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The Future Unicorns with Social and Ecological Impact Index

Why an Impact
40/120 ?

As we know, in order to meet the challenges of our time, the solutions of the future proposed by impact companies will have to be massive and generalizable in order to make the necessary shift to transform our ways of producing and consuming.

While the emergence of 29 French unicorns was possible thanks to strong political will, the new #IMPACT40/120 index aims to highlight and support the 40 most promising impact companies to become impact unicorns* and the 120 companies to be closely monitored and supported in their acceleration.

A new index to count what really matters and make our ecological and social values the real compass of our French companies!

What is an Impact Unicorn?

An impact unicorn is an impact company that has been in existence for less than 10 years and generates more than €50 million in avoided costs for society per year (see study carried out by BCG, Impact France and ESSEC)

Visual illustrating a unicorn with the following text: Impact Unicorns: The New Age of Valorization? Avoided costs for society, a new criterion for valuing impact unicorns. A study by the Impact France Movement in partnership with BCG and ESSEC.
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A tailor-made offer for the winners

Support

Acceleration support: 5-month program run by the Impact Lab coalition

Impact measurement

Carried out an impact measurement to measure the avoided costs of the 40 companies

Financing

Qualified meetings with more than 50 impact funders

Partnerships

#IMPACT40 rencontre CAC40: Networking with major groups to forge business partnerships

Advocacy

Legislative and regulatory support for advocacy teams and privileged access to France Expérimentation to remove regulatory obstacles.

Radiation

Exclusive video interviews: spotlighting #Impact40 companies

Visibility

Press Partnerships

Our selection criteria

At Impact

a core business with a measurable and proven positive social or ecological impact

1

Coherent

the drive for impact drives the sharing of value and power within the organization

2

Recent

Created less than 10 years ago

3

Innovative

bringing breakthrough innovation to changing practices and representations

4

Mature

With at least 15 employees and sales of 1 million euros

5

120 impact nuggets pre-selected by

Experts from the Impact Lab coalition

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The authors of the Impact startup mapping

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An exceptional jury

Mamadou Dembele

Mamadou Dembele

The Impact Story / AFI Ventures
Frédéric Mazzella

Frédéric Mazzella

Captain Cause
Julia Faure

Julia Faure

Loom
Marc Simoncini

Marc Simoncini

Daphni
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Meet My Mama
Impact 120
Île-de-France
Education and training
Meet My Mama reveals the culinary talents of Mamas from all over the world. A committed and responsible caterer, everything is cooked with love by our Mamas.
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Selency
Impact 120
Île-de-France
Circular economy & responsible consumption
Online flea market site for selling, bargain-hunting and inspiration.
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Genesis
Impact 120
Normandy
Agriculture and food
Genesis provides accurate and indisputable reports on the actual measurements of your environmental impact.
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Alegria.tech
Impact 120
Île-de-France
Education & Training
Alegria.tech enables people who have lost touch with the workforce to find work in technology thanks to AI and NoCode.
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Artyzen
Impact 120
Occitania
Biodiversity and climate
Group of companies in home help and building maintenance services
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Poiscaille
Impact 120
Île-de-France
Agriculture and food
Poiscaille offers the marine version of the vegetable basket, in the form of a subscription with delivery anywhere in France to a network of relay points.
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O'clock School
Impact 120
Île-de-France
Education & Training
Ecole O'clock provides training in a wide range of tech professions, with a strong focus on accessibility: accessibility of our training courses and digital accessibility.
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LYSPACKAGING
Impact 120
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Circular economy & responsible consumption
Lyspackaging's project is based on innovation, with the creation of new materials that are less polluting for the environment.
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F-Reg
Impact 120
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Biodiversity and climate
F-Reg solutions transform wastewater and stormwater collection networks into flow regulators.
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Verkor
Impact 40
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mobility
Verkor's ambition is to accelerate the industrial dynamic of low-carbon battery production in France, in order to serve the European market.
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SWEEP
Impact 120
Occitania
Biodiversity and climate
Sweep helps identify companies' extra-financial data to meet growing reporting requirements.
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ilek
Impact 40
Occitania
Energy
ilek is a supplier of 100% renewable energy of French origin.
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Press coverage

Les Echos
Impact 40/120, the new index to boost impact start-ups
Maddyness
Who are the French Tech unicorns of the future?
AEF Info
Mouvement Impact France launches "Impact 40/120" index
Moderator's blog
The 120 most promising impact startups in 2024
Novethic
Impact40, the CAC40 list of ecological and social transition companies unveiled
Big media
French Tech: 4 impactful unicorns to discover

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