2024-02-16 12:52:00
What are the best French Tech innovations in 2024? To find out, La Tribune brings together the best experts and travels across France in search of startups that will respond to the major economic, societal and climatic challenges of the coming decade.
The prize: 100,000 euros of advertising space, a portrait in La Tribune, the possibility of appearing on BFM Business, a year’s subscription to France Digitale, free access to France Digitale Day, and the prestige of a national prize supported by the entire tech ecosystem, which over the past 12 years has discovered numerous gems that have become champions, such as Doctolib, Dataiku, Exotec, Leetchi and ManoMano, among others.
The largest tech event in France, Tech for Future continued its tour of tomorrow’s innovations in Lille on Friday February 16. The principle: to crown six startups in each territory, one per category: Environment & Energy, Industry, Data & IA, Smart tech (innovations d’usage), Health et Start (nuggets in the priming phase). 27 startups from the Hauts-de-France region came to pitch their innovation in front of a jury of professionals. In addition to La Tribune were our partners Mission French Tech, Bpifrance, Business France, BNP Paribas, Dalkia, BeTomorrow, and Euratechnologies, all members of the jury.
Will one of them be the big national winner? To find out, come to the Grand Rex in Paris on March 28 at 7 p.m., for the awards ceremony which will bring together the entire French and European innovation ecosystem. March 28 will undoubtedly be a highlight for startups, investors, institutions and large groups: this final fireworks display will conclude a full day of debates and keynotes to reflect on the future of European tech. This year’s theme: Tech Europe, finally time to wake up?
But before perhaps having the honors of the Grand Rex, the winners awarded this morning will have to beat in their category the other winners from the regional stages in Toulouse, Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, Nantes, Paris and Strasbourg. At the Grand Rex on March 28, in addition to the six prizes – one per category – the national jury will also award a Coup de cœur prize, an Impact prize and an International prize, all among the regional winners. Finally, there will also be a special Overseas prize, rewarding a startup resulting from three special stages in Reunion, in the Caribbean (Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana) and in the Pacific basin (French Polynesia and New Caledonia).
In the Environment & Energy categorythe jury rewarded Rita Hadjioui, the 29-year-old co-founder and CEO of Behav. This gem from Douai creates an eco-responsible alternative to leather for the textile industry, based on cacti from Moroccan agriculture. This new material with low environmental impact and high social impact is also 15 times cheaper than the cheapest alternative textiles, and is sold directly to brands in the form of rolls to make leather goods and shoes. In the medium and long term, the startup plans to expand its scope to the automotive and furniture sectors.
In the Industry categorythe winner is Margot Correard, the 38-year-old co-founder and CEO of DiagRams Technologies. This Lille deeptech from Inria brings a technological breakthrough in industrial data science. Its software analyzes data that no one uses today, namely process data natively present in production machines, all without the need to add sensors, which makes it possible to measure the actual wear of the machines and to adapt predictive maintenance.
In the Data & AI categorythe jury champion is Cosimo Prete, the 45-year-old founder and CEO of Crime Science Technology. This Lille deeptech develops technologies capable of identifying individuals and protecting identity documents and bank notes once morest fraud and trafficking. Its clients are police services such as the FBI, foreign powers such as Germany, Latvia, Portugal, Australia, Mexico and Mongolia, and cybersecurity leaders such as Thales.
In the Smart tech category (useful innovations)the winner is Jean-Baptiste Sagot, the 41-year-old CEO and co-founder of TaleMe. Its mobile application allows parents to create, with the help of their children and generative artificial intelligence, personalized and illustrated stories by choosing from a wide range of themes. TaleMe stands out for its pioneering integration of generative artificial intelligence, which analyzes user preferences and interactions to propose themes, characters and plots developed with authors and childhood psychologists, and which resonate with the values and the interests of each family.
In the Health categorythe jury awarded Vanessa Lesobre, the 48-year-old co-founder and CEO of Happlyz Medical. This startup based in Oise is developing Lorio, a medical device in the form of a flute connected to mobile video games. Intended for people with respiratory failure such as patients with cystic fibrosis or chronic bronchitis, potentially 400 million people worldwide, this patented and unique solution allows them to carry out their respiratory rehabilitation in a simple, fun, effective and outpatient manner.
And finally, in the Start categorythe winner is Jeimila Donty, the 31-year-old founder of Korai. This Lille gem allows companies to get involved in the restoration and protection of marine ecosystems on the African coasts by financing the replanting of corals and mangroves around the coasts of Madagascar to begin with, and throughout the Western Indian Ocean then, as part of their CSR policy and to meet their environmental obligations. Koraï is creating a virtuous ecosystem around it via the creation of local subsidiaries to replant corals, and is targeting 10,000 corals returned to the sea in 2024.
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