EDHEC Start-Up Founder of the Year award: cast your vote!

Created in 2018, the EDHEC Start-Up Founder of the Year award is given in recognition of a start-up founder in business for under 3 years and with sales of more than €250,000 or which has successfully raised at least €250 000, or an equivalent KPI.

Only EDHEC Alumni members can vote for candidates.

You have until midday on 17 May to vote for your favourite candidate. The result will determine 3 finalists in this category.

The selection committee will then choose the 2019 winner from those finalists.

The jury is as follows:
- Martin Barbier, Director of EDHEC Alumni
- Frédérique Cartalas, EDHEC Alumni Administrator
- Anne-Sophie de Gabriac, Business Angels Club Ambassador
- Théo Dorp, EDHEC Alumni Administrator
- Romain Dutour, EDHEC Alumni Administrator
- Jean Houzé de l'Aulnoit, Entrepreneur Club Ambassador
- Jean-Michel Ledru, Director of the EYE incubator
- Augustin Jaclin, Winner of the 2017 EDHEC Socially Responsible Entrepreneur of the Year award
- Capucine Piérard, EDHEC Alumni Administrator

Candidates for 2019:

Carole Danancher (MSc Business Management 2014) Kannelle Solution enabling users to create professional-quality videos using a smartphone More about the candidate		Aurélien de Nunzio (EDHEC BBA 2017) Permettez-moi de construire Online service to simplify procedures for obtaining a building permit More about the candidate
Adrien Deslous-Paoli (EDHEC Grande École 2014) De Rigueur Lab First electronics-based innovation office for fashion, luxury and sportswear brand More about the candidate		Stanislas Gruau (EDHEC Grande École 2009) Explora Project A travel agency that specialises in immersive and sustainable micro expeditions More about the candidate
Thomas Venturini & Julien Watry (EDHEC Grande École 2013) Liberkeys A turnkey solution for real estate sales that combines technology with a human dimension More about the candidates		Gaspard Vorilhon (EDHEC Grande École 2016) Woom Online booking platform for leisure activities in the vicinity, available throughout France More about the candidate

The EDHEC Entrepreneur of the Year award will be handed out at the EDHEC Rendez-Vous in Paris, on 20 June 2019 (more information here about the event). With more than 1,500 Alumni gathering throughout the world, EDHEC Rendez-Vous is the most important event of the year for EDHEC graduates.

Three more awards will be handed out at that occasion: the EDHEC Entrepreneur of the Year award, Socially Responsible EDHEC Entrepreneur of the Year award, and the EDHEC Commitment of the Year award.