Better policies for better lives The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives. We draw on more than 60 years of experience and insights to shape policies that foster prosperity and opportunity, underpinned by equality and well-being. We work closely with policy makers, stakeholders and citizens to establish evidence-based international standards and to find solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges. From improving economic performance and strengthening policies to fight climate change to bolstering education and fighting international tax evasion, the OECD is a unique forum and …

Sectors: International development

#immersive #foresight at the intersection of technological and societal change. L'Atelier BNP Paribas - Making sense of tomorrow, today (atelier.net) We are a foresight company. We identify future market opportunities and challenges in digital and virtual domains through research, analysis, and exploratory fiction. Our work considers the challenges and opportunities that will emerge when new technology transforms society. We explore the space where the real and virtual environments converge. We are part of BNP Paribas Group. Prospective, Influence, Open Innovation, Foresight, Research, and Virtual Economy

Sectors: Finance Media

[Automatic translation follows] Account of Bpifrance, the Public Investment Bank. Bpifrance, a public investment bank, supports companies from seed to stock market listing, from credit to equity. A privileged contact, Bpifrance offers financing or investment solutions in each region that are adapted to each stage of a company's life. A partner bank for entrepreneurs, Bpifrance provides them with long-term support to support their growth and competitiveness. The teams are at the heart of the regions, throughout the country, through more than 50 regional locations. Financing of SMEs, Business Creation, International Development, Investment, Creation/Transmission, Innovation, Support, Acceleration, and Export Guarantee

Sectors: Bank

The innovation and investment promotion agency for the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. Innovaud is the innovation and investment promotion agency for the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland’s Lake Geneva region. We help tech-oriented companies develop their businesses and carry out innovation projects. We assist foreign companies wanting to set up in our region. innovation, sciences de la vie, nouvelles technologies, industrie de précision, accompagnement de start-up et de PME, cleantech, technologies de l'information et de communication, investir, high-tech, innovation hub, Europe, Switzerland, Suisse, Vaud, and #VDTech

🖥 Coworking Space 💡 Social Innovation ✨ Inspire | Connect | Enable 🌱 Locally Rooted, Globally Connected Impact Hub Geneva Impact Hub Geneva is about the power of innovation through collaboration. We believe there is no shortage of good ideas to solve the issues of our time. But there is an acute lack of collaboration and support structures to help make them happen. Impact Hub, then still The HUB, was founded to address this need. We set out to create spaces that combine the best of a trusted community, innovation lab, business incubator and the comforts of home. Spaces with …

We are a multinational company changing the face of energy, one of the world’s leading integrated utilities. As the largest private player in producing clean energy with renewable sources we have more than 88 GW of total capacity, including around 64 GW of renewables. Distributing electricity through a network of 1.9 million kilometers to 69 million end users, being the first private network operator globally, and proudly bringing energy to approximately 58 million homes and businesses. People are the heart of our energy: our Group is made up of more than 60,000 people operating in 28 countries and our work …

Sectors: Energy

Leading in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech, present in 150 countries Leading the world in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech; we are 86K employees across 150 countries on five continents. Our 36 international brands are divided into four unique Divisions: Luxe, Consumer Products, Dermatological Beauty, and Professional Products. Our 36 international brands include Kiehl’s, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Ralph Lauren, Clarisonic, Maybelline New York, Essie, Kérastase, IT Cosmetics, Prada Beauty, Biotherm, Shu Uemura, Viktor&Rolf, Maison Martin Margiela, Urban Decay, Redken, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Diesel, Garnier, L’Oréal Paris, and more. For …

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[Automatic translation follows] The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) group finances and accelerates transitions towards a more sustainable world As a public institution, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has been working for seventy years to combat poverty and promote development in the countries of the South and in the Overseas Territories. It implements the policy defined by the French Government. Present on four continents where it has a network of 70 agencies and representative offices worldwide, including 9 in the Overseas Territories and 1 in Brussels, the AFD finances and supports projects that improve the living conditions of populations, …

Sectors: International development

Stichting DOEN is het fonds van de Nationale Postcode Loterij en de VriendenLoterij. The DOEN Foundation's ambition is to help build a sustainable world in which everyone can participate. DOEN promotes sustainable, cultural and social pioneers. DOEN receives its revenues from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and the Friends Lottery. The DOEN Foundation promotes people and enterprises that take the lead in the field of sustainable, cultural and social innovation. DOEN finds these innovators, supports and inspires them and brings them together. Duurzame Energie, Duurzaam Ondernemen, Sociaal Ondernemen, Participaties, Leningen, Subsidies, Bewonersinitiatieven, Regeneratieve Economie, Kunst en Cultuur, and Social Practice

Creative valley helps entrepreneurs and bearer of innovative projects through a complete range of tools: from the help of entrepreneurs to the host of companies, since their birth to their full development in France and worldwide. Creative Valley stands out by incorporating various project managers – from student to major account - in its ecosystem in order to make them work together. Creative Valley has partnerships with more than 20 schools and universities and it hosts almost 40 start-ups and twenty artists and craftsmen. It connects and grants access to various and gainful resources useful to create and extend team’s …

[Automatic translation follows] Tech for all, for good French Tech Grand Paris is the Paris region community of start-ups, investors, corporates and community builders. It represents a collective of entrepreneurs, investors and tech leaders created to represent the 8000+ start-ups present in the territory, and to be the voice of an ecosystem that concentrates 70% of Tech metrics. It activates it through numerous events (Public Order, Tech Days, Gen AI, Health Innovative Intensive Training ...), brings together the many actors present in Greater Paris, and deploys the national French Tech programs (Tremplin, Central, Rise, Je Choisis la French Tech ...).

Sectors: French Tech

We foster entrepreneurship, investment and technology for a positive social and environmental impact. #Fi21 #ImpInv We catalyze the economic stakeholders in order to solve social and environmental challenges We are a global platform supporting entrepreneurs, corporates, governments and investors with needed resources, opportunities and tailored guidance so they can create solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. --- Making impact grow --- Empresas sociales, Sostenibildad medioambiental, Desarrollo sostenible y local, Impacto social, Impact Investing, Technology for Impact, and Sustainable Deveopment Goals

Profit because of impact We work to make impact investing mainstream and mobilize capital and businesses to deliver positive impact. We accelerate and invest in Ocean and African companies solving the world’s greatest challenges. Katapult VC is a investment company with two investment strategies focusing on impact driven climate ventures. In total, Katapult has made 169 investments in impact ventures globally. Our two investment teams and themes are: 🌊 Katapult Ocean, the world’s most active ocean impact venture fund investing globally and recognized as a Top Investor by World Economic Forum, Uplink and Top50 Climate investors. Katapult Ocean is a …

Econocom est un groupe européen qui met en œuvre la transformation digitale des entreprises et des organisations The Econocom Group, created 50 years ago, is a pioneer in supporting the digital transformation of companies. Its solutions, focused on the development and transformation of the workplace, audiovisual & digital signage as well as infrastructure, cover the full range of responsibilities and expertise necessary for any digital venture: from the design phase and help in the choice of the solution to the deployment of the equipment and outsourcing. It includes the purchase or rental of equipment, customisation, associated and managed services, as …

Sectors: IT services

Aiming to promote nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and the strengthening of the disarmament regimes. The Office for Disarmament Affairs supports multilateral efforts aimed at achieving the ultimate goal of general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.

Sectors: International development

Shaping the future with Deep Tech - from Singapore, for the world. Our Purpose Translating today’s emerging technologies into tomorrow’s opportunities Our Promise We catalyse innovation, accelerate growth and forge connections to build a thriving Deep Tech economy Venture Funding, Startups, Development Centre, Information Technology, Singapore, Innovation, Technology, Deep Tech, and Talent Development

MetaProp is the world’s leading venture capital firm focused on the PropTech industry. MetaProp is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on the real estate technology (“PropTech”) industry. Founded in 2015, MetaProp’s investment team has invested in 175+ technology companies across the real estate value chain. The firm manages multiple funds for both financial and strategic real estate investors that represent a pilot- and test-ready sandbox of 20+ billion square feet across every real estate asset type and global market. The firm’s investment activities are complemented by pioneering community leadership including the PropTech Place innovation hub, MetaProp Accelerator at …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future. We can trace our origin back to 1866, …

Sectors: Food

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting …

Sectors: IT services

We are Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community, bridging the gap between commitments and reality. EIT Climate-KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community, supporting cities, regions, countries and industries to bridge the gap between climate commitments and current reality. EIT Climate-KIC was established in 2010 and is predominately funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. As a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), it brings together partners from business, academia, the public and non-profit sectors to create networks of expertise, through which innovative products, services and systems are developed, …

We make the experience of travel better for everyone, everywhere by inspiring innovation, partnerships and responsibility to people, places and planet. Our technology powers the travel and tourism industry. We inspire more connected ways of thinking, centered around the traveler. Our platform connects the travel and hospitality ecosystem. We are making travel a force for social and environmental good. We are passionate about travel. With a unique perspective, at the heart of our industry, we are redesigning the travel of tomorrow. IT and Travel technology

Sectors: IT services

Venture Capital firm on a mission to uplift people and economies worldwide through entrepreneurship. 500 Global is a venture capital firm with over $2.7B in Assets Under Management that invests early in founders building fast-growing technology companies. We focus on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can unlock long-term value and drive economic growth. 500 Global has backed over 5,000 founders representing more than 2,600 companies operating in 80 countries. Our portfolio includes 51 companies valued at over $1 billion and 140 companies valued at over $100 million. Our 140+ plus team members are located in more than 15 countries …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

[Automatic translation follows] ⚡️Empow’Her supports women entrepreneurs to help them change the world. 🌍We are an international network with + 5,000 women supported each year ✨ + 5,000 attendees at @festivalempowher & places to meet-up at @sisther.paris @sisther.niamey ⚡️Empow’Her supports women entrepreneurs to help them change the world. 🌍We are an international network with + 5,000 women supported each year ✨ + 5,000 attendees at @festivalempowher & places to meet-up at @sisther.paris @sisther.niamey Women's empowerment, Entrepreneurship, ESS, and Gender equality

Join our global network of 120+ Impact Hubs accelerating inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale. What we do Our world is facing complex challenges. Challenges that will only be tackled through collaboration. At Impact Hub, we make collaboration happen by designing impactful solutions, building business for good and (re)imagining the future. Who we are We are a global network made up of 120+ Impact Hubs worldwide with 25,000+ people driving change in 60+ countries across 5 continents. Our community is a colourful bunch of impact-driven entrepreneurs, creators, innovators and intrapreneurs who are all taking action to create a better tomorrow …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our vision is to create a world without poverty on a livable planet. We are not a bank in the common sense; we are made up of two unique development institutions owned by 189 member countries: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). Each institution plays a different but collaborative role in advancing the vision of inclusive and sustainable globalization. The IBRD aims to reduce poverty in middle-income and creditworthy poorer countries, while IDA focuses …

Sectors: International development

#VivaTech is Europe's biggest startup and tech event. 📍Paris | June 11-14, 2025 Viva Technology is Europe's biggest startup and tech event. We accelerate innovation by connecting startups, tech leaders, major corporations and investors responding to our world’s biggest challenges. VivaTech is where business meets innovation.

Sectors: Trade show

Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. We aim to be the first true believers in tomorrow’s most valuable and enduring businesses. We partner with a few outliers each year and go all-in, providing them with the hands-on help required at every stage of the company building journey. Our expertise comes from 50 years of working with legendary founders like Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Jan Koum, Adi Tatarko, Brian Chesky, Jensen Huang, Anne Wojcicki, Eric Yuan, Patrick Collison, Julia Hartz, and Sebastian Siemiatkowski. In aggregate, Sequoia-backed companies account for more than 25% of NASDAQ's …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

The most founder-focused event on Earth. Slush 2024 is on Nov 20–21. Tickets out now: slush.org/tickets The most founder-focused event on Earth is taking place on Nov 20–21 in Helsinki, Finland. Welcome to Slush 2024: Metamorphosis. Tickets out now: slush.org/tickets Slush is a not-for-profit on a mission to help and create founders to change the world. Founded in 2008, Slush annually hosts the world's leading startup event in Helsinki, Finland. Slush is run by students and recent graduates. International, High-growth, Startups, and Investors

PepsiCo is a playground for curious people. We invite thinkers, doers, and changemakers to champion innovation, take calculated risks, and challenge the status quo. From executives to team members on the front lines, we’re excited about the future. We take chances. Together, we dare to make the world a better place. Our associates are the magic ingredient. Each of them plays an integral role in helping create deep connections between people and our products. Think about your last group celebration: Chances are, one of our iconic brands was by your side. At PepsiCo, you’re invited to be a part of …

Sectors: Food

Link is an innovation & learning hub, rooted in the Indo-French startup ecosystem. LINK (formerly-known as Numa Bengaluru) is an innovation & learning hub that engages with startups, cities and corporates to foster innovation. We design cultural shifting intrapreneurship trainings & open innovation programs, rooted in design thinking methodology, while supporting the larger startup ecosystem. We help our partners answer these strategic questions: - How to lead the digital transformation & be agile? - How to create a culture of intrapreneurship and innovation? - How to effectively collaborate with the external startup ecosystem? - How to build user centric products …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

The Leading Financial News, Events, and Research Organisation Finextra Research provides an independent membership community – www.finextra.com – which serves the information and networking needs of fintech professionals worldwide. Finextra engages over 300,000 industry participants every month, covering senior executives in established banks and financial institutions, through to founders of new fintech startups. Finextra provides a platform for its members to learn breaking fintech news, gather unique market intelligence, undertake industry research, debate at issue-based workshops, connect at large conferences, and network online globally. Membership is free to banking and financial technology professionals. Topics currently important to Finextra members include …

Sectors: Finance

About the Financial Times The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading business news organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. The FT has a record paying readership of one million, three-quarters of which are digital subscriptions. It is part of Nikkei Inc., which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community. Learn more about the FT, including announcements and career opportunities, at aboutus.ft.com. Subscribe at subs.ft.com. One of the world’s leading business news organisations

Sectors: Media

EU-Startups.com is the leading online magazine about startups in Europe. Also check out our annual EU-Startups Summit! Menlo Media is the parent company of EU-Startups.com, the leading online publication about startups in Europe. In addition, Menlo Media organizes the annual EU-Startups Summit and focuses on FutureTravel.com and related projects.

Sectors: Media

XAnge (xange.vc) is a leading European venture capital firm, Bcorp certified, based in Paris, Berlin, and Munich. With €650M Assets under Management, the company invests in European early-stage innovative technology companies operating in the fields of Digital consumer, Enterprise & Data, Fintech, and Deeptech. Since its creation in 2003, XAnge has backed more than 200 fast-growing companies in their entrepreneurial journeys. The team works alongside visionary founders with strong values and international ambitions such as Ledger, Odoo, Lydia, or Believe Digital. Venture Capital, Digital, Social Impact, Fintech, BtoB, Cloud, Deep Tech, and Blockchain

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

High quality statistics and data on Europe. Lawful good. EUROSTAT is the statistical office of the European Union. Our mission is to provide high quality statistics and data on Europe. Our values: Show respect for our staff, partners and users Strive for excellence in everything we do Drive innovation in official statistics Promote service orientation Uphold professional independence ESS partnership Eurostat produces European statistics in partnership with National Statistical Institutes and other national authorities in the EU Member States. This partnership is known as the European Statistical System (ESS). It also includes the statistical authorities of the European Economic Area …

Sectors: European Union

Techstars program helping remarkable teams scale through a connected, energizing, and community-driven experience. This hybrid accelerator program is funded in partnership with Grinnell College and focused on startups addressing innovations across a broad technology landscape. Affiliate partners, The University of Iowa and Iowa State University, contribute mentorship and ecosystem support as well. If you're team is ready to make a ruckus, let's build together. #GiveFirst Entrepreneurship, Startups, and Venture Capital

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Official Global LinkedIn page for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, …

Sectors: IT services

Creando Oportunidades At BBVA we are leading the transformation of banking worldwide, united in pursuing our goal of bringing the age of opportunity to everyone. Firmly focused on the future, our on-going digital transformation is already producing disruptive innovations that power our vision of banking. Every one of our 121,486 employees, from branch staff to senior leaders, plays an essential role in giving our 71.5 million customers the cutting edge banking solutions that they deserve. Building on 166 years of history we know the importance of constant development, which is why we place so much confidence in the collaborative working …

Sectors: Bank

Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting people. STARTUPGRIND Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. It is powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in 500 cities and 125 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Startup Grind is a connected online and offline network of vibrant startup communities to help fuel innovation, economic growth and prosperity at the local level. While Startup Grind was founded in Palo …

Sectors: Startup accelerator & VC

Luxembourg’s dedicated Fintech centre where finance and technology interact to shape the future of financial services. The LHoFT is a new public-private sector initiative that will be dedicated to advancing Luxembourg’s ambitions in financial technology (fintech). The LHoFT aims to foster innovation and develop solutions that shape the future of financial services. It will connect and create value for the entire Luxembourg financial ecosystem; financial institutions, fintech startups & trailblazers, IT industry, research and academia as well as the regulatory and public authorities. Its founding private sector partners are: BGL BNP Paribas, Clearstream (Deutsche Börse Group), BCEE, Deloitte, Foyer Group, …

On October 22, 2018, Oracle announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire DataFox, whose cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) data engine and derived business content provide the most current, precise and expansive set of company-level information and insightful data to optimize business decisions. The transaction has closed. DataFox is a company intelligence platform that helps sales, marketing, and investing teams find and prioritize target companies to source more opportunities. DataFox's team of 100+ human analysts verify AI-sourced insights on millions of businesses to provide robust Company Data, Growth Signals, and Account Scoring. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, DataFox is …

Sectors: IT services

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. global digital payments/commerce, technology, innovative …

Sectors: Finance

Visa (NYSE: V) is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Learn more at Visa.com. Global payments technology company

Sectors: Finance

Grace empowers courageous female founders to maximise their entrepreneurial success Grace stands for female entrepreneurship, empowerment and diversity. We empower women with start-up ambitions and support them in further developing and implementing their ideas. With programs like the Grace Berlin Accelerator for aspiring female founders and Grace Scale for female founders in the growth phase or through various events, we create spaces to further develop ideas, creativity and entrepreneurship and to bring the founder community together. Grace has set itself the goal of actively building and shaping the startup ecosystem for female founders. Let's Accelerate Female Entrepreneurship Together! __ Grace …

[Automatic translation follows] The Maddy Keynote is the innovation festival by Maddyness 💥 #MKN23 🚀 Innovation is no longer an option, but a new way of seeing the world. 👉 The Maddy Keynote is there to decipher, each year, what will be the major trends in terms of innovation for the coming year. The Maddy Keynote, the innovation festival by Maddyness is back for a new edition! 🚀 #MKN23 This year's theme: Born to be Alive 🕺🏻 Innovation & Inspiration, Technology, and Entrepreneur

Sectors: Trade show