Horizon & Beyond
Foundation was created in 2022 by Horizon Software and its partners. We have launched this initiative as we believe that, at a time when climate change is starting to create an unprecedented human, economic and technologic challenges, it is crucial that the fintech world weave all these concerns and contribute to a raise of awareness and an evolution of the finance industry.
Horizon & Beyond is a very humble initiative compared to the size of the challenge but we believe that it has a powerfull meaning: it’s the combination of a large diversity of projects which will create the global momentum that we need to develop our system.
Sylvain Thieullent,
CEO Horizon Software
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Our mission is:
The initial dotation of the Foundation is 500 000€.
Horizon & Beyond Foundation acts through :
1 – Educating and sensitizing people
2 – Supporting strong impact projects that contribute
to the ecological transition
Our goal is to contribute to a better information on the climate change, the need for ecological transition and the existence of concrete solutions on the personnal and professional levels, in every country where Horizon Software is established.
We are targeting in priority the financial industry, starting with Horizon Software’s ecosystem: customers, suppliers, partners, regulators, universities, staff, families…
We act by organizing general and specialized trainings, using leading pedagogical ressources and coaching Horizon Softare teams to become trainers.
Our goal is to support the development of projects that contribute to the ecological transition related to the finance and fintech industry.
Horizon & Beyond acts through skills, technological and financial support.
Projects will be evaluated and selected depending on their potential impact and their adquacy with Horizon Software activities.
Our objective is to support 5 projects before 2026.
Horizon & Beyond is led by a Board of Directors, a Committee of Experts (under development) and the community of Horizon Software employees.
Board of Directors
It meets 4 times a year and includes 8 members :
Sylvain Thieullent
CEO Horizon Software
Bertrand Corvaisier
CFO Horizon Software
Hélène Riou
DRH Horizon Software
Bruno Lefebvre
Head of Data Horizon Software
Anton Passiouk
Senior Lead Dev Horizon Software
Benoît Choppin
Investisseur
Agnès Huygues-Despointes
Investisseur
Jan Kinsky
Investisseur
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