MATTHIEU GILQUIN, MONEY TIME WINNER: "IT'S NOT JUST A MEDICAL DEVICE, IT'S ALSO A FASHION COMPANY"

"Before venturing into entrepreneurship, this former consultant, who worked for McKinsey and the World Bank Group, is indeed well-versed in the startup environment, having spent four years at the French scale-up Innovafeed, specializing in insect-based protein design. Particularly concerned with male contraception, he met the future co-founder of 37 degrés in activist circles in 2023. Together, they developed this innovative underwear that leverages thermal contraception through testicular ascent, a technique with no side effects, reversible, and much more effective than the pill. He then left his position at Innovafeed to dedicate himself full-time to this project, officially launched a year ago.

With nearly 200,000 euros in non-dilutive funding obtained from various sources (a Hodefi honorary loan, the Abeille Assurance competition, and also Bpifrance via the French Tech Grant, among others), the young startup is now working on a first fundraising round, with a final target of one million euros, which would allow them to start preclinical trials. For Big Média, Matthieu Gilquin discusses the genesis of the startup and outlines the next strategic steps to become a major player in reversible and non-hormonal male contraception."