100 000 Entrepreneurs

What 100 000 Entrepreneurs does

100 000 Entrepreneurs is a French nonprofit association (association loi 1901) founded in 2007 with the mission of transmitting entrepreneurial culture and the desire to undertake to young people aged 13 to 25 across metropolitan France and overseas territories. Its core offering is a structured program called "La méthode 100 000," through which volunteer entrepreneurs deliver free 2-hour testimony sessions in middle schools (collèges), high schools (lycées), and higher education institutions. The association operates an official institutional partnership with the French Ministry of Education and active agreements with all 28+ French Academies. As of late 2019, it had reached a cumulative total of 1,083,610 young people since inception, with 66,000+ reached in the 2018-2019 academic year alone.

The organization delivers its services through a basic web-based management platform hosted at gestion.100000entrepreneurs.com, which handles teacher enrollment, entrepreneur registration, and scheduling of classroom interventions. Beyond the core testimony sessions, it runs specialized programs along three stated priority axes: equality of opportunity (Semaine de l'entrepreneuriat dans les quartiers, targeting Priority Urban Policy neighborhoods), gender diversity (Semaine de sensibilisation à l'entrepreneuriat féminin), and preparation for the future of work. It also co-organizes the annual Festival Déclic with peer associations including Fondation Entreprendre, Entreprendre pour Apprendre France, Enactus, and Les Entrepreneuriales. Leadership comprises Philippe Hayat (President/founder) and Béatrice Viannay-Galvani (Delegate General).

The business model is that of a donation-funded nonprofit rather than a revenue-generating enterprise. All interventions are provided at no cost to schools, teachers, or students. Funding is derived from three streams: individual donations (collected via HelloAsso and tax-deductible under the association's public-interest status), allocation of the corporate "taxe d'apprentissage" (apprenticeship tax), and direct financial partnerships with corporate sponsors. Flagship financial partners include Bpifrance (France's public investment bank) and BNP Paribas, with additional support from Fondation Entreprendre and Impact Partenaires. The association has no disclosed revenue, headcount, or budget figures, consistent with French association reporting norms.

Name

100 000 Entrepreneurs

Legal name

100000 ENTREPRENEURS

Website

https://100000entrepreneurs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

100 000 Entrepreneurs is a French nonprofit association founded in 2007 that arranges free 2-hour classroom sessions where volunteer entrepreneurs share their journey with students aged 13-25 across all French academies, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and sponsors like Bpifrance and BNP Paribas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Entrepreneurship Education

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Professional Organizations (81392), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Exploration & Industry Exposure (Guest Speakers, Company Visits) (EDAMAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Entrepreneurship Foundations & Startup Basics (EDAMAHAA), Entrepreneurship & Small Business Workforce Programs (EDAAAOAM)

Keywords

• Youth entrepreneurship education
• Nonprofit association services
• Classroom testimony programs
• Entrepreneur volunteer network
• Educational outreach programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations from individuals: Individual donors can make contributions through the organization's HelloAsso page. Donations are tax-deductible as the association is recognized as being of public interest.
2. Taxe d'apprentissage (apprenticeship tax): Companies can allocate a portion of their apprenticeship tax to support the association's educational mission. This represents a significant funding stream from the corporate sector.
3. Corporate financial partnerships: Major financial partners including Bpifrance and BNP Paribas provide funding support. These partnerships are displayed prominently on the organization's website as valued sponsors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

100 000 Entrepreneurs is a nonprofit association that connects volunteer entrepreneurs with French classrooms (collèges, lycées, and higher education) to deliver free 2-hour testimony sessions for students aged 13-25. The core service is facilitated through a management platform that registers teachers, onboards volunteer entrepreneurs, and coordinates session scheduling. Programs are supplemented by awareness campaigns on female entrepreneurship, outreach to disadvantaged neighborhoods (QPV), and the annual Festival Déclic event.

Product overview

100 000 Entrepreneurs operates as a non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 2007 with a mission to transmit entrepreneurial culture to young people aged 13-25 in France. The organization's core offering is a structured program connecting volunteer entrepreneurs with classrooms through 2-hour testimony sessions, facilitated by a dedicated management platform (gestion.100000entrepreneurs.com). The program operates through 'La méthode 100 000' methodology with supporting toolkit, supplemented by specialized initiatives including the annual Festival Déclic, gender diversity programs (Semaine de sensibilisation à l'entrepreneuriat féminin), and Priority Urban Policy outreach (Semaine de l'entrepreneuriat dans les quartiers). The organization also partners with French Tech Tremplin to support diverse talent in technology. All programs are free for students and teachers, conducted in partnership with the Ministry of National Education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plateforme de gestion 100 000 Entrepreneurs Management platform (gestion.100000entrepreneurs.com) enabling teachers to request entrepreneur testimonies for their classes and entrepreneurs to sign up to volunteer in classrooms. The platform handles registration, matching, scheduling, and communication between teachers and entrepreneurs.
• Témoignages d'entrepreneurs en classe
• Semaine de l'entrepreneuriat dans les quartiers Dedicated week of entrepreneurship awareness targeting students in Priority Urban Policy (QPV) neighborhoods, connecting entrepreneurs with middle and high school students in disadvantaged areas to promote equal opportunities.
• Festival Déclic

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,083,610 young people have met an entrepreneur through the program since 2007
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and notable.

• French Ministry of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Official institutional partnership with the French Ministry of Education and its academic representatives across all French academies. The Ministry supports the organization in facilitating connections between volunteer entrepreneurs and schools nationwide.
• Entreprendre pour Apprendre France (EPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPA is a federation of associations developing entrepreneurial spirit among youth through business creation experiments. The two associations have co-recruited regional mission managers in Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, and Brittany since 2015, sharing resources and affirming their complementary approaches.
• French Academies (academic regions)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with all French academic regions including Paris, Versailles, Créteil, Lille, Amiens, Normandy, Rennes, Nantes, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Nancy-Metz, Strasbourg, Poitiers, Dijon, Besançon, Limoges, Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon, Grenoble, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Montpellier, Aix-Marseille, Nice, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion, Guyana, and Mayotte to facilitate school connections nationwide.
• Réseau EntreprendrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of entrepreneurs supporting business creation. Cooperates with 100 000 entrepreneurs to advance entrepreneurial spirit among youth through shared networks and activities.
• Festival Déclic partnersnotableStrategic or Co-development Partner100 000 entrepreneurs partnered with Fondation Entreprendre, Entreprendre pour Apprendre France, Enactus, and the Association Nationale les Entrepreneuriales to launch the Festival Déclic, a major gathering for 12-25 year olds celebrating entrepreneurial spirit.
• French Tech TremplincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment initiative selected to give talents from all backgrounds the opportunity to join the technology sector. 100 000 entrepreneurs was selected as a partner to support this initiative promoting equal opportunities in tech entrepreneurship.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Moovjee: French association supporting young entrepreneurs aged 18-30 with mentoring, funding, and community. Comparable in targeting young French talent for entrepreneurship outcomes, though focused on founders rather than classroom intervention.
• Enactus France: French branch of the global Enactus student network running student-led entrepreneurship projects in higher education. Comparable in that it operates inside French schools and universities to build entrepreneurial skills, and is a direct co-organizer of the Festival Déclic with 100 000 Entrepreneurs.
• Entreprendre Pour Apprendre France (EPA France): Federation of French associations developing entrepreneurial spirit among youth through mini-enterprise creation programs. EPA France is a direct peer; it shares the same mission, target audience (13-25 year olds in schools), and has even co-recruited regional managers with 100 000 Entrepreneurs, indicating tightly overlapping activities.
• Junior Achievement France: French affiliate of Junior Achievement Worldwide, delivering entrepreneurship and work-readiness programs in schools to young people aged 5-25. Closest internationally benchmarked counterpart to 100 000 Entrepreneurs in mission, audience, and school-distribution model.
• Live for Good: French nonprofit accelerator supporting social and environmental entrepreneurs under 30. Similar mission of youth entrepreneurship inclusion in France, operating via programs and events comparable in spirit to 100 000 Entrepreneurs' awareness initiatives.
• Les Entrepreneuriales: Association running immersive entrepreneurship competitions for students across French universities and grandes écoles. Shares the same classroom-based youth-entrepreneurship mission and partners with 100 000 Entrepreneurs on Festival Déclic, making program overlap substantial.

Broad incumbents

• Réseau Entreprendre: National network of entrepreneurs supporting business creation through mentoring and financing. Compares as a broader entrepreneur-led nonprofit that partners with 100 000 Entrepreneurs to channel its members into classroom interventions.
• Fondation Entreprendre: Major French philanthropy supporting entrepreneurship, co-organizer of Festival Déclic and provider of recurring funding. While 100 000 Entrepreneurs is the operator, Fondation Entreprendre is the adjacent enabling funder with closely aligned mission and shared events.
• Ashoka France: French affiliate of the global Ashoka network supporting social entrepreneurs. Comparable as a social-purpose organization developing entrepreneurship skills and culture in France, with overlapping funder and partner ecosystem.

Others

• Bpifrance Le Lab: Research and education arm of Bpifrance (a flagship financial partner of 100 000 Entrepreneurs) producing studies and educational content on French entrepreneurship. Connected as an institutional stakeholder and adjacent ecosystem enabler rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/100000entrepreneurs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/100-000-entrepreneurs

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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