April 15, 2026
The VivaTech x Bloomberg Awards on June 18 in Paris
London, April 15, 2026. VivaTech and Bloomberg have launched new awards to celebrate the best global leadership, innovation and impact across the technology sector. The inaugural VivaTech x Bloomberg Awards will take place on June 18 during a ceremony at the VivaTech conference in Paris.
The VivaTech x Bloomberg Awards ceremony will be hosted by Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua and Tom Mackenzie. The awards ceremony will feature a series of on-stage discussions with the winners, replacing the traditional format of acceptance speeches. The ceremony will be streamed globally on bloomberg.com/video and other channels.
The winners will be chosen through a global selection process, drawing on broad-based input from senior teams across VivaTech and Bloomberg.
The 50-minute ceremony will recognise 7 winners across a range of categories including:
- Leadership Award. Recognizes a senior leader whose decisions and stewardship are shaping the global tech economy.
- Momentum Award. Recognizes a founder or senior leader who is actively building a defining platform or institution.
- Breakthrough Award. Recognizes game-changing innovators who advance the limits of the possible.
- Investor Award. Recognizes an individual investor or firm whose capital and conviction accelerated innovation.
- Visionary Award. Recognizes lifetime achievement by a person or organization.
- Rising Star Award. Recognizes an emerging founder or thinker, nominated by the wider Bloomberg and VivaTech communities – more details here.
- CitizenTech Award. Recognizes a city, country or region using technology to make a real-world impact on its citizens.
The ceremony will be hosted in the Theatre, VivaTech’s new 2,000-seat venue at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
About VivaTech
VivaTech is an innovation accelerator that connects startups, technology leaders, large companies and investors responding to the greatest challenges facing our world.
Each year VivaTech organizes Europe’s largest startup and tech event. For four days, we bring together all the excitement of tech in Paris, focusing on the most disruptive topics in the ecosystem and innovations presented in a world preview, making it a unique place where business and innovation meet. The tenth edition of VivaTech will take place from 17 to 20 June 2026.