For the second time, France will showcase on the French Pavilion some of the hottest tech Startups hailing from France! Great news, 2 of them are finalist to SXSW Accelerator : LEDGER and WEEZIC  If you want to meet them, just let me an email : foued.kefif@businessfrance.fr

1. Meet with Highly Promising French Startups at
SxSW
After the huge success of the French startups who participated in the last CES in Las Vegas, the FrenchTech is back
in force at the SxSW! Meet the 15 startups handpicked by Business France who will be attending the SxSW French
Pavilion from March 15
th
through the 18
th
in Austin Texas.
ADWAYS
http://adways-studio.com/fr/index.php
ADWAYS has developed an incredible online platform enabling the creation of interactive videos on any devices.
This solution is used to sustain digital strategy for e-commerce, e-learning, advertising, corporate communication
or any rich media content.
ADWAYS’ interactive videos increase the average click rate on the web by 10. With ADWAYS you will be able to
provide the right information to the right person at the right time.
Meet us at our booth to create your own interactive video within minutes!
AUGMENT
http://augmentedev.com/fr/
AUGMENT is a mobile app that allows users to visualize products in augmented reality, directly integrated in the
real world and at scale. AUGMENT allows sales rep to show all their products to their customers in their own
environment in 3D. This app is available on iPad, iPhone and Android.
CATOPSYS
http://www.catopsys.fr/accueil/
CATOPSYS technologies enrich the immersive 3D experience and virtual reality programs. This immersion is much
more realistic than immersive screens and headsets as our technology adapts itself to your environment, your
office, your room, your showroom etc. Created and designed for social settings, it does not isolate the user and
can be shared by a group of people. These technologies can be installed rapidly in just a few hours and are easy to
manage and redeploy in any given space.
CATOPSYS has also just announced Immersis, a revolutionary immersive solution targeted to gamers and 360°
video amateurs. It is also targeted to professional users who are looking for simple immersive solutions at an
affordable price.

2. EDJING
http://www.edjing.com/
EDJING specializes in the development of mobile music applications since 2012. EDJING is the editor behind the
world’s #1 DJ application. With over 35 million downloads across 182 countries, EDJING is ranked in the world’s
top 10 best mobile app for music creation. EDJING will take the opportunity to unveil its latest innovations in
mobile applications and Internet of Things at the SxSW.
JELLYNOTE
https://www.jellynote.com/fr/
JELLYNOTE is the new social platform for music creation and performance. Create and share interactive music
sheets, tabs and covers. JELLYNOTE is built by musicians who previously faced that problem and who wanted to
share their solution with the world.
Learning Mode: JELLYNOTE shows you how to play and guides you through the process of playing the right notes.
You can play the song at your rhythm and get feedback in real time.
Practice Mode: Imagine Guitar Hero but with real music! Play any song at a chosen tempo, JELLYNOTES then
validates the notes you play well. At the end, you get a score and you can now keep track of your progress!
LEDGER
https://www.ledgerwallet.com/
Decentralized consensus technologies such as Bitcoin are a major breakthrough where the protection of digital
identities is paramount.
The LEDGER team (www.ledgerwallet.com) created the best of the smartcards in the industry to protect these
digital identities on hardware devices.
Its first product, the LEDGER WALLET NANO is a simple and affordable way to store and use your bitcoins with
maximum security. The LEDGER team is already working on the next version of this device, adding NFC for
contactless payments, a screen and buttons for seamless user confirmation and Bluetooth Low Energy as a
universal communication method.
MELUDIA
http://www.meludia.com/
MELUDIA is a French company that makes music education more effective, more engaging and more enjoyable
through technologies based on cognitive sciences.
MELUDIA EAR TRAINING is a web app that tackles an essential lack in music education: the way we analyze sound,
the way we process music into our mind, usually called “musical ear”. The better our ear, the more enjoyable
music becomes, the better we can play and create it. MELUDIA EAR TRAINING adapts to every profile, whatever
their level of music, whatever their style of music, from classical to modern music. MELUDIA EAR TRAINING is used
in 140 countries and has already been deployed in several schools and conservatories. You can test it for free on
www.meludia.com.
MELUDIA Music Awareness Index is an upcoming online standardized test, which aims at becoming the TOEFL for
music.

3. NILAND
http://niland.io/
NILAND is a music technology start-up that enables companies to reach new levels of customer engagement by
enabling a deep understanding of music content and mood-aware solutions. We solve the music search and
discovery problem by capturing all musical and emotional characteristics automatically from the audio signal. Years
of research in Deep Learning and Machine listening algorithms are packed in our easy to use APIs. Our mission is to
get the right songs, to the right users at the right time. Headquartered in Paris, NILAND was founded in 2013.
For more information, visit http://niland.io/ or follow @nilandmusic on Twitter.
PHONOTONIC
http://www.phonotonic.net/
PHONOTONIC is the new musical experience for would-be musicians who can’t play instruments, also created for
seasoned players, performers and dancers looking for something fresh.
It is a music-driven entertainment with connected hardware and an app that lets you create and play music in a
simple and powerful way.
Control the beat and the melody, just by moving with PHONOTONIC: the object tracks the way you move and then
communicates to the app using Bluetooth. Our award-winning technologies then turn these movements into
music in real time.
Split melody and rhythm on two PHONOTONIC for more fun and challenge alone or with your friends. Choose your
music from our catalog, play it with PHONOTONIC and discover musical artists in a different way.
POLLEN
http://www.pollen.am/
POLLEN AM is dedicated to lead the shift from prototyping and model making to the autonomous manufacturing
of high-end goods.
In a nutshell, we are engineering the first 3D Printer to produce fully functional objects: multi materials, integrated
surface finish and no burdensome post treatment. It has become a reality thanks to our patented disruptive
technology.
In the second half of 2015, POLLEN AM will hit the market with a first device, intended to positively reinvent how
brands and designers create and produce: eyewear, shoes etc.
Besides that, we are developing a SDK to promote the “What You See Is What You Build”, and offer third parties
the opportunity to publish parametric 3D modeling applications.
That’s what we call “Personal Manufacturing”.

4. RACONTR
https://beta.racontr.com/fr/
RACONTR is a collaborative platform for the creation and distribution of interactive projects. Entirely online, this
solution allows you to implement interactive projects intuitively and without any line of code. No need for
developers, this is the perfect tool for your multimedia projects!
Graphics, interactive advertisements, Web news, e-mags, Web Documentaries: digital works will have no secrets
for you.
Master online storytelling today and invent the future!
3D RUDDER
http://www.3drudder.com/
The 3DRUDDER is a revolutionary feet-controlled 3D navigation and motion controller. This device offers a type of
intuitive movement that is unsurpassed in the 3D world.
The device is used while seated, all the user has to do is simply rest their feet on it. Using the 3DRUDDER provides
natural sensations without requiring effort or causing fatigue. To move forward, the user tilts the device forward;
to move to the right, the user tilts the device to the right, and so on and so forth. The two pedals enable the user
to also move either up or down. Hands are free to work with the keyboard, the mouse, or the joystick, completely
transforming the gaming or work experience.
The 3DRUDDER is specifically designed with gamers and 3D professionals (designers, 3D infographists, architects,
etc.) in mind but is easy enough to be used by anyone, even those who don’t consider themselves technologically
savvy.
3D SOUNDLABS
http://www.3dsoundlabs.com/
3D SOUND LABS debuts Neoh, the first smart 3D audio headphones. These headphones integrate spatial sound
rendering, making the most immersive sound experience in history. Neoh is a true wearable home cinema.
These headphones use motion sensors that deliver multipoint sound sources comparable to the latest generation
of movie theatre surround sound or the most sophisticated home theatre equipment on the market. With its 360°
sound technology, 3D SOUND LABS successfully introduced a real theatrical sound experience to 3D audio
headphones.

5. SLASHE
As digital natives, we add our creative and innovative know-how in line with the augmented generation. SLASHE
offers to brands and television channels a simpler solution to enrich contents and increase viewer’s loyalty through
the creation of a new intuitive and multi-devices writing for immersive scenarios.
Through our proprietary audio recognition technology, SLASHE helps audio-visual contents to become interactive
by displaying pushs in real time from any device: data exchange, e-commerce journey, all offering a wild range of
emotions.