The French Tech Ticket – a authorities startup scheme to draw new enterprise to France – introduced the primary set of 2016 winners with President François Hollande welcoming the profitable entrepreneurs on the Élysée Palace in Paris.
The scheme was launched again in Might final yr and promised profitable candidates funding of €12,500 for six months; fast-tracking to acquire a French residence visa; free workplace house in a startup incubator that gives coaching, mentors and enterprise networks and assist with French paperwork with an English-speaking advisor.
The 23 fortunate startups, made up of 4 French and 45 overseas entrepreneurs, had been greeted by President Hollande who made a speech outlining his plans for France to turn out to be “a land of innovation” and thanked the winners for his or her “belief in France”. He additionally introduced that tax provisions shall be made to draw overseas companies to France and in addition to lure again any French expertise that had emigrated to different international locations.
The second tier of the scheme was additionally revealed the place 200 further entrepreneurs shall be helped to create their startups by January 2017, not solely in France however in 13 different cities worldwide. And a 3rd tier of French Tech scholarships shall be supplied to help expertise from susceptible neighbourhoods to hold out their initiatives with a seed fund.
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Under are the checklist of the winners together with the startup incubators that shall be housing them and the progressive initiatives that gained them a spot on the scheme. Congratulations to all of them!
1. AGRIVERSITY
Founders: Cynthia Pizarro (Chile), Jorge Pizarro (Chile), Natalie Morales (Chile)
Incubator: Numa
Venture: A web-based training platform devoted to the coaching of farmers.
2. BIFASOR
Founders: Rym Soussi (France), Steven Jay Silverstein (US), Zakaria Dabone (Burkina Faso)
Incubator: Paris Pionnières
Venture: Bifasor is a matchmaking platform for transport and logistics in Africa.
3. BRAND PIT
Founders: Might Yamaura (Japan), TT Chu (China)
Incubator: Numa
Venture: Analyzing buyer habits by way of picture recognition applied sciences.
4. CHALLENGING SOLUTIONS
Founders: Astrid Collonnier (France), Ekaterina Shukh (US), Wesley Siebenthal (US)
Incubator: Usine IO
Venture: Open-source robotic mobility to revolutionize the accessibility of wheelchair customers worldwide.
5. CHIFCO
Founders: Amine Chouaieb (Tunisia), Mehdi Karoui (Tunisia)
Incubator: 50Partners
Venture: A field that measures the power consumption of the home and gear to higher management it.
6. COPHENOL
Founders: Emmanuel Thiery (France), Mariana Bittencourt (Brazil)
Incubator: La paillasse
Venture: Reworking espresso right into a compound that can be utilized in acidification of soil and as a fertilizer.
7. DYMOND CLEANTECH
Founders: Raphael Kiran (India)
Incubator: La paillasse
Venture: Electrochemical therapy of water utilizing eco-innovative prime quality diamond electrodes (made in France) for efficient disinfection and water purification.
8. ELUM
Founders: Colin Cyril (France), Karim Alami (Morocco)
Incubator: Building & Energie – Impulse Companions
Venture: Analyzing power consumption to scale back the electrical energy invoice for its prospects prepared for his or her transition to renewable energies.
9. FARMINAL
Founder: Waleed Sorour (Egypt)
Incubator: Numa
Venture: A dairy farm administration resolution for big and medium-sized farms.
10. FUELLING | IT’S TIME TO MOVE
Founders: Raul Cabanillas (Argentina), Sam Leach (UK), Tomas Buedo (France)
Incubator: 50Partners
Venture: Serving to HR departments to reward their workers for his or her efforts with a enjoyable software.
11. GAIUS AUTOMOTIVE
Founders: Brian Fan (Canada), Christian Jansen (Canada)
Incubator: Usine IO
Venture: A fleet of electrical three-wheeled bikes for city logistics as a way to cut back air pollution and visitors congestion.
12. Guesswork
Founders: Boobesh Ramalingam (India), Mani Doraisamy (India)
Dwelling Incubator: Startup42
Venture description: Guesswork recommends merchandise to prospects by analyzing their profiles on social networks permitting them to supply the precise merchandise based mostly on their pursuits.
13. INFUTHE
Founders: Mike Liu Yang (China) Qian Yang (China)
Incubator: Paris & Co
Venture: Reinventing the tea bag to advertise a brand new tasting expertise.
14. INSPIRO
Founders: David Su (USA), Dominique Star (USA)
Incubator: 104 Manufacturing facility
Venture: A cell platform for innovation and collaboration within the arts.
15. MESH UP
Founders: Borna Scognamiglio (Italy), Francesco Travagli (Italy), Wissam Sammouri (Lebanon)
Incubator Dwelling: Paris & Co
Venture: Serving to customers make the precise profession alternative utilizing data-mining and site.
16. MEVRY
Founders: Ngoc Nguyen Chan (Vietnam), Ngoc Son HAN (Vietnam), Ngoc Trung Tran (Vietnam)
Incubator: Startup42
Venture: Actual-time facial scanning and 3D know-how from low-cost cameras with a safe consumer/server.
17. PIN & TUCKER
Founders: Anthula Nunes (Canada), Tracie Wagman (Canada)
Incubator: Paris Pionnières
Venture: Permits customers to have instantaneous opinion of pals whereas procuring and helps companies affect their prospects in key moments of the acquisition course of.
18. POLYWED
Founders: Andrey Temlyakov (Russia)
Incubator: 50Partners
Venture: Expertise based mostly on the evaluation of information to enhance the fertilization success price of IVF.
19. PRESSMATTIC
Founders: Md Muntasir Rashid (Bangladesh), Moin Uddin (Bangladesh)
Incubator: Startup42
Venture: Reworking the WordPress content material administration system in a software program growth module and software.
20. Q-BOT
Founders: Mathew Holloway (UK)
Incubator: Building & Energie – Impulse Companions
Venture: Robotic options for inspection and the insulation of buildings and infrastructure in hazardous environments.
21. SMASHRUN
Founders: Christopher Lukic (US), Jacklyn Giron (Philippines)
Incubator: Paris Pionnières
Venture: Helps joggers keep motivated and enhance their efficiency by way of information visualization and evaluation.
22. TIMEJOY
Founders: Luliia Kropacheva (Russia), Elina Elek (USA), Igor Dmitriev (Russia)
Incubator: Paris & Co
Venture: A smartphone software that helps professionals to get to conferences on time and be extra productive.
23. TRIDOM
Founders: Lior Aharoni (Israel), Yaron Schwarcz (Israel)
Incubator: Building & Energie – Impulse Companions
Venture: A robotic 3D printer capable of produce or strengthen a constructing to considerably cut back prices.
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