The entrepreneurs benefit from an introductory program in Paris and have the opportunity to discover first, before the immersion week, the markets and ecosystems of one of the four program locations: Boston, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles.
Goals
Discover the potential and mechanisms for innovation in North America
Understand the steps leading from a prototype/preproduction to markets
Analyze development or pre-implementation opportunities
Develop academic and industrial partnerships
Gather opinions from investors on the (...)
Facts and figures of the 2019 edition of the NETVA program 14 young and innovative companies A jury composed of 15 French and American innovation experts 5 regional committees of Amercian experts 6 leading partners in France and the United States 7 laureates won the i-Lab competition in 2018 (...)
The seminar takes place in Paris in June during which the laureates partake in a three-day program to discover, over the course of several presentations, the fundamental concepts of the North American high-tech market.
In 2020, the seminar was organized online.
Created in 2010 by the Service for Science and Technology at the French Embassy in the United States, NETVA (New Technology Venture Accelerator) is a mentoring program tailored for young, innovative French companies hoping to discover or better understand the inner-workings of the North American high-tech market.
The immersion week takes place at the beginning of November at one of the five program locations. During this week, different events are organized: workshops, visits, and personal meetings.
Los Angeles and Southern California, 
Boston, A center of scientific and academic excellence
San Francisco, An economic powerhouse
Washington, DC, The Nation’s Capital
Atlanta, a boom ecosystem2010-2021 - New Technology Venture Accelerator (NETVA) - Office for Science & Technology - Embassy of France in the United States | Espace coordinateur | Log in
