Is it the right time for your startup to leave the garage
and step up into a real office?
Our 6-to-18 months incubation programme aims to support startups by providing world class services and the coaching needed during early stages of development:
- A place to stay, with offices located in London - Islington (next to Angel)
- A networking community of students and startups
- Access to mutualised professional services (at lower-cost)
- Personalised C-level mentoring sessions
- As well as an easy gateway to the French and EU markets
Programme features:
During your 6-to-18 months incubation period at the London Incubator, you will successfully overcome those first business hurdles: validating your proof of concept, designing your growth model, igniting your business, marketing your offer, signing your first contracts, setting up your processes and KPIs and raising funds.
Our London Incubator offers 2 co-working spaces where we are happy to welcome selected startups, where you all can benefit from:
- Coaching from entrepreneurs in Residence and mentors (leadership, resilience skills and an entrepreneurial mindset…)
- Access to a network of partners.
- Access to a network of vetted interns from Dauphine - PSL.
- Workshops covering subjects such as Customer Segmentation, Marketing, Law, Sales, Digital Marketing, Design and Public Speaking (experts).
- Weekly digital masterclasses available on “entrepreneurs oven ready” topics.
- Access to exclusive Entrepreneurs dinners with worldwide rocktar founders.
- Access to Université Paris Dauphine - PSL’s ecosystem, with their students, professors, and its powerful alumni network (90,000 worldwide, including 3,500 in the UK).
- Preferential access to a bundle of selected professional services, find the list here #£££
- Access to our co-working space in the Paris-Dauphine Incubator #INTERNATIONAL
- With “all” you need: coffee machine, fridge and microwave, printer, meeting room & good vibe #ALLINCLUSIVE
- Regular follow-up with your mentor and the incubator team to challenge ideas and help accelerate your business #PRICELESS
Who are we?
Supported by an internationally renowned university, Dauphine - PSL, and immersed in an environment of excellence and creativity, Dauphine Incubator is at the cutting edge of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Created in 2012, supported by Dauphine Foundation and a network of 90,000 Alumni, Paris Dauphine Incubator in France offers two programmes designed specifically to support the entrepreneurship projects of our students and alumni.
Since its foundation, 88 startups have benefited from a year of co-working spaces, funding, expertise and tailor-made coaching, with many success stories.
Our Université Paris Dauphine - PSL, London campus, opened its Incubator in April 2019.
Incubator Facts & Figures
selection rate
startups are still active after 3 years
jobs created (and growing!)
funding for our startups
Conditions for admission
You can directly apply if you match at least two of the following criteria:
- One of your co-founders has graduated from Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
- From one school of PSL University Group (see list here)
- Your business angel is an alumni from Dauphine
- You are recommended by an alumni from Dauphine
- Your company is legally based in the District of Islington
- You are 100% operational, 200% ambitious, 300% committed!
You are the right candidate if you succeeded in making this happen:
- A legal set-up done: your company is (being) incorporated
- A first version of your product (beta or V1) delivered
- First customers or users enrolled
- A dream-team of 100% operational co-founders
Above all, we are looking for true entrepreneurs who:
- Are utterly committed/focused on their project
- Are willing to take part in an active community (you want to share your knowledge, help your co-workers and be involved in the evolution of the incubator)
- Are keen on creating more value out of questioning and challenging their business with the contribution of pairs and mentors
How much does it cost?
Our motto is FLEXIBILITY and our prices are all inclusive (offices and coaching): £42 per week, per team + VAT
How to apply?
We recruit startups to join our programme twice a year. Our calls for applications are each year:
- At the beginning of Q1 for the integration of our “Spring promotion”
- At the beginning of Q3 for the integration of our “Fall promotion”
Our application process is easy:
- Fill out our online form to help us verify your eligibility and understand your business.
- Applications will be screened by our team. We will get back to you with by email in order to schedule an initial 45-minute interview. Don’t worry, nothing formal, it’s just to make sure that there’s a match between us!
- Final selection. Companies selected following the pre-selection interview will meet our final selection jury. The requested documents are:
An executive summary
A pitch deck - Results to be announced within a few weeks.
Apply now!