2025 Competition
Now in their 21st edition, the French American Business Awards recognize Excellence, Innovation, and Leadership based in New England and France.
2025 Awards
Innovation Awards
Innovation Award - Start-Up Category
🏆 Game-Changing Innovation in Any Industry (Excluding Life Sciences)
Honors an early-stage startup in any industry (excluding Life Sciences) that has demonstrated exceptional innovation, disruptive potential, and scalability. This company brings new ideas, technologies, or business models to market, with the potential to transform its sector.
✅ Requirements: Fewer than 50 employees worldwide, developed a minimum viable product (MVP) but is still working toward market expansion, focused on achieving product-market fit
Innovation Award - Scale-up Category
🏆 Recognizing Growth and Industry Leadership in Innovation
This award celebrates a mid-sized company in any industry (excluding Life Sciences) that has demonstrated remarkable progress, industry leadership, and technological advancement. This company is driving innovation, expanding market influence, and achieving substantial business growth.
✅ Requirements: 50 to 500 employees worldwide, established technology/product and business model, proven market demand and revenue generation, focused on scaling operations, increasing market share, and driving industry impact.
Life Sciences Awards
Life Sciences Award - Start-Up Category
🏆 Innovation in Early-Stage Life Sciences
Honors a promising startup in the Life Sciences industry that demonstrates exceptional innovation, groundbreaking research, and strong potential for scalability. This company is shaping the future of healthcare, biotechnology, or pharmaceuticals with transformative ideas.
✅ Requirements: Fewer than 50 employees worldwide, developed a minimum viable product (MVP) but is still working toward market expansion, focused on achieving product-market fit
Life Sciences Award - Scale-up Category
🏆 Recognizing Growth and Impact in Life Sciences.
This award celebrates a mid-sized company in the Life Sciences sector that has made significant advancements in healthcare, biotechnology, or pharmaceuticals. This company has demonstrated strong industry impact, technological progress, and business growth while advancing medical innovation.
✅ Requirements: 50 to 500 employees worldwide, established technology/product and business model, proven market demand and revenue generation, focused on scaling operations, increasing market share, and driving industry impact
French Gourmet Award
🏆 Honoring the Best of French Gastronomy in New England
This award celebrates excellence in French-inspired cuisine and craftsmanship, recognizing a business that embodies the art de vivre and culinary savoir-faire of France. This company elevates French gastronomy in New England through exceptional quality, authenticity, and creativity in the food and beverage industry.
Whether a restaurant, café, bakery, or gourmet retailer, the winner of this award exemplifies the richness of French cuisine while embracing the diverse cultural influences of the region.
Why Apply?
By applying, companies gain an unparalleled opportunity for exposure among FACCNE’s extensive network, including industry leaders, investors, and executives. The winners will receive:
- Recognition at an elegant evening with 150+ leaders and entrepreneurs during the French-American Awards Ceremony..
- Increased visibility through FACCNE’s communications and media outreach.
- A one-year FACCNE membership, providing exclusive networking and event access.
- Special access to FACCNE team and board members, and to our network of C-level executives, investors, and partners.
- Opportunity to be nominated for the 2026 CCI France International Awards, offering global recognition.
All the nominations will be seen by our jury. Applications for the French Tech Company of the Year will be reviewed by two dedicated juries.
Requirements
- Having a connection to France (French leadership, employees, branch office in France…)
- Presence in the New England market, either through an established company or the continuous presence of employees.
- The competition is FREE TO ENTER
- You don't have to be a member of FACCNE to apply.
- Members of the FACCNE Board are not allowed to apply.
In addition, each year FACCNE enters the FAB Awards winners in the Annual Trophees, organized by CCI France International. The awards are presented at a prestigious ceremony and gala dinner in Paris, under the patronage of French President Emmanuel Macron, offering major international visibility in the French economic press. The 2026 Trophees of CCI France International will be in June 2026. Past winners include Moderna and Pathmaker Neurosystems Inc.
If you have any questions regarding the competition or the purchase of individual tickets, please contact Ludivine Wolczik, FACCNE’s Executive Director at contact(@)faccne.org.
If you have any questions regarding sponsorship opportunities, please contact Maud Albrieux-Hollaender at event@faccne.org.
2025 Gold Sponsors
Previous winners of the FAB Awards
