Pioneers

Pioneers is a six-month, three-phase programme in Paris, opening with a month of co-founder matching for 35 participants at Station F, then a two-month build sprint, then three months of acceleration and investment including a US residency for top teams. Only the top formed teams receive investment: EUR 100,000 for 7% of the company. It runs in person, twice a year, and is generalist.

Investment

€100,000 (Above Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Above global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

7% (Above Europe & C. Asia median 6.5% · Above global median 6%)

Duration

26 weeks (At Europe & C. Asia median 26 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

biannual

Location

Paris, France

Sectors

• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://thepioneer.vc read 2026-09-07 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, format, application url

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• Agoranov Incubation
• Cegid Startup Program
• Creative Destruction Lab Paris
• emlyon Venture Labs at Station F
• Havas Startup Accelerator
• HEC Incubateur
• Incubateur généraliste EDHEC (Station F)

All 20 in Paris

Last verified 2026-09-07.