Second hand for 0-16 years
Introducing children to the world
Green energy at home
Activable and personalized CSR
Organic feminine hygiene products
Microalgae enabling precision medicine
Responsible interior decoration
Collaborative coaching for professionals
Let’s reinvent the holiday resort
Everyday walking becomes a game
Improving quality of life for people with chronic disease
The Care & Repair partner for brands
The home delivery specialist of fresh products
Build with us
Exploring a new idea or partnering with an existing startup: at Imagination Machine, each project begins with a meeting with an entrepreneur - or several!
Call for idealistic entrepreneurs
Rob Spiro
Imagination Machine
Ralph Feghali
Beem
Émilie Abel
Imagination Machine
Tanguy Frécon
Prolong
Aude Viaud
Smala
Rob Spiro
Imagination Machine
Ralph Feghali
Beem
Émilie Abel
Imagination Machine
Tanguy Frécon
Prolong
Aude Viaud
Smala
The Imagination Machine studio
In 5 years, we have co-founded 9 startups.
Our next goal? Building the next 10 impact champion startups by 2025.
Driven by Rob Spiro and Émilie Abel, the studio develops projects with social and/or environmental impact throughout Europe.
Our expertise
User research
Product
Design
Tech
Talents
Operations
Marketing
Finance
Imagination Machine is looking for talented entrepreneurs to accelerate their own project or to explore new tracks.
Frequently asked questions
We invest on average €200k in the exploration phase, including co-founders fees. If the project is market validated, Imagination Machine will be able to invest up to an additional €500k.
First, you’re on a freelance mission to explore the opportunity and assess whether or not it’s promising enough to lead to the creation of a business. We pay you for this research, depending on your profile.
If the market opportunity is validated, Imagination Machine provides the financing needed to create a company & first round of seed financing. You then become a cofounder of the company (together with the other entrepreneur/s-in-residence) without needing to invest financially.
We are pragmatic 🙂 We decide to start working with an entrepreneur-in-residence when we feel like there’s a great fit. And if, together, we believe there’s a need for another co-founder, we look for that rare pearl together. The first co-founder is therefore part of the “recruitment” team.
Yes of course! Our startup studio model allows us to create teams to take charge of opportunities identified by us and/or to finance existing startups in the early stages that excite us.
You can join Imagination Machine wherever you are; we work remotely. We meet at least every 2 months to spend time together and encourage exchanges between projects. And if you like office life, we offer offices in Nantes and Paris as a start.
Changing the world and launching your startup won’t be a lonely process 🙂