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# SYSTRA opens to startups to accelerate innovation

![SYSTRA opens to startups to accelerate innovation](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vignette-scaled.jpg)

## Open spark Challenge: All you need to know to participate

### Who is the Open Spark Challenge aimed at?

The Open SPARK Challenge is aimed at all startups and mature scaleups, in France
and internationally, that want to make an impact in infrastructure and mobility.

### Why has SYSTRA opened the Spark Challenge?

The Open SPARK Challenge was created to complement SYSTRA’s innovation ecosystem
by identifying high-potential external solutions.

The key benefits include faster access to mature solutions, strengthening our
in-house expertise, and creating additional value for our clients.

### How is the selection made?

Startups can apply on a platform until 19 April, after which an internal jury
will preselect up to 10 startups, which will then be put in touch with the
Group’s Business Units concerned by the proposed solutions.

### What types of solutions are you looking for?

We invite startups to propose solutions in four main areas:

- Sustainable solutions and the environment
- Digital & AI for engineering
- Predictive asset maintenance
- Innovative products for mobility engineering

### What are the benefits for the selected startups?

The Open SPARK Challenge enables selected startups to maximise the commercial
impact of their solution and adapt it to SYSTRA’s business lines.

They receive end-to-end support: exploring use cases with SYSTRA teams,
promoting their solution within the Group’s networks and increased visibility
for winning projects to accelerate adoption. The three winners will have the
opportunity to present their solution to SYSTRA’s Executive Committee.

### Ready to take on the challenge?

**To learn more about the Open SPARK Challenge adventure**, check out the
dedicated page.

**Applications are open from 2 March to 19 April. **

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_Open SPARK Challenge Read more sur Open SPARK Challenge_

![SPARK Challenge](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/spark-challenge.jpg)

### Internally too

SPARK, SYSTRA’s intrapreneurship programme, will be held in parallel with the
Open SPARK Challenge, now in its fourth edition. It identifies, structures, and
incubates the best ideas from employees to reinvent our practices and accelerate
innovation at SYSTRA.

It has already generated nearly 300 ideas from teams of employees around the
world. More than 80 intrapreneurs have been incubated and more than 10 projects
have been deployed to improve the way we work or to offer new services to our
clients.

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