French Tech Next40/120

The video consists of a succession of individual contributions filmed on camera or at public events.

[French Tech]

[Images from the Élysée Palace]

Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister Delegate in charge of the Digital Transition and Telecommunications (speaking as part of the announcement of the class of 2023 of the French Tech Next40/120 programme) – We are gathered here this evening to announce and celebrate the winners of this programme, which is now emblematic of the French Tech 120 and Next 40.

Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic (speaking at a French Tech event) – First of all, I’m very proud of you. I’m impressed by the trajectory you’ve taken over the past ten years, individually and collectively. And you’ve helped to transform the country.

Clara Chappaz, Director of the French Tech Mission (on camera) – The French Tech Next40/120 start-ups are the spearheads of the French Tech ecosystem of 25,000 start-ups that the French use on a daily basis.

Jean-Noël Barrot (on camera) – It’s a DeepTech* class, it’s a class of industrial start-ups, it’s a GreenTech** class and it’s a class that’s becoming increasingly gender-balanced, even though we still have a lot of progress to make in this area.

Éléonore Crespo , CEO of Pigment and 1st woman in the Next40 (on camera) – As the first woman director of the Next 40, listen, I hope to be a beacon of hope and to be able to help a lot of women entrepreneurs to do the same thing. In any case, go for it!

Clara Chappaz (on camera) – What’s incredible about this class of 2023 is that there’s been a huge surge in start-ups in the ecological transition. There are ten of them in the Next 40. That’s one in four of the Next 40. And these are companies that are playing a full part in the country’s re-industrialisation.

Aurélien de Meaux, CEO of Electra (on camera) – I think it’s important that there are industrial start-ups focused on the energy transition in the Next 40, because it’s one of the hallmarks of the decade and the government wants to push it forward, so that’s why we’re here today.

Laure Cohen, co-founder of Certideal (on camera) – Economic issues are inseparable from environmental issues. Growth is very important, but it’s also important for us to have a government that supports, shares and understands environmental values.

Jean-Noël Barrot (on camera) – French Tech has been a French success story for ten years now. It’s a success story for all French people. It’s a success for all French people, because French Tech companies have created tens and hundreds of thousands of jobs in every region of France and in the French overseas territories, regions that French Tech helps to revitalise, regenerate and re-industrialise on a daily basis.

Benoît Lemaignan, CEO of Verkor (on camera) – The Battery School is an initiative that we have launched at Verkor in conjunction with the entire battery ecosystem. To do this, we need to train talent across the entire value chain. That’s why we’ve set up this school to train operators and managers in these new professions.

Clara Chappaz (speaking as representatives of the French Tech ecosystem took the floor) – Well done, of course, to all of you, the winners of the French Tech Next40/120, the class of 2023. A class that is stronger than ever, greener than ever and even more industrial than ever.

Emmanuel Macron (speaking at a meeting on the theme of “companies developing factories in France”) – This is the fruit of a collective, massive effort of cooperation between the public and private sectors, from the provinces to Paris and internationally, from investment to entrepreneurship, from research to heavy industry. Your responsibility, wherever you are, is to take up these challenges, to rise to them and to succeed. Thank you very much.

[French Republic – Liberté Égalité Fraternité]

* DeepTech: term used to describe companies developing highly innovative projects.

** GreenTech: term used to designate companies whose field of activity is linked to the ecological transition.