Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners

Day One Entrepreneurs & Partners is a French organisation that finances and supports young start-ups. It presents its model as unusual in France and stresses that it backs people first, believing that strong ideas need time to mature.

Services

• Capital: funding that can be increased over time as a company grows.
• Coaching: regular sessions with coaches who give founders outside perspective, as start-up testimonials describe.
• Network access: introductions drawn from the team's contacts and entrepreneurial experience.
• Technical expertise: practical help alongside ideas, focus and creativity.
• Annual gathering: the Day One Days event lets founders meet, share problems and attend talks and workshops on management, personal effectiveness and business models.

Customers and markets

French start-ups, including very young teams. The programme was previously known as the Accélérateur.

Key facts

• Based in: France
• First annual event: March 2017 at a château