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Lyon Start Up

Status

Status not published

Run in successive promotions (20th promotion joined August 2026; a call for the next promotion was posted 17 July 2026). Homepage gives no next application date.

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Amount
Not published

No funding for the company beyond a free programme: 120h of free training, expert network and a pitch contest with prizes (homepage says up to EUR 10,000; the site's meta description says up to EUR 15,000).

Funder

French Tech Saint-Étienne Lyon (supported by Métropole de Lyon and sponsors)

ppp · city

Deadline: One call a year — Run in successive promotions (20th promotion joined August 2026; a call for the next promotion was posted 17 July 2026). Homepage gives no next application date.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Free and open to everyone (employees, job seekers, students, retirees). Only two conditions: propose an idea (usage, social, technological innovation, new business model or service) and be pre-creation (company not yet registered). Programme is run with EMLYON week, workshops and a pitch contest over about 4 months.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.lyonstartup.com/

"Le programme Lyon Start Up, porté par la French Tech St-Etienne Lyon est gratuit et ouvert à tous ... Proposer une idée ... Être en phase ante-création. Vous n’avez pas immatriculé votre société"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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