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

Akidaia Programme SEED 2024

Akidaia

Akidaia has created a non-connected identification system to secure and streamline access control systems, even in isolated or temporary sites such as construction sites. This…
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Fixers

Fixers is an application that facilitates maintenance jobs for tenants by qualifying issues according to responsibility between landlord and tenant and providing relevant professionals and…

Utilis

Utilis (Israel) offers infrastructure assessment and monitoring solutions, based on L-band SAR satellite analysis, more specifically in the fields of water supply and transportation infrastructures.…
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NatureMetrics

NatureMetric’s nature performance monitoring service uses environmental DNA technology to generate comprehensive data, rapidly and cost-effectively. These robust data sets are converted into decision- useful…
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Newable

Newable is a next-generation energy operator accelerating the decarbonization of the commercial real estate sector. By using AI-assisted management of heating and cooling systems, Newable…
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OpenSpace

OpenSpace provides next-generation reality capture software, powerful integrations, and the smartest analytics tools in the industry. The solution is dedicated to monitoring construction sites and…

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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