At the end of November 2020, the IESA Incub' Selection Committee selected five new startups for the 4th IESA Incub' Paris cohort.
The members of the Paris Selection Committee are:
Denis Butaye (Director of the Musée Français de la carte à jouer), Eric Legale (General Manager, Issy Media), Charlotte Guinois (Curator of the Musée Français de la carte à jouer), Fabienne Leonian-Liadzé (Deputy Mayor for Culture, City of Issy-les-Moulineaux), Corinne Sempé (Municipal Councillor for Culture, City of Issy-les-Moulineaux), Maud Franca (Deputy Director of the Investments for the Future Program at the Caisse des Dépôts), Laurence Le Ny (Director of Creative Industries Startup Ecosystems, Orange Group), Eric Lefebvre (Technology and Media Partner, KPMG), Denis Deschamps (General Delegate, CPCCAF), Romain Vidal (Head of the Technology Transfer Department, Île-de-France Region), Tygénia Saustier (Founder & CEO, Kalima RP), Frédéric Boudet (Digital Entrepreneur & Head of the IESA Communication & Culture Program), Giovanna Nino (Partner Attorney, Hashtag Avocats), Boris Grebille (Director, IESA Arts&Culture), Anissa Abdellatif (Deputy Director in charge of pedagogy and student experience, IESA Arts&Culture), and Isabelle Logeais (Director, IESA Incub' Paris&Dakar).
At the initiative of André Santini, the IESA Incub' premises are now located on the top floor of the Musée Français de la carte à jouer in Issy-les-Moulineaux. This new cohort began its acceleration program in early December 2020 for a period of 9 months, renewable (18 months).
One of them, Mysalia (CEO Niakalé Sissoko) www.mysalia.com, is a laureate of the French Tech Tremplin Grand-Paris program for which IESA Incub' is the appointed partner for 12 months of support.
The four other startups that joined this fourth cohort are: PlayFul Culture (CEO Lily-Ann Perrin) www.playful-culture.fr, B4 Mutations (CEO Sonia Eyaan), Adopte un artiste (CEO Rudy Bonte), and PABLO (CEO Florence Guionneau-Joie) www.pablo-app.fr.
Each startup is mentored every three weeks by a mentor from the IESA Incub' selection & steering committee, who open up their networks in addition to providing professional expertise to accelerate the startups.
In addition, tailored support with financial, marketing, legal, digital, and communication experts and coaches allows startups to fully accelerate their new market and, for some, to prepare a fundraising round or win new customers (for example, the startup Méludia from the 3rd Paris cohort).
Some schools of the Galileo Global Education Group are also educational partners of IESA Incub' (LISAA Mode, DiGITAL Campus, Hétic) in order to provide more targeted support for certain startups and respond specifically to technical and digital needs.
A few testimonials about the support program of IESA Incub' ("Cultural Entrepreneurship Accelerator"):
Testimonial from Bastien Sannac (CEO of Méludia) about his journey and his acceleration at IESA Incub' (this startup has already raised 1.5 million euros and together we are preparing the next fundraising round on Health&Music issues for auditory rehabilitation).
"IESA Incub' is a superb opportunity for startups to grow their network and benefit from expert support in all the areas that generally pose problems for entrepreneurs in the Culture field. Thank you!"
Testimonial from one of the members of our Selection & Steering Committee - Frédéric Boudet (Digital Entrepreneur & Head of the IESA Communication and Culture Program at IESA Arts&Culture):
The IESA Incub' project helps build tomorrow’s cultural offering. The idea is simple but powerful and innovative: to combine entrepreneurial drive, cultural education, and legal, technical, and financial support in a single place, a single crucible, open to the potential that our changing world offers to all energies.
Testimonial from one of the members of our Steering & Selection Committee - Maud Franca (Deputy Director of the Investments for the Future Program at the Caisse des Dépôts and the Banque des Territoires, originator of the French Tech government program, Head of the Digital Culture and Heritage call for expressions of interest of the Investment Program):
IESA Incub' is a key player in structuring and supporting startups in the cultural sector, offering applicants the full power of the network and of an academic ecosystem both in France and internationally.
