Founder Circle
A high-trust room for founders, aspiring founders, and people testing projects or co-founder fit.
Monthly or theme-ledParis-based China-Europe innovation network
From Paris, a trusted bridge for Europe-China innovation.
EFCI connects founders, investors, companies, researchers, institutions, and young talent through real events, programmes, and partnerships.
Innovation without limits, entrepreneurship without borders.
A living programme
Choose the most useful next step: view events, submit your interest, or discuss an institutional partnership.
- HEC Paris
- Ecole Polytechnique
- ESCP Alumni
- HEC Alumni
- ESCP Chine Association
- ESSEC Chine
- HEC China
- PSL Chine
- Global China Connection
- X-HEC Impact
- X-HEC Entrepreneurs
- HEC Sustainability Club
- Flexolink
- Mentalista
- NaoX Technologies
- AFCIE
- Carbonfact
- Oklima
Programmes
Signature programmes
Recurring programme lines turn individual events into a durable mechanism for people, themes, and partnerships.
Signature programmesIndustry Forum
Expert-led sessions around AI, biotech, deeptech, sustainability, and practical market questions.
Curated by sectorCoffee Chat
Small, practical conversations around career, industry, and operating questions.
Small-room, recurringBusiness x Tech Mixer
A networking format for business, engineering, design, product, and investment profiles without pitch pressure.
Quarterly or partner-ledCreative Economy Salon
A salon connecting art, fashion, media, luxury, and entrepreneurship around long-term creative value.
Theme-ledNetwork
What we connect
EFCI is not built around isolated talks. It creates trusted rooms where relevant people can meet with context.
Founders and aspiring founders
Discuss projects, co-founders, market entry, fundraising, and long-term choices with people who understand the path.
Capital and mentors
Put investors, operators, mentors, and early projects into rooms with useful context.
Industry and research
Connect practitioners around AI, biotech, sustainability, BCI, creative industries, and other applied themes.
Academic ecosystems and young talent
Bridge business schools, engineering communities, student associations, alumni, and real industry networks.
Events
Event archive
Forum recap
Expression, personal brand, and the stage of The Cherry Orchard
EFCI co-hosted a session with Jin Xing and partner communities, exploring expression, personal brand, long-term impact, and the choices behind public presence.
Expert forum
Biotech and medtech globalization: strategic roadmaps across markets
A practical panel on China, Africa, and the United States, covering M&A dynamics, partnerships, business development, and localized strategy.
Cross-disciplinary forum
Art and business: monetization, careers, and global pathways
Speakers from fashion, media, film, luxury, and communication discussed how art can become a strategic driver of innovation and long-term value.
Private session
A compass for your business: a private session for founders
Drawing on 32 years of finance and tax practice, Zhao Aili combined fiscal logic with Inamori's management philosophy to help founders read the fundamentals behind growth — a curated, small-format private session.
Insights
Latest insights
EFCI 2025 annual report: choosing to be the Europe-China bridge
Through a year of AI paradigm shifts, life-science breakthroughs, and energy transition, a look at how EFCI built its community, high-level dialogues, and Europe-China collaboration.
Macron's China visit: what matters for France-China industrial cooperation
A grounded look at aerospace, nuclear energy, low-carbon transition, AI, biotech, research, and the long-term bases for France-China industrial cooperation.
2025 AI report: skills, industrial restructuring, and the human factor
A summary of EFCI's view on AI, skills, industrial restructuring, and how people remain central to adoption.
Ecosystem
From academic ecosystems to industry networks
HEC ParisEcole PolytechniqueESCP AlumniHEC AlumniESCP Chine AssociationESSEC ChineHEC ChinaPSL ChineGlobal China ConnectionX-HEC ImpactX-HEC EntrepreneursHEC Sustainability ClubFlexolinkMentalista
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