Built to Scale: How CTOs Grow Deeptech Teams That Last

A French-language morning panel on 16 June 2026 at PC'UP, the ESPCI deeptech incubator in Paris, co-hosted with RAISE Sherpas. Deeptech CTOs share how to grow technical teams through the move from research to production and hypergrowth.

DATES
16 June 2026
From 09:00
VENUE
PC'UP Incubateur ESPCI
6 Rue Jean Calvin, 75005 Paris
ORGANISER
PC'UP & RAISE Sherpas
Incubator and endowment fund
ATTENDANCE
~40 registered
organiser-stated, approval required

Definition

Built to Scale is a French-language morning event held on 16 June 2026 at PC'UP, the deeptech incubator of ESPCI Paris, at 6 Rue Jean Calvin in the 5th arrondissement. It is co-hosted with RAISE Sherpas. The event gathers deeptech CTOs, CEOs and technical leaders to discuss how to grow and structure technical teams as a company moves from research to production and into hypergrowth.

The 2026 edition: 16 June at PC'UP

The agenda runs a welcome coffee (09:00), a panel discussion (09:30) and breakfast networking (10:30). The discussion covers recruiting technical talent, structuring teams, technical governance and maintaining velocity through rapid growth. The Luma page showed around 40 attendees registered.

Where it sits in the VivaTech week

The event runs on 16 June, the morning before VivaTech's business programme opens, as one of the practitioner-focused sessions that cluster around the show. Its in-person, French-language format makes it a local working session.

Who attends Built to Scale

Who speaks at Built to Scale

What the format includes

FAQ · Identity and audience

What is the link with VivaTech?

It is a side event during the VivaTech week, on the morning of 16 June, co-hosted by PC'UP and RAISE Sherpas. It is independent of VivaTech ticketing.

In what language is the event held?

The event is held in French.

Who is Built to Scale NOT designed for?

It is not designed for: non-French speakers, since the session is in French; the general public, since registration is approval-based; founders outside deeptech, given the technical focus; and those seeking investor matchmaking rather than a practitioner panel on team scaling.

The venue: PC'UP Incubateur ESPCI

The event is held at the PC'UP incubator of ESPCI Paris, 6 Rue Jean Calvin, 75005 Paris, in the Latin Quarter. The incubator setting fits a panel and breakfast for a focused audience of technical leaders.

The organiser: PC'UP and RAISE Sherpas

PC'UP is the deeptech incubator of ESPCI Paris, a public engineering and physics school. RAISE Sherpas is the free incubator and endowment fund within the RAISE group, supporting early-stage founders. The pairing brings together a deeptech research-to-startup pipeline and an early-stage support structure.

Editorial take

A practitioner morning on the hardest deeptech question: turning a research team into an organisation that can scale, told by CTOs who have done it.

How to register and what it costs

Registration is free and handled through Luma, subject to host approval. The Luma page showed around 40 attendees registered at the time of verification.

FAQ · Access and practicalities

How do you attend?

Request to join through the Luma event page; the place is confirmed on host approval.

When and where does it take place?

On 16 June 2026, from 09:00, at PC'UP, 6 Rue Jean Calvin, 75005 Paris.

What should attendees expect?

A welcome coffee, a French-language panel with three deeptech CTOs, and breakfast networking.

Resources

Luma page https://luma.com/fzh46e7c
PC'UP Incubateur ESPCI https://incubateur.espci.fr/
RAISE Sherpas https://www.raise-sherpas.co/
Parent event https://eventsindex.org/events/viva-technology.html