on the November 13, 2025
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The Prix Pépite Méditerranée 2025 once again brought together a community committed to student entrepreneurship. Since 2013, this event has been highlighting the innovative initiatives of the young talents supported by Pépite Méditerranée.
For this year's edition, the Var branch hosted the ceremony on November 13, bringing together an evening rich in exchange and inspiration!
The Pépite Méditerranée award is more than just an awards ceremony. It's a unique opportunity for the Côte d'Azur and Var entrepreneurial ecosystem to come together to celebrate student entrepreneurship, highlight initiatives and project leaders, and showcase the work carried out year after year.
This year, the Prix Pépite Méditerranée was a global event, alternating prize-giving and keynotes, exchanges, testimonials and more informal discussions. The evening was hosted this year by two former nuggets Laura Ortali (winner of the Prix Pépite Méditerranée in 2023) and Baptiste Saby, who acted as master of ceremonies.
The evening's program includes
- A gourmet welcome by Tea Shop, a responsible tea brand supported by Pépite Méditerranée, offering a moment of conviviality right from the start.
- The inspiring testimony of Thomas Gabelle, mentor and long-time collaborator of the Pépite Méditerranée program, who recounted the different stages of his entrepreneurial journey.
- Yolaine Deplace, winner of the Prix Jeune Entreprise 2024 for her Cosplay Smart project, also took to the stage to share her experience, her evolution and the positive spin-offs of her Pépite support.
- An exchange dedicated to failure and entrepreneurial resilience. This time was led by Tsolady M'bokolo and Quentin Henry, two former student-entrepreneurs, who were able to look back on their journey within the Pépite program and its contribution, despite the difficulties and failures they encountered.
- The Pépite Méditerranée 2025 awards ceremony with the traditional 4 winners.
- A convivial cocktail party to encourage meetings between project leaders, partners and ecosystem players.
The 2025 winners
- Young Company category: Valérie Douangphrachandr - Valérie Douang Studio
- Innovative Company Category: Valeriya Strizhkova - Facila
- Impact Company category : Anna Margot Le Doussal - Kossiakoff - Réseau ATHENA
The regional Grand Prix Pépite Méditerranée will be announced at the national ceremony on November 20. A little more suspense...!
Pépite Méditerranée would like to extend its warmest thanks to all those involved in this 2025 edition, to all those who contributed to the various highlights of the evening, and to all those who took part in this year's event.all our partners, whose commitment enables us to support new generations of entrepreneurs every year.
