Make Opens Mentorship Hub at Paris’ STATION F Campus
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– Make, a visual automation platform owned by Celonis, has opened a permanent Mentorship Office at the STATION F startup campus in Paris.
– This move establishes a physical presence at a key location and signals France as a strategic growth market for the company.
– The office will provide startups with one-on-one mentorship, workshops, and participation in hackathons and networking events.
– Make already has over 200 STATION F startups in its program and competes with tools like Zapier and Microsoft Power Automate.
– The strategy targets early-stage startups as high-velocity adopters who make foundational tool decisions before vendor loyalties are set.
The visual automation platform Make, owned by Celonis, has established a permanent physical hub at the STATION F startup campus in Paris. This strategic move underscores the company’s focus on the French market as a key area for growth. The new Mentorship Office will provide direct access to the campus community of over 1,000 early-stage companies through personalized guidance, educational workshops, and event participation.
Make, which rebranded from Integromat, offers a visual-first platform for building automated workflows and AI agents without coding. The company, led by CEO Fabian Q. Veit, reports serving over 400,000 paying customers and nearing €100 million in annual recurring revenue. It operates in a competitive field alongside tools like Zapier, n8n, and Microsoft Power Automate.
“Europe’s startup ecosystem is producing world-class founders, and they deserve world-class tools,” stated Veit. “By joining STATION F, we’re putting Make directly in the hands of the teams that need automation the most, ambitious teams doing big things with limited resources.”
The mentorship model at STATION F is a proven concept, with tech giants like Apple, AWS, and Google running similar on-campus spaces. Make’s program will offer one-on-one mentorship sessions to identify automation opportunities, workshops on topics from onboarding to scaling, and involvement in campus hackathons and networking events. More than 200 startups from the campus are already enrolled in Make’s existing Startup Programme, indicating strong pre-existing demand.
STATION F, launched in 2017 within a converted railway depot, has become a cornerstone of the French tech scene. It has supported over 8,000 startups, hosts about 50 new companies monthly, and facilitates more than 600 events each year. Startups based there collectively raise over €1 billion in funding annually, with Paris solidifying its status as a leading European hub. In 2024 alone, Parisian startups secured over €1.3 billion in AI funding.
For Make, the logic is clear. Early-stage startups are ideal adopters for automation, as they must scale their operations efficiently with constrained resources. By embedding within STATION F, Make positions itself at the critical moment when founders are selecting their foundational tools, aiming to become their preferred solution before competitors can establish loyalty.
(Source: The Next Web)