WE SECURE EARLY-STAGE INVESTMENTS AND
ACCELERATE THE SEED PHASE FOR STARTUPS

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100 000€

of funding against a percentage of the capital of the startups.

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12 MONTHS

to reach a 1,000,000€ seed funding (compared to an average of 3 years).

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70%

success rate for the SEED funding, compared to an average 10%.

OUR
PROGRAM

OUR STARTUP STUDIO IS FOCUSED ON PEOPLE

We select the best profiles and support them throughout the development of their project

LEADERs ACQUISITION

STEP 01

BEFORE THE PROGRAM BEGINS

We select entrepreneurs able to imagine and to develop successful products and services. We are focusing on motivation and determination and, of course, entrepreneurial spirit.

MVP development

STEP 02

THE FIRST THREE MONTHS

Selected profiles join a cohort of around 10 entrepreneurs with their co-founder. They create the beginnings of their future startup (business model, prototype, first customers) and benefit from synergies with other entrepreneurs.

INVESTING

STEP 03

THIRD MONTH OF THE PROGRAM

The duos meet the investment committee. The committee will decide to finance the accelerated seed proces up to 100.000€.

ACCELERATION

STEP 04

THIRD MONTH TO 12TH MONTH

The startup studio facilitates, strategically advises with the support of selected mentors, and monitors the progress of the startups to accompany them to the Seed phase in less than 12 months.

HOW WE WILL TAKE YOU
FROM ZERO TO SEED

WHAT
WE OFFER

entrepreneurs

We recruit the best entrepreneurs and help them at the very beginning of their startup's life.

investors

€100,000 invested after just three months by LFA, then €1,000,000 invested by LFA's network of investors after one year.

MENTORS

The mentoring of highly competent mentors extremely reputed in their field.

Process

More efficient and standardised processes for the creation and acceleration of your future startup.

Our
Mentors

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Fouad
Assaf

Optimization

Managing director at Nucleus Ventures

Eric
Gremillon

B2B Sales

30+ years of experience in B2B sales

Joanne
kanaan

biotech

PhD, CEO & co-founder at Omini

Isabelle
Andrieu

Decision Making

Managing director at Cree-ton-avenir

Claude
Chabrol

Know how

Administrateur et coach de dirigeant de PME chez XMP Entrepreneur

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Our
Advisory board

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Yasuhiko
SATA

FOuNding partner

Owner of the TKB Family Group (Medical Devices), worldwide startup investor, owner of the Château de Chailly in France, Knight of the Legion of Honor

Jean-Marc
RIBES

NETWORK

Chairman of the Executive Board of Louvre Banque Privée

Frédéric
Ruppli

Finance & fundraising

Partner at ApiCap, Président of XMP Entrepreneurs (X, Mines, Ponts) and G2E

Alain
Bifani

Fundraising

President SCPA Conseil and the Citizen Foundation, Managing Partner of the Creative Nation Fund, former Director General Ministry of Finance.

JEan-Jacques
NArdini

Management

Associate lecturer and ex-director of the Major in Innovation Management at Institut Mines-Telecom Business School.

ABOUT
US

LEAD

Reveal talents and create the greatest entrepreneurs of our time

FINANCE

Invest in seed capital

ACCELERATION

Ensure strict application of the LFA Process to accelerate value creation and increase the probability of exit

ALLOWING EVERYONE TO START ITS OWN BUSINESS

With our model, we want to bypass the major obstacles to the creation of a startup for a large majority of young entrepreneurs: the high risk of failure and the investment at the outset.

CHANGING THE WORLD WITH ENTREPRENEURS

We believe that the world needs new talents and ideas to transform itself. That's why we created LFA, the startup studio that is revolutionising entrepreneurship and bootstrapping.

OUR TEAM

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Jean Torbey - CEO

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CATHERINE DIEMER - HR Partner

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Mizué Cilote - Office manager

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alban suard - program manager

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théo rivière - VC analyst

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WHAT
WE LOOK FOR

AMBITION
HUMILITY
TRANSMISSION

LFA has been hugely financed by a Japanese family office, hence LFA shares strong values coming straight from the land of the rising sun.

RESPECT

We select projects and entrepreneurs for their willingness to make the world a better place.

A perfect profile doesn’t exist

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO START ITS OWN BUSINESS

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FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS

01

What is a startup Studio?

A startup studio creates startups, infusing time, effort, and cash in exchange for startup equity.

02

Can I join the program with a cofounder?

Yes you can! What you should know is that each cofounder will have to go through the entire recruitment process.

03

What is the investment committee?

LFA’s investors are all members of the investment committee. They are independent from LFA and will give their decision for each investment in a startup project at the end of the 3 month-fast-track of the program. Their decision is made on 4 criteria: impact, digital, fast go to market and the scaling potential of the project.

04

Do I get paid for the first three months of the program?

No, entrepreneurs do not receive any direct or indirect remuneration until the SEED fundraising is completed, except in very special cases which must be justified on the basis of the specific conditions of the selected entrepreneur.

05

Do I need to have a idea of a project or a startup to join the program?

Yes, this is one of the prerequisites for joining the LFA program.

06

When and where will the upcoming cohort be held?

The upcoming cohort program will start in Paris at 40 rue du Colisée, starting on March 25, 2024 on a full-time basis.