Pépite France Network

Réseau Pépite France, initiated by the Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (MESRI), plays a key role in raising awareness, initiating, and supporting young people in their entrepreneurial aspirations. Working closely with all higher‑education institutions in France, Réseau Pépite France offers a wide range of opportunities to foster entrepreneurial spirit — through creativity workshops, hackathons, conferences and much more. It leverages a large ecosystem of mentors, experts, partner incubators and funding actors to support young entrepreneurs.

The Need

Before our collaboration, Réseau Pépite France faced the challenge of effectively coordinating the activities of many local “Pépites” (Student Poles for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship) spread across France — while offering personalised follow‑up to a large number of students and recent graduates. Organising workshops, hackathons, seminars, and other events required careful coordination to ensure their success and impact. It was also crucial to implement both individual platforms for each Pépites and a national platform to manage shared processes.

The Solution

As technology partner of Réseau Pépite France, we developed a network of 35 platforms: one central national platform and individual platforms for each Pépites. This system enables to monitor and manage all entrepreneurship‑related activities. The platforms provide a user‑friendly interface for event planning and promotion, participant registration and follow‑up. Moreover, the central platform enables collaboration between the different stakeholders in the ecosystem by sharing essential information and resources to achieve common goals.

The Results

Thanks to our platform network, Réseau Pépite France significantly strengthened its impact in supporting youth entrepreneurship. Centralising activities and resources via a national platform — in parallel with local platforms — simplified event management and improved user experience. The solution enhanced coordination among the 35 Pépites, fostering tighter collaboration and increasing efficiency in the shared mission to promote entrepreneurship in higher education.