Rungis & Co

Name

Rungis & Co

Legal name

Rungis & Co

Website

https://rungisandco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Rungis & Co is a French food innovation incubator based at the Rungis Market, running a 12-month acceleration program for food startups focused on circular economy, traceability, and decarbonization, with corporate training and event venue services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Incubation Services

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

Keywords

• Food startup incubation
• Corporate innovation programs
• Food accelerator services
• Incubator coworking spaces
• Food value chain innovation

Headquarters

HQ city

Rungis

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Incubator Membership Fees: Startups pay €350/month HT for one year to participate in the 12-month acceleration program, which includes office space, coaching, expert workshops, and ecosystem access.
2. Corporate Training and Events: Revenue from learning expeditions, design fiction workshops, and space rentals for corporate team events (seminars, conferences) at the Rungis&Co facility.
3. Government Subsidies: Through Innov'up Incubation label, startups receive subsidized support (€15,000-€30,000) funded by Region Île-de-France and BPI France, which reduces effective program cost for participants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Rungis & Co is a food innovation hub and incubator located at the heart of the Rungis Market (MIN) in France. It operates a 12-month resident startup incubation program for foodtech entrepreneurs (€350/month), provides corporate learning expeditions and design fiction workshops, and rents coworking and event spaces. The organization is co-owned by SEMMARIS (the state-enterprise managing Rungis market) and Schoolab (innovation studio), and connects startups to an ecosystem of 1,200 market companies.

Product overview

Rungis&Co is a food innovation hub and incubator that operates as a single integrated platform offering startup incubation, corporate acceleration, and event services. The core offering is a 12-month resident startup incubation program located at the heart of Rungis Market, complemented by corporate learning expeditions and design fiction workshops. Additional services include coworking spaces, event venues, and milestone events like Demo Day, Feedback Market, Sales Day, and Expo Rungis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Startup Incubation Program 12-month resident incubation program for foodtech startups at the heart of the Rungis Market, providing coaching, expert workshops, market acculturation, dedicated offices, meeting rooms, cold storage, experimentation lab access, and connections to the MIN ecosystem.
• Corporate Acceleration Program Corporate acceleration offering that includes half-day learning expeditions, design fiction workshops for strategic roadmap building, and team event hosting services. Targeted at companies seeking food system acculturation, innovation insights, and team building.
• Coworking Spaces & Event Venues Coworking and event venue services including 2 large meeting rooms and 1 conference zone with stage, screen, speakers, and microphones. Targeted at alumni, food sector associations, SMEs, and corporate teams for seminars, conferences, and team events.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of projects in the last promotion had measurable impact focus (environmental or social)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SEMMARIScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEMMARIS is the managing company of the MIN (Marché d'Intérêt National) of Rungis, the world's largest fresh produce market. As co-project owner of Rungis&Co, SEMMARIS provides the physical location, ecosystem access, and market actor connections essential to the incubator's value proposition. The partnership was formalized when Schoolab became the new operator in 2021 following an audit and competitive process.
• SchoolabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchoolab is an international innovation studio based in Paris, San Francisco, and Ho Chi Minh City. Since November 2021, Schoolab has operated Rungis&Co as the incubator's strategic partner, providing program design, pedagogical approach, innovation methodology, and platform technology. Schoolab runs the Inject digital platform for program management.
• CCI du Val-de-MarneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Val-de-Marne was an early partner in the original 2015 launch of Rungis&Co, when the incubator was located outside the market. The partnership with CCI preceded the current Schoolab-led operation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EIT Food Accelerator Network: Pan-European food system accelerator backed by EIT, running cohort programs across multiple hubs. Comparable as a food-vertical accelerator serving impact startups, but at a much larger European scale and with corporate sponsorship.
• Plug and Play Food & Beverage: Large global corporate accelerator running a dedicated Food & Beverage vertical with batch programs and corporate partnerships. Comparable in vertical focus and corporate-engagement model, but operates at significantly greater scale across multiple geographies.
• FoodHack: Global community and pre-accelerator for foodtech founders, running events, mentorship, and a periodic cohort. Comparable as a food-startup ecosystem builder, though geographically distributed rather than anchored to a single market.
• Bpifrance Le Hub: National French public investment bank's startup engagement platform that accelerates and connects high-growth startups with corporates. Comparable as a co-funder of the Innov'up Incubation label and as a public-sector entrepreneurship support infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Agoranov: Paris-based tech incubator supporting deeptech and life-sciences startups with programs, workspace, and ecosystem access. Directly comparable as a French innovation hub that combines an acceleration program with physical coworking, although its sector focus is broader than food.
• Shakeup Factory: French food and beverage startup studio and accelerator based in Paris, supporting packaged food and beverage founders from ideation to launch. Comparable as a French food-focused acceleration entity targeting consumer and B2B food startups.
• HECTAR: French agtech/food accelerator located near Paris, dedicated to startups transforming agriculture and food systems. Closest direct peer — operates a physical campus, runs cohort programs, and targets similar impact-driven food entrepreneurs.

Emerging players

• 50 Partners Impact: French impact-focused accelerator supporting mission-driven startups across multiple verticals including food and agriculture. Comparable as a France-based impact accelerator with cohort structure, but with a wider thematic scope than food alone.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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