La France Tech was launched by the French government in 2011. In Paris in 2014, it aims to turn Europe into a unicorn community, competing with other large startup communities around the world, such as Silicon Valley. The initiative has already been joined by 150 key European players and more than 23K proven startups, 280 VCs and 4K corporations.
By 2022, the plan’s goal is to build a roadmap to grow the technology ecosystem, develop a prosperous economy, achieve social cohesion and reach climate transition goals. To date, La France Tech has helped 24 technology champions achieve unicorn status, reaching the 2025 goal set by the French president three years ago.
“At the beginning of our efforts to build the La France Tech community in Krakow, we had to do a lot of work to better understand the local market in order to be a relevant bridge between the French government and the Polish ecosystem. Three years later, we have a chapter with more than 250 startups and benchmarks founded by both French and Polish entrepreneurs. “We have built. 13 of these scales are part of the next 40 benchmarks, which are valued at around €1B or have raised over €100M in the last three years,” comments Romain Ribor.
In addition to creating technological synergies between Poland and France, La France Tech Krakow has built strong partnerships with organizations such as Business France, an agency that supports French companies in their international development, and the Consulate General of Krakow, France. Embassy in Poland, and CCI France-Poland.
La France Tech Krakow He is also a supporter of bringing people together. In the year In 2022, the chapter is organizing four live events with keynotes and commencement highlights. Also La Tech Tech Krakow Community members are partnered with other event organizers to gain visibility as guest keynote speakers, jury members and moderators.
List of activities of La French Tech Krakow It goes on and on and on. The chapter offers 5 hours of free mentorship to startups and companies seeking founder advice. There is also a soft landing program in collaboration with La France Tech Lyon Saint-Étienne. Every year (when there are no covid restrictions) companies from Lyon Chapter 5 come to Poland to explore the Polish ecosystem. After that, they send 5 companies from Poland to explore the French ecosystem. According to Roman Ribor, this initiative has proven to be a successful method of creating strong and lasting partnerships.
