Leonard opens applications for the 2022 edition of its SEED startup accelerator program

9 juillet 2021

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.