# Paris&Co

> Paris&Co is a Paris metropolitan innovation agency and French nonprofit association. It combines sector-specific startup incubation without taking equity, real-world urban experiments, social-innovation support and innovation services for companies and public institutions. Its 2025 report counts 250 incubated startups, 25 social-innovation projects and 62 experiments in progress.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Paris, France
- **Founders:** Paris Développement (Predecessor organisation merged into Paris&Co in January 2015), Paris Région Lab (Predecessor organisation merged into Paris&Co in January 2015)
- **Products:** Sector-specific incubation, Urban experimentation, Quartiers Métropolitains d’Innovation, Les Défis Parisiens, Innovation Sociale
- **Notable:** 2025 report: 250 incubated startups, 25 social-innovation projects and 62 experiments underway., 2025 report: 2,650 startup and project alumni and over 80 public/private partners., Urban experimentation webpage reports more than 450 projects supported since 2012, including predecessor activity.

## Products & services

- **Sector-specific incubation** — Six sector areas: sustainable food, future of organisations, tourism and culture, health, sport and sustainable cities. Basique: €6,500; Essentiel: €8,000; Premium: €12,000 annually excluding VAT, with no equity stake and accommodation charged separately.
- **Urban experimentation** — Project framing, test-site sourcing, operational coordination, evaluation and dissemination of results; the general offer advertises an 18-month test period.
- **Quartiers Métropolitains d’Innovation** — Metropolitan programme operated by Paris&Co to test ecological and social solutions in participating municipalities.
- **Les Défis Parisiens** — Five urban challenges addressed by five selected solutions, including water efficiency, accessibility and construction decarbonisation.
- **Innovation Sociale** — Free 12-month programme; the website announces 25 places for January 2027, with places reserved for projects in priority neighbourhoods.
- **Dealflow** — Fundraising preparation, pitch support and introductions. The 2025 report records 125 supported startups and opening the programme to non-incubated projects.
- **Institutional innovation services** — Diagnostics, collective workshops, trend studies, solution sourcing, experimentation, training, impact studies and events.
- **Intensi’Score** — An indicator co-created through a collective initiative to assess potential for more intensive use of existing spaces.
- **Low-tech urban guide and workshops** — Practical guidance and a workshop format for placing technology in proportion to actual urban needs.

## Achievements

- 2025 report: 250 incubated startups, 25 social-innovation projects and 62 experiments underway.
- 2025 report: 2,650 startup and project alumni and over 80 public/private partners.
- Urban experimentation webpage reports more than 450 projects supported since 2012, including predecessor activity.
- Co-created a practical low-tech urban guide published in 2024.
- Co-created Intensi’Score and an operational guide on increasing use of existing buildings.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published a September 23 account of sports experiments in Athis-Mons, including feasibility stops and operational barriers.
- **2026-09** — Published a September 30 analysis of the reuse sector.
- **2026-07** — Published a replication booklet on July 1 and announced work with ADEME Île-de-France on a replication index.
- **2026-10** — Social-innovation webpage announces an October 2026 application opening for 25 places in a January 2027 programme.

## Links

- Website: https://www.parisandco.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paris%26co/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/paris_and_co
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paris.and.co_/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisandcoagency

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