STATION F

Just saying… we might be a lucky charm! CONGRATS Paris Saint-Germain!!

Today, we’re welcoming a HUGE new batch of 434 Fighters! 🚀 The Fighters Program powered by TikTok is built for people who don’t wait for permission to build, launch, test, fail, retry, and go again. And every new round brings a new wave of energy to campus. Big thanks to Red Bull for joining us and giving wings to our entrepreneurs before the journey officially begins 🪽 Go break it all!

This week our Director Roxanne spoke on stage at Panathēnea with Charlie Perreau from Les Echos. Charlie asked her about Paul Graham's recent comments about startups going to San Francisco. Well, you probably know what she said 🤗 And huge congrats to the Panathēnea team for an incredible second edition!!

Fighters Winter 2025 is a wrap!! But before we close the chapter, let's talk about what actually makes the Fighters Program powered by TikTok work. A program built for underrepresented founders doesn't run on good intentions alone. It runs on partners who show up, who open their doors, their networks, their programs for real. The goal is simple: make sure Fighters’ journey at STATION F doesn’t end with the program, but keeps going through other opportunities and programs across campus. Thank you to the partners who made this possible: Paris Saint-Germain, L'Oréal, LVMH, HEC Paris, EDHEC Business School, Cegid, Havas, emlyon business school, Moove Lab, UM6P - University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Ville de Demain x STATION F & VC Ready by Les Déterminés and Live for Good. And to the founders who fought for their seat at the table: Prokingdoms, DOTSE WORLD, Ralator, Gekkko, livratos.fr, SentraFlow, DEMCRM, Gando, Dépan.Pro. Behind all of it: Louise Derriey, who carries this program. This one's yours too 🙏

A great evening at STATION F for the KOSME Demo Day 🇰🇷 🇫🇷 Together with K-Startup Center Paris and Incubateur HEC Paris, we welcomed a new generation of Korean startups pitching their solutions to the French ecosystem. For many of them, this Demo Day marks an important step in their expansion into France and Europe: meeting investors, connecting with partners, and building their presence locally. Always exciting to see international founders choosing STATION F to grow globally!

STATION F is proud to partner with Sifted and SISTAFUND to spotlight women across Europe’s tech ecosystem ✨ Women-founded companies still receive only 12% of VC funding, and women remain underrepresented across the investment landscape. Progress is too slow, and visibility is part of the solution. Sifted is selecting 100 women across Europe’s tech ecosystem and today is the last day to submit nominations. If you know someone who should be recognised, now is the time to put their name forward. Link in comments! 👇

Care Forward is officially live at STATION F! 🌟 Yesterday morning, we launched the program with Doctolib, Roche and @Hôtel-Dieu (AP-HP). After 250 applications, 15 startups have been selected for this first edition. Over the next 6 months, they’ll tackle major healthcare challenges with one goal: help healthtech startups truly enter the healthcare system, with real access, real testing, and real partnerships On stage, alongside our Director Roxanne Varza, Jean-Urbain Hubau (Director, Doctolib), Jean François Brochard (President, Roche) and Nicolas Castoldi (Director, Hotel-Dieu & APHP) shared what it really takes to move from innovation to impact in healthcare. Big things start here. Welcome onboard! 💙

This morning, we hosted a special VivaTech meetup featuring Paul de Fombelle from Positive, Timothé CYNOBER from WhiteLab Genomics (Future 40) and Joanna Gruau Buldón, our International Partnerships Lead! More than 100 people joined us to hear about the key decisions, strategies, and mistakes that helped them grow internationally and build global companies today. Always great to hear founders share the reality behind the journey, especially when one of them is one of our best alumni 😌

Honored to welcome Yodchanan Wongsawat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation of Thailand today. A visit that reflects the growing international interest in startups and in the ecosystem we are building. When global leaders look for a model, they come here! 🚀

Kon'nichiwa 🇯🇵👋 The next wave of Japanese startups just landed at STATION F! For the third year in a row, JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization and Incubateur HEC Paris are bringing a new cohort of high-potential startups to Paris. The program has already kicked off online. Today, the selected founders are joining us on campus. Over the next few months, they’ll refine their product, go-to-market and fundraising strategy, connect with leading European partners, and tap into the broader ecosystem, all from our campus. Meet the cohort: QunaSys – quantum algorithms for industrial R&D Solafune, Inc. – planetary intelligence OS fusing satellite, OSINT, and SIGINT data into a unified geospatial decision-making platform Aquila – AI agents optimizing hospital operations Kessaku – co-ownership platform for heritage real estate Novelgen – algae-based wastewater treatment system KAUCHE, Inc. – gamified e-commerce engagement engine Asilla – AI-powered anomaly detection using existing camera infrastructure PaperClue AI – AI copilot for academic research SYNRA Inc. – real-time infrastructure monitoring via computer vision Rokken Europe – advanced software R&D in AI and 3D systems Proud to have you here 🙏