Apply Now: VivaTech Innovation Challenge for Startups

The focus areas for this challenge include analyzing trends and behaviors of visitors, partners, and exhibitors, mapping emerging technology trends, performing visitor analysis by category, evaluating exhibitor performance, developing decision-support tools such as scoring systems, market intelligence, and strategic recommendations, implementing lead scoring systems, detecting new product opportunities, and providing strategic recommendations for partners.

For 10 years, VivaTech has opened doors, created opportunities, and helped thousands of innovators find their next business partner, and now it’s your chance to contribute directly to this mission. Startups participating in this challenge will have the opportunity to engage with real operational issues across logistics, event experiences, and attendee engagement, helping to shape the way VivaTech innovates.

Selection criteria focus on solution maturity, ensuring that submitted solutions are either existing operational tools or quickly adaptable systems with client references and demonstrable use cases. Security and compliance are essential, with GDPR adherence, privacy-by-design principles, data encryption, and access traceability expected. Ethics and responsibility are also crucial, requiring CSR practices, algorithmic transparency, AI bias awareness, and strong data governance.

Technical feasibility is evaluated based on whether the solution can operate effectively in the complex environment of a major event, supported by proven use cases or adaptability. Shared vision is another key factor, with a preference for startups that understand VivaTech’s DNA and ambitions, fostering cultural and strategic alignment. Finally, this challenge is tailored for B2B startups based in France specializing in Data and AI, with agility and a capacity for innovation.

For more information, visit VivaTech.