Thales has been selected by STATION F, the world’s largest startup campus (an initiative of French internet entrepreneur Xavier Niel) to manage its cybersecurity programme; Thales Digital Factory. Thales’s mission is to accelerate the development of an initial 20 startups by providing advice, technical expertise and access to its technology platforms in order to co-develop the most innovative solutions with applications in the Group’s markets.
Cybersecurity is a key sector for startups today. We are very happy to welcome Thales on campus to host a dedicated cybersecurity program, especially as they are one of the world's leading experts in the field and have a strong dedication to the startup ecosystem.
- Xavier Niel, founder of STATION F
What's on offer?
Benefits of joining the CyberSecurity programme include:
- Access to Thales markets in order to show the value of your solutions in an operational context
- The opportunity to showcase your technologies to the global security market
- Personalised support according to your axes of development and your needs (business, technical, legal, communication, training…)
- Leveraging a work environment and facilities that are favourable to the development of your startup.
By joining this programme you will have access to a worldwide ecosystem made up of an established network of strategic, technological and academic partners, as well as to other digital players (incubators, investors…). This will allow you to make the most of the development levers created by cross-fertilisation within a broad community of experts.
All these advantages are free of charge and without any equity compensation conditions.
Patrice Caine, Chairman & CEO of Thales: “Thales is one of the first high-tech companies to bring together world-class digital experts on a single platform in order to develop disruptive innovations on its five core markets. This is also why Thales is joining STATION F, the largest startup incubator in the world, where we will provide expertise in cybersecurity — a prerequisite for any digital transformation.”
Who should apply?
- French and foreign startups
- Companies proposing breakthrough technologies
- Companies capable of incorporating into STATION F between 2 and 5 representatives from technical fields and close to the business
- Companies holding Minimum Viable Products in areas such as:
- Self-contained and adaptive security
- Predictive analysis
- IoT security
- Privacy protection
- Security virtualisation
- New detection capabilities
- Embedded and realtime security software
- Autonomous driving & mobility
- Companies using their expertise / patents in at least one of the technologies such as:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Big Data analytics
- Blockchains
- Breakthrough cryptography (Homomorphic, Quantic, Light Weight Crypto …)
- Obfuscation
- Teams which share our values: hungry – humble – aware.
Programme terms
- Applications are open until 21 July
- Publication of results of application shortlist at the end of July
- Pitches from selected start-ups during September
- Integration of selected start-ups into STATION F at the begining of October
- Development programme over a period of 6 months
More information
Please contact Jon Geater, Chief Technology Officer of Thales e-Security, for more details: [email protected]
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