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INNOVATING TO PRODUCE RESULTS
Aéroports de Paris supports start-ups
Insight— with Sébastien Couturier, manager of the
innovation division “SINCE SEPTEMBER 2014, AÉROPORTS DE PARIS HAS BEEN A PARTNER AND CO-FOUNDER OF WELCOME CITY LAB, THE WORLD’S FIRST BUSINESS INCUBATOR DEDICATED TO INNOVATION IN TOURISM. THIS ORIGINAL CONCEPT AIMS TO MAKE PARIS THE CAPITAL OF INNOVATION AND TO STRENGTHEN ITS LEADERSHIP IN TOURISM. 27 OF THE 170 START-UP CANDIDATES WERE SELECTED. THIS INCUBATOR OPENS US UP TO THE IDEAS OF OTHERS. START-UPS ARE AGILE IN WAYS THAT LARGE COMPANIES AREN’T AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE UNEXPLORED NICHES IN AN ECOSYSTEM. SUPPORTING START-UPS DOES NOT END WITH OFFERING THEM BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND GIVING THEM VISIBILITY AND ADVICE, BUT ALSO IN GIVING THEM ACCESS TO FINANCING. FOR THIS REASON, IN 2014 AÉROPORTS DE PARIS JOINED THE XANGE CAPITAL 2 FUND, DEDICATED TO DIGITAL AND OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGIES. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING FINANCING, THIS FUND ENHANCES OUR TECHNOLOGY WATCH EFFORT AND GIVES US ACCESS TO A RANGE OF INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES.”
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