Innovation at the heart of tomorrow’s cities

Leonard supports entrepreneurs through incubation and acceleration programmes suited to the projects of VINCI employees and businesses, start-ups and innovative ventures. Leonard’s foresight work and Design Lab are shaping the future of the construction, mobility and energy industries.

Join the first accelerator in Europe for construction, mobility, energy and real estate!

Discover our four incubation and acceleration programmes suited for start-ups and innovative companies, VINCI employees and businesses. The projects supported by Leonard improve the environmental impact, productivity and safety of the construction and infrastructure businesses.

01 SEED Program

Are you founding a startup?

You are a co-founder of an early stage startup in one of our verticals.
Join us to refine your value proposition and accelerate your go-to-market strategy within the VINCI Group!

02 CATALYST Program

Do you want to accelerate your business?

You are a mature startup with solid funding and you are looking for a strategic industrial partner to develop your business.
You are looking to grow internationally and to enter one of our markets.

03 Intrapreneurs Program

Are you an employee of the VINCI Group?

Do you want to undertake a projectof a new business activity for the Group?
We help you structure your project, build your value proposition and find your first customers.

04 AI Program

Are you the manager of a VINCI entity?

• Join a community of projects and expertise
• Benefit from personalised support for 6 months
• Train your teams to machine learning and access data science tools
• Roll-out your projects in VINCI’s business units

05 Scale up! Program

Turning local solutions into global impact

Designed and jointly led by VINCI’s Environment Department and Leonard, the Scale up! program supports the transformation of local environmental initiatives into solutions that can be deployed at scale across the Group’s businesses and territories.

Orus Energy, programme SEED 2024

Orus energy

Orus Energy is AI-powered software that helps commercial building operators activate and monetize their flexibility on the power grid in order to generate a new…
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Holobuilder

Holobuilder (USA) is a San Francisco-based construction technology company that designs, develops, and sells enterprise SaaS software. HoloBuilder offers enterprise-ready reality capturing solutions for progress analysis and…
City & you

City&You

City&You is an innovative company specializing in real estate development. The company assists landowners and real estate professionals in valuing their real estate assets. To…
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Birdsview

Birdsview offers a portable 3-D scanning and analysis platform combining radar (GPR), LiDAR and AI, delivering in-field reinforcement data under one minute. The system automatically…

Cyclope.ai

Cyclope.ai is a high-tech AI software company specialized in Artificial Intelligence applied to video analysis and image processing. We design and build complex software solutions,…
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Hylight

Infrastructures in the oil and gas industry leak methane, a potent greenhouse gas; aging power lines deteriorate, and traditional inspections are too costly and imprecise…

Foresight at Leonard

The foresight working groups are tasked with identifying the long-term issues for VINCI, the opportunities for developments in the Group’s businesses and organization, and new opportunities for growth. Each working group is sponsored by a representative of VINCI’s Executive Committee and brings together experts from all business lines across the Group.

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