ODDO BHF Young Entrepreneurs Awards

Recognising and supporting
YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

Présentation

Celebrating and supporting those who make the future of tomorrow

At ODDO BHF Private Banking, we believe in the potential of tomorrow’s young leaders. That is why we created the ODDO BHF Young Entrepreneurs Awards in 2022, a competition aimed at encouraging young entrepreneurs from France and French-speaking Switzerland. This award rewards the most promising and innovative entrepreneurial projects, by opening the doors to a unique network of decision-makers and investors.

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WINNERS

  1. 2025 Winners

    Congratulations to Virtuosis AI, Enerdrape, Mycélium et SmartBack!

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  2. 2024 Winners

    Congratulations to Istya, Wyes, Qweeko, Beink Dream et Alternative Innovation!

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  3. 2023 Winners

    Congratulations to Circul’Egg, ClearSpace, Fullsoon et Nelson!

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  4. 2022 Winners

    Congratulations to PostExo, Broke and Abroad, Protème, Twiice et Rea Diagnostics!

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ODDO BHF Young Entrepreneurs Awards, Talent, revealed

  1. Jury's award

    Rewards the favorite startup of our final jury. The prize will be awarded to the most appealing project to this demanding panel.

  2. Innovation award

    Rewards the most disruptive startup for its ability to stay ahead of the game thanks to its advanced problem-solving capabilities.

  3. Social and environmental award

    Rewards a project for its social and/or environmental commitment and whose business model is designed to address current issues with measurable impact.

  4. Public award

    Rewards the startup selected by the audience present at the Awards ceremony, out of the ten final pitching entrepreneurs.

2025 Final Jury

  1. New windowPhilippe Oddo

    General Partner of ODDO BHF

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  2. New windowHélène Auriol Potier

    Corporate director and senior advisor at Warburg Pincus in digital technologies

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  3. Doris Birkhofer

    Président Siemens France

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  4. New windowCaroline Bois

    COO of Andromède
    Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Rémy Cointreau

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  5. New windowChristophe Dandois

    Co-founder and President, Leocare

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  6. New windowFrédéric Mazzella

    President-Founder of BlaBlaCar and Dift
    Entrepreneur Co-President of France Digitale

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TIMELINE OYEA 2026

Applications

October / December 2025

Pitch & Preselection

January / May 2026

Final Jury

01.06.2026

Award ceremony

09.06.2026

  1. 4Elements

    4Elements is a high-impact deeptech start-up studio dedicated to the ecological transition. Their mission is to set up and finance start-ups based on technologies developed in research laboratories, or to join early-stage startups as partners.

  2. Antler

    Antler is the investor backing the world’s most driven founders, from day zero to greatness.

  3. Antler

    Arts et Métiers Incubator.

  4. Arts et Métiers

    The first venture capital company designed to support impact entrepreneurs from seed and over the long term. We finance innovations that generate lasting change by driving an entire industry towards better practices.

  5. Biotech'InnLab

    The Biotech’InnLab hosts projects in the field of biotechnology (the use of living organisms – bacteria, yeast, fungi, plant cells – to produce molecules of interest), which have an impact and are responsible, sharing strong common values: from local to zero waste, or the valorization of agricultural or industrial by-products in a circular economy approach.

  6. Ecole Polytechnique

    X-UP

  7. EDHEC

    EDHEC Entrepreneurs.

  8. EM Lyon

    EM Lyon Business School Incubator.

  9. EPFL

    EPFL Innovation Park.

  10. ESCP

    Blue Factory.

  11. ESSEC

    ESSEC Ventures.

  12. Farm'InnLab

    The Farm’InnLab supports startups and companies in the AgTech sector, innovating in animal production, plant production or on-farm energy production. It enables them to test, trial and improve new equipment (machines, robots, tools, buildings, sensors), inputs (fertilizers, active ingredients, feed, additives) or models/software to support agricultural production.

  13. Food'InnLab

    The Food’InnLab is a third-party space dedicated to FoodTech, hosting innovative projects in the field of food or sustainable nutrition. Hosted structures have access to workspaces to stimulate their creativity, as well as an experimental kitchen and a laboratory equipped with analysis instruments to prototype and test their products.

  14. Fondation Inartis

    Fondation Inartis runs different programmes such as the labs & coworking spaces UniverCité and Espace Creation, the startup accelerator MassChallenge Switzerland, the life science cluster of the Health Valley, and Inartis Network which is supported by the Swiss Confederation.

  15. Forest'InnLab

    The Forest’InnLab is a collaborative laboratory for creating, experimenting and deploying innovative solutions focused on the user, the territory and the environment, to meet forestry challenges. The Forest’InnLab is based on the living lab model (user-centered design) and the open innovation model, with players from the quadruple helix (government, civil society, industry, academia).

  16. Greenpact

    Greenpact is a Startup Studio founded by a passionate team of entrepreneurs and experts and focused on the creation and development of innovative projects in the field of ecological transition such as Ener-Pacte, Solar Care, Bluefins and 4Elements.

  17. HEC

    Innovation & Entrepreneurship Centre – HEC Paris

  18. HUB

    The HUB Entrepreneurship and Innovation of UNIL has one mission : to support the entrepreneurial spirit at the service of the ecological, economic and social transition.

  19. Incubateur du Barreau de Paris

    The Incubateur du Barreau de Paris supports selected lawyers in the development of their innovative legal solutions by providing them with an intensive, personalised three-month programme. The program is combining training, mentoring and collaboration. Its aim is to transform innovative ideas into practical solutions adapted to the new challenges faced by the law and the needs of litigants.

  20. Incubateur PACA Est

    Paca-Est advises innovative entrepreneurs in the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var.

  21. Le Perqo

    Perqo is the incubator of the Ile-de-France region, in partnership with Schoolab and 21 Croix-Rouge Française. It supports projects with a social and environmental impact in the fields of sport, disability and ecological transition.

  22. Le Village by CA

    PACA / Paris

  23. L'Escalator

    The incubator created by Maurice Lévy for all entrepreneurs who lack a network, training or financing

  24. Les Déterminés

    The Les Déterminés association promotes initiative and entrepreneurship in suburban and rural areas. It trains and supports entrepreneurs from the idea to the first euros of sales.

  25. Les premières Sud

    The 1st incubator dedicated to making women entrepreneurs and inclusive/joint teams succeed.

  26. NeuillyLab

    Neuilly-sur-Seine, Ile de France.

  27. Science Po

    Science Po Centre for Entrepreneurship.

  28. Skema

    SKEMA Entrepreneurs, is SKEMA Business School incubator, providing support to students and alumni who want to start a business.

  29. Starburst

    First and only global aerospace accelerator, offering a variety of programs for entrepreneurs at different stages of growth.

  30. Start You Up

    Start You Up, an emblematic initiative of August Debouzy’s commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship, offers one year’s personalised legal assistance to support young innovative companies.

  31. Telecom SudParis

    IMT Starter – Business through Innovation

  32. The School Lab

    Schoolab is an innovation studio that helps you design brighter future.

  33. Time2Start

    The Time2Start incubator helps entrepreneurs, mainly from diverse backgrounds, to structure their projects and accelerate their activities. Time2start offers various support programs and a financing fund.

  34. Tomcat

    Founded by former entrepreneurs, Tomcat is an investment fund and accelerator. It aims to invest in promising projects and offer entrepreneurs everything they need: support, financing, community, recruitment.

  35. Université Paris Dauphine

    Paris-Dauphine Incubator.

  36. Willa

    To support women, all women, in their desire to undertake and innovate. To inspire, motivate and train them.