Paris&Co.

Overview

Paris&Co is the innovation and economic development agency of the Paris metropolitan area. The agency supports innovation by incubating more than 500 French and foreign startups each year,

Paris&Co

Accelerate the development of French and international startups

Paris&Co is Europe’s first incubation network with 12 innovation hubs :

• sports, food tech, e-health & well-being
• sustainable cities
• tourism, event, digital publishing, creative industries, esport
• fintech & insurtech, retail, HR Tech

Facilitate urban experimentation

Urban experimentation means testing innovative devices or approaches (designed but not yet marketed) in real-life urban conditions.

More than 300 urban experimentation projects have been rolled out since  2010 by Urban Lab, the urban experimentation lab of Paris&Co. The mission of Urban Lab is to organize, coach and promote urban experimentation projects throughout the Paris Metropolitan Area.

Stimulate and spread innovation

• By federating the ecosystem with 3 key annual events : the Hacking de l’Hôtel de Ville, the Grands Prix de l’Innovation of Paris, Option Innovation 
• By accelerating corporate growth
• By creating links with research
• By encouraging innovation for the disabled
• By boosting local initiatives with l’Arc de l’innovation