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PwC’s Accelerator
                   “Local to Global” Expo
                               PwC’s Accelerator is a unique platform designed to accelerate
                               high-growth companies to a global level. Our goal is to help
                               these companies achieve an international reach and become
Content                        leaders in their market by combining adequate fundraising,
                               top management team building and logistical assistance.
PwC’s Accelerator 	
Activity Report	          2    By making the most of the business network and
                               professional expertise of PwC and its corporate members,
Agenda	                   6
                               these companies can achieve exponential growth.
Roundtable	               6
Pitching high growth 	
Companies	             8
First Session	        8 - 21   Welcome
Sensimed
Visuol Technologies
Hakisa                                                                          about the strategic development and
Olky                                                                            challenges of digital platforms. Discover
MORF Media                                                                      more about our speakers in this brochure !
Techniwood
Immunovia                                                                       We have included our first Activity Report,
Belingoo                                                                        in which you will discover more about
Nanogap                                                                         PwC’s Accelerator as well as our members
Expertmaker                                                                     realisations to date. You will see also where
make.tv                                                                         the Ecosystem we are striving to build around
Phosphorus                     We are pleased to welcome you today at our       entrepreneurs now stands.
Spallian
                               second “Local to Global” Expo where you
Urthecast                                                                       We hope that this second edition of the
                               will have the opportunity to discover 28 high
Second Session	 22 - 35        potential companies from Europe, Russia and      “Local to Global” Expo will provide to you
                               the US. These companies have been selected       the opportunity to meet high-potential
in-edit                                                                         companies and prominent players of the
Prima Diag                     based on the uniqueness of their technology,
                               the quality of their management, their           European investors community.
TagTagCity
Gem Med                        ambition to grow internationally as well as
                                                                                We wish you a pleasant Expo!
i-snapshot                     the total size of their addressable market.
Stealth Software
Superstand                     You can meet and further discuss with these
Vizerra                        companies after the Expo during the one-to-
Regify                         one meetings.
FLASHiZ
Excursiopedia                  During the day, you will also have the
MJR Pharmajet                                                                   Laurent Probst              Alexandre Rhea	
                               opportunity to listen to high quality speakers
Balmart
LuxCloud
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                                                                                                                                               Investing in relationships
                                                                                                    Clients:                                   Results of the 1st “Local to Global” Expo”
                                                                                                                                               held on 27.03.2012:                             First Community events                            tor for an hour long discussion that was sha-
                                                                                                    •	 200 applications
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 red with PwC’s Accelerator community. The
Key figures                                       acceleration. These companies are in an ear-      •	 20+ members                             The first “Local to Global” Expo, which         02.05.12 | Discussion with an accomplished        main themes were:
Structuring a community of investors and          lier stage of expansion and mainly require        •	 6 companies in acceleration             presented 25 fast-growing companies from        Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist: Dr.Ossama      1.	 European/US differences;
entrepreneurs                                     coaching and assistance in various fields like    •	 Companies of PwC’s Acccelerator         Europe, Russia and the US to 150 potential      Hassanein                                         2.	 Lessons learned for entrepreneurs; and
                                                  recruitment, building a strong sales pipeline,       have successfully raised more than      investors, was held on 27 March 2012,                                                             3.	 Silicon Valley Trends.
Today, more than 200 companies have ap-           validating their business plan... This prepa-        4 million euros to date                 during the official Opening Day of PwC’s                                 Dr.Hassanein is an
plied to PwC’s Accelerator programmes. Six        ration is systematically being coordinated        •	 5 hosted clients                        Accelerator, and was met with approval from                              entrepreneur, men-       Here is an extract from the discussion about
are in acceleration at PwC’s Accelerator. In      by the PwC’s Accelerator team. Members                                                       all sides:                                                               tor, and venture         entrepreneurship:
                                                                                                    •	 Recruitment of international Top
their quest in becoming global, these compa-      who need it can also benefit from our hou-                                                                                                                            capitalist. Over the
                                                                                                       Executives to execute global            •	 80% of the pitched companies were able
                                                                                sing offer in          company plan                                                                                                     last 35 years, he        Dr. Hassanein stated: “I love the European
                                                                                                                                                  to establish business contacts;
                                                                                our     Vertigo                                                                                                                         has managed over         entrepreneurs that I met and supported,
                                                                                                    •	 Comprehensive approach for              •	 40% initiated formal contacts with poten-
                                                                                building. This                                                                                                                          US$1 billion of          just as much as I loved their Canadian coun-
                                                                                                       assisting companies is a key               tial investors;
                                                                                gives them the                                                                                                                          international tech-      terparts.” He often wished they would be
                                                                                                       distinctive feature creating value to
                                                                                added bene-            our members                             •	 The effectiveness of the event format was                             nology funds in          “more aggressive”. What seems to be lacking
                                                                                fit of meeting                                                    praised by 100% of the responders.                                    diverse leadership       in Europe is the vibrancy of the ecosystem
                                                                                and mingling                                                                                                                            roles including EVP      that US entrepreneurs enjoy in Silicon Val-
                                                                                with      other     Community:                                                                                 of Berkeley International in San Francisco,       ley, and increasingly now in Los Angeles and
                                                                                PwC’s Accele-       •	 Top-tier investors community of                                                         Chairman of Technocom Ventures in Paris,          New York. He encouraged European entre-
                                                                                rator commu-           1400 built and qualified                                                                President of Newbridge Networks Holding           preneurs to go through an “acceleration”
                                                                                nity members.       •	 50 large Corporates looking for new                                                     in Canada, and Chairman of the Rising Tide        programme, such as offered by PwC: “Take
                                                                                Overall,     the       technologies                                                                            Fund in Silicon Valley. Currently, he is chair-   a leave in Silicon Valley, enshrine the faith
                                                                                creation of a                                                                                                  man of BDNA Corp in Mountain View, of             of entrepreneurship within, and become im-
                                                                                                    •	 30 Service providers offering
                                                                                community                                                                                                      Echovox in Geneva, and Zong in Menlo Park,        bued with the values you aspire to live by”.
                                                                                                       services to members
                                                                                dedicated to                                                                                                   California.                                       He used an analogy of a “believer” underta-
                                                                                                    •	 10 Universities
                                                                                high-tech      is                                                                                                                                                king pilgrimage to Jerusalem or Mecca. It is
                                                                                gaining pace        •	 Relationship with Silicon Valley:                                                       On 2 May 2012, Dr. Hassanein sat down with        not essential, but could be most inspiring!
                                                                                thanks        to       Silicon Valley has an unparalleled                                                      Alexandre Rhea, the CEO of PwC’s Accelera-
nies are in need of a mix of corporate restruc-   concrete and positive contacts between all           track record in helping build global    First visit to Silicon Valley with companies
                                                                                                       companies, PwC’s Accelerator            in acceleration in June
turing, executive management recruitment,         stakeholders, including corporate inves-
                                                                                                       offers a unique access to this highly                                                   26.07.12 | the reasons to go global, by           Becoming a global company regardless of
significant fundraising, logistics assistance     tors, service providers and universities. As                                                 Companies brought to Silicon Valley:
                                                                                                       attractive ecosystem and diversified                                                    Carlos Ramon                                      your size should not be a choice but an obli-
in going global, ... As fundraising is an inte-   of today, the PwC’s Accelerator community                                                    E-Dynamics (Morf Media), LuxCloud, Spallian.
                                                                                                       network                                                                                                                                   gation. The reasons for this are threefold:
gral part of the acceleration process, we have    counts more than 50 corporate members, an                                                    Besides the opportunity to pitch together       About Carlos Ramón:
started to actively discuss each of their fun-    integral part of our ecosystem, and around        •	 First visit to Silicon Valley with
                                                                                                                                               with 25 other US companies in front of 80+                                                        1.	 Maximise Shareholder Value- As a CEO of
                                                                                                       companies in acceleration in June                                                       Ramón is today a recognised business consul-
draising needs with investors. We have also       ten experienced entrepreneurs. We have also                                                  investment and corporate funds, our com-                                                              any company, regardless of its sharehol-
                                                                                                                                                                                               tant helping high tech companies build their
signed 20+ membership agreements for              started to build a network of top-tier inves-                                                panies in acceleration had the opportunity                                                            der composition, your main responsibility
                                                                                                                                                                                               foundations in beco-
companies in the phase of preparation for         tors spanning across the globe.                                                              to meet on one-to-one top tier Silicon Valley                                                                            is to maximise share-
                                                                                                                                                                                               ming global players.
                                                                                                                                               Venture Capital funds, multinational Corpo-                                                                              holder value.
                                                                                                                                                                                               His successes over
                                                                                                                                               rate potential partners and Reputable Entre-    20+ years of expe-                                                       2.	 Know your com-

ICT Corporate Members                                                                                                                          preneurs. The exercise was most successful
                                                                                                                                               as they did create solid contacts with both
                                                                                                                                                                                               rience of working in
                                                                                                                                                                                               an executive role or
                                                                                                                                                                                               as an advisory board
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        petition- As the world
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        has become flat, inter-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        national presence is
                                                                                                                                               potential investors and business partners.
                                                                                                                                               As Renaud Prouveur, CEO of Spallian, said       member for renow-                                                        the best way to keep
                                                                                                                                               on his way back to Europe, “What they did       ned global techno-                                                       your competition in
                                                                                                                                               in three days would have taken 18 months in     logy companies, gives                                                    check.
                                                                                                                                               Europe”!                                        him unique insight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       3.	 Recruiting the
                                                                                                                                                                                               on trends in globali-
                                                                                                                                               This journey was also the opportunity for                                                                               best talent- Having
                                                                                                                                                                                               sation. Examples of
                                                                                                                                               PwC’s Accelerator to confirm the appropria-                                                          international presence and embracing
                                                                                                                                                                                               these companies include: PeopleSoft, Aka-
                                                                                                                                               teness of our market positioning and targe-                                                          international perspectives is the best way
                                                                                                                                                                                               mai Technologies, Silver Spring Networks
                                                                                                                                               ting.                                                                                                to convince new hires of your company’s
                                                                                                                                                                                               and Ooyala.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    international angle.
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Promoting our services within the Greater
region and ICT Community
                                                ICT    Spring    Welcome
                                                International ICT companies
                                                                            Event-Hosting        The UNconvention - bringing together some
                                                                                                 of the most innovative young Europeans
                                                                                                                                                  Opening-up to future Entrepreneurs
                                                                                                                                                  PwC’s Accelerator hosts        Entrepreneurship
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Community Members
The Greater Region Business         Days   -    On the day prior to the ICT Spring, PwC’s        The UNconvention was held in Brussels            Workshop for Students
promoting B2B services                          Accelerator was invited by ICT organisers to     on 26-27 June and focused on bringing
                                                host a welcome event for 30+ guests of the       together some of the most innovative young
PwC’s Accelerator kicked off the month
                                                ICT industry. Stemming mainly from South         Europeans. Organised by the European
of June with a two-day event, the Greater
                                                Korea, Japan and France the guests followed      Young Innovators Forum with the support of
Region Business Days on 13-14 June. We
                                                a programme organised by PwC’s Accelerator       the President of the European Parliament, the
had the opportunity to introduce ourselves
                                                that allowed them to visit LuxConnect            event was held in a very interactive, informal
and network with many businesses, service
                                                datacenter in Bettembourg, as well as the        and unconventional format to allow for ideas
providers and entrepreneurs in the Greater
                                                Vansken and Kabam offices. Moreover, the         to flow. PwC’s Innovation and R&D Leader
Region. The event brought together key
                                                guests visited PwC’s Accelerator premises at     and founder of PwC’s Accelerator, Laurent
players from the three neighbouring
                                                Vertigo. The serial entrepreneur Jean-Claude     Probst, gave an empowering presentation
countries, notably high level political and
                                                Bintz (Lakehouse) and Robert Dennewald           on the role of Innovation in Europe that was
economic representatives to share the latest
                                                (President at Fedil) welcomed them with a        midely praised, evidenced by the number of
economic developments of the Greater
                                                speech on entrepreneurship in Europe.            one-to-one meetings he held following his
Region.                                                                                                                                           BGL BNP Paribas launched an innovative
                                                                                                 speech.
                                                                                                                                                  Social Business called «Lux Future Lab». The
                                                                                                                                                  idea was born to create a «Summer School»
ICT Spring Europe - meeting with the most      different market segments such as Digital                                                          for High School Students with the following
talented Luxembourgish and international       Life, Smart technologies and Cloud services.                                                       objective: to inspire students to think about
specialists                                    PwC’s Accelerator had a strong presence,                                                           their future and encourage them to open up
                                               from a speech given to ICT Spring attendees                                                        to various perspectives. In essence, motivate
The third Annual ICT Spring Europe,                                                                                                               them to become dynamic actors of their own
                                               entitled “From Local Market Traction to
which took place on 19-20 June, drew                                                                                                              future by building two main qualities: a grasp of
                                               Global Leadership” to the participation in a
more than 3,500 visitors from all over the                                                                                                        entrepreneurship and innovation.
                                               round-table around “Entrepreneurship for
world and 150 international companies.
                                               Innovation”. The result left our booth was                                                         We organised a full day workshop on
Of these companies, four are programmed
                                               buzzing with activity. This was evidenced                                                          entrepreneurship and shared with these future
to pitch at our “Local to Global” Expo on
                                               by the multitudes of visitors interested in                                                        business leaders what is needed to take initiative
27 September. These companies focus on
                                               learning more on our one-stop shop.                                                                and start a business. We were very impressed

“We can read your enthusiasm                                                                  “You  meet a real entrepreneur’s
                                                                                                                                                  by the high level of organisation and creativity
                                                                                                                                                  that was being displayed by the students.

in your eyes”                                                                                 need that was not covered before”
                “Your team really makes us
                                    want to work with you”

                                                                                                                                                     Perspectives
Institutional Members                                                                                                                                                                                            strateg yandesign
                                                                                                                                                     Our priorities:
                                                                                                                                                     •	 Build and expand the
                                                                                                                                                        ecosystem
                                                                                                                                                     •	 Reach the critical size
                                                                                                                                                     •	 Reinforce our relationship
                                                                                                                                                        with investors
                                                                                                                                                     •	 Develop our relationship with
                                                                                                                                                        other PwC’s Accelerators
                                                                                                                                                     •	 Go Accelerator go!




                                                                                                                                                                                                                 strateg yandesign
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                                                                                                                                                               Nicolas has a degree from EMLYON, the Lyon business            Poste where he was in charge of managing relationships

                                                Agenda                                                                                                          school and an MBA from the University of Connecticut
                                                                                                                                                                 (he obtained both degrees in 2000). Nicolas’s first job
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              between Groupe La Poste and the start-up ecosystem.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              In that capacity, Nicolas took part in a number of events
                                                                                                                                                                  was in the United States, where he worked for a start-      where he acted as a mentor or member of the jury (e.g.
                                                27 September 2012                                                                                                  up specialising in methods of payment. When he             Le Camping, Start-up Weekend, BarCamp). Nicolas
                                                                                                                                                                    returned to France, he spent five years working in        specialises in innovative financial services.
                                                                                                                                                                     the market analyst team of software and computing        Nicolas joined XAnge in 2012 as Investment Manager to
                                                                                                                                                                      services company Unilog. He then did a five-year        help increase the deal flow in B2C internet, mobile services,
  10:30 - 11:00 	 Welcome and registration                                                                                                                             stint in the innovation division of Groupe La          innovative financial services and SaaS BtoB proposals.
                                                                                                                                           Nicolas Debock
  11:00 - 15:15 	 Second “Local to Global” Expo
  11:00 - 11:15 	 Welcome speech by Alexandre Rhea, CEO of PwC’s Accelerator & Laurent Probst, 				
  	                   Partner and Founder of PwC’s Accelerator                                                                             Born October 28, 1940 Esch/Alzette, Grand-Duchy of          ComputerLand Europe, at the time the world’ largest
  11:15 - 11:45 	     Presentation - “The Economy of Digital Platforms” by Henri Verdier, President of 				                                Luxembourg. Holds a Luxembourg Doctorate of Law.            PC retailer.
                                                                                                                                           Graduated in Political Science at the Institut d’Etudes     Has been a member of Parliament since 1984. Elected
  	                   Cap Digital & Nicolas Colin, author, entrepreneur and finance inspector, 	 	     	 	 	
                                                                                                                                           Politiques, Paris and at Stanford University.               to the Luxembourg City Council in 1987, was Deputy
  	                   Government Administration*                                                                                           Served for the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs in    Mayor from 1991 to 1999 and Mayor until 2011.
  11:45 - 12:30 	     High Growth Companies’ presentations - First session                                                                 London, Helsinki and Geneva. Was chief of staff to Prime    Initiated the Hotcity project, a public private
                                                                                                                                           Minister Gaston Thorn (1975-1979) before joigning the       partnership offering fully operational universal
  12:30 - 14:00 	     Walking lunch                                                                                                        government as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,       Wifi service throughout the city of Luxembourg and
  14:00 - 14:30 	     Roundtable “Building Europe-based successful digital platforms” moderated by Laurent Probst	                         Foreign Trade and Economic Development (1979-1984).         partner cities.
  	                   Nicolas Debock, Investment manager, XAnge Private Equity				                                                         From 1984 to 1989 was General Manager of
  	                   Paul Helminger, Chairman, Hot City 									                                                                                                                                                                                                        Paul Helminger
  	                   Marco Houwen, CEO, Luxcloud
      	               Christian Thaler-Wolski, Principal, Wellington Partners
    	                 Henri Verdier, President, Cap Digital                                Our experts will be at                                              Christian joined Wellington Partners in 2009. He is            his career at ORACLE, the global leader in the software
  14:30 - 15:15 	 High Growth Companies’ presentations - Second session                             your disposal to discuss                                    an Investment Manager with the Digital Media and              industry. In 2007 he joined the management team of
                                                                                                    on the new “Alternative                                        Software team and his primary role is identifying          student loan vendor CareerConcept AG as the Director of
  15:15 - 16:45 	 One to one meetings                                                                                                                                exciting investment opportunities and building           Business Development.
                                                                                                    Investment Fund Managers
                                                                                                                                                                       relationships with the great entrepreneurs             Christian holds an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, and
  16:45 - 17:00 	 Award ceremony                                                                    Directive” (AIFMD) during                                            behind these companies.                              has an undergraduate degree in international economics &
                                                                                                    one to one meetings                                                     Christian brings entrepreneurial and              business from universities in Budapest and Toronto.
                                                                                                                                                                              industry experience to his role. He started
                                                                                                                                           Christian Thaler-Wolski


                                                Roundtable                                                                                 Henri Verdier (born November 24, 1968), former              of the board of Paris-Sorbonne University.
                                                                                                                                           Student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, is a French        He was awarded the Ordre National du Mérite in 2010.
                                                                                                                                           entrepreneur, and currently CEO of MFG Labs, an             Aside from this position, Henri Verdier was
                                                                                                                                           internet startup involved in social data mining.            the founder Director of “Edition Odile Jacob
Roundtable “Building Europe-based          Therefore it is complex to understand all      market trend, value chain or regulation.         He is also the Chairman of the Board of Cap Digital,        Multimedia”, a publishing company in the field of
                                                                                                                                           the French European Cluster for Digital Content and         e-learning, Executive Adviser for Innovation at
successful digital platforms”              the challenges and opportunities issued
                                                                                                                                           Services located in Paris Region.                           Lagardère Group and the Director of Prospective
                                           from these platforms. This roundtable          This is also an open discussion, you will have
                                                                                                                                           He is a member of the ARCEP Strategic Committee, a          for the Institut Telecom.
Faster and faster, digital platforms are   composed of investors, entrepreneurs and       the possibility to address the panel with any    member of the CNIL Strategic Committee and a member
reshaping ecosystems and the way people    highly experienced professionals of the ICT    question or comment you may have.
interact with each other. Switch from      community will be the chance to tackle this                                                                                                                                                                                         Henri Verdier
previous business model is massive!        hot topic throughout various aspects such as
                                                                                                                                                         Marco Houwen, together with his partners LuxConnect and              traditional and expensive licensing model to the new and affordable
                                                                                                                                                          Datacenter Luxembourg, founded LuxCloud S.A. in April 2010.         SaaS (Software as a Service) model.
                                                                                                                                                            This partnership sets out to attract international SME and SMI    Prior to that in 2000, Marco in association with Xavier Buck,
                                             Moderator 	        Laurent Probst, Partner and Founder, PwC’s Accelerator                                        out of the field of Software development to the Grand Duchy.    founded the first company of DCL Group, now recognized as one of
                                                                                                                                                               LuxCloud will put Luxembourg firmly on the International       the biggest Internet success stories in Luxembourg with companies
                                             Panellists	        Nicolas Debock, Investment manager, XAnge Private Equity
                                                                                                                                                                  Internet map and delivers services to SMB’s all over        including Datacenter Luxembourg but also, EuroDNS, e-Brand
                                             		                 Marco Houwen, CEO, Luxcloud                                                                         Europe.                                                   Services and voipGATE to name but a few.
                                             		                 Paul Helminger, Chairman, Hot City                                                                    A market leading provider of cloud computing            Passionate about the promotion of Luxembourg, Marco is co-
                                             		                 Christian Thaler-Wolski, Principal, Wellington Partners                                                 services, LuxCloud allows companies to quickly        founder and President of LU-CIX A.s.b.l. and as such contributes
                                             		                 Henri Verdier, President, Cap Digital                                                                      launch and profitably deliver the cloud services   actively on the promotion of the Luxembourgish e-commerce hub.
                                                                                                                                                                             demanded by small and medium sized               In addition to his role as LuxCloud CEO, Marco is CEO of Datacenter
                                                                                                                                                                               businesses. Thanks to the LuxCloud platform,   Luxembourg and a board member of the DCL Group.
                                                                                                                                            Marco Houwen                         companies are able to move from a
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High Growth Companies’ presentations - First session

                                              Technology                                                                                                               Technology
                                              The SENSIMED Triggerfish consists of a soft contact lens incorporating                                                   Over several years, VISUOL Technologies has developed a complete
                                              a patented MEMS sensor and a telemetric system which receives power                                                      range of innovative industrial systems for surface quality inspection
                                              from and sends information to an adhesive loop antenna that the                                                          based on phase-stepped deflectometry. The technology is insensitive to
               Logo here                      patient is wearing around the eye, which then stores information in a
                                                                                                                                       Logo here                       parasitic ambient light and vibrations meaning it directly measures
                                              portable recorder.                                                                                                       surface minute shape defects.
             SENSIMED AG                                                                                                               VISUOL
            Route de Chavannes 37             Problem Solving                                                                                                          Problem Solving
              1007 - Lausanne                 Glaucoma is an asymptomatic, progressive and irreversible disease                      Technologies                      The detection of surface defects (shape deviations, waviness, roughness,
                                              which leads to blindness unless adequate treatment is provided early on.                8 rue des Feivres                aesthetic defects, etc.) is a major concern in many industrial
                Switzerland
                                              Glaucoma affects about 4% of the population over 40 years of age and is                    57070 Metz                    applications.
                                              steadily increasing with age. IOP (Intra-Ocular Pressure) peaks are                                                      Today, controls often rely on operators who perform visual inspection
                                              frequently not detected delaying the diagnosis of glaucoma and leaving
                                                                                                                                           France                      or finger-tip checks. Such controls are costly and suffer from a lack of
 Short Resume / Description                   many patients under inadequate treatment and thus progressing                                                            repeatability because of their subjectivity.
                                              towards blindness.                                                                                                       Our metrology systems are especially suitable to render these controls
 SENSIMED AG is a Swiss company with its
                                                                                                                          Short Resume / Description                   automatic. They allow fast, objective, full-field whilst non-contact
 principal    focus     on   the    design,
                                              The SENSIMED Triggerfish, at the convergence between device, drugs                                                       surface inspection to replace subjective evaluation and consequently can
 development, and commercialization of                                                                                    Everyday, millions of people inspect
                                              and information, is a paradigm-changing, non-invasive solution for                                                       save millions of Euros to the manufacturing industry.
 integrated micro-systems for medical                                                                                     surfaces subjectively by eyes, because no
                                              continuous 24-hour monitoring of fluctuations in IOP to aid the
 devices. The SENSIMED Triggerfish® is a                                                                                  others solutions are available.
                                              diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma. Both the antenna and the lens do
 revolutionary    solution  for   24-hour                                                                                 We provide breakthrough, exclusive and
 continuous monitoring of fluctuations in
                                              not interfere with normal vision; they are disposables, placed and                                                       Market validation
                                              removed by an ophthalmologist. The recorder is owned by the                 patented, non destructive surface quality    Our products are referenced by more than 60 major key accounts, such
 intra-ocular pressure to manage glaucoma                                                                                 inspection solutions to replace subjective
                                              ophthalmologist. Patients will get 24-hour monitoring sessions                                                           as Daimler who have acquired an equipment to improve the production
 patients.                                                                                                                visual inspection allowing a better
                                              anywhere between once or several times a year depending on the rate of                                                   process of composite SMC decklids of Mercedes car volume production.
                                              progression of the disease.                                                 understanding and improved quality.          Our products are used to check the surface of Boeing Dreamliner
 Contact:                                                                                                                 Consequently, for In-line measurement we     fuselage and AIRBUS aircraft paint quality, to improve the process
 Jean-Marc Wismer, CEO                        Market validation                                                           save Millions € to our clients in a wide     production of the new LEAP turbofan engine from SAFRAN and GE.
                                              Since restricted commercial launch in 2011, the product has enjoyed         range   of    applications   (Automotive,    It is also used to improve the quality of medical implants from Aesculap
 jean-marc_wismer@sensimed.ch
                                              tremendous acceptance by key opinion global leaders. Initial targeted       Aeronautic, Energy, Metallurgy, Medical,     B-Braun, for which we received the First Prize for Innovation from 3 of
 +41 7 86 36 29 51                            commercialisation has generated over CHF 1M with limited sales              Luxury…).                                    the worldwide Big-7 orthopedics suppliers (Implants 2012).
                                              efforts, showing an increasing rate of repeat purchase of the disposable                                                 Our POLISMART Project for Intelligent Polishing has just been
 Funding:                                     sensors.                                                                                                                 approved to be sponsored by the French Ministry of industry.
                                                                                                                          Contact:
    € 13M-17M the next 6 months
                                              Competitive Advantage                                                       Baseotto Gerard, CEO                         Competitive Advantage
                                              No device is currently able to provide ophthalmologists with the 24-        baseotto@visuol.com                          Visuol Technologies provide the only available solution to objectively
 Revenue forecast:                            hour profile of intraocular pressure fluctuations they need to make the     +33 6 80 03 05 58                            control large, reflective, surfaces replacing subjective visual inspection.
    € 21M in 2014                             right diagnosis and to adapt treatment to individuals and to changing                                                    The state-of-the-art contactless measuring solution combining
                                              conditions. The current state-of-the-art device is a succession of single                                                simplicity, robustness and performance puts us ahead of competition.
                                              measurements which itself creates changes in IOP. Thus a continuous         Funding:
 Reach profitability:                         monitoring device like the SENSIMED Triggerfish addresses a major           € 1.5M-5M the next 6 months                  Why invest?
 No info                                      unmet need in the field and as such has raised the greatest interest of     € 5M-10M the next 18 months                  Years of intensive R&D led the development of an exclusive/unique
                                              the most renowned professionals. A study indicates that doctors have                                                     products line; allowing a strategic response to the market need for
                                              changed treatment in 79% of the cases when such 24-hour continuous                                                       quality control of manufactured goods, while reducing production costs.
 Management team:                             information, even though performed manually, was available.                 Revenue forecast:                            This need has been confirmed by more than 60 references in large
 Jean-Marc Wismer, CEO                                                                                                    € 1M-5M revenues in 2013                     companies.
                                              Why invest?                                                                                                               In front of this multisectorial demand, we provide the only solutions
                                              The SENSIMED Triggerfish is not a marginal improvement but a true                                                        from portable to in-line application.
                                              paradigm shift just like the Holter device revolutionised heart             Reach profitability:                         The ultimate challenge is to organise our company so as to become the
                                              monitoring a decade ago. There is a clear, large and growing unmet          2013                                         worldwide leader in surface quality control.
                                              medical need which costs large amounts to society and leads millions to
                                              blindness. The solution is proven, fully industrialised, commercialised,    Management team:
                                              and years ahead of competition. The technology relies on a solid
                                              platform and enjoys strong patent and trade secret protection. The          Yves Surrel, R&D Manager
                                              company is led by an experienced management team with a solid track
                                              record. A lucrative exit is expected in a horizon of two-three years. The
                                              company expects to generate revenues in excess of $200m on the fifth
                                              year, with an annual growth rate of 25%.
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                                              Technology                                                                                                                  Technology
                                              Hakisa is a suite of cloud based applications enabling easy and                                                             In every attempt of execution, SIO4 generates a banking deal by card or
                                              personalized usage of digital services combined with an                                                                     by SDD and informs the supplier of the success or failure about the
                  Logo >                      intergenerational social media support provided by a trusted and                                                            operation. In case of failure, it changes automatically means of payment
                                              knowledgeable person. The so called Musher configures a personalized                                Log                     or/and by splitting the amount of the order, until complete collection.
                 HAKISA                       portal seamlessly working on all devices.
            8 Place de l'Hopital
                                                                                                                              hOlky Payment Service                       Problem Solving
            67000 Strasbourg                  Problem Solving                                                                    Provider SARL                            Recovering tasks is the problem of every company, whatever the size
                                              Today internet services and content providers cannot serve a growing                   1, rue Weischbaendchen               and the activity. With SIO4, companies are able to receive payments
                  France                      and lucrative portion of today's digital market: Seniors victim of Digital                                                  from your customers without even having to claim. Stop losing your
                                                                                                                                        L-5842 Hesperange
                                              Divide due to increasing complexity and usability barriers. Also, those                                                     time in recovery, and spend it for developing your activities.
                                              categories of users are mainly interested in their local environment                        Luxembourg
Short Resume / Description
                                              which the industry has not focused on yet.                                                                                  Market validation
                                              Hakiza proposes to fill this gap making internet and its related market                                                     OLKYPAY is now using SIO4 platform for about 3 000 transactions a
HAKISA provides a Cloud Computing             place accessible and useful for seniors.                                                                                    month, for the website www.scootlib.com and it works!
solution for Seniors based on mediation                                                                                    Short Resume / Description
                                                                                                                                                                          This is a typical case of a company which could not perform without
technologies and social media. HAKISA is      Market validation                                                            SIO4 is a platform of intermediation           SIO4: with hundreds of customers renting scooters from 3 to 23
a software platform hosting a registered      The Hakisa platform has entered the market with a beta version which         between suppliers and customers allowing       months, it would need tens of accountants to manage payment orders
and profiled user database with mediation     is the proof of concept and market acceptance phase.                         to collect orders of payment by SEPA           each day. Only one person is needed to work instead with the SIO4
functionalities enabling and facilitating     Use case is Product Recommendation by Musher : The Musher does the           Direct, Debit and by Credit Cards, not         platform! There is no need to generate payment orders and no need to
internet usage and consumption for            search and qualification on the net of best product, recommends and          limited to the treatment of “one shot          claim unpaid money. SIO4 performs it alone and greatly reduces the
seniors. Universal Designed and Context       helps the senior effectively buying the selected product. Also Hakisa will   “collections. It administers the return of     default rate (less than 5% with a majority of student customers).
Aware applications in addition to a trusted   provide a communication mediation between family members and the             outstanding      payments       to   renew     Demand is coming out of various sectors as national centrals
intergenerational assistance (The Musher)     social networks users like Facebook users.                                   automatically the attempts of collection       purchasing, franchisors, international companies or websites and still
reposition the E-Seniors in the mainstream                                                                                 without any manual intervention, this until    growing.
of internet users. The Musher configures      Competitive Advantage                                                        the complete execution of the orders of the
the account and remotely manages and                 The sign-on to Hakisa is free of charge, secure and private for      supplier. It allows creating several means     Competitive Advantage
personalises the senior's internet usage.             Users and Mushers.                                                   of payment by customer, with hierarchical          •   Automatic dichotomy: SIO4 reduces the par nominal value to
                                                     The intergenerational musher concept is unique in the market.        organization of the priorities of use, and             increase the chances to collect at least a fraction of the amount.
Contact:                                             The solution is multidevice OS neutral and offers a complete         innovative techniques based on statistics to       • Automatic recurrence: as long as order is not totally executed,
                                                      digital usage suite of mediation applications.                       optimize the chances of collection.                    SIO4 repeats attempts of collection.
Eric Gehl, CEO
                                                                                                                                                                          The association of these principles & the plurality of the means of
eric.gehl@hakisa.com                          Why invest?                                                                                                                 payment increase in significant proportions the chances of collection of
                                                                                                                           Contact:
+ 33 6 33 13 58 81                            Investing in Hakisa is investing in a unique and innovative concept and                                                     the orders of the supplier.
                                              technology accessing a huge untapped market opportunity but also an          Franck Rouayroux, CEO
                                              experienced management team which knows how to execute global                f.rouayroux@olky.eu                            Why invest?
Funding:                                      market strategies in the IT and media space. The financial outlook if        + 352 621 458 482                              To keep the first mover advantage and reduce time to market! We need
 € 1.5M-5M in the next 6 months               converted will drive high return levels.                                                                                    funding for R&D, marketing & communication, human resources, and
                                                                                                                                                                          to optimize the regulatory aspects specificities of each country. It could
                                                                                                                           Funding:
Revenue forecast:                                                                                                                                                         be developed first in France and in the BENELUX, and in a later stage
                                                                                                                           € 1M in France                                 across whole Europe. Funding is needed to meet the demand of
€ 1M revenues in 2013
                                                                                                                           € 5M in UE                                     potential customers already interested in SIO4.

Reach profitability:
                                                                                                                           Revenue forcast:
2014
                                                                                                                           No info

Management team:
                                                                                                                           Reach profitability:
Eric Gehl, CEO
                                                                                                                           2014
Olivier Audouze, Co-Founder

                                                                                                                           Management team:
                                                                                                                           Franck Rouayroux, CEO
                                                                                                                           Patrick Hautot
                                                                                                                           Yann Le Targat
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                                                  Technology                                                                                                               Technology
                                                  MORF Media is a pioneer in advanced 3D game engine development,                                                          Techniwood manufactures a patented innovative and energy efficient
                                                  natural language processing, and artificial intelligence. The company                                                    product, which is integrated into a construction system. The company
       New York . Luxembourg .                    has developed a highly optimised, high-quality 3D game engine that                        Logo here                      has a unique industrial process to create a panel composed of structural
         Sydney . Guangzhou                       deploys scalable virtual worlds with social games onto a small footprint,                Techniwood                      layers of timbers filled in with insulating materials. The product can be
                                                  thin web client for all major web browsers, phones, tablets, and                                                         used in many applications for the construction industry (panels,
                                                  consoles. The company has two product lines: casual social games for
                                                                                                                                         Route de Saint Félix              structural walls, floors and ceilings). The product has been through
                                                  the general public and gamification solutions for corporate brands. The                 ZAE Rumilly Sud                  several certification processes (ATEX CSTB), and showed strong
Short Resume / Description
                                                  company leverages a wide variety of game mechanics and game play on                     F-74150 Rumilly                  technical performances (shocks, fire, gases, smokes, etc.).
MORF Media is a pioneering 3D virtual worlds
                                                  top of its gaming platform for both sets of products.
and social games technology company with                                                                                                      France
                                                                                                                                                                           Problem Solving
unique, proprietary technologies in advanced
                                                  Problem Solving                                                                                                          Techniwood is the first company to propose a large scale industrial
3D game engine development, natural language
                                                  The competition for audience attention on the web and mobile devices                                                     competitive ecological and energy savings solution compared to
processing, and artificial intelligence. The
                                                  increases daily. These days, without the appropriate engagement             Short Resume / Description                   traditional building industry products. The company provides a
company develops disruptive technology and
                                                  platform, it is extremely difficult to catch the attention of a casual                                                   standardized solution at competitive prices in a fast growing market
products that totally transform the way users                                                                                 Techniwood has developed a large scale
                                                  visitor, much less turn him/ her into a purchaser or a loyal fan. Brands                                                 The company aims at becoming the first major industrial player of the
interact with brands through social games in 3D                                                                               industrial process and produces a
                                                  are looking for new and more effective ways to engage casual gamers                                                      sustainable building sector.
virtual worlds.                                                                                                               standardized product of consistent quality
                                                  and consumers in general.
                                                                                                                              that fills a market gap.
MORF Media leverages its 3D Virtual World
                                                  The future of online and mobile user engagement, advertising and                                                         Market validation
                                                  branding is moving towards “gamification” – a strategy that utilises                                                     Major constructions companies want to integrate Techniwood’s
Platform for:
                                                  game design and game mechanics to make non-game applications more           Contact:                                     products into their offers and proposals. They are particulary interested
1. Gamification of Brands: Interactive Games
                                                  fun, appealing, and engaging to a target audience. MORF Media has           François Pelissier, CEO                      in the company’s ability to provide large volume of cleantech
     in Virtual Worlds for businesses and
                                                  developed a truly innovative and advanced gamification platform                                                          construction solutions with consistent quality. The potential pipeline
     brands.                                                                                                                  Francois.pelissier@siberiane.fr
                                                  utilising dynamic 3D virtual worlds and social games to radically                                                        includes 176,000sqm (EUR 12m) , 2 tenders won, 25 proposals emitted
2. Casual Social Games: Games in 3 D                                                                                          +33 6 03 02 76 38
                                                  improve user metrics, stickiness, awareness, and purchasing.                                                             or under preparation. For Q1 2013: 4,500 sqm sold (EUR 0.31m).
     environment,      playable on    multiple
                                                                                                                                                                           As an example: Techniwood delivered to Foyer Rémois/Vilogia
     platforms. Primary target market: tweens,
     teens and young adults (13-35 year olds).
                                                  Market Validation                                                           Funding:                                     Panobloc panels for renovating and increasing size of 480 appartment
                                                  The gamification market is new and rapidly growing with expected                                                         units in September 2012.
     Micro-transactions revenue model (e.g.,                                                                                  Confidential
                                                  revenues of USD 2.8 bn by 2016. MORF Media plays in the high-end of
     virtual currency).
                                                  this market with the virtual game worlds it creates for blue chip                                                        Competitive Advantage
                                                  companies and brands. The company builds, operates, and maintains           Revenue forecast:                            Unmatched:
Contact:                                          virtual social game worlds. It receives revenue for the design of the                                                           Technical performances.
                                                                                                                              Confidential
Kimberly Till, Acting CEO                         worlds and for the on-going operation and maintenance of the worlds                                                             Quality consistency through an integral industrial process.
kimberly@edynamics.eu                             on a monthly basis. The company has completed several corporate                                                                 Industrial performance: significant volume (200,000
                                                  worlds and has an attractive pipeline of potential clients. The company     Reach profitability:                                   sqm/y) for each line, easy and fast patented joining system,
Funding:                                          has also developed its own 3D virtual social game world, MojiKan,           Confidential                                           enhancing ability to prefabricate.
USD 3M-5M in the next 3 months                    which currently has 230,000 beta users. Virtual currency sales will be                                                          Economical performance: allows much faster construction
                                                  the primary source of revenue.                                                                                                     and high energy efficiency.
                                                                                                                              Management team:
Revenue:                                                                                                                                                                          Capacity to answer and deliver international volumes.
                                                  Competitive Advantages                                                      François Pelissier - CEO
 USD 500K revenues in 2011
                                                   Advanced 3D Game Engine Development, Artificial Intelligence, and         Dominique Pelissier – General Secretary      Why invest?
Reach profitability:                                Natural Language Processing                                               Philippe Weitling – Large scale projects     The CEO has already implemented two success stories, and has proven
2014
                                                   Thin Client, Small Footprint, Browser-Based 3D Game Engine                                                             track records. Management team around him is very skilled and
                                                                                                                              Xavier Beauquis – CFO
                                                   Cross-Platform Compatibility to Web, Phones, Tablets, & Consoles                                                       experienced, and has an extensive network within the industry.
                                                   Unique Virtual World Economy System to increase User ARPU                 Didier Goy – R&D                             Techniwood manufactures a unique and patented product (9 patents, 7
Management team:                                   Powerful Virtual Social Gamification Platform for brands                  Pascal Faure – Plant director                innovations). The company has an innovative industrial process
Jean-Claude Petter, Chairman                       Ability to raise brand awareness, engagement, and purchase                                                             allowing large volumes of production with consistent quality.
Kimberly Till, Acting CEO                                                                                                     Clément Hiesse – Production director
                                                   Access to specific, targeted, transparent, and valuable user data.                                                     The wood industry is experiencing significant growth, which will
Robert Fong, Founder, COO/CTO                                                                                                 Laurent Bourdon – Design office
                                                                                                                                                                           continue given current regulatory framework and environmental
                                                  Why invest?                                                                 Christian Chabrier – Process consultant      awareness.
                                                   Gamification and casual social games are large and rapidly growing
                                                    market segments
                                                   MORF Media has unique and compelling product/service offers for
                                                    both segments
                                                   MORF Media is leveraging its 3D technology platform to generate
                                                    multiple revenue streams.
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                                            Technology                                                                                                             Technology
                                            A unique protein array technology capable of finding patterns of                                                       Smart belingoo solution: learn languages through a series of
                                            biomarkers in blood to detect disease states with high accuracy.                                                       entertaining/interesting books and texts. It allows the user to obtain a
  L                                   ogo   Immunovia’s technology is generally applicable for clinical needs where                                                higher reading fluency mixed with a deeper understanding of foreign
              here                          no solutions exist today since it measures changes in the body’s own                      Logo here                    texts through short and concise translations of important words. As
                                            immune system.                                                                                                         studies have shown, reading foreign texts permanently enhances the
          Immunovia AB                                                                                                      Belingoo Media Group S.A.
                                                                                                                                                                   language skills, thus as a learning solution, belingoo utilizes the concept
    Medicon Village, Scheelevägen 2         Problem Solving                                                                     3, Rue Thomas Edison               of learning in context with a 100 % relevant vocabulary base. belingoo
             22363 Lund                     Immunovia is capable of diagnosing cancer indications, based on                         L-1445 Strassen                further provides a publishing platform for the fast and international
              Sweden                        minimally invasive blood tests, with high confidence during disease                     Luxembourg                     rollout of content.
                                            development and progression. Pancreatic cancer is today detected too
                                            late and a 5 year survival rate is less than 3 percent. Early detection
                                            would mean increased survival rates in the range of 50%.Immunovia’s                                                    Problem Solving
Short Resume / Description                  test can be used to screen high risk groups for early detection. An         Short Resume / Description                 At belingoo we have identified two main problem areas, upon which our
                                            additional clinical issue is the need to distinguish pancreatic cancer      belingoo globally addresses two growth     technology provides a solution:
Immunovia AB is an early-phase molecular
                                            from different inflammations and Immunovia’s test is capable of             markets with innovative products, be it:
diagnostics company with a clinically
                                            addressing this issue as well.                                              language    learning   &    multilingual   1.   Traditional language software technologies that provide translations
proven product development pipeline and
                                                                                                                        publishing.                                     are usually very expensive, long and at times not always useful.
an impressive portfolio of intellectual                                                                                 Language learning volume is now more
property. Immunovia’s know-how brings       Market validation
                                            The products have been validated using patient samples from cross           than 80 billion dollars worldwide with     Publishing with belingoo:
entirely new diagnostic capabilities to                                                                                 translation volume predictions at 16.5
currently unmet clinical needs and thus     national sources. Next step is clinical trials and registration processes                                                  fast and low cost multilingual publishing
                                                                                                                        billion for the EU alone in 2015.
has significant commercial potential.       required to release and market in vitro diagnostic tests.                                                                  assisted reading (concise translations of important words)
                                                                                                                                                                       option: All content learnable.
Immunovia AB develops blood-based tests                                                                                 Contact:
                                            Competitive Advantage
for complex disease, such as:                                                                                                                                      2. Learners often do not have enough time to dedicate themselves fully
                                            We provide diagnostic answers, based on simple blood tests, to clinical     Erik Landwehr, CEO
• Pancreatic cancer                         problems where no solutions exist today. The difference to patients is a                                                  to learn a new language to a level initially targeted. This is often as a
                                                                                                                        erik.landwehr@belingoo.com
• Breast cancer                             matter of increased survival. The difference to society is improved                                                       result of the fact that they do not efficiently learn the vocabulary
                                                                                                                        (+352) 2020 2430
• SLE – autoimmune disease                  health economics.                                                                                                         that they really need

                                            Why invest?                                                                 Funding:                                   Language learning with belingoo:
Contact:                                    WHO estimates that 30% of all cancers can be cured, if diagnosed early.                                                    100 % relevant vocabulary base
                                                                                                                        € 1M-2 M the next 6 months
Mats Grahn, CEO                             Immunovia believes it can offer such possibilities. Our lead product for                                                   learning with interesting content in order to make it more
                                            early and accurate detection of pancreatic cancer is ready for regulatory                                                     memorable
mats.grahn@immunovia.se
                                            trials and commersialisation. Additionally, a steady flow of new tests      Revenue forecast:                              improves qualifications and language skills for the work and
+46 705 320 230                                                                                                                                                           private life.
                                            into Immunovia’s pipeline is ensured and financed through partnership       € 7.7M revenues in 2013
                                            with the CreateHealth Translational Cancer Centre.
Funding:                                                                                                                                                           Competitive Advantage
                                                                                                                        Reach profitability:                               Innovative approach to learning a language with a time budget
€ 1.5M-5M the next 6 months
                                                                                                                        2014 (QII)                                          advantage, making it highly efficient. Idea is patent protected
                                                                                                                                                                           integration of a leading digital publishing platform
Revenue forecast:                                                                                                                                                          innovation pipeline supported by DFKI
                                                                                                                        Management team:
 € 1.5M-5M in 2013                                                                                                                                                         qualified partnerships to facilitate market entry
                                                                                                                        Erik Landwehr, CEO
                                                                                                                        Roman Jansen-Winkeln, CTO                  Why invest?
Reach profitability:                                                                                                                                                       Experienced team that covers all core competencies
2016                                                                                                                                                                       social Reading, Social Learning, Social Publishing such as
                                                                                                                                                                            facebook all combined as one package
                                                                                                                                                                           highly scalable business model
Management team:
                                                                                                                                                                           powerful products in an existing market, currently in excess of
Mats Grahn, CEO                                                                                                                                                             100 billion Euros
Prof. Carl Borrebaeck, Lead founder                                                                                                                                        good network with partners (market access, technology, assets);
                                                                                                                                                                           focused exit strategy
                                                                                                                                                                           global market entry already well prepared.
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Local to global investor book

  • 1. PwC’s Accelerator “Local to Global” Expo PwC’s Accelerator is a unique platform designed to accelerate high-growth companies to a global level. Our goal is to help these companies achieve an international reach and become Content leaders in their market by combining adequate fundraising, top management team building and logistical assistance. PwC’s Accelerator Activity Report 2 By making the most of the business network and professional expertise of PwC and its corporate members, Agenda 6 these companies can achieve exponential growth. Roundtable 6 Pitching high growth Companies 8 First Session 8 - 21 Welcome Sensimed Visuol Technologies Hakisa about the strategic development and Olky challenges of digital platforms. Discover MORF Media more about our speakers in this brochure ! Techniwood Immunovia We have included our first Activity Report, Belingoo in which you will discover more about Nanogap PwC’s Accelerator as well as our members Expertmaker realisations to date. You will see also where make.tv the Ecosystem we are striving to build around Phosphorus We are pleased to welcome you today at our entrepreneurs now stands. Spallian second “Local to Global” Expo where you Urthecast We hope that this second edition of the will have the opportunity to discover 28 high Second Session 22 - 35 potential companies from Europe, Russia and “Local to Global” Expo will provide to you the US. These companies have been selected the opportunity to meet high-potential in-edit companies and prominent players of the Prima Diag based on the uniqueness of their technology, the quality of their management, their European investors community. TagTagCity Gem Med ambition to grow internationally as well as We wish you a pleasant Expo! i-snapshot the total size of their addressable market. Stealth Software Superstand You can meet and further discuss with these Vizerra companies after the Expo during the one-to- Regify one meetings. FLASHiZ Excursiopedia During the day, you will also have the MJR Pharmajet Laurent Probst Alexandre Rhea opportunity to listen to high quality speakers Balmart LuxCloud
  • 2. 2 3 Investing in relationships Clients: Results of the 1st “Local to Global” Expo” held on 27.03.2012: First Community events tor for an hour long discussion that was sha- • 200 applications red with PwC’s Accelerator community. The Key figures acceleration. These companies are in an ear- • 20+ members The first “Local to Global” Expo, which 02.05.12 | Discussion with an accomplished main themes were: Structuring a community of investors and lier stage of expansion and mainly require • 6 companies in acceleration presented 25 fast-growing companies from Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist: Dr.Ossama 1. European/US differences; entrepreneurs coaching and assistance in various fields like • Companies of PwC’s Acccelerator Europe, Russia and the US to 150 potential Hassanein 2. Lessons learned for entrepreneurs; and recruitment, building a strong sales pipeline, have successfully raised more than investors, was held on 27 March 2012, 3. Silicon Valley Trends. Today, more than 200 companies have ap- validating their business plan... This prepa- 4 million euros to date during the official Opening Day of PwC’s Dr.Hassanein is an plied to PwC’s Accelerator programmes. Six ration is systematically being coordinated • 5 hosted clients Accelerator, and was met with approval from entrepreneur, men- Here is an extract from the discussion about are in acceleration at PwC’s Accelerator. In by the PwC’s Accelerator team. Members all sides: tor, and venture entrepreneurship: • Recruitment of international Top their quest in becoming global, these compa- who need it can also benefit from our hou- capitalist. Over the Executives to execute global • 80% of the pitched companies were able sing offer in company plan last 35 years, he Dr. Hassanein stated: “I love the European to establish business contacts; our Vertigo has managed over entrepreneurs that I met and supported, • Comprehensive approach for • 40% initiated formal contacts with poten- building. This US$1 billion of just as much as I loved their Canadian coun- assisting companies is a key tial investors; gives them the international tech- terparts.” He often wished they would be distinctive feature creating value to added bene- our members • The effectiveness of the event format was nology funds in “more aggressive”. What seems to be lacking fit of meeting praised by 100% of the responders. diverse leadership in Europe is the vibrancy of the ecosystem and mingling roles including EVP that US entrepreneurs enjoy in Silicon Val- with other Community: of Berkeley International in San Francisco, ley, and increasingly now in Los Angeles and PwC’s Accele- • Top-tier investors community of Chairman of Technocom Ventures in Paris, New York. He encouraged European entre- rator commu- 1400 built and qualified President of Newbridge Networks Holding preneurs to go through an “acceleration” nity members. • 50 large Corporates looking for new in Canada, and Chairman of the Rising Tide programme, such as offered by PwC: “Take Overall, the technologies Fund in Silicon Valley. Currently, he is chair- a leave in Silicon Valley, enshrine the faith creation of a man of BDNA Corp in Mountain View, of of entrepreneurship within, and become im- • 30 Service providers offering community Echovox in Geneva, and Zong in Menlo Park, bued with the values you aspire to live by”. services to members dedicated to California. He used an analogy of a “believer” underta- • 10 Universities high-tech is king pilgrimage to Jerusalem or Mecca. It is gaining pace • Relationship with Silicon Valley: On 2 May 2012, Dr. Hassanein sat down with not essential, but could be most inspiring! thanks to Silicon Valley has an unparalleled Alexandre Rhea, the CEO of PwC’s Accelera- nies are in need of a mix of corporate restruc- concrete and positive contacts between all track record in helping build global First visit to Silicon Valley with companies companies, PwC’s Accelerator in acceleration in June turing, executive management recruitment, stakeholders, including corporate inves- offers a unique access to this highly 26.07.12 | the reasons to go global, by Becoming a global company regardless of significant fundraising, logistics assistance tors, service providers and universities. As Companies brought to Silicon Valley: attractive ecosystem and diversified Carlos Ramon your size should not be a choice but an obli- in going global, ... As fundraising is an inte- of today, the PwC’s Accelerator community E-Dynamics (Morf Media), LuxCloud, Spallian. network gation. The reasons for this are threefold: gral part of the acceleration process, we have counts more than 50 corporate members, an Besides the opportunity to pitch together About Carlos Ramón: started to actively discuss each of their fun- integral part of our ecosystem, and around • First visit to Silicon Valley with with 25 other US companies in front of 80+ 1. Maximise Shareholder Value- As a CEO of companies in acceleration in June Ramón is today a recognised business consul- draising needs with investors. We have also ten experienced entrepreneurs. We have also investment and corporate funds, our com- any company, regardless of its sharehol- tant helping high tech companies build their signed 20+ membership agreements for started to build a network of top-tier inves- panies in acceleration had the opportunity der composition, your main responsibility foundations in beco- companies in the phase of preparation for tors spanning across the globe. to meet on one-to-one top tier Silicon Valley is to maximise share- ming global players. Venture Capital funds, multinational Corpo- holder value. His successes over rate potential partners and Reputable Entre- 20+ years of expe- 2. Know your com- ICT Corporate Members preneurs. The exercise was most successful as they did create solid contacts with both rience of working in an executive role or as an advisory board petition- As the world has become flat, inter- national presence is potential investors and business partners. As Renaud Prouveur, CEO of Spallian, said member for renow- the best way to keep on his way back to Europe, “What they did ned global techno- your competition in in three days would have taken 18 months in logy companies, gives check. Europe”! him unique insight 3. Recruiting the on trends in globali- This journey was also the opportunity for best talent- Having sation. Examples of PwC’s Accelerator to confirm the appropria- international presence and embracing these companies include: PeopleSoft, Aka- teness of our market positioning and targe- international perspectives is the best way mai Technologies, Silver Spring Networks ting. to convince new hires of your company’s and Ooyala. international angle.
  • 3. 4 5 Promoting our services within the Greater region and ICT Community ICT Spring Welcome International ICT companies Event-Hosting The UNconvention - bringing together some of the most innovative young Europeans Opening-up to future Entrepreneurs PwC’s Accelerator hosts Entrepreneurship Community Members The Greater Region Business Days - On the day prior to the ICT Spring, PwC’s The UNconvention was held in Brussels Workshop for Students promoting B2B services Accelerator was invited by ICT organisers to on 26-27 June and focused on bringing host a welcome event for 30+ guests of the together some of the most innovative young PwC’s Accelerator kicked off the month ICT industry. Stemming mainly from South Europeans. Organised by the European of June with a two-day event, the Greater Korea, Japan and France the guests followed Young Innovators Forum with the support of Region Business Days on 13-14 June. We a programme organised by PwC’s Accelerator the President of the European Parliament, the had the opportunity to introduce ourselves that allowed them to visit LuxConnect event was held in a very interactive, informal and network with many businesses, service datacenter in Bettembourg, as well as the and unconventional format to allow for ideas providers and entrepreneurs in the Greater Vansken and Kabam offices. Moreover, the to flow. PwC’s Innovation and R&D Leader Region. The event brought together key guests visited PwC’s Accelerator premises at and founder of PwC’s Accelerator, Laurent players from the three neighbouring Vertigo. The serial entrepreneur Jean-Claude Probst, gave an empowering presentation countries, notably high level political and Bintz (Lakehouse) and Robert Dennewald on the role of Innovation in Europe that was economic representatives to share the latest (President at Fedil) welcomed them with a midely praised, evidenced by the number of economic developments of the Greater speech on entrepreneurship in Europe. one-to-one meetings he held following his Region. BGL BNP Paribas launched an innovative speech. Social Business called «Lux Future Lab». The idea was born to create a «Summer School» ICT Spring Europe - meeting with the most different market segments such as Digital for High School Students with the following talented Luxembourgish and international Life, Smart technologies and Cloud services. objective: to inspire students to think about specialists PwC’s Accelerator had a strong presence, their future and encourage them to open up from a speech given to ICT Spring attendees to various perspectives. In essence, motivate The third Annual ICT Spring Europe, them to become dynamic actors of their own entitled “From Local Market Traction to which took place on 19-20 June, drew future by building two main qualities: a grasp of Global Leadership” to the participation in a more than 3,500 visitors from all over the entrepreneurship and innovation. round-table around “Entrepreneurship for world and 150 international companies. Innovation”. The result left our booth was We organised a full day workshop on Of these companies, four are programmed buzzing with activity. This was evidenced entrepreneurship and shared with these future to pitch at our “Local to Global” Expo on by the multitudes of visitors interested in business leaders what is needed to take initiative 27 September. These companies focus on learning more on our one-stop shop. and start a business. We were very impressed “We can read your enthusiasm “You meet a real entrepreneur’s by the high level of organisation and creativity that was being displayed by the students. in your eyes” need that was not covered before” “Your team really makes us want to work with you” Perspectives Institutional Members strateg yandesign Our priorities: • Build and expand the ecosystem • Reach the critical size • Reinforce our relationship with investors • Develop our relationship with other PwC’s Accelerators • Go Accelerator go! strateg yandesign
  • 4. 6 7 Nicolas has a degree from EMLYON, the Lyon business Poste where he was in charge of managing relationships Agenda school and an MBA from the University of Connecticut (he obtained both degrees in 2000). Nicolas’s first job between Groupe La Poste and the start-up ecosystem. In that capacity, Nicolas took part in a number of events was in the United States, where he worked for a start- where he acted as a mentor or member of the jury (e.g. 27 September 2012 up specialising in methods of payment. When he Le Camping, Start-up Weekend, BarCamp). Nicolas returned to France, he spent five years working in specialises in innovative financial services. the market analyst team of software and computing Nicolas joined XAnge in 2012 as Investment Manager to services company Unilog. He then did a five-year help increase the deal flow in B2C internet, mobile services, 10:30 - 11:00 Welcome and registration stint in the innovation division of Groupe La innovative financial services and SaaS BtoB proposals. Nicolas Debock 11:00 - 15:15 Second “Local to Global” Expo 11:00 - 11:15 Welcome speech by Alexandre Rhea, CEO of PwC’s Accelerator & Laurent Probst, Partner and Founder of PwC’s Accelerator Born October 28, 1940 Esch/Alzette, Grand-Duchy of ComputerLand Europe, at the time the world’ largest 11:15 - 11:45 Presentation - “The Economy of Digital Platforms” by Henri Verdier, President of Luxembourg. Holds a Luxembourg Doctorate of Law. PC retailer. Graduated in Political Science at the Institut d’Etudes Has been a member of Parliament since 1984. Elected Cap Digital & Nicolas Colin, author, entrepreneur and finance inspector, Politiques, Paris and at Stanford University. to the Luxembourg City Council in 1987, was Deputy Government Administration* Served for the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mayor from 1991 to 1999 and Mayor until 2011. 11:45 - 12:30 High Growth Companies’ presentations - First session London, Helsinki and Geneva. Was chief of staff to Prime Initiated the Hotcity project, a public private Minister Gaston Thorn (1975-1979) before joigning the partnership offering fully operational universal 12:30 - 14:00 Walking lunch government as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Wifi service throughout the city of Luxembourg and 14:00 - 14:30 Roundtable “Building Europe-based successful digital platforms” moderated by Laurent Probst Foreign Trade and Economic Development (1979-1984). partner cities. Nicolas Debock, Investment manager, XAnge Private Equity From 1984 to 1989 was General Manager of Paul Helminger, Chairman, Hot City Paul Helminger Marco Houwen, CEO, Luxcloud Christian Thaler-Wolski, Principal, Wellington Partners Henri Verdier, President, Cap Digital Our experts will be at Christian joined Wellington Partners in 2009. He is his career at ORACLE, the global leader in the software 14:30 - 15:15 High Growth Companies’ presentations - Second session your disposal to discuss an Investment Manager with the Digital Media and industry. In 2007 he joined the management team of on the new “Alternative Software team and his primary role is identifying student loan vendor CareerConcept AG as the Director of 15:15 - 16:45 One to one meetings exciting investment opportunities and building Business Development. Investment Fund Managers relationships with the great entrepreneurs Christian holds an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, and 16:45 - 17:00 Award ceremony Directive” (AIFMD) during behind these companies. has an undergraduate degree in international economics & one to one meetings Christian brings entrepreneurial and business from universities in Budapest and Toronto. industry experience to his role. He started Christian Thaler-Wolski Roundtable Henri Verdier (born November 24, 1968), former of the board of Paris-Sorbonne University. Student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, is a French He was awarded the Ordre National du Mérite in 2010. entrepreneur, and currently CEO of MFG Labs, an Aside from this position, Henri Verdier was internet startup involved in social data mining. the founder Director of “Edition Odile Jacob Roundtable “Building Europe-based Therefore it is complex to understand all market trend, value chain or regulation. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Cap Digital, Multimedia”, a publishing company in the field of the French European Cluster for Digital Content and e-learning, Executive Adviser for Innovation at successful digital platforms” the challenges and opportunities issued Services located in Paris Region. Lagardère Group and the Director of Prospective from these platforms. This roundtable This is also an open discussion, you will have He is a member of the ARCEP Strategic Committee, a for the Institut Telecom. Faster and faster, digital platforms are composed of investors, entrepreneurs and the possibility to address the panel with any member of the CNIL Strategic Committee and a member reshaping ecosystems and the way people highly experienced professionals of the ICT question or comment you may have. interact with each other. Switch from community will be the chance to tackle this Henri Verdier previous business model is massive! hot topic throughout various aspects such as Marco Houwen, together with his partners LuxConnect and traditional and expensive licensing model to the new and affordable Datacenter Luxembourg, founded LuxCloud S.A. in April 2010. SaaS (Software as a Service) model. This partnership sets out to attract international SME and SMI Prior to that in 2000, Marco in association with Xavier Buck, Moderator Laurent Probst, Partner and Founder, PwC’s Accelerator out of the field of Software development to the Grand Duchy. founded the first company of DCL Group, now recognized as one of LuxCloud will put Luxembourg firmly on the International the biggest Internet success stories in Luxembourg with companies Panellists Nicolas Debock, Investment manager, XAnge Private Equity Internet map and delivers services to SMB’s all over including Datacenter Luxembourg but also, EuroDNS, e-Brand Marco Houwen, CEO, Luxcloud Europe. Services and voipGATE to name but a few. Paul Helminger, Chairman, Hot City A market leading provider of cloud computing Passionate about the promotion of Luxembourg, Marco is co- Christian Thaler-Wolski, Principal, Wellington Partners services, LuxCloud allows companies to quickly founder and President of LU-CIX A.s.b.l. and as such contributes Henri Verdier, President, Cap Digital launch and profitably deliver the cloud services actively on the promotion of the Luxembourgish e-commerce hub. demanded by small and medium sized In addition to his role as LuxCloud CEO, Marco is CEO of Datacenter businesses. Thanks to the LuxCloud platform, Luxembourg and a board member of the DCL Group. Marco Houwen companies are able to move from a
  • 5. 8 9 High Growth Companies’ presentations - First session Technology Technology The SENSIMED Triggerfish consists of a soft contact lens incorporating Over several years, VISUOL Technologies has developed a complete a patented MEMS sensor and a telemetric system which receives power range of innovative industrial systems for surface quality inspection from and sends information to an adhesive loop antenna that the based on phase-stepped deflectometry. The technology is insensitive to Logo here patient is wearing around the eye, which then stores information in a Logo here parasitic ambient light and vibrations meaning it directly measures portable recorder. surface minute shape defects. SENSIMED AG VISUOL Route de Chavannes 37 Problem Solving Problem Solving 1007 - Lausanne Glaucoma is an asymptomatic, progressive and irreversible disease Technologies The detection of surface defects (shape deviations, waviness, roughness, which leads to blindness unless adequate treatment is provided early on. 8 rue des Feivres aesthetic defects, etc.) is a major concern in many industrial Switzerland Glaucoma affects about 4% of the population over 40 years of age and is 57070 Metz applications. steadily increasing with age. IOP (Intra-Ocular Pressure) peaks are Today, controls often rely on operators who perform visual inspection frequently not detected delaying the diagnosis of glaucoma and leaving France or finger-tip checks. Such controls are costly and suffer from a lack of Short Resume / Description many patients under inadequate treatment and thus progressing repeatability because of their subjectivity. towards blindness. Our metrology systems are especially suitable to render these controls SENSIMED AG is a Swiss company with its Short Resume / Description automatic. They allow fast, objective, full-field whilst non-contact principal focus on the design, The SENSIMED Triggerfish, at the convergence between device, drugs surface inspection to replace subjective evaluation and consequently can development, and commercialization of Everyday, millions of people inspect and information, is a paradigm-changing, non-invasive solution for save millions of Euros to the manufacturing industry. integrated micro-systems for medical surfaces subjectively by eyes, because no continuous 24-hour monitoring of fluctuations in IOP to aid the devices. The SENSIMED Triggerfish® is a others solutions are available. diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma. Both the antenna and the lens do revolutionary solution for 24-hour We provide breakthrough, exclusive and continuous monitoring of fluctuations in not interfere with normal vision; they are disposables, placed and Market validation removed by an ophthalmologist. The recorder is owned by the patented, non destructive surface quality Our products are referenced by more than 60 major key accounts, such intra-ocular pressure to manage glaucoma inspection solutions to replace subjective ophthalmologist. Patients will get 24-hour monitoring sessions as Daimler who have acquired an equipment to improve the production patients. visual inspection allowing a better anywhere between once or several times a year depending on the rate of process of composite SMC decklids of Mercedes car volume production. progression of the disease. understanding and improved quality. Our products are used to check the surface of Boeing Dreamliner Contact: Consequently, for In-line measurement we fuselage and AIRBUS aircraft paint quality, to improve the process Jean-Marc Wismer, CEO Market validation save Millions € to our clients in a wide production of the new LEAP turbofan engine from SAFRAN and GE. Since restricted commercial launch in 2011, the product has enjoyed range of applications (Automotive, It is also used to improve the quality of medical implants from Aesculap jean-marc_wismer@sensimed.ch tremendous acceptance by key opinion global leaders. Initial targeted Aeronautic, Energy, Metallurgy, Medical, B-Braun, for which we received the First Prize for Innovation from 3 of +41 7 86 36 29 51 commercialisation has generated over CHF 1M with limited sales Luxury…). the worldwide Big-7 orthopedics suppliers (Implants 2012). efforts, showing an increasing rate of repeat purchase of the disposable Our POLISMART Project for Intelligent Polishing has just been Funding: sensors. approved to be sponsored by the French Ministry of industry. Contact: € 13M-17M the next 6 months Competitive Advantage Baseotto Gerard, CEO Competitive Advantage No device is currently able to provide ophthalmologists with the 24- baseotto@visuol.com Visuol Technologies provide the only available solution to objectively Revenue forecast: hour profile of intraocular pressure fluctuations they need to make the +33 6 80 03 05 58 control large, reflective, surfaces replacing subjective visual inspection. € 21M in 2014 right diagnosis and to adapt treatment to individuals and to changing The state-of-the-art contactless measuring solution combining conditions. The current state-of-the-art device is a succession of single simplicity, robustness and performance puts us ahead of competition. measurements which itself creates changes in IOP. Thus a continuous Funding: Reach profitability: monitoring device like the SENSIMED Triggerfish addresses a major € 1.5M-5M the next 6 months Why invest? No info unmet need in the field and as such has raised the greatest interest of € 5M-10M the next 18 months Years of intensive R&D led the development of an exclusive/unique the most renowned professionals. A study indicates that doctors have products line; allowing a strategic response to the market need for changed treatment in 79% of the cases when such 24-hour continuous quality control of manufactured goods, while reducing production costs. Management team: information, even though performed manually, was available. Revenue forecast: This need has been confirmed by more than 60 references in large Jean-Marc Wismer, CEO € 1M-5M revenues in 2013 companies. Why invest? In front of this multisectorial demand, we provide the only solutions The SENSIMED Triggerfish is not a marginal improvement but a true from portable to in-line application. paradigm shift just like the Holter device revolutionised heart Reach profitability: The ultimate challenge is to organise our company so as to become the monitoring a decade ago. There is a clear, large and growing unmet 2013 worldwide leader in surface quality control. medical need which costs large amounts to society and leads millions to blindness. The solution is proven, fully industrialised, commercialised, Management team: and years ahead of competition. The technology relies on a solid platform and enjoys strong patent and trade secret protection. The Yves Surrel, R&D Manager company is led by an experienced management team with a solid track record. A lucrative exit is expected in a horizon of two-three years. The company expects to generate revenues in excess of $200m on the fifth year, with an annual growth rate of 25%.
  • 6. 10 11 Technology Technology Hakisa is a suite of cloud based applications enabling easy and In every attempt of execution, SIO4 generates a banking deal by card or personalized usage of digital services combined with an by SDD and informs the supplier of the success or failure about the Logo > intergenerational social media support provided by a trusted and operation. In case of failure, it changes automatically means of payment knowledgeable person. The so called Musher configures a personalized Log or/and by splitting the amount of the order, until complete collection. HAKISA portal seamlessly working on all devices. 8 Place de l'Hopital hOlky Payment Service Problem Solving 67000 Strasbourg Problem Solving Provider SARL Recovering tasks is the problem of every company, whatever the size Today internet services and content providers cannot serve a growing 1, rue Weischbaendchen and the activity. With SIO4, companies are able to receive payments France and lucrative portion of today's digital market: Seniors victim of Digital from your customers without even having to claim. Stop losing your L-5842 Hesperange Divide due to increasing complexity and usability barriers. Also, those time in recovery, and spend it for developing your activities. categories of users are mainly interested in their local environment Luxembourg Short Resume / Description which the industry has not focused on yet. Market validation Hakiza proposes to fill this gap making internet and its related market OLKYPAY is now using SIO4 platform for about 3 000 transactions a HAKISA provides a Cloud Computing place accessible and useful for seniors. month, for the website www.scootlib.com and it works! solution for Seniors based on mediation Short Resume / Description This is a typical case of a company which could not perform without technologies and social media. HAKISA is Market validation SIO4 is a platform of intermediation SIO4: with hundreds of customers renting scooters from 3 to 23 a software platform hosting a registered The Hakisa platform has entered the market with a beta version which between suppliers and customers allowing months, it would need tens of accountants to manage payment orders and profiled user database with mediation is the proof of concept and market acceptance phase. to collect orders of payment by SEPA each day. Only one person is needed to work instead with the SIO4 functionalities enabling and facilitating Use case is Product Recommendation by Musher : The Musher does the Direct, Debit and by Credit Cards, not platform! There is no need to generate payment orders and no need to internet usage and consumption for search and qualification on the net of best product, recommends and limited to the treatment of “one shot claim unpaid money. SIO4 performs it alone and greatly reduces the seniors. Universal Designed and Context helps the senior effectively buying the selected product. Also Hakisa will “collections. It administers the return of default rate (less than 5% with a majority of student customers). Aware applications in addition to a trusted provide a communication mediation between family members and the outstanding payments to renew Demand is coming out of various sectors as national centrals intergenerational assistance (The Musher) social networks users like Facebook users. automatically the attempts of collection purchasing, franchisors, international companies or websites and still reposition the E-Seniors in the mainstream without any manual intervention, this until growing. of internet users. The Musher configures Competitive Advantage the complete execution of the orders of the the account and remotely manages and  The sign-on to Hakisa is free of charge, secure and private for supplier. It allows creating several means Competitive Advantage personalises the senior's internet usage. Users and Mushers. of payment by customer, with hierarchical • Automatic dichotomy: SIO4 reduces the par nominal value to  The intergenerational musher concept is unique in the market. organization of the priorities of use, and increase the chances to collect at least a fraction of the amount. Contact:  The solution is multidevice OS neutral and offers a complete innovative techniques based on statistics to • Automatic recurrence: as long as order is not totally executed, digital usage suite of mediation applications. optimize the chances of collection. SIO4 repeats attempts of collection. Eric Gehl, CEO The association of these principles & the plurality of the means of eric.gehl@hakisa.com Why invest? payment increase in significant proportions the chances of collection of Contact: + 33 6 33 13 58 81 Investing in Hakisa is investing in a unique and innovative concept and the orders of the supplier. technology accessing a huge untapped market opportunity but also an Franck Rouayroux, CEO experienced management team which knows how to execute global f.rouayroux@olky.eu Why invest? Funding: market strategies in the IT and media space. The financial outlook if + 352 621 458 482 To keep the first mover advantage and reduce time to market! We need € 1.5M-5M in the next 6 months converted will drive high return levels. funding for R&D, marketing & communication, human resources, and to optimize the regulatory aspects specificities of each country. It could Funding: Revenue forecast: be developed first in France and in the BENELUX, and in a later stage € 1M in France across whole Europe. Funding is needed to meet the demand of € 1M revenues in 2013 € 5M in UE potential customers already interested in SIO4. Reach profitability: Revenue forcast: 2014 No info Management team: Reach profitability: Eric Gehl, CEO 2014 Olivier Audouze, Co-Founder Management team: Franck Rouayroux, CEO Patrick Hautot Yann Le Targat
  • 7. 12 13 Technology Technology MORF Media is a pioneer in advanced 3D game engine development, Techniwood manufactures a patented innovative and energy efficient natural language processing, and artificial intelligence. The company product, which is integrated into a construction system. The company New York . Luxembourg . has developed a highly optimised, high-quality 3D game engine that Logo here has a unique industrial process to create a panel composed of structural Sydney . Guangzhou deploys scalable virtual worlds with social games onto a small footprint, Techniwood layers of timbers filled in with insulating materials. The product can be thin web client for all major web browsers, phones, tablets, and used in many applications for the construction industry (panels, consoles. The company has two product lines: casual social games for Route de Saint Félix structural walls, floors and ceilings). The product has been through the general public and gamification solutions for corporate brands. The ZAE Rumilly Sud several certification processes (ATEX CSTB), and showed strong Short Resume / Description company leverages a wide variety of game mechanics and game play on F-74150 Rumilly technical performances (shocks, fire, gases, smokes, etc.). MORF Media is a pioneering 3D virtual worlds top of its gaming platform for both sets of products. and social games technology company with France Problem Solving unique, proprietary technologies in advanced Problem Solving Techniwood is the first company to propose a large scale industrial 3D game engine development, natural language The competition for audience attention on the web and mobile devices competitive ecological and energy savings solution compared to processing, and artificial intelligence. The increases daily. These days, without the appropriate engagement Short Resume / Description traditional building industry products. The company provides a company develops disruptive technology and platform, it is extremely difficult to catch the attention of a casual standardized solution at competitive prices in a fast growing market products that totally transform the way users Techniwood has developed a large scale visitor, much less turn him/ her into a purchaser or a loyal fan. Brands The company aims at becoming the first major industrial player of the interact with brands through social games in 3D industrial process and produces a are looking for new and more effective ways to engage casual gamers sustainable building sector. virtual worlds. standardized product of consistent quality and consumers in general. that fills a market gap. MORF Media leverages its 3D Virtual World The future of online and mobile user engagement, advertising and Market validation branding is moving towards “gamification” – a strategy that utilises Major constructions companies want to integrate Techniwood’s Platform for: game design and game mechanics to make non-game applications more Contact: products into their offers and proposals. They are particulary interested 1. Gamification of Brands: Interactive Games fun, appealing, and engaging to a target audience. MORF Media has François Pelissier, CEO in the company’s ability to provide large volume of cleantech in Virtual Worlds for businesses and developed a truly innovative and advanced gamification platform construction solutions with consistent quality. The potential pipeline brands. Francois.pelissier@siberiane.fr utilising dynamic 3D virtual worlds and social games to radically includes 176,000sqm (EUR 12m) , 2 tenders won, 25 proposals emitted 2. Casual Social Games: Games in 3 D +33 6 03 02 76 38 improve user metrics, stickiness, awareness, and purchasing. or under preparation. For Q1 2013: 4,500 sqm sold (EUR 0.31m). environment, playable on multiple As an example: Techniwood delivered to Foyer Rémois/Vilogia platforms. Primary target market: tweens, teens and young adults (13-35 year olds). Market Validation Funding: Panobloc panels for renovating and increasing size of 480 appartment The gamification market is new and rapidly growing with expected units in September 2012. Micro-transactions revenue model (e.g., Confidential revenues of USD 2.8 bn by 2016. MORF Media plays in the high-end of virtual currency). this market with the virtual game worlds it creates for blue chip Competitive Advantage companies and brands. The company builds, operates, and maintains Revenue forecast: Unmatched: Contact: virtual social game worlds. It receives revenue for the design of the  Technical performances. Confidential Kimberly Till, Acting CEO worlds and for the on-going operation and maintenance of the worlds  Quality consistency through an integral industrial process. kimberly@edynamics.eu on a monthly basis. The company has completed several corporate  Industrial performance: significant volume (200,000 worlds and has an attractive pipeline of potential clients. The company Reach profitability: sqm/y) for each line, easy and fast patented joining system, Funding: has also developed its own 3D virtual social game world, MojiKan, Confidential enhancing ability to prefabricate. USD 3M-5M in the next 3 months which currently has 230,000 beta users. Virtual currency sales will be  Economical performance: allows much faster construction the primary source of revenue. and high energy efficiency. Management team: Revenue:  Capacity to answer and deliver international volumes. Competitive Advantages François Pelissier - CEO USD 500K revenues in 2011  Advanced 3D Game Engine Development, Artificial Intelligence, and Dominique Pelissier – General Secretary Why invest? Reach profitability: Natural Language Processing Philippe Weitling – Large scale projects The CEO has already implemented two success stories, and has proven 2014  Thin Client, Small Footprint, Browser-Based 3D Game Engine track records. Management team around him is very skilled and Xavier Beauquis – CFO  Cross-Platform Compatibility to Web, Phones, Tablets, & Consoles experienced, and has an extensive network within the industry.  Unique Virtual World Economy System to increase User ARPU Didier Goy – R&D Techniwood manufactures a unique and patented product (9 patents, 7 Management team:  Powerful Virtual Social Gamification Platform for brands Pascal Faure – Plant director innovations). The company has an innovative industrial process Jean-Claude Petter, Chairman  Ability to raise brand awareness, engagement, and purchase allowing large volumes of production with consistent quality. Kimberly Till, Acting CEO Clément Hiesse – Production director  Access to specific, targeted, transparent, and valuable user data. The wood industry is experiencing significant growth, which will Robert Fong, Founder, COO/CTO Laurent Bourdon – Design office continue given current regulatory framework and environmental Why invest? Christian Chabrier – Process consultant awareness.  Gamification and casual social games are large and rapidly growing market segments  MORF Media has unique and compelling product/service offers for both segments  MORF Media is leveraging its 3D technology platform to generate multiple revenue streams.
  • 8. 14 15 com Technology Technology A unique protein array technology capable of finding patterns of Smart belingoo solution: learn languages through a series of biomarkers in blood to detect disease states with high accuracy. entertaining/interesting books and texts. It allows the user to obtain a L ogo Immunovia’s technology is generally applicable for clinical needs where higher reading fluency mixed with a deeper understanding of foreign here no solutions exist today since it measures changes in the body’s own Logo here texts through short and concise translations of important words. As immune system. studies have shown, reading foreign texts permanently enhances the Immunovia AB Belingoo Media Group S.A. language skills, thus as a learning solution, belingoo utilizes the concept Medicon Village, Scheelevägen 2 Problem Solving 3, Rue Thomas Edison of learning in context with a 100 % relevant vocabulary base. belingoo 22363 Lund Immunovia is capable of diagnosing cancer indications, based on L-1445 Strassen further provides a publishing platform for the fast and international Sweden minimally invasive blood tests, with high confidence during disease Luxembourg rollout of content. development and progression. Pancreatic cancer is today detected too late and a 5 year survival rate is less than 3 percent. Early detection would mean increased survival rates in the range of 50%.Immunovia’s Problem Solving Short Resume / Description test can be used to screen high risk groups for early detection. An Short Resume / Description At belingoo we have identified two main problem areas, upon which our additional clinical issue is the need to distinguish pancreatic cancer belingoo globally addresses two growth technology provides a solution: Immunovia AB is an early-phase molecular from different inflammations and Immunovia’s test is capable of markets with innovative products, be it: diagnostics company with a clinically addressing this issue as well. language learning & multilingual 1. Traditional language software technologies that provide translations proven product development pipeline and publishing. are usually very expensive, long and at times not always useful. an impressive portfolio of intellectual Language learning volume is now more property. Immunovia’s know-how brings Market validation The products have been validated using patient samples from cross than 80 billion dollars worldwide with Publishing with belingoo: entirely new diagnostic capabilities to translation volume predictions at 16.5 currently unmet clinical needs and thus national sources. Next step is clinical trials and registration processes  fast and low cost multilingual publishing billion for the EU alone in 2015. has significant commercial potential. required to release and market in vitro diagnostic tests.  assisted reading (concise translations of important words)  option: All content learnable. Immunovia AB develops blood-based tests Contact: Competitive Advantage for complex disease, such as: 2. Learners often do not have enough time to dedicate themselves fully We provide diagnostic answers, based on simple blood tests, to clinical Erik Landwehr, CEO • Pancreatic cancer problems where no solutions exist today. The difference to patients is a to learn a new language to a level initially targeted. This is often as a erik.landwehr@belingoo.com • Breast cancer matter of increased survival. The difference to society is improved result of the fact that they do not efficiently learn the vocabulary (+352) 2020 2430 • SLE – autoimmune disease health economics. that they really need Why invest? Funding: Language learning with belingoo: Contact: WHO estimates that 30% of all cancers can be cured, if diagnosed early.  100 % relevant vocabulary base € 1M-2 M the next 6 months Mats Grahn, CEO Immunovia believes it can offer such possibilities. Our lead product for  learning with interesting content in order to make it more early and accurate detection of pancreatic cancer is ready for regulatory memorable mats.grahn@immunovia.se trials and commersialisation. Additionally, a steady flow of new tests Revenue forecast:  improves qualifications and language skills for the work and +46 705 320 230 private life. into Immunovia’s pipeline is ensured and financed through partnership € 7.7M revenues in 2013 with the CreateHealth Translational Cancer Centre. Funding: Competitive Advantage Reach profitability:  Innovative approach to learning a language with a time budget € 1.5M-5M the next 6 months 2014 (QII) advantage, making it highly efficient. Idea is patent protected  integration of a leading digital publishing platform Revenue forecast:  innovation pipeline supported by DFKI Management team: € 1.5M-5M in 2013  qualified partnerships to facilitate market entry Erik Landwehr, CEO Roman Jansen-Winkeln, CTO Why invest? Reach profitability:  Experienced team that covers all core competencies 2016  social Reading, Social Learning, Social Publishing such as facebook all combined as one package  highly scalable business model Management team:  powerful products in an existing market, currently in excess of Mats Grahn, CEO 100 billion Euros Prof. Carl Borrebaeck, Lead founder  good network with partners (market access, technology, assets);  focused exit strategy  global market entry already well prepared.