Who you meet
Corporate innovation and purchasing teams, startups, investors, public bodies and, on the last day, the general public. Many startups exhibit inside the pavilion of a partner company rather than on a stand of their own.
Technology
VivaTech
VivaTech is the technology and startup event held every June at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Large companies host startups on their own stands, which puts corporate buyers, founders and investors on the same floor for four days.
Jun16–192027
Next edition
16 – 19 June 2027
Paris, France
Prepare lead capture for VivaTech
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Source · checked on 26 October 2026
Next edition
16 – 19 June 2027
Venue
Paris, FranceParis Expo Porte de Versailles
Frequency
Every year · June
Organiser
Publicis Groupe and Les Echos-Le Parisien
Official website
Dates come from the source shown and may change: confirm them on the official website before you book.
VivaTech in figures
200,000+
visitors
4,500+
exhibitors
15,000+
startups
165
nationalities
Figures for the 2026 edition, as published by the organiser. Source
What makes capturing contacts hard here
On a partner pavilion, the space, the screens and sometimes the lead scanner belong to the host. A startup that relies on it may never see the contacts in a usable form. And the public day mixes students and curious visitors with the buyers you came for.
How to prepare
Bring your own capture: a QR code on your part of the pavilion and on your phone, feeding a list that is yours. Add a question that separates buyers from visitors, so the public day does not drown the leads that matter. Set the follow-up to leave a few days after the event, once the inboxes have cleared.
The exhibitor’s guide to VivaTech
Paris's startup and innovation show
VivaTech was launched in 2016 by Publicis Groupe and Groupe Les Echos, and is held every year at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. In ten years it has become one of the largest technology events in Europe, with a format built around large corporate partners: groups take big spaces, invite startups they work with onto their stand, and use the show to present their innovation programmes.
The audience mixes corporate decision makers, startup founders, investors, public officials and, on the last day, the general public. That mix matters for an exhibitor: the same stand sees a procurement manager from a large group, a founder looking for a pilot and a student curious about the product, and they do not need the same follow-up.
Planning your participation
Many startups exhibit at VivaTech through a corporate partner, a regional or national pavilion, or a startup programme, rather than with a stand of their own. Check early which route fits you and what it includes: the space, the number of badges and the days you are present differ from one programme to the next.
Decide who you want to meet on the professional days. If your target is large companies, list the groups present and the people in charge of the topics you address; if it is investors, book meetings before the show. Prepare a form that separates corporate buyers, startups, investors and visitors in one question, so the sorting is done at the stand and not in a spreadsheet two weeks later.
On the floor
The halls are large and busy, and the corporate stands draw crowds. Make the QR code readable from a distance, and keep a visitor tablet on the counter for the moments when everyone on the team is in a demo. Staff who walk the halls to meet partners should capture contacts in trade show mode on their own phone, with a note on the group, the department and the topic discussed.
On the public day, decide in advance whether you collect consumer contacts at all. If you do, a single question at the top of the form keeps them out of your sales pipeline.
After the show
A contact from a large group usually leads to a long process: a first call, a use case, a pilot. Your follow-up should name the department and the topic you discussed and propose a concrete next step. For startups and partners met at the show, a shorter message with a link to book a call is enough. Send both within the week: VivaTech is followed by a busy season, and diaries fill up before the summer.
Your countdown to VivaTech 2027
The dates that matter, worked back from the opening day.
- D-6017 April
Shortlist who you want to meet
List the accounts and profiles you are going for. Your qualification questions follow from that list.
- D-3017 May
Open your event campaign
One campaign for the show: its own register, your questions, your follow-up delay.
- D-142 June
Print the QR poster
A5 for the counter, A4 for the wall, and NFC cards for the team if you use them.
- D-214 June
Brief the team
Each person gets their own link. Show them trade show mode and the visitor tablet.
- D-day16 June
Opening day
Every contact lands in one register, even when the hall Wi-Fi drops.
- D+319 June
The follow-up leaves
Your follow-up email goes out on its own, while the stand is still fresh in mind.
Three ways to capture contacts at VivaTech
They scan your card
A QR code on the stand or an NFC card in your hand: the contact fills in your form on their own phone, with your qualification questions.
Or you capture them
In trade show mode, photograph a business card or a badge, add a note and a temperature, and move on. It works with no signal.
Or they use the tablet
A visitor tablet on the counter takes the details of whoever is waiting while you are busy, and resets for the next person.
Exhibiting at VivaTech?
Set up your lead capture in minutes: a QR code for your stand, trade show mode on your phone, and the follow-up email ready to leave.
Getting there
Metro line 12 (Porte de Versailles) and trams T2 and T3a stop at the entrance of Paris Expo.
Orly is the closest airport; from Charles de Gaulle, allow about an hour by RER B and metro.
Questions
VivaTech 2027 is announced from 16 to 19 June 2027, in Paris, France. Dates come from the source shown and may change: confirm them on the official website before you book.
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