# Creative Valley

> Creative Valley is a French incubation, acceleration and innovation-services network founded in 2011. It supports early-stage founders, international technology companies entering France, and schools, corporations and institutions building entrepreneurship programs, with particular experience across deeptech and creative industries.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- **Founders:** Yann Gozlan (Founder and chairman), Nicolas Sadirac (Co-initiator, identified in 2014 reporting), Kwame Yamgnane (Co-initiator, identified in 2014 reporting)
- **Products:** Start in Paris Region, StartUp Journey, Start & Scale / Scale in Europe, ADN, Art & Apps
- **Notable:** ADN_ x IFM partnership at Station F announced in 2017., Creative Valley listed among Hyperion consortium’s permanent expert members in 2024., June 2023 memorandum with Greece’s JOIST Innovation Park.

## Products & services

- **Start in Paris Region** — Early-stage Paris-region support: 12 months, €250 excluding VAT per month, monthly commitment; go-to-market and funding preparation.
- **StartUp Journey** — Six-month, English-language French market-entry program for international tech startups with an MVP or pilot; €900 excluding VAT per month.
- **Start & Scale / Scale in Europe** — Detailed program page specifies six months, fully remote, for companies with a home-market validated offer; French sales positioning and pipeline execution. Pricing by application.
- **ADN** — Business development support for cultural and creative industries, including fashion, music and XR.
- **Art & Apps** — Gaming and immersive-technology support co-developed with SPICI and funded by the city of Naples.
- **Hyperion** — Creative Valley is a consortium member helping qualifying technology startups access French Tech Seed convertible-bond financing.
- **Creative in Green** — Erasmus+ collaboration with six European partners to develop green and digital skills for creative professionals.
- **Corporate and institutional innovation services** — Innovation scouting, entrepreneurship-program design, workshops, competitions and learning expeditions.
- **Cluster Invest** — Introductions connecting scaleups to 20 investment funds associated with France Clusters.
- **Forge-AI** — Creative Cluster AI acceleration connecting research, commercialization and investment.

## Achievements

- ADN_ x IFM partnership at Station F announced in 2017.
- Creative Valley listed among Hyperion consortium’s permanent expert members in 2024.
- June 2023 memorandum with Greece’s JOIST Innovation Park.
- Launch of Start in Paris Region in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **—** — Start in Paris Region launched; the program page does not specify a launch month.
- **2025-11** — LinkedIn recap describes a November 27 Naples gaming-program day with Yann Gozlan and an applied AI workshop led by Mighty Bear Games co-founder Simon Davis.
- **2024-07** — Erganeo opened a Hyperion French Tech Seed call naming Creative Valley as a permanent consortium member.

## Links

- Website: https://www.creative-valley.fr/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/creative-valley/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/creative_valley
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqOqhEtkt0Uf2FshKhfbntg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creative.valley/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/incubateur.creative.valley/

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Last updated: 2026-10-08