2024 following its merger with the American firm Forvis.
Altitude
Altitude is a stablecoin account platform designed for organizations. It allows organizations to manage cash reserves in euros and dollars, make payments via SEPA, SWIFT, or stablecoins, and provide their members with virtual and physical cards that have defined spending rules. Multi-signature approvals and role-based access rights facilitate shared and transparent management of funds.
Jobplay
Jobplay is a gamified online training program that guides job seekers toward careers in digital and tech, from job search strategy to landing a job. Designed by Eloïse Laventure, who has 15 years of experience in employment, digital, and tech, her method is based on a step-by-step journey (quests), practical tools, weekly live sessions, and connections with industry professionals.
Joinr
Joinr is an app that connects project leaders looking for specific skills (development, marketing, design, finance, etc.) with people who want to join an ambitious project. Each user creates a profile, discovers projects or talent, and communicates directly within the app once a connection is established.
Campus Fund
Campus Fund is an investment fund dedicated to student entrepreneurs and recent graduates. It gets involved in the earliest stages of a project—at the pre-seed stage—with investments ranging from a few tens of thousands of euros, and co-invests alongside business angels and other funds. Beyond financing, it supports founders through a network of experienced entrepreneurs and executives, from proof of concept through the first rounds of fundraising.
Meetable
Meetable organizes professional networking dinners in about ten cities across France, including Paris, Lyon, and Bordeaux. Each participant is seated at a table of five people selected based on their profiles, for small-group discussions in a friendly setting. It’s a simple way to expand your network and create new opportunities over a meal.
Alpine Valley
Alpine Valley is a nonprofit startup incubator housed in a 17th-century Baroque castle in Lower Austria. Its six-week residency program—which is free and does not require equity—brings together about 30 founders per cohort working on deep tech projects in fields such as biotech, robotics, space, MedTech, and AI. Participants live and work together, receive mentorship from experienced founders, and present their projects at a Demo Day in Vienna to European investors.
Hackathon Hub
Hackathon Hub is a European platform that lists hackathons, tech competitions, and student challenges in more than 30 countries. It allows developers, creators, and students to discover upcoming events in one place and connect with other participants to form teams.
Wiloo
Wiloo is a French company specializing in customized textiles and promotional items. Since 2014, it has been helping businesses, organizations, and local governments create their promotional items—such as sweatshirts, T-shirts, caps, water bottles, tote bags, and many others—customized with embroidery or printing. With a catalog of over 10,000 items and a dedicated contact person for each project, Wiloo helps every organization bring its visual identity to life.
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