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JFD and “Madame Figaro” awards: these 6 digital entrepreneurs who are opening up new horizons

2022-03-05T04:15:02.790Z


Madame Figaro and JFD, a growth accelerator founded by Delphine Remy-Boutang, are joining forces for a new annual list. Here are six “digital women” who are all betting on committed and creative tech.


Florence Hu-Aubigny, the

happy invention

For thirty years at Dassault Systèmes, Florence Hu-Aubigny has brilliantly demonstrated that being at the forefront of innovation can be combined with women.

Today, she directs the R&D activities of the world leader in 3D simulation software.

Professions which are at the origin of the famous "virtual twin", this perfect digital copy of a product, a factory, a city or even a human body which makes it possible to test, understand, predict their behavior or their impact in a real situation in ten, twenty or thirty years.

“The strength of our approach is knowing how to model a virtual world as close as possible to reality.”

And thus enable manufacturers and researchers alike to invent tomorrow's solutions that will improve everyone's lives.

From the next electric car to the latest vaccine,

a global warming sports shoe.

A broad spectrum entirely to the taste of this lover of wide open spaces, who has always aspired to participate in the invention of a better world.

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“Every consumer good, from clothes to cellphones, will integrate its future uses into its design.

No more cars, I think, but zero-emission mobility services.

Finally, advances in precision medicine will allow everyone to calmly look forward to the next twenty, even thirty, years.”

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JFD awards, "Madame Figaro": 6 entrepreneurs who open up new horizons

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Emilie Sidiqian,

humanist tech

She is the first woman to take the French reins of the tech star Salesforce, the world leader in CRM (Customer Relationship Management), in 2021.

After twenty years at Accenture, this forty-something with a sunny personality has what it takes to lead the digital transformation of French companies, from start-ups to large groups.

The Franco-Afghan from a family with humanist values ​​also has the right profile to embody, on a French scale, the philanthropic fiber of Salesforce in California.

His obsession?

Increase social mobility and democratize access to tech jobs.

It is committed to this in particular through myTrailhead, the free in-house training platform that allows audiences unfamiliar with digital technology to seize its opportunities.

With the goal of creating 211.

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“The physical world will no longer be an obstacle.

I will have real-time access, wherever I am, in a fluid and intuitive way, to data that will help me manage and decide.”

Loubna Ksibi, the

taste of the world

In the virile world of gastronomy, Loubna Ksibi is a fairy.

Its My Mama catering service (companies and individuals) allows women from all countries to make a living from their talent.

But not that: “Empowerment is not just about being able to be autonomous, it is also having an impact on society: being vegan, favoring the local, changing the way we look at African women, etc.

Each Mama contributes in her own way.”

Conviction, strength and subtlety come together in this

food fan

aware of the latest trends, and who has built a range of tools to accompany these outstanding cookers (2,000 to date).

Today, institutions like the Louvre or the Palace of Versailles are scrambling to taste this cuisine from around the world, like this saka saka from the Congo, the latest delicacy to come out of the kitchens.

This magic wouldn't exist without digital and the in-house app that allows them to organize themselves, keep accounts, train online and deliver orders.

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"It will allow me to return to essential things, such as eating healthy and local, because small producers near me will have had access, thanks to innovation, to new distribution solutions."

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Alix Gauthier, the

measure of travel

In the era of Airbnb and Booking, why continue to go through a tour operator?

The online agency specializing in outdoor adventure, which Alix Gauthier co-founded in 2020, is surfing on this paradigm shift.

The slogan of Explora Project?

Respond to a very generational quest for transparency.

Finished, the single file of intermediaries which constitutes a traditional journey.

From Vercors to Iceland, the candidate for departure speaks directly to the guide who will show him the destination.

“Our added value is also to guarantee the quality of the experiences offered by our community of guides.”

Success from the first confinement: registrations explode.

The time for this traveler sensitive to environmental issues to add the green brick: the

The CO2 footprint of the start-up's stays is systematically quantified and communicated in advance to the traveler, who can thus choose his holidays in conscience.

Welcome to responsible wonder.

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"It will make my daily life even easier by accelerating the management of constraints and actions with low added value (driving, paying, managing my accommodation, etc.) allowing me to maximize the moments with others, those devoted to my passions."

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Eva Sadoun,

militant economy

Eva Sadoun was not even 25 when she co-founded the crowdfunding platform Lita, which allows savers to invest (from €100) in social entrepreneurship with a positive impact, such as, for example, start-ups. up Loom or Rogervoice.

Lita, which will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary, employs 60 people and has created 4,000 jobs.

She is also behind the Rift application, which measures the environmental – and soon social – impact of your investments.

After toxic finance and "greenwashing", around the economy "from above" (the one that decenters the citizen) to be the target of this activist with a strong voice (she co-chairs the Impact France Movement since 2020 ).

With

An economy of our own

(Éditions Actes Sud), her first book published in February, she denounces the single economic discourse and calls for new rules of the game. From the benches of the school of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, where she grew up, nothing stops therefore this rare bird, whose quality of speaking is matched only by her success as an entrepreneur.

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"Digital will help me take my advocacy and my vision of inclusive, ecological and more sober technology even further."

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Rachel Delacour, the

carbon footprint

His DNA?

Enable the biggest carbon spenders to quantify their emissions across their entire value chain and drive a global climate agenda.

With the launch of Sweep in 2020, urgency has turned into daily work for this “serial startupper” convinced of the need to hit high.

Sweep, which has made the radical choice not to have premises, is one of its first customers Saint-Gobain and Telco.

This expert in data analysis is not really unknown to these behemoths, since her first start-up, Bime Analytics, specialist in

cloud business intelligence

– successfully sold in 2015 – was already working in these circles.

A vision, a network, convictions, mastery of the workings.

But also good timing: “These large industrial liners which have devoted the last ten years to their digital transition are the first to say that the time has come for a low-carbon transition.”

Objective ?

Decarbonize on a large scale, for example on an entire industry such as cement.

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“Relief!

I like to go out with nothing in my pocket but my cell phone.

And within ten years, I hope to have realized my dream: a low-carbon journey in the stratosphere.

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Source: lefigaro

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