SKEMA Ventures held a brainstorming workshop on February 17 where students solved a business challenge for Rendering House, a Raleigh-based company, founded by Andrew Poon. Read the article for details.
Are you working on a social entrepreneurship project? EIB Institute is organising the Social Innovation Tournament to recognise, support and promote social entrepreneurs based in Europe. Application deadline is March 4. Read this article for details and register!
Are you passionate about new technologies and innovation? Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur is inviting 10 candidates to join its Sophia Antipolis campus for a distance-learning program launched in partnership with with Tech Hub in Eilat, Israel. Application deadline is February 25. Read this article for details.
Whympr, an application dedicated to mountain enthusiasts cofounded by SKEMA alumnus Timothy MacLean, recently concluded an equity crowdfunding campaign through which it raised a whooping €440,000. The campaign had been initiated by Tim and was organized with the support of SKEMA Ventures and its partner Sowefund. Read this article to know more about it.
SKEMA Ventures and SKEMA Ventures Raleigh Club organized the Startup Kafe pitching session at the HQ Centennial/North Carolina State University E-Garage on January 28. The 16 business pitches by student-entrepreneurs were diverse, ranging from fashion and hospitality to social entrepreneurship. Read the article to know more about the projects.
The Inria Lille – Nord Europe centre is organizing in March the first hackAtech, an innovation marathon in digital sciences, which will allow you to boost your deeptech startup project. The last date to submit a project is February 6. Read the article to get more details and to register.
SKEMA Ventures offers unique support to SKEMA entrepreneurs: The Venture Family peer-to-peer community service. Each student-entrepreneur can seek the assistance of expert students (student-coaches) selected by the SKEMA Ventures community. If you’re seeking or looking to provide assistance to an entrepreneurial project, read this article for details.
Do you have a disruptive idea or startup in the food production, transformation and logistics, or consumption sector? The FAMAE Foundation, which supports innovation in the field of environment, has launched the Food For Good Challenge with a prize of €2 million up for grabs. Read this article for details and register today.
Capgemini, Modis, Sogeprom, STEF, and Tremplin Handicap have teamed up for the Coup2Boost contest to support and finance the projects of students from Grande Ecoles business schools. The competition is open to all themes. Read the article for details.
SKEMA Ventures is organising the next edition of the Startup Kafe on January 28 at the Raleigh campus and on February 10 at the Lille, Paris and Sophia Antipolis campuses. If you have an entrepreneurial idea and would like to test it, register today!
