Support to entrepreneurs is based on a network of reputable partners:
- private partners (banks, investment capital, consulting firms, law or accounting firms, former entrepreneurs, and so forth),
- institutional partners (regional councils, regional industry, research, and environment management organizations, chambers of commerce, and so forth),
- the Alumni Association (Entrepreneurship Club, Alumni network, Sénat Tremplin Entreprises competition).
ESSEC has also developed active partnerships with the academic world, such as the Paris Biotech incubator (Paris V, Centrale, Inserm) specialized in bio-technology and the Centrale-ESSEC Catalyst.