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[Concours] Participez au WoodTech Startup Challenge 2025

09 octobre 2025

France Villes & territoires Durables est partenaire de l’édition 2025 du « WoodTech Startup Challenge », organisé par la WoodTech et Xylofutur. Sébastien Maire, Délégué général de l’association, fera partie du jury de sélection des lauréats. 

La filière forêt-bois est aujourd’hui un pilier de la transition écologique, industrielle et territoriale. Un concours d’innovation est l’occasion de créer une vitrine inspirante pour la filière forêt et de mettre en lumière les solutions qui répondent aux grands défis contemporains et à venir.

 

L’objectif du « WoodTech Startup Challenge » 

Le WoodTech Startup Challenge entend répondre à ces enjeux en fédérant autour de l’innovation, créant une vitrine inspirante pour la filière et en mettant à l’honneur les startups de la filière, leurs réussites et leurs ambitions.

Après une première édition 2024 axée sur Construction bois et Villes durables avec Saint-Gobain, POINT.P, DISPANO, Waves of Changes et le FCBA comme partenaires, cette année le concours sera consacré à la forêt et réparti en trois catégories :

  • Arbre & Ville : végétalisation, renaturation, îlots de fraîcheur…
  • Préserver & Anticiper : prévention sanitaire, incendies, sécheresse
  • Gérer & Renouveler : gestion durable, traçabilité, carbone & biodiversité…

A remporter pour les lauréats 

  • Adhésion à La WoodTech 2026
  • Présentation de votre solution au collectif DHDA
    Accès au Connect’Expert ou à la Veille Technologique flash du FCBA
  • Invitation à une réunion terrain du CNPF et un exemplaire offert d’une de leur édition
  • Intégration aux réseaux des partenaires pour booster leurs projets
  • Et d’autres…

Qui peut candidater ? 

  • Forêt ou au service de la forêt : Vous devez porter un projet entrepreneurial directement lié à la forêt.
  • Prêt pour le développement : Disposer d’un Business Plan, avec des premiers signes de traction idéalement.
  • Startup only : Votre structure ne doit pas dépasser 50 salariés ou 2M€ de chiffre d’affaires.

Exemples de solutions éligibles : aménagement (micro-forêts urbaines, îlots de fraîcheur, forêt Miyawaki…), renaturation, pédagogie, végétalisation, évaluation des risques, prévention sanitaire, incendies, sécheresse, tempête, modèles de gestion multirisques, smart forestry, traçabilité, valorisation carbone et biodiversité, digitalisation et robotisation, moyens d’adaptation au changement climatique…

 

Calendrier :

Candidatures : 22 septembre – 24 octobre

Sélection des finalistes par le jury : fin octobre

Finale : 19 novembre 2025 après-midi à Forestinnov

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A propos de Xylofutur

 

Depuis sa création en 2005, Xylofutur fait évoluer ses métiers, ses thèmes de recherche et ses sphères d’influence pour rester au plus près de la réalité économique et opérationnelle de ses 250 adhérents. Xylofutur a pour mission de faire émerger et d’accompagner les projets innovants de la filière, à impact économique, sociétal, et/ou environnemental fort, dans une démarche RSE.

 

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About Nina

A student at Sciences Po Paris, enrolled in the Master’s program in Territorial and Urban Strategies, Nina is interested in public policies at the territorial level as well as the challenges of ecological transition.

As part of a student project during her first year of the Master’s program, she worked with the National Housing Agency (Anah) on eco-design in urban renovation. She then took a gap year to gain more professional experience, completing two internships: the first with the City of Paris, where she contributed to the implementation of the first plan to combat energy poverty, and the second with the Paris Urban Planning Agency (Apur), where she worked on the territorialization of public health.

Currently in her second year of the Master’s program, she is beginning an apprenticeship with the association France Villes et Territoires Durables.

 

About Solène

Mission Officer, Working Group, and Projects. Student at the Urban School of Sciences Po Paris, focusing on the ecological transition of cities.

About Quentin

Motivated by climate issues and planetary boundaries, Quentin decided to study land use planning at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. His experience in associative field at the Fresque du Climat, helped him to better understand the stakes of the ecological bifurcation. Between his native Haute-Savoie and his home town Rennes, where he gained expertise in mobility and sustainable agriculture, he is now based in Paris to deploy the Sustainable City by France’s territorial workshops throughout the country.
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About Alice

After five years’ study at Sciences Po Lyon, with a specialization in territorial transitions, Alice joined Sustainable City by France (France Villes et territoires Durables). She actively contributes to the deployment of the association’s territorial workshops and working groups.
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Currently studying as a second-year Master’s student in International Relations at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Tara holds a Bachelor’s degree from INALCO, with a double-major in Hindi language, and International relations / Environmental studies. Her work with us is in line with her former experiences at UNESCO and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, thus deepening her professional expertise in the field of environmental diplomacy and international cooperation for sustainable development.

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She holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University and is currently studying for a Master’s degree in International Relations and Action Abroad at the same university. She approaches the problems of sustainable cities and territories through these different perspectives and her international experiences.

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About Isabelana

Isabelana is a Mexican journalist who holds a Master’s degree in Digital Communication and Data Analysis from the Sorbonne University. She previously worked in communication and press relations in the cultural sector in France and Mexico. Today, she is interested in ecological actions and solutions to preserve the environment and the biodiversity.
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About Camille

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With a background in social sciences, art history and architecture, Camille has worked in communication within the VINCI group: from major international projects to La Fabrique de la Cité, a think tank dedicated to urban foresight.
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About Alexandra

A geographer by training (Saint Petersburg State University), she started as a geographer and economist at the Academy of Agricultural Economics (Russia), before pursuing her career in France as an administrative and accounting assistant (Air Liquide, Association TGV Provence Côte d’Azur, COFHUAT, Groupe Hervé)
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About Marion

Trained in international and European affairs between England and France as part of a double degree at Sciences-Po Lille / University of Kent, Marion started her career in advocacy and institutional relations of non-governmental organisations, in the fair trade sector (Max Havelaar France label). Her experiences are also linked to territories, with a passage in decentralised cooperation at the level of a departmental council.
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About Sébastien

Before joining the SCbF team, he held several positions in local government management. From elected official and deputy mayor of his native city Besançon, in charge of university relations and international cooperation, to Director of Economic Development of the City of Pantin, to Chief of staff in Montreuil – where he notably piloted the in-depth redesign of the urban project towards more ecology and sustainable development – he continued his career as Senior Resilience Officer of the City of Paris.
He promotes a holistic and systemic vision of sustainable development and brings his expertise in territorial resilience, ecological and social transition.
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