Build.
Connect.
Impact.
START Paris is a student-run community for people who want to start companies. We organise hackathons, pitch competitions, talks and dinners in Paris.
Paris chapter of the international START Network
Since December 2023
A launchpad for students and young entrepreneurs who want to build, connect and grow.
START Paris is run by students, for students and young founders. We put on events where you meet founders, investors and other students, and where you can build something yourself.
What we run
- Hackathons
Teams, a brief and a deadline. Some run a full weekend, some four hours on a Friday evening.
{Tech: Paris} AI Hackathon, Agentic AI Hackathon with Junction
- Pitch competitions
Early-stage founders pitch to a jury. The winner of Road to START Summit goes on to pitch at START Summit in St. Gallen.
- Talks and panels
Founders, investors and operators on stage, and time to talk to them afterwards.
Youth of Europe v2, How to Dream Again, Build Here, Build Now
- Dinners, runs and meetups
Smaller formats, where you can talk to everyone in the room.
Get involved
We've run events with
- 42 Artificial Intelligence
- CCI Paris
- EuroTech Federation
- EWOR
- Featherless AI
- Fédération Genius
- Hexa
- Junction
- Lovable
- Pioneers
- Relativity Collective
- Runa Capital
- Startup BW
- Tech Leaders Society
- {Tech: Europe}
- TEN Framework
- Visionaries Club
- Young Founders Network