The World’s Top Edtech Companies of 2024 (TIME): three winning companies linked to Université Paris-Saclay

3W Academy

Ranked 238th, 3W Academy is a specialised school for coding and computing. It was founded by Djamchid Dalili, who has a PhD in Physics from Université Paris-Saclay. 3W Academy offers training courses in web development, design, AI and cybersecurity, which are officially recognised by the French national directory for professional qualifications (RNCP).

Le Wagon

Ranked 242nd, le Wagon is a school dedicated to training in coding, computer programming, data science and cybersecurity. It was created by Romain Paillard and his brother, Boris Paillard, alumnus of CentraleSupélec, alongside Sébastien Saunier.

Gymglish

Ranked 249th, Gymglish is a company founded by Antoine Brenner, alumnus of CentraleSupélec, and Benjamin Levy, which provides online language lessons for individuals, companies and higher education institutions.

To establish this ranking, TIME worked in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings. The ranking is built on two pillars: financial strength and industry impact. Statista gathered and scrutinised data from over 7,000 companies through various sources in each of these areas, before awarding companies an overall score. For the evaluation of the industry impact, Statista worked with HolonIQ and LexisNexis® Intellectual Property Solutions to assess companies in different impact dimensions, encompassing factors such as the quality and impact of their product/service portfolio and the quantity and value of a company’s intellectual property portfolio.