The VINCI Group's innovation platform, Leonard, has announced the opening of applications for the 2022 edition of its SEED start-up acceleration programme. The new class will have to specialise in the fields of mobility, energy, construction and real estate. The start-ups will have to propose innovative solutions and have until October 1st to register.

A programme of support, acceleration and coaching

Leonard's SEED programme is a 6-month financing and coaching programme designed for start-ups in seed or pre-seed stage that propose innovative solutions in four major areas that respond to the challenges of the transformation of cities and infrastructures: construction, mobility, real estate and energy.

Leonard has been approved as a prescriber for the French Tech Seed fund, which allows start-ups raising their first seed capital to benefit from a leverage mechanism in the form of convertible bonds (up to two euros of matching funds for every euro raised). Leonard is also a partner of French Tech Tremplin, which supports founders from under-represented backgrounds in the French start-up ecosystem to promote diversity and equal opportunities within it.

Several types of support: workshops, meetings, financial support, coaching

As part of the support offered by Leonard, each start-up is offered:
  • A weekly workshop on a specific topic covered in the Stanford Center for Professional Development training, such as go-to-market strategy or financial modeling, led by a specialist in the field - most often a North American or European investor or former entrepreneur.
  • Meetings with business angels, venture capitalists, intellectual property attorneys and financing structures such as Bpifrance.
  • Individual coaching sessions with VINCI experts.
  • A financial contribution of €30,000.

The possibility of applying until 1 October 2021

Until 1 October 2021, interested start-ups can apply to join the class of 2022 by following this link. In November 2021, a committee will select and announce the list of start-ups selected to participate in the SEED program. In January 2021, the program will start for a period of six months.

The entire program can be followed entirely remotely, but it is possible to be hosted at Leonard:Paris, a dedicated location.

Find below, the seven participating start-ups of the 2021 edition:

  • Caeli Energie specialises in the manufacture of high-efficiency, low-carbon air conditioners.
    and low carbon footprint air conditioners.
  • Lokimo centralises hundreds of data sources and uses artificial intelligence to help
    to help real estate professionals quickly identify high-potential areas.
    areas with high potential.
  • Neoratech develops connected personal protective equipment for technicians working on electrical networks.
  • Orok deploys fleets of autonomous vehicles on airport tarmacs for greater reliability and safety.
  • Rockease is an online platform to find the best offer, order and manage the delivery of aggregates on site - start-up labelled "Solar Impulse Efficient Solution".
  • Roomies is a SaaS collaboration and project management platform for architects.
  • SustainEcho offers a carbon footprint optimization solution to organizations and projects
    This start-up has been awarded the "Greentech Innovation" label.

Translated from Leonard ouvre les candidatures pour l'édition 2022 de son programme d'accélération de start-up SEED