Julie Leroy

Ecosystem Manager - Community & Fundraising

2024 - Current

Guest Lecturer

2022 - 2024

Coached 4 classes of international and french students on corporate cases using Design Thinking and Lean Startup methodologies for leading brands (Groupe Rocher, Galeries Lafayette, Lactalis, and LVMH Fragrance Brand).

Co-Founder

2021 - 2024

- Developed an investment thesis focusing on student founders and young graduates from French schools & universities - Developed the brand (managed the Give Back podcast, newsletter and social media) - Designed a VC program (from scouting to supporting portfolio startups) for +100 students from 50 schools, in collaboration with 10 investment funds. - Organized events ( 20+ masterclasses, 5+ afterworks) - Built and managed the community - Developed relationships with schools, professors, entrepreneurial student associations, mentors, VCs and Business Angels

Co-Founder

2022 - 2023

Baby VC (1st community of young people around the Venture Capital industry in France) and Genius Global (1st federation of student entrepreneurial associations in France) are joining forces to launch Baby Genius 💛 Startups. This tool, designed as a real "Wikipedia of entrepreneurship", aims to 👉 Centralize in one place more than 1,000 resources related to the startup ecosystem that are freely available on the internet 👉 Collaborate by giving everyone the opportunity to suggest changes and additions You will find information on : 👉 Entrepreneurship: how to launch a business from A to Z, legal aspects, lists of tools, training, innovation studios, incubators, accelerators, information on corporate culture, recruitment 👉 Startup financing: the different financing levers that exist, lists of VC and BA funds 👉 Startup culture: podcasts to listen to, newsletters to read, media, books, films, TV series and shows, articles, reports and conferences

Investor

2021 - 2021

Time for the Planet creates and finances companies that fight global climate change. Its organisation rely on three axes: 💪 Identify ideas and technologies capable of fighting global warming on a global scale ; 🚀 Train teams of entrepreneurs to incubate and develop these businesses ; 💸 Find financial resources to initiate these projects. We are the last generation to be able to avoid a climate collapse. Let's act together!

Startup Manager

2019 - 2021

The Paris-Dauphine incubator supports start-ups founded by students and graduates of the University by offering them premises, tailor-made support, negotiated advantages, and access to financing (up to €70K in capital funds). The mission of the incubator is to develop and support the entrepreneurial spirit of Dauphine students and graduates through a triple objective: raising awareness of entrepreneurship, supporting entrepreneurs, uniting the ecosystem. - Organizing and animating the Discover and D-Start programs to raise entrepreneurship awareness and provide support for student entrepreneurs, ensuring successful integration and fostering a dynamic entrepreneurial culture. - Building the D-Fine program, a 7-week newsletter aimed at aspiring founders with initial ideas, providing them with the tools and guidance to take the first steps in their entrepreneurial journey. - Providing personalized coaching to student entrepreneurs, helping them develop entrepreneurial mindsets, business strategies, and action plans to advance their projects. - Coordinating and organizing key events, including workshops, conferences, Startup Challenge, and Fail Night, to facilitate knowledge sharing and networking between students, professionals, and mentors. - Launching the Ambassadors program, encouraging peer-to-peer learning and engagement within the student community. - Developing relationships with the broader Dauphine ecosystem (faculty, associations, PSL), and establishing partnerships with experts and mentors to strengthen the entrepreneurial network and support resources available to young entrepreneurs - Developing perks for startups

Vice-President

2019 - 2021

1st young entrepreneurship organization France since 2013 (16 Universities : Université Paris-Dauphine, Centrale Lille, Centrale Lyon, Centrale Supélec, Campus Eiffel, Em lyon, Neoma Reims, ESTP, IESEG, Ponts & Chaussées, Strate, UTC, UTT) 🚀 Building the next generation of entrepreneurs, makers, gamechangers 🌐 Website : https://geniusglobal.fr/ 🤝 Collaborate : julie.leroy@geniusglobal.fr

Co-Organizer / Hackathon BackToTheLivingRoom

2020 - 2020

🌎 #BackToTheLivingRoom is a worldwide #Hackathon co-organized with 42 and HackTheCrisis. Its objective is to find concrete and innovative solutions to help managers and their employees to face the current crisis and build the professional future of the "world". This event takes place (virtually) on May 6-8. 🚀 Offered to students of the 42 Network campuses, this hackathon is open to everyone. 🛹 Participate : https://airtable.com/shrazHvSqPfDdnfxW 🛹 More info : https://backtothelivingroom.tech

Co-founder & Country Lead Organizer

2020 - 2020

🌍 Hack the Crisis is a global movement born in Estonia, now present in 40+ countries. 🚀 Each country is putting together an online hackathon to offer solutions on how to use tech for crisis response and deal with the post-crisis era. The objective: moving from an idea to building a prototype in 48 hours, that will contribute to the common good. 🇫🇷 Our team (Les Etudiants de la Tech & Genius) hosted the French edition to take place (virtually) on April 17-19. ✚ More information : https://hackthecrisis.fr Figures about the Hackathon : 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 1100 Members 👩‍💻 400 Participants 🧑‍🏫 150 Mentors 🚀 109 Projects launched 👩‍🔧 40% of women 🌍 30 countries represented

Business Developer

2018 - 2018

La Relève is a recruitment company that links companies that offer real responsibilities to its young talents and motivated and ambitious students/young graduates. - Prospecting - Qualification of prospects (Calling, e-mailing, Skype) - Physical meetings in companies - Creation of B2B / B2C marketing events (Wakatepe) - In charge of the ambassadors project throughout France

Assistante Commerciale Stagiaire

2017 - 2017

- B2B commercial prospecting with travel agencies - Search for commercial opportunities / Market study - Creation of commercial supports