Our Impact Collectives : Driving Gender Equity in Tech
Closing the opportunity gap in the tech sector is one of our most urgent challenges. Today, women represent less than 30% of the tech workforce, with even lower representation in high-level engineering and technical roles. The Simplon Foundation is taking a bold stand to change this narrative by supporting inclusive tech collectives led by and for women. These initiatives provide spaces for mentorship, visibility, and mobilization—encouraging new career paths, celebrating success stories, and dismantling systemic stereotypes. Every day, we prove that a more equitable digital world is within our reach.
Tech Intrepid's (Les Intrépides de la Tech)
Expanding opportunities from day one
Women & Girls in Tech
A collective to accelerate gender equity in tech
Les Intrépides de la tech
Driving Gender Equity in Technology
Launched in late 2019, Tech Intrepid's (Les Intrépides de la Tech) is a mission-driven collective dedicated to closing the gender gap in tech, with a primary focus on empowering young girls. Our mission: dismantle gender stereotypes from an early age and pave the way for equitable access to digital careers.
Through hands-on classroom workshops, female role model mentorships, and accessible educational programming, we reach thousands of students annually from elementary through high school across the country, including underserved rural communities.
Co-founded by the Simplon Foundation and supported by a robust network of public and private partners, the coalition is built for systemic transformation. By aligning with local governments, educators, and corporate leaders, Tech Intrepid's (Les Intrépides de la Tech)is a catalyst for action, ensuring the future of technology is built by everyone, for everyone.
Our Impact (2024)
(depuis le début du projet)
41,305 students reached.
1,261 workshops organized.
1,645 teachers and facilitators trained.
1,140 women in tech mobilized as role models.
Simplon Foundation, La Compagnie du Code, Class’Code Association, JobIRL Association, DRANE Ile-de-France, DRANE Occitanie.
Key Strategic Partners
Academy of Orléans-Tours, New Aquitaine Academic Region, DRANE Nantes, Educational Digital Territories, Trousse À Projet, Prefecture of the Centre-Val de Loire region, Raspberry Pi Foundation, AEIF, AXA, Orange, Bouygues, Keyrus Foundation, Google.org, Airbus, Groupe Les Echos-Le Parisien, 2050NOW LA Maison, Les Petits Débrouillards Occitanie, AOZ Studio, UNIT Foundation, Women & Girls in Tech, Banque des Territoires, Femmes@Numérique.
Contact : Lucie Jagu (ljagu.ext@simplon.co)
Experience AI Program
In 2025, in partnership with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, we are launching Experience AI..
This program empowers educators and teachers to discover and teach AI through a community-led sharing of best practices.
Learning objectives
- Discover : Understand what AI is and how it functions.
- Experiment : Hands-on activities to demystify emerging technology.
- Critique : Decipher the ethical and societal stakes of AI.
- Apply : Practical resources for classroom use.
Target Audience : Educators and Youth (Ages 12–18)
Supported by 
Women & Girls in Tech
Accelerating Representation
Established in 2019, the Women & Girls in Tech collective brings together over 60 corporations, non-profits, institutions, and training providers with one shared goal: to trigger a true transformation for gender equity in tech careers.
Managed by the Simplon Foundation, WoGiTech operates as a collaborative Innovation Labwhere partners pool resources, expertise, and action. From "Booster Days" to immersive bootcamps, the collective acts both externally (at major tech conferences) and internally (within companies through executive mentorship and digital fluency tools).
WoGiTech does more than just raise awareness: it offers concrete, field-tested solutions to support companies in their cultural transformation. The goal is clear: to make the tech industry a more equitable, representative, and sustainable space.
"Inclusive and equitable tech is not an option; it is a lever for social transformation, innovation, and corporate performance."
Our Impact (2024)
(source 2024)
25+ major events and 200+ panel discussions.
15,000+ participants reached.
Official VivaTech Partner for four consecutive years.
Strategic partners :
BNP Paribas, Spring Lab, Becomtech, La Poste Groupe, Air Liquide, Manpowergroup, Orange, RATP, Atos, Experis, VivaTech, 50 in Tech, Groupe Avril, DINUM, Ministère des Armées, INRIA, E-mma, Job IRL, Viens voir mon taf, les Intrépides de la Tech, Ro-Bots, Femmes Ingénieures, Willa, Start Up for Kids , Women In Games, Women In Web3…
Contact : Bénédicte Pasquet (bpasquet@simplon.co)
A Greener Digital Future
We firmly believe that digital technology can only be considered progress if it is inclusive, ethical, and sustainable. That is why we support concrete initiatives to raise awareness, provide training, and mobilize people around responsible digital practices that serve the public interest.