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Impact 2035: Shape the Future with OVHcloud
Impact 2035: Shape the Future with OVHcloud
Why this Challenge?

This challenge celebrates innovation across diverse fields and focuses on startups leveraging technology to shape the next decade and build impactful tech solutions for the future.

At the same time, data sovereignty has moved from a “nice to have” to a strategic business imperative. The ecosystem is accelerating toward more resilient and sovereign infrastructure to reduce risk, build customer trust, and optimize price-performance.

Our Startup Challenge
Impact 2035: Shape the Future with OVHcloud

The context:
OVHcloud is extending the Impact 2035 challenge for another year and is seeking groundbreaking tech startups that prioritize digital sovereignty and sustainability, while delivering transformative, measurable, and scalable solutions to address global challenges like healthcare, climate resilience, ethical AI, and equity and inclusion.

We aim to identify and accelerate startups that will shape a better future for humanity and the planet over the next decade.


What we are looking for:
Key Themes
• Sustainable Planet & Green Tech (green IT, energy-efficient infrastructure, smart cities, circular economy)
• Health, Well-being & Inclusive Society (healthcare, longevity, access to services)
• Future of Learning & Work (lifelong learning, reskilling, future jobs)
• Responsible & Sovereign Tech (open source, data sovereignty, ethical AI, trusted infrastructure)

Expected solutions:
 • Startups should have at least an MVP or prototype
• A clear roadmap toward measurable impact by 2035
• At least some early validation, such as traction or partnerships

Selection Criteria
Impact

How transformative is the solution for society and the planet?

Data Sovereignty & Ethics

Does the solution prioritize data sovereignty, trust, and responsible technology practices?

Feasibility & Scalability

Is the solution technically viable and capable of scaling sustainably to reach millions of users?

Startup Maturity

Is the company privately held, less than 10 years old, and progressing toward product-market fit?

Team Capability

Does the team have the expertise to build and scale with advanced cloud tech?

Rewards
  • 1st Prize

    • €100,000 in free cloud credits
    • 20 hours of free Professional Services support
    • 3 hours of free mentoring

  • 2nd Prize

    • €50,000 in free cloud credits
    • 10 hours of free Professional Services support

  • 3rd Prize

    • €25,000 in free cloud credits
    • 6 hours of free Professional Services support

  • For all the selected startups

    Two 4-day passes to VivaTech 2026

Play an active role in our six business sectors

Your solution, product or service demonstrates that you can play an active role in LVMH's ecosystem and deliver on a large scale. Whether it be the creation process, the omnichannel customer journey, or operation and manufacturing, you support the Group's legacy of excellence and innovation in all areas of its 6 business sectors.

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  • Selective Retailing

Timeline

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  • Applications open

  • Applications close

  • The finalists are announced

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    20/06/2026

    10th edition of VivaTech

FAQ

Who can apply?

Can I apply for more than one Startup Challenge/Award?

What is the difference between a Startup Challenge and an Award?

Is applying for an Award or Startup Challenge free?

Your personal data is collected by Crédit Agricole S.A., 12 Place des Etats-Unis, 92120 Montrouge, as the data controller, so that you can participate in the Challenge organized from 18/03/2026 during the Vivatech event, called: “Digital Sustainability Training Modules”. In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right, under the conditions provided by law, to access your personal data at any time, to exercise your right to data portability, to have it rectified, to request its erasure in compliance with legal obligations, to object to its processing, to define general or specific instructions regarding the fate of your personal data after your death, or to restrict its processing for legitimate reasons. You can access more detailed information on the protection of your personal data by consulting, in particular, Article 13: “Personal data protection” of the challenge rules.

Your personal data is collected by Crédit Agricole S.A., 12 Place des Etats-Unis, 92120 Montrouge, as the data controller, so that you can participate in the Challenge organized from 18/03/2026 during the Vivatech event, called: “Digital Sustainability Training Modules”. In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right, under the conditions provided by law, to access your personal data at any time, to exercise your right to data portability, to have it rectified, to request its erasure in compliance with legal obligations, to object to its processing, to define general or specific instructions regarding the fate of your personal data after your death, or to restrict its processing for legitimate reasons. You can access more detailed information on the protection of your personal data by consulting, in particular, Article 13: “Personal data protection” of the challenge rules.

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