Facebook is launching in France its first support programme for start-ups – The Express

Installed on the site of Station F, the incubator financed by Xavier Niel, the program of Facebook is to contribute to the “development of start-up independent which will contribute to the economy of the data (data processing, editor’s NOTE) in France and Europe,” according to Ms. Sandberg.

This program, the installation of which in Paris is a world first, will be at the opening of the Station F, in April, five start-ups specialized in e-health, digital identity, carpooling, or the management of personal information.

eventually, he will be able to accommodate between 10 and 15 young companies, for a period of six months each.

In addition to the home, these young shoots will be followed by the personal Facebook and will be able to attend workshops on “fields as diverse as design, user experience, marketing, technology development or even the testing users,” says the social network in a press release.

“We’ll support the start-up that will be part of the incubator Facebook, providing assistance, coaching with engineers from Facebook, and experts in privacy issues, and organizing workshops and weekly classes for start-up“, has detailed Sheryl Sandberg.

Also, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hildago (SP), has for its part welcomed the place that now occupies the French capital on the global map of innovation.

“there are about 60 incubators in Paris, 85 spaces, coworking, and about 35 labs. The proof of this dynamism, it can be found in our international ranking: the city of Paris has become in 2016 the main rival to London in terms of money invested in the start-up,” she said.

Station “F”, installed in the halle Freyssinet, a building of former railway in the XIIIe arrondissement of Paris, hope to welcome a thousand of start-ups, particularly through programs offered by partners of the incubator, among which Facebook, for Sale-Private, TechShop, HEC Paris or various investment funds.

The site, funded to the tune of 250 million euros by Xavier Niel, founder of Free, will include an area dedicated to start-ups with 3,000 work stations, event space, including an auditorium, and a restaurant of 1,000 places open to the public 24 hours on 24.

The construction of one hundred apartments, designed to accommodate employees of the start-ups selected, is also underway in Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne). They will be able to host up to 600 people starting in 2018.

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