Elise Nebout is the manager of Le Camping, a unique 4 month program to accelerate innovative startups powered by NUMA, the largest digital hub in the center of Paris where tech events take place daily. She graduated from Sciences Po Lyon and started her career as a journalist for digital and traditional press magazines such as Philosophie Magazine and Usbek & Rica. In January 2011, she joined Le Camping as Community Manager until she became Manager in November 2012.

Le Camping, based in Paris, started in January 2011 and has raised over $14 million in funds to date. It leads and builds French innovative startups and has already helped create several success stories. Sixty-two startups in five batches went through the program. Companies such as DocTracks, a solution allowing encryption and control over distributed documents, raised $2 million and was acquired by Intralinks for over $10 million. Another successful story is that of Mesagraph, a piece of software that analyzes millions of online conversations in real time to provide analytics and actionable insights. Twitter acquired it for an undisclosed amount.

Startups receive the assistance of exceptional mentors and professionals, and over $120,000 worth of services and resources in addition to the opportunity to meet and network with potential investors.

Today, Le Camping is a prominent French acceleration program based in the main entrepreneurs and digital hub in NUMA. Twelve innovative startups are selected every season to go through the intense 4 month program to develop and grow. Being located in NUMA provides the startups with a network of thousands of international entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and companies that would surely benefit them.