What Pepiniere27 does

Pépinière 27 is a Paris-based generalist business incubator and coworking space founded in 2012 by René Silvestre, operating from a single ~3,000 m² facility at 27 rue du Chemin Vert in the Bastille district (11th arrondissement). Originally housed in former L'Étudiant premises later acquired by the City of Paris, the organization transformed from a shared-office building into a formal incubator with selection criteria, structured accompaniment, and access to public funding programs. It is one of the operators labeled "Paris Innovation" by the Ville de Paris and Bpifrance, enabling its 120+ resident startups to access the Fonds Parisien pour l'Innovation (FPI) subsidy of up to €30,000 — a program Pépinière 27 has helped 350+ startups obtain since inception.

The company offers three core subscription tiers — Bureau Privatif (private offices for teams of 2+), Coworking (single flex desk), and Nomade (mailing address and ecosystem access) — plus transactional meeting-room rental at €120/day or €80/half-day. Resident incubation services comprise individual mentoring with dedicated startup managers, weekly group workshops (law, accounting, marketing, fundraising, HR), monthly open-door events, and networking within the in-house community. Adjacent offerings include the Talk 27 podcast, an editorial blog on entrepreneurship, and a partnership with Start2scale for non-dilutive financing advisory. Resident cohorts are deliberately diversified across consumer brands, foodtech, climate tech, health tech, PropTech, and B2B SaaS, with alumni including Back Market (2015), Greenly (2020), Hindbag (2017), Selency (2015), and Umiami (2020). Standard incubation duration is 2–4 years, after which startups are expected to be self-sufficient; the 3-year survival rate of residents is stated to significantly exceed the national average.

Commercially, Pépinière 27 operates a primarily subscription-based recurring revenue model complemented by transactional meeting-room bookings. It is privately held (RCS Paris B 521 915 983), with no disclosed venture capital or private equity backing and no recent funding rounds. The company does not develop proprietary technology products; its strategic differentiation rests on regulatory accreditation, in-person community density within the Bastille location, public-funding access via the FPI label, and content-driven top-of-funnel marketing. Geographic scope is single-country (France), and the team is small (1–10 employees), consistent with a lean operator managing a high-utilization single-site asset.

Name

Pepiniere27

Legal name

Pépinière 27

Website

https://pepiniere27.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pépinière 27 is a Paris-based business incubator and coworking space founded in 2012, hosting 120+ startups across ~3,000 m² in Bastille. It offers private offices, coworking, meeting rooms, mentoring, and access to the FPI public subsidy under its Paris Innovation label.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Incubator and Coworking Services

NAICS

Facilities Support Services (561210), Administrative and Support Services (561)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Venture Studios & Incubators (Build/launch ventures) (FSANAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Conference Room & Meeting Services Support (BPABAEAE)

Keywords

• Business incubator services
• Coworking space rental
• Startup office leasing
• Meeting room rental
• Startup incubation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Workspace rental services: Pépinière 27 generates revenue primarily through the rental of private offices, coworking desks, and meeting rooms to resident startups and external clients. Revenue is recurring through monthly billing for flexible and dedicated desk solutions.
2. Meeting room rental: Day and half-day rental of meeting rooms and phone booths at published rates. This is a transaction-based, on-demand revenue stream complementing the subscription model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pépinière 27 provides flexible workspace (private offices, coworking desks, and mailing address services), meeting room rental, and structured business incubation support — including individual mentoring, collective workshops, and FPI public subsidy assistance — to innovative startups in a ~3,000 m² shared facility in central Paris. The offering combines physical coworking infrastructure with a curated startup community of 120+ companies.

Product overview

Pépinière 27 is a generalist incubator and coworking space in Paris 11th arrondissement (Bastille district) offering approximately 3,000m² of workspace hosting over 120 innovative startups. The company provides three primary workspace tiers (Private Office, Coworking, and Nomad memberships) plus meeting room rental, alongside comprehensive incubation services including individual mentoring, group workshops, FPI subsidy assistance, and networking programs. The portfolio is complemented by the Talk 27 podcast showcasing incubated startup founders. Since 2012, the company has maintained a hybrid model combining incubator and nursery (pépinière) characteristics, supporting startups through their critical early growth phases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bureau Privatif (Private Office)

Quantifiable outcome

• 3-year survival rate of resident startups significantly exceeds the national average for startups
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Start2scalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPépinière 27 has partnered with Start2scale, an expert in non-dilutive financing, to help resident startups identify suitable public funding programs, prepare subsidy applications, and optimize their financing strategy. Start2scale operates on a success-fee model — charging only upon successful funding, aligning their incentives with those of the entrepreneurs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Family: Paris-based startup support organization providing education, community, and investor access to European founders. Comparable in targeting early-stage Parisian founders through community-led programming rather than pure workspace.
• NUMA: European accelerator and coworking operator (Paris, Berlin, Madrid, etc.) running structured acceleration programs for early-stage startups. Comparable as a multi-city generalist incubator with cohort-based programming.
• Station F: World's largest startup campus, based in Paris 13e, hosting 1,000+ startups across multiple programs. Most directly comparable as a Paris-based generalist startup incubator with on-site programming and ecosystem partnerships.
• 50 Partners: Paris-based startup accelerator and coworking space with multiple sites and structured support for resident founders. Direct peer as another Paris-located hybrid incubator/coworking operator.

Broad incumbents

• Bpifrance Le Hub: Public investment bank Bpifrance's startup workspace and event space in central Paris. Comparable as a publicly-backed Paris workspace and ecosystem player — and notably the same body that co-issues P27's Paris Innovation label.
• WeWork: Global coworking giant with multiple Paris locations offering flexible office and meeting-room rentals. Comparable on the coworking/meeting-room rental layer, though lacking P27's incubator programming.
• IWG (Regus / Spaces): World's largest flexible workspace operator (Regus, Spaces, HQ) with extensive Paris coverage. Comparable as a broad incumbent on workspace and meeting-room rentals at scale.

Emerging players

• Wojo: French coworking brand (joint venture between Accor and Bouygues) operating multiple Paris sites with meeting rooms and event spaces. Comparable as a Paris-headquartered coworking brand with meeting-room monetization.
• Le Wagon: Paris-born global tech bootcamp running coding and data science training programs with strong founder-community overlap. Comparable as an early-stage founder support player in Paris, though focused on education rather than workspace.

Regional players

• Paris&Co: Paris economic development agency running sector-specific incubators (e.g., innovation, greentech). Comparable as a publicly-backed Paris incubator network, but with a sector-specialized rather than generalist angle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pepiniere27
• Facebookfacebook.com/Pepiniere27
• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/pepiniere27
• Instagraminstagram.com/pepiniere27

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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