Olivia Hervy
Chief Ecosystem Officer @Vivatech
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Chief Ecosystem Officer @Vivatech
Viva Technology is Europe’s biggest startup & tech event. VivaTech accelerates innovation by connecting startups, tech leaders, majors corporations and investors responding to our world’s biggest challenges. Next edition will take place on June 17-20, 2026 in Paris (France).As Chief Ecosystem Officer, I lead our investors and startups teams and programs, and manage ecosystem partnerships.
EDUCATION
University of Burgundy (IUP Denis Diderot)
Master's degree
University of Brittany
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ABOUT OLIVIA HERVY
I have spent the last 15 years working in the startups ecosystem and supported 100+ startups (from pre-seed to Series A) in the development of their company. I am really passionate about innovation. Helping startups grow is what I love.I have an entrepreneur mindset with high-energy. I love to launch new products or businesses, meeting new people, connecting people and building collaborations. I am resourceful and have a strong ability to get things done, get buy-in from internal or external stakeholders, and reinvent myself or my role if necessary.I currently work as Chief Ecosystem Officer of VivaTech, Europe\'s biggest startup & tech event.Previously, I launched and operated WeWork Labs in Paris, WeWork’s incubator for early-stage startups, pivoted it after covid to a global business support platform for startups, available to all WeWork members in any location. I also launched Growth Campus in Europe, WeWork’s commitment to help Europe’s startup ecosystem bounce back after COVID with subsidized office space and business support with WeWork Labs platform.Before that, I headed up the innovation topics for Midem - the leading international B2B event for the music industry - the growth strategy on the startups segment and founded Midemlab, the leading international accelerator for music-related startups. I also launched and built the content marketing department for the Entertainment Division of Reed Midem (now RX France, the world’s leading organizer of B2B tradeshows), and built conference programming.I have proven track records in -Marketing, content strategy, community building, B2B events & programming-Growth, sales & biz dev, partnerships-Business strategy & international project management-Team management (cross-functional & global teams included)I have been a speaker or jury member at several events : Slush, Midem, EBG, French Tech Tremplin, Creative Business Network…
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