Hello Tomorrow Challenge
Hello Tomorrow Challenge is a company.
Active
Updated: ·
Financial History
Total Raised
N/A
Valuation
N/A
Leadership Team
Key people at Hello Tomorrow Challenge.
Hello Tomorrow Challenge is a company.
Key people at Hello Tomorrow Challenge.
Key people at Hello Tomorrow Challenge.
Hello Tomorrow is a global organization and ecosystem builder focused on accelerating deep tech innovation to address major world challenges. It operates through innovation consulting for companies, events connecting startups, investors, corporates, researchers, and institutions, startup competitions like the flagship Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge, and thought leadership on deep tech trends.[1][2][3] Rather than a traditional investment firm, it provides equity-free funding (e.g., €100K grand prize), global visibility, investor introductions, coaching, and access to a network of over 3,000 vetted deep tech startups, having facilitated billions in fundraising for participants while partnering with entities like BNP Paribas and BCG.[1][2][4][6] Its impact on the startup ecosystem lies in unearthing early-stage deep tech ventures (up to Series A), bridging research labs to commercialization, and fostering connections across 30 countries with 72 representatives.[1][3]
Hello Tomorrow was founded in 2013 by Arnaud de la Tour and Xavier Duportet (founder of Eligo Bioscience) during their PhDs, driven by frustration over promising deep tech innovations languishing in labs without paths to market impact.[3] They created the organization to unite business, science, engineering, and investment experts to transform breakthroughs into real-world solutions. Key early milestones include launching the Global Challenge in 2014 as the longest-running deep tech startup competition, which has grown through nine editions to receive 30,000+ applications from 132 countries, partnering with 500+ universities and accelerators worldwide.[2][3][4][6] Evolution has expanded from competitions to a full ecosystem with consulting, events like the Global Summit, and regional hubs in places like Japan, Singapore, Ghana, Turkey, and Brazil.[1][3]
Hello Tomorrow rides the deep tech wave—technologies like AI, biotech, quantum, and advanced materials requiring heavy R&D to solve climate, health, and energy crises—by bridging academia to commercialization at a time when deep tech funding surges amid global challenges.[1][3][4] Timing is ideal as corporates seek proprietary edges via startup partnerships, with BCG noting large firms' pivotal ecosystem role; Hello Tomorrow's 25,000+ supported startups from 100+ countries have unlocked €3B+ funding, influencing scaling of high-impact innovations.[4][7] It shapes the ecosystem by standardizing deep tech scouting (e.g., 500 projects selected yearly across 12 tracks), hosting the largest gatherings like Global Summit, and enabling cross-border collaboration, countering deep tech's long timelines and capital intensity.[1][2][5]
Hello Tomorrow is poised to expand its Global Challenge (entering its 12th+ edition by 2026) and regional hubs, potentially scaling to more emerging markets while deepening AI/climate tech tracks amid rising deep tech investment (projected to hit trillions globally).[1][6][7] Trends like corporate-deep tech alliances and pre-seed funding booms will amplify its role, evolving it toward hybrid models blending competitions with venture building. As the go-to convener for lab-to-market breakthroughs, its network effects will increasingly define deep tech success, turning today's pioneers into tomorrow's industry leaders—echoing its founding mission to rescue world-changing tech from obscurity.[3]
