HEC Paris Incubator
AcceleratorParis · Pre-Seed–Seed
Investment thesis
The Institute supports entrepreneurs across every stage, from early-stage startups to unicorns, SMEs, and corporates in transformation, as well as social and environmental entrepreneurs. Through a range of centers and tailored programs—including the Incubateur HEC Paris, Startup Launchpad, deep-tech and social entrepreneurship centers, and AI and beauty-tech accelerators—it provides mentorship, business expertise, and acceleration. It emphasizes ambition, efficiency, and impact, with attention to gender diversity and social/environmental projects. HEC Paris entrepreneurs raised €16.1B over the last five years, and the institute was ranked among Europe's leading startup hubs.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 11 of 42 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Deep Tech ×5EdTech ×3Space Tech ×3Hardware ×2New Materials ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1Biotech ×1
HQs:Germany×2France×2Canada×1United Kingdom×1United States×1
Portfolio companies · 42 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeAI agents that autonomously investigate financial crime alerts, analyzing unstructured documents and scoring fraud risk.
Asynchronics builds NeXosim, a Rust-based discrete-event simulation engine for creating digital twins and running full systems virtually.
Deep TechDeveloper ToolsSpace Tech
AI-native legal workflow platform automating the full contract lifecycle for legal and financial institutions.
Next-generation electrolyser platform that decouples hydrogen and oxygen production via a supercapacitive electrode design for cheaper, safer green hydrogen.
Scalable, software-defined power processing hardware for spacecraft supporting electric propulsion and in-space manufacturing.
Co-reactive develops a carbon mineralization process that converts CO2 and silicate feedstock minerals into CO-SCM, a carbon-negative Supplementary Cementitious Material used to make lower-carbon cement and concrete.
CleantechClimate TechNew Materials
Andreas Bremen(Co-founder)Orlando Kleineberg(Co-founder)Willi Peter(Co-founder)
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a global startup program for seed-stage, science-based companies that pairs founders with experienced entrepreneurs, angel investors, economists, and scientists through an objectives-based mentoring process.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEdTechSector AgnosticToronto, CA
Ajay Agrawal(Founder)Sonia Sennik(Chief Executive Officer, CDL-Global)
Electrochemical pre-calcination technology that splits limestone with renewable electricity to produce zero-carbon lime and a pure CO2 stream.
MIT and University of Maryland spinout building satellite constellations powered by a novel quantum camera.
AI-powered interoperability platform for transport and logistics that extracts, classifies, and routes documents with up to 98% accuracy.
Modular power-to-heat system converting renewable electricity into carbon-neutral process heat up to 1,500C for heavy industry.
Space threat intelligence platform turning fragmented sensor data into a high-fidelity threat picture (formerly Ensemble Space Labs).
Icarus Robotics develops autonomous robots for space that use embodied AI, starting with human-in-the-loop control and learning from demonstration to handle tasks such as cargo handling and orbital construction.
AI & Machine LearningRoboticsSpace Tech
Ethan(Co-founder)Jamie(Co-founder)
AI-powered in-orbit sensing and analytics for space situational awareness.
HEC Paris is a business school offering master's programs, MBA, and executive education initiatives.
EdTechParis, FR
AI-powered mission intelligence software helping satellite operators scale fleets while maintaining situational awareness.
Photonic light modulators that are smaller and more powerful, enabling high-fidelity control of atoms and ions for large-scale quantum computing.
Bio-trained microbiological seed inoculants derived from salt flat plant roots to restore salinized and degraded agricultural soils.
Next-generation avalanche photodetectors for LiDAR, free-space optical communications, and quantum photonics.
Neuromorphic processor delivering always-on sensor intelligence below 1uW for intelligent devices.
Additively manufactured monolithic high-performance microwave and RF components for aerospace, defence, telecom, and automotive.
Laser-based wireless power transmission delivering energy to satellites in orbit and drones in flight.
OUTSCALE is a sovereign cloud infrastructure and services provider offering secure cloud environments, managed Kubernetes, and generative AI services (including Mistral AI models) for enterprise organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise Software
Philippe MILTIN(CEO)
On-demand space mechanisms giving small satellites the rotational flexibility and dexterity of larger spacecraft.
Prospectral develops next-generation spectral imaging cameras using multimodal and metasurface-mediated sensing for computer vision applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Dr Gwenhivir Wyatt-Moon(CEO)Dr Tom Albrow-Owen(CTO)Dr Oliver Burton(CSO)Dr Peter Christopher(CIO)Dr Eduardo Camarillo Abad(Founding Optical Engineer)Dr Liam Chalcroft(Founding Computer Vision Scientist)
Reditus Space builds reusable spacecraft systems that enable routine return of cargo from low Earth orbit, supporting in-space manufacturing and physical industrialization of space.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechAtlanta, US
Stef Crum(Founder)inWill Sherman(CTO, Co-Founder)in
Swiss startup developing electronics capable of operating at cryogenic temperatures required for quantum computing.
Secure, unjammable laser communication networks connecting autonomous systems across defence, industrial, and space environments.
Autonomous High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) flight control systems for stratospheric balloons and airships.
Building India's first orbital data centre, a constellation of compute satellites processing Earth observation data in orbit.
The TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning offers advanced and continuing education degree programs for working professionals through the Technical University of Munich, focused on transferring academic research into practice and upskilling in areas such as management, leadership, and technology.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEdTechMunich, DE
Develops self-healing polymer solutions for automotive, cycling, 3D printing, and injection moulding.
AI-guided drone technology for confined-space and industrial inspections in hazardous environments.
Generative design platform for aerospace hardware, compressing component development from years to days.
End-to-end space mission software platform unifying mission design, flight software, testing, and on-orbit operations (formerly ATTX Inc.).
Secures critical infrastructure against quantum threats via entanglement-based quantum key distribution.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesReditus Space · spacenews.com · Jul 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does HEC Paris Incubator invest at?
- HEC Paris Incubator invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does HEC Paris Incubator focus on?
- HEC Paris Incubator focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Impact & Social Good, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is HEC Paris Incubator located?
- HEC Paris Incubator is headquartered in Paris, FR.
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