PEPITE France

Following the wish made by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Pépite France federates 33 PÉPITE (Pôles Étudiants pour l’Innovation, le Transfert et l’Entrepreneuriat) set up throughout the French territory. An initiative supported administratively by FNEGE (Fondation Nationale pour l'Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises). Pépite France foster the connection between students’ and young graduates’ business creation projects with companies as well as support and financing centers. The National Student-Entrepreneur Status was created for students and young graduate people. Project leaders can apply to the PÉPITE solution if they are graduated from the baccalaureate or an equivalent diploma, and if they have the ambition to create or take over a work / an activity. Seven years after being created, the National Student-Entrepreneur Status is on top. More than 22,000 project leaders had the opportunity to take advantage of its assets: double support, internship replacement by developing the entrepreneurial project, financing, networking, access to a coworking space/ environment...
Now Entrepreneurship culture is more popular than ever within the young population. Around one in two people between 18 and 24 years old, now wants to take the plunge, whereas this ratio low to only 30% for the rest of the population.