CANDIDATE'S FILE

 

 

INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS OF INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES

 General Information

 

Oral presentations

The presentation time for each company is 20 minutes.

The official languages of the World Innovation Forum are French and English.

Micro-computers will be available for the presentations.

Rehearsals are possible before the official presentations.

 

Private sessions with financiers

A secretariat will be at the disposal of entrepreneurs and financiers for arranging meetings.

Offices will be available to permit more in-depth presentations to interested financiers.

 

Selection of innovative businesses

The Selection Board will decide which projects are admitted after an initial project analysis by a work group composed of personalities and experts from sectors of industry and research, associations and finance.

Several criteria will be taken into account in analysing the proposals: management, product innovation, market suitability, the importance given to competition and the world market.

Contact will be established with sponsors of admitted projects with a view to ensuring consistency and quality of presentations.

 

Confidentiality

The usual rules of professional ethics and guarantees of confidentiality will be complied with.

 

Registration

Registration fee for calls for presentations: FF 1,500 (administration and file assessment costs)

Registration fee for the World Innovation Forum: see participation form

 

Closing date for file submission: 30 September 1998

The files will be examined during the summer as and when they are received by the group of experts.

At the end of September, the Selection Board will decide which projects are admitted.

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INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS OF INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES

Presentation File Information

 

I- Positioning

1. Company origin: initial idea

2. Flagship product

3. Target market

4. Main customers and suppliers

5. Your competitive advantages

Your main competitors

Futur partnerships : technical, commercial, financial

 

II- Management

1. The team of founders: relationships, initial meeting, training, core skills

2. Role distribution within the team of founders

3. Complementary skills to be acquired

4. Equity investment and profit-sharing by staff

Use of new information technologies in the company

Staffing Plan

 

III- Development

1. Sales strategy, local and international market approach

2. Main opportunities over the next three years

3. Main short-term risks over the next three years

New innovative product forecasts

The way to bill

 

IV- Financing

1. Various financing stages since corporate inception

2. Financial forecasts for the next three years

New financial requirements, time horizons

Research & Development investments

 

1997

1998

1999

2000

Turnover

        

Net profit

        

Cash flow requirements

        

 

V- Share ownership

Founders

Investment (%)

Position
     
     

 

Other shareholders

Investment (%)
   
   

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INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS OF INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES

Selection Board and Group of Experts
List as of 9 october 1998

 

 

Country Sector First Name Family Name Organisation Position
F * Marie-Annick PENINON-BERNARD AFIC Secretary General
E * Ernest MARAGALL I MIRA AJUNTAMENT DE BARCELONA Regidor President de la Comissio d'Hisenda i Funcio Publica
Biotec Jean DELEAGE ALTA PARTNERS
UK Tic Hermann HAUSER Amadeus Capital Partners Director-Communications and Society Prog.
F * Serge PLATTARD Ambassade de France aux USA Adviser for science and technology
Israël * Baruch RAZ PH. D AMBASSADE D'ISRAEL Scientific adviser
Anne-Sophie GODON - DARMENDRAIL ARTHUR ANDERSEN Technical Director
F Biotec Christine BAGNARO ANVAR Advisor for Biotechnology
F * Philippe JURGENSEN ANVAR President
EU * Jean-Claude POREE ANVAR
F * Michel HERVE APCE Agence pour la création d'entreprises President
F * Yves QUERE Association Bernard Gregory President
F * Denis PAYRE Association Croissance + President.Ex Business Object
US Tic Eric ARCHAMBEAU Atlas Venture
US Tic Bernard DAUGERAS AURIGA
CS Peter BIELICZKY AXA France Innovation
F * Philippe DEMIGNE BERTIN President Of the Board
F Biotec Pascale ALTIER BIO CRITT ILe de France
UK/Germany * David R DEAN BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP - GMBH & PARTNER Vice - President
F CS Bernard MAITRE CDC INNOVATION General Director
F * Jacques-Henri DAVID Banque de développement des PME President
Biotec Bruno LACROIX BioMérieux Bioinformatics specialist
UK/Germany * David R. DEAN Boston Consulting Group GmbH & Partner Vice President
F Tic Bruno VANRYB BVRP SOFTWARE
F * Philippe NGUYEN CDC PARTICIPATIONS Executive Director General
F * Guy CRESPY CEA
F * Christophe CHAUSSON Chausson Finance President
F Biotec Jean-Denis CORNILLOT Chausson Finance Life Sciences Chargé d’affaires
F * Catherine BRECHIGNAC CNRS CEO
US * Seath G. FEAREY Collaborative Economics, Inc Advisor to Electronic Communities
F CS Emmanuel LEPRINCE Comité Richelieu Managing Director
F * Jean-Pierre GEX CRITT-CCST Managing Director
US * Tim DRAPER DRAPER FISHER JUVERSTON
F * Luc ROUSSEAU DRIRE Ile de France

Regional Director
I * Giovanni LINARI DS Telematica Chairman
US * William JANEWAY E.M. WARBURG, PINCUS & CO., INC Managing Director
F * Francis LORENTZ EPFR President
F * Henri GUILLAUME ERAP Vice President
F CS Edwice AVICE FINANCIERE DE BRIENNE President
F CS Michel ANGUE GALILEO PARTNERS Managing Director
Marc CELLIER GC TECHNOLOGY FUND President
F CS Pierre TAMBOURIN GENOPOLE President
Biotec Pascal BRANDYS GENSET President et cofounder in 89
Hungary Tic Gabor BOJAR Graphisoft R&D Software Development President and CEO
Biotec Philippe CRAMER Hambrecht & Quist Biotechnology Sector Research Director

US

 SB Ian WATSON HAL INVESTMENTS
F * Etienne KRIEGER HEC MANAGEMENT Formation Challenge +
F Tic Pierre HAREN ILOG Chairman and Managing Director
F Biotec Claude GRISCELLI INSERM Managing Director
F Tic Laurent KOTT INRIA
F * Peter CLIFFORD Le Nouveau Marché International relations
F SB Dominique LEBLANC Le Nouveau Marché Managing Director
Neth CS Roel PIEPER ROYAL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS Executive Vice President
G CS Hasso PLATTNER SAP AG
EU * Bernard VERGNES Microsoft Europe Honorary President
F CS Pascal COLOMBANI Minisry of Education, Research and Technology Director of the Technology Directorate
F * Didier COULOMB Minisry of Education, Research and Technology Sous-Directeur de l'Innovation et du Développement Technologique
F * Alain VANICHE Minisry of Education, Research and Technology Direction de l'Innovation et du Développement Technologique
F * Grégoire POSTEL-VINAY Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry
US Tic Tara LEMMEY Narrowline Founder - CEO
UK CS Rory O'SULLIVAN ROBERTSON STEPHENS Vice-Président
EU * Sébastien Gervais de Lafond NationsBanc Montgomery Vice President, International
F/US * Pascal OLLIVIER Olliver Partners Partner
F/US SB Philippe HERBERT PARTECH INTERNATIONAL
F CS Benoît HABERT DASSAULT DEVELOPPEMENT
EU CS Serge RAICHER EVCA Secretaire Général
US SB Vincent WORMS PARTECH INTERNATIONAL Partner
F CS Thierry LETAILLEUR FINANCIERE DE BRIENNE Adjoint de la Présidente
F Biotec Jean-Loup ROMET-LEMONNE IDM
F * Véronique SAINT-OLIVE INPI Déléguée à la Communication
F CS Denis CHAMPENOIS INNOVACOM Director
F * François BOUVIER PARIS DEVELOPPEMENT Scientific Director
F/US Tic Eric HAUTEMONT RIDGE VENTURES LLC Partner
F Tic Yann CORNO METACREATIONS Director Of Engineering - Europe
F Biotec Jean-Pierre LOZA SPEF TECHNOLOGY Senior Analyst
F * Jean-Bernard SCHMIDT Sofinnova Partners President
F * Jean-Michel BARBIER THOMSON CSF VENTURES CEO
UK * Walid HALABI VCR Venture Capital Report Paris Correspondent
Asia * Maisy NG Vertex Management

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