Havas Partners with Future4care to Advance Development of Healthcare

Jun. 01, 2023

As the rapid development of the health sector continues to necessitate innovative solutions for patients and providers, startups are an agile, forward-thinking avenue to advance these solutions across the industry. To help support startups from development to market, Havas today announced that it has partnered with Future4Care, Europe’s only health-focused startup accelerator program spearheaded by Sanofi, Capgemini, Generali, and Orange. Not only will this partnership foster connectivity between Havas' existing health offerings and the new solutions these startups are offering, it will also provide access to Future4Care’s unparalleled knowledge base to help drive success for clients across the globe.

Future4Care aims to create an ecosystem that allows all companies and startups with digital health solutions to access global knowledge and find a framework that helps them flourish and grow faster. As part of this partnership, Havas will also have access to the Future4Care BioPark, which houses all the startups in the heart of Paris and provides a place to network about digital health and drive innovation.

Yannick Bollore, Chairman and CEO of Havas said:

"Fostering relationships between smaller startups and larger networks is symbiotic and beneficial for both. We’re honored to be a part of Future4Care and truly admire Sanofi, Capgemini, Generali, and Orange’s commitment to the businesses of the future. Staying on the cusp of innovation in health and wellness positions Havas well to continue to address opportunities in this sector in the future, and investing in agile, burgeoning businesses is critical to our success as a large global network."

 

Donna Murphy, Global CEO of Havas Creative Group and Havas Health & You said:

"I’m proud to continue our strong relationship with Sanofi and be at the heart of their innovation system with this partnership. I’m honored to invest with them and work together to transform our companies by placing innovation at the center of new brand strategies. It is our common ambition to create a unique partnership between Havas and Sanofi – an ambition we are already achieving."

 

Paul Hudson, CEO of Sanofi stated:

"It’s great to have Havas, a local company and global healthcare partner, recognize the value their innovation-centric expertise can bring to developing a strong digital health ecosystem in France."

 

Havas’ partnership with Future4Care dovetails with its broader focus on innovation and commitment to reshape and bolster the ecosystems we work within daily. The Group already has a proven track record of success with its legacy of investing in startups. One of its major focuses is on StationF, a startup accelerator based in Paris that supports businesses across all sectors of communication, including marketing, media, and tech. Businesses that have already been supported by StationF include Rumble Studio, Kinetix, and Viewst.

The partnership will be supported on both a daily and operational basis by Havas NOW, Havas Health & You's digital innovation lab in charge of developing the latest technological trends for clients. This new partnership completes the strategy initiated by Havas Health & You three years ago in collaboration with LAB NOW within the startup campus Station F.