Entrepreneurship: GEM and Grenoble Angels Join Forces to Connect Students, Alumni, and Investors
Training, investing, supporting: GEM and Grenoble Angels are joining forces to grow the Grenoble ecosystem. This partnership aims to better connect GEM students and alumni with local investors and to support startups shaping tomorrow’s economy.
Building bridges between the alpine business school and grenoble angels
Grenoble Angels is committed to strengthening its interactions with GEM, notably by contributing to teaching teams and facilitating the involvement of Business Angels in targeted training modules.
GEM will encourage the engagement of its alumni community within Grenoble Angels by promoting opportunities for involvement and facilitating their integration into the ssociation. The school will also codevelop, together with Grenoble Angels, high-impact joint initiatives (communication actions, events, educational contributions, etc.).
A partnership at the heart of the grenoble ecosystem
The success of startups depends as much on access to capital as on the quality of human support. With this in mind, Grenoble Angels mobilizes a structured triptych – Capital, Skills, and Connections – to finance and support innovative companies in the region.
This partnership is fully aligned with GEM’s EAGLE 2030 strategic plan by strengthening the links between education and economic realities, enriching learning experiences and preparing students for their professional careers. It also supports Grenoble Angels’ ambition as outlined in its 2026–2028 strategic plan, structured around three main pillars: deal flow and financial operations, community life and governance, and partnerships and ecosystem development.
Over the past three years, Grenoble Angels has invested €3 million in local startups and has established strategic collaborations with Minalogic, the CEA, and French Tech Grenoble – initiatives that demonstrate its ability to structure and energize early-stage investment in the region.
A strong example of a Grenoble Angels success story from GEM
Novëm , a startup founded by GEM alumna Maegan Rocca and financed and supported by Grenoble Angels, is a strong example of this ecosystem’s ability to bring high potential projects to life.
Specializing in cosmetics made from Grenoble walnuts, Novëm raised €638,000 in 2025 to accelerate its growth. This funding enabled the company to strengthen its sales team, accelerate R&D, increase its visibility both nationally and internationally, and deploy its distribution strategy, including opening a boutique in downtown Grenoble. Other examples include WIZBII, which was supported by Grenoble Angels as early as 2014.
