Waga Energy and Air Liquide were among the three finalists in the Raise and Bain & Company “David with Goliath” awards, created to encourage startups and corporations to work together. The award was given out on November 15, 2017 in partnership with the Entrepreneurship Chair at Paris’ ESCP business school. Startup PHenix and corporation Carrefour won the award this year for their partnership.

Air Liquide, a shareholder and key partner of Waga Energy, supported the development of the company’s WAGABOX® and is backing the expansion of the solution across France and into foreign markets.

Waga Energy was sponsored for the awards by BNP Paribas, which has been assisting the company since its inception.

 

From left to right: Clara Gaymard, co-founder of Raise, Mathieu Lefebvre, Waga Energy CEO, Dominique Lecoq, VP Ecosystems & Communications at Air Liquide, and Pierre-Etienne Franc, VP Hydrogen Energy à Air Liquide.

 

Read the press release on the Air Liquide web site