Station F
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- 5, parvis Alan-Turing, Paris, France
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| Formation | 2017 |
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| Purpose | Business incubator |
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Key people | Xavier Niel, Roxanne Varza |
| Website | www.stationf.co |
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Station F is a business incubator for startups, located in the 13th arrondissement, Paris,[8] near the François Mitterrand site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.[9] It is noted as the world's largest startup facility.[10][11]
Situated in a former rail freight depot previously known as la Halle Freyssinet (thereof the "F" in Station F), the 34,000 m2 (370,000 sq ft)[12] facility was formally opened by President Emmanuel Macron[13] in June 2017 and provides office accommodation for up to 1,000 start-up and early stage businesses as well as for corporate partners such as Facebook, Microsoft and Naver.[14]
In the first five years of its existence, it supported more than 5,000 French startups with 92.4% still in operation. Hugging Face was its first unicorn company.[15] It is estimated that during these first five years, its companies raised more than 8 billion euros and directly created 47,200 jobs.[16]