Join Forces & Dare (JFD), the accelerator and business network that brings out tomorrow’s leaders, and Paris Business Angels (PBA), France’s leading business angel network, announce a strategic partnership to promote the financing of innovative projects led by women.
An alliance for inclusive innovation
Founded in 2012, JFD brings together a powerful network of public and private actors and media outlets to reveal, support and accompany the rise of talented women in innovation. Its initiatives are structured around three major pillars of action: education, role models and funding.
For more than 20 years, PBA has embodied this same collective dynamic, bringing together nearly 200 investor members to finance and support visionary entrepreneurs from the earliest stages of their growth. Proximity to founders, sector expertise and tailor-made support are the hallmarks of its support, which goes far beyond financing.
By joining forces, JFD and PBA aim to accelerate the financing and support of women entrepreneurs and strengthen gender diversity at the heart of the tech ecosystem.
“This partnership was an obvious choice for us. Our strategic alliance with JFD, dedicated to innovation and ambition, aims to provide even greater support to talented female entrepreneurs working on high-potential tech projects.” – Olivier Baroux, President of Paris Business Angels
A collaboration as part of the United by Tech campaign
This collaboration is part of JFD’s new campaign, United by Tech, which places unity at the heart of the technological future for a sovereign Europe.
“At JFD, we believe that the future of technology lies in bringing together talent, ideas and generations to address major economic, social and environmental challenges. With PBA, we want to turn these challenges into opportunities by giving women entrepreneurs in our network the means to build sustainable and competitive innovations.” – Delphine Remy-Boutang, Founder & CEO of JFD
A shared commitment: to reveal the female talents who will build the technology of tomorrow. Because Europe must speak with one voice on technology.
Olivier Baroux (PBA) – Delphine Remy-Boutang (JFD) – Alexis d’Arvieu (OCBF) – Fabrice Marsella (La Banque des Startups by LCL)
About JFD
Founded in 2012 by Delphine Remy-Boutang, JFD (Join Forces & Dare) is a mission-driven company whose purpose is to accelerate the growth of women who dare, innovate and start businesses. Active in Europe, Africa and Canada, JFD has been bringing together a unique ecosystem of private, public and media players for over 10 years to promote the role models and leaders of tomorrow.
Through flagship initiatives such as the Margaret Prize, placed under the high patronage of the President of the French Republic, the JFD Club and the Chemises Blanches movement, JFD supports the most promising female talent at every stage of their career.
With its advocacy work and benchmark publications – annual studies, books such as Elles changent le monde (They are changing the world) and Athlètes de l’innovation (Athletes of innovation) (Flammarion) – JFD has reached more than 20 million people, trained 10,000 talents and accelerated more than 1,000 start-ups.
JFD is now a key player in the ecosystem alongside the largest technology and industrial groups and high-potential start-ups.
More information at https://www.joinjfd.com/
About Paris Business Angels
Paris Business Angels (PBA) is France’s leading network of business angels investing in and supporting start-ups in the seed phase, with over €4 million in funding. PBA brings together nearly 200 investors who are passionate about entrepreneurship and share a common vision: to support the growth of start-ups in their early stages of development. The support provided to members mainly covers five vertical business areas: commercial deployment and go-to-market strategy, governance and talent recruitment issues, industrial scaling (pre-industrialisation and industrialisation), preparation for internationalisation phases, and fundraising and exit operations.
Since its creation, PBA has supported, mentored and financed more than 200 start-ups across all sectors, investing more than €60 million (first rounds and refinancing).
More information at https://www.parisbusinessangels.com/
