Call for entries - Soirée des Pépites 2025, the great evening of entrepreneurship!

We're organizing the Soirée des Pépites, the Grande Soirée de l'Entrepreneuriat, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 6:30pm, at Business France, 77 Boulevard Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris.

We are therefore calling on our community of entrepreneurs who are life members of the EM Normandie Alumni Association to apply to take part in this grand final in one of the following categories:

🌱Environmental and/or Social Impact Prize
💡 Innovative Company Award
🛍️ Artisans and Shopkeepers with Concept Award
🚀 Best Hope Award (project in progress)

A final prize will be awarded to the winner of the public vote.

Would you like to apply?

It's very simple. Just fill in this form and send Elise THIFAGNE a 1-minute video of your company's pitch.

Application deadline: Monday April 14, 2025.

You can now consult the competition rules to help you fine-tune your application!

Two finalists in each category will be selected ahead of the event by a jury made up of EM Normandie graduates, staff and entrepreneurship professionals, and their names will be announced on May 16. They will be asked to give a one-minute pitch, followed by a one-minute Q&A with the jury.

Winners in the Environmental and/or Social Impact, Innovative Company, Artisan & Shopkeeper with a Concept, and People's Choice categories will each receive €4,000, and the Best Newcomer prize: funding for a mentoring program at the EM Normandie Incubator.

New this year:

We're delighted to welcome Guillaume ROY and Jacques FERTÉ (both class of 2006) as Patrons of this year's event! Serial entrepreneurs since 2010, they co-founded the GALLIA brewery, which has become a leader in the craft beer segment. Their joint adventure enabled GALLIA to grow until it was taken over by the Heineken Group in 2022! Today, they are putting their passion and expertise to work to create CHERICO, in search of a healthy and ecological alternative to the traditional coffee break.

On March 5, Cherico raised €1 million during its appearance on Qui Veut Être mon Associé on M6, a source of great pride for its founders and the Alumni Association.

The awards ceremony will be followed by a cocktail reception.

Of course, we'll be pleased to offer all candidates a ticket for the evening.

Would you like to take part in the Soirée?

You're not an entrepreneur, but you'd like to come and support the candidates or simply chat with members of the Alumni community during the evening?

You can register now by clickinghere.