The World Innovation Forum is organising a programme of meetings between the founders of high-growth technological businesses and the financial world. The aim is to present to the finance community some fifty young innovative businesses in the information and biotechnology sectors, selected after a call for presentations, and to provide a privileged meeting place between new business creators and financiers.

The financial sector (pre-venture capital, private investors, risk capital, development capital, banks, consultancy, capital markets, etc.) wishes to invest in innovative business creation projects and to monitor and accompany their development. It is seeking projects already selected after an initial appraisal.

For their part, the aims of founders (researchers, engineers, teams from major groups) are as follows:

at the start of the project, to validate their development plan, find pre-venture capital, and join forces with experts having complementary skills

after the initial start-up phase, to strengthen their financing and their networks.

International call for presentations of innovative businesses

This call for presentations of innovative businesses states participation requirements, presentation rules, selection methods and criteria, etc.

Arranging meetings and "who does what"

Meetings will be arranged before and during the Forum between new business creators and financiers who express the desire. Office facilities will be made available. A list of participants, entrepreneurs and financiers will also be available to facilitate contacts.

Interdisciplinary meeting area