Sophie Pellat-Velluire

Sophie Pellat-Velluire is currently the Co-Head of Startup Studio at Inria and has been with the organization since July 2019. As a member of the expert committee for Agoranov and the investment committee for SATT Grand Est, Sophie has contributed to multiple initiatives since 2007 and 2016, respectively. Additionally, Sophie serves as an affiliated professor at ENSTA ParisTech, teaching management and entrepreneurship to third-year engineering students. Previously, Sophie co-founded and served as a partner at IT-Translation, playing a key role in financing spin-off companies from research labs. With mentorship roles at Techstars and NUMA Paris, and expertise in innovation as a former Director of Development at INRIA-Transfert, Sophie has demonstrated a commitment to fostering the growth of deeptech startups. Sophie's background includes extensive management consulting at SDMC Mind Consultants and Altis – Enst & Young, focusing on business transformation and change management for various major corporations. Sophie holds an engineering degree from ENSTA and a Mastère in Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris.