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.

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!

Find out more about the SEED 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.

Find our more about the CATALYST 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.

Find our more about the Intrapreneurs 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

Find out more about the AI 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.

Find out more about the Scale up! Program

Our portfolio

Construex

For the $1.5 billion Latin American construction market, Construex designed and launched a procurement platform for builders. Using data analysis and artificial intelligence, along with…

Kenzen

Kenzen (USA) is a biometric enterprise platform relying on a wearable smart patch to prevent heat related fatigue, and over exertion within industrial and construction…

Sodex

Sodex equips construction machinery with laser scanners and cameras for continuous, automated site surveying. Every 10 minutes, the system uploads data to SDX-Cloud to create…

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…

Sharing Worker

Sharing Worker provides ready-to-use connected devices to prevent risks of collisions with machinery, falls, and load overflights. Sharing Worker is supported by our SEED program,…

Trunk Tools

Designed as a trusted AI platform for the built environment, Trunk Tools provides the right data to the right people at the right time, avoiding…

All the projects

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.