May 2012
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Hi !
We’re really proud to announce to all our attendees - and more ! - that our minister of state of innovation & digital economy & small businesses, Fleur Pellerin, will attend the web2day !
Photo : AFP / Fred Dufour / picked on Ouest France
She will be there tomorrow at 10:00 AM, on stage during the launch conference.
She will also answer to all the questions you have between 1:00 PM and 1:30 PM !
We’re very happy to welcome her in Nantes !
Will you be there ?
Many supports came this year again to help us organizing you a nice and huge event !
They are our official sponsors, and we thank them a lot :
A Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a public structure under the responsability of local entrepreneurs.
Their ambition is to be the major partner of small and middle-sized companies and to Inform about local and global business issues.
The principals missions are :
- Partnership : Helping along firm’s creation and buyback process, simplifying administrative requirements, endorsing enterprises in their developing steps.
- Representing : Lobbying infrastructures of communication, suggesting orientations for territories’ development,encouraging a sustainable development,
expressing views of the business community and taking part in discussions about major issues.
- Encouraging the metropolitan influence
- Training youth and working people
- Managing Marinas : Piriac and La Baule/Le Pouliguen,
- Lobbying infrastructures of communication
Les-horaires.fr reference opening hours for more than 1.5 million stores, supermarkets, post offices, museums, and more in your neighborhood, and throughout 12 countries so far.
With over 1.3 million of exportable professionals contacts at request, Zebaz.com is the first companies and contacts directory service in France. Zebaz.com offers free and unlimited access to more than 1 million companies in France and also contact details of decision makers and operational managers.
Intuiti is a webmarketing agency helping its clients in being clearly visible on internet. Intuiti is a specialist in audience generation, conversion and outcomes measurement problems.
Meet them during the web2day !
- The talk :
With the whole world looking west for startup inspiration, Liam Boogar (RudeBaguette) sits down with some startupers, entrepreneurs, and founders and who have been to the US and back : David Bizer (Talent Geek at HackFwd), John Lewis (LeCamping & DojoBoost) and Wessel Kooyman (founder of Cole Street).
- Who ?
David Bizer, John Lewis, Wessel Kooyman and Liam Boogar speaking ! - in french
David Bizer is HackFwd’s Chief Talent Geek.
David is a pioneer in global internet recruiting with a unique bi-continental background discovering talent from Silicon Valley to the technology hubs of Europe. Over the past 15 years, David has recruited and led recruitment efforts resulting in the hiring of more than 4000 top-caliber candidates across more than 25 countries.
John Lewis is a serial entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in London, Paris, New York and Boston. He has experience in software startups, venture capital, programming, analytics, fund management and teaching. He was the CEO of several successful exits from venture backed startups – most recently Risk Control Ltd and Scrittua inc. (sold to Interwoven). He was a quantitative portfolio manager of international funds at Putnam, Natwest and Panagora Asset Management, and quantitative analyst at the OECD and Data Resources/McGraw-Hill. He taught finance at HEC Paris.
John is currently an adjunct professor of finance at IAE Gustave Eiffel, Partener at DojoBoost, Mentor and Board of Advisors at the LeCamping Accelerator and Mentor at StartupWeekend.
Wessel Kooyman is the founder of Cole Street, a web and mobile development company that specializes in startups.
He’s mentor at DojoBoost, a startup accelerator in Paris. Wessel is dutch, and has lived in San Francisco, Bucharest and currently Paris.
Liam Boogar is editor for The Rude Baguette - born and raised in California. He say’s : “My startup is the French startup ecosystem. What’s yours ?”
- Where & When ?
Thursday morning, May 31st, from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, in the Micro Hall !
- I WANT to see him !
Well, we understand. Just follow the link and book your ticket !
See also all the schedule here. See you soon in Nantes !
- The talk :
Incubators: no-bullshit discussion on the French situation.
What’s an incubator ? What can startups win from being into one ? How to enter one ? Does France really suck ?
The point of view of Guilhem Bertholet (ex HEC incubator Manager) who coached more than 80 startups like Leetchi, Dealissime, Balloon, MinuteBuzz, Sipeasy, or e-loue.com during 3 years…
- Who ?
Guilhem Bertholet speaking ! - in french
After creating a few startups in the web, communication and photography fields, Guilhem has worked with Microsoft (on IDEAS Program) and then became the head of the HEC Paris incubator.
For 3 years, he coached more than 80 startups like Leetchi, Dealissime (now LivingSocial), Balloon, MinuteBuzz, Sipeasy, or e-loue.com.
Since Sept. 2011, he left HEC incubator and began a new startup!
- Where & When ?
Thursday afternoon, May 31st, from 17:30 PM to 18:00 PM, in the Maxi Hall !
- I WANT to see him !
Well, we understand. Just follow the link and book your ticket !
See also all the schedule here. See you soon in Nantes !
Different medias will cover the web2day ; it’s time to introduce them !
Today, a word about L’Atelier :
L’Atelier, tracking innovative uses of information and communication technologies.
L’Atelier provides an interface between a company’s various departments and today’s innovating communities, whether it’s a question of raising awareness of aspects of the new digital culture, strategic transformation planning, e-commerce, knowledge sharing, or gaining a better grasp of American, Asian or European culture.
They will be in Nantes on May, 31st and June, 1st. And you ?
Many supports came this year again to help us organizing you a nice and huge event !
They are our “Gold” sponsors, and we thank them a lot :
alfa-safety is a rock-solid cloud-hosting company. We specialize in high SLA solutions. We are VMWare certified Specialists.
Atlanpole fosters the emergence, creation and development of innovative companies in the « Nantes Atlantique” economic area.
Atlanpole provides an operational and customized support to the Images&Réseaux cluster by assisting its members to set up individual and collaborative projects in the field of the digital technologies
MailChimp helps you design email newsletters, share them on social networks, integrate with services you already use, and track your results. It’s like your own personal publishing platform.
Established in 2003, Hureca is an international firm specialized in the recruitment and placement of skilled personnel in various fields.
Hureca has developed an expertise and a large database of skilled candidates that are precisely targeted to meet its clients’ expectations. This approach has allowed organizations to significantly improve their competitiveness with the employment of key personnel and develop strategic solutions in different fields of activity.
Hureca is a Canadian recruiting agency created in 2003 in Montreal. In 2004, the company opened the first agency in France in Paris then other agencies were created in Lille and Nantes. Hureca France has been specialised in Webmarketing and Information Technology professions since 2007. The agency works on success fee basis only and without exclusive rights
Funded in 2012, the association ADN’Ouest integrate the Cri’Ouest and the Cenio.
ADN’Ouest encourages meetings between all the western digital doers, and presents the opportunities of digital job to companies.
Meet them during the web2day !
Many supports came this year again to help us organizing you a nice and huge event !
They are our “Silver” sponsors, and we thank them a lot :
Actance is a marketing and communication agency dedicated to the High Tech sector. We support IT companies and brands in the definition and implementation of an expert online and offline marketing.
FriendsClear is the first french crowdfunding website. FriendsClear relates entrepreneurs with professionnal project having financing requirements and investors giving financial support.
SIGMA provides website, internal portal, extranet platform, e-commerce and mobile solutions, custom developments.
Agowall display your customer’s tweets and text messages on screen. Agowall is a product from agoroom, the faberNovel suite, that let your conferences and social elements be more interactive.
iAdvize is a live customer support software offering Click to Chat and Click to Call buttons. It will enable you to increase your conversion rates, customer loyalty and improve your customer satisfaction.
iAdvize helps more than 800 companies make productive relationships with their customers like Fnac.com, cDiscount, Rueducommerce for BtoC, and Ciel.com, Maaf.fr, and Cegos.fr for BtoB.
Touch [LAB]TM is a software publisher specializing in the Natural User Interface’s field.
Our goal: have the best possible experience and have a software learning time almost equal to zero for the end user.
For this, we use multitouch, gesture, NFC and voice recognition.
Lengow offers SEO and spreading solution for products catalog on price comparators, marketplaces, cashback, social networks and sponsored link.
Sindup is a platform for business intelligence and e-reputation : competitive intelligence, industry watch, market watchand reputation management.
Meet them during the web2day !
Different medias will cover the web2day ; it’s time to introduce them !
Today, a word about Presse Océan :
Presse Ocean is a local daily newspaper covering all the Loire-Atlantique. This newspaper is divided in 4 geographic areas : Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, South of Nantes and North of Nantes. Its main strenght is the proximity of Presse Océan with local current events and its readers. On the place for so many years, Presse océan talks about inhabitants life and social issues - because everybody cares about information close to him.
They wrote about the event :
- Presse Océan (April 5, 2012) - Web2Day : 2 jours dédiés à l’innovation numérique à Nantes
- Presse Océan (February 14, 2012) - Nantes : concours de startup pour le Web2day
They will be in Nantes on May, 31st and June, 1st. And you ?
Different medias will cover the web2day ; it’s time to introduce them !
Today, a word about Girlzinweb :
Girlzinweb is a network created for and by females, working in internet and new technologies ; but it’s also an ecosystem, running thanks to collective intelligence ; and an action group, lean on needs and good will of the different coordinators and women in charge in the group.
They will attend the event :
- Meet them on May 31st, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, in the Micro Hall, for a panel on “Startups networks: Are they essential ? The example of female entrepreneurs” - in french
They will be in Nantes on May, 31st and June, 1st. And you ?
- The talks :
After an intro by Jeremy Benmoussa (Locita & Up2Social), Dimitri Ducourtieux, as the co-founder and VP Europe at Ifeelgoods, will speak about his experience, digital goods, advertising and social sharing as a booster for sales. Then, Delphine Remy-Boutang will talk about how IBM developped its social media strategy, from social media to social business.
- Who ?
Jeremy Benmoussa, Dimitri Ducourtieux and Delphine Remy-Boutang speaking ! - in french
Founder of the social media agency Up2Social and Locita.com webzine, Jeremy is a web entrepreneur since 15 years.
Dimitri Ducourtieux is the cofounder and VP Europe at Ifeelgoods. Dimitri is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the e-commerce and advertising field. Pior to founding Ifeelgoods, he was the co-founder of DAOODA, a successful ad network in the EU, and AGORAD, the leading independent media agency in France, both of which he sold in 2007. Ducourtieux has also led major marketing projects for renowned European retailers including Yves Rocher, 3suisses, Intermarché, and Otto Group.
Delphine Remy-Boutang spent 11 years as Social Media Marketing Manager at IBM. She is now ceo & founder at theSocialBureau created in 2012, the social bureau is a London / Paris based, social business consulting agency.
- Where & When ?
Friday morning, June 1st, from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, in the Maxi Hall !
- I WANT to see her !
Well, we understand. Just follow the link and book your ticket !
See also all the schedule here. See you soon in Nantes !
Different medias will cover the web2day ; it’s time to introduce them !
Today, a word about EntrepreNantes :
Created in 2011, EntrepreNantes.com is the first webzine about Nantes’ digital industry with news, interviews, videos, a special show about e-commerce every month, local internet experts… EntrepreNantes is published by Numerama.com’s editor, one of the most important webzine about tech industry in France.
They wrote about the event :
- EntrepreNantes (May 14, 2012) - web2day : la liste des 16 finalistes du startup contest
- EntrepreNantes (March 28, 2012) - Le web2day 2012 dévoile son programme et ses intervenants
- EntrepreNantes (February 7, 2012) - Le Web2day 2012 lance son site et son concours de startups
- EntrepreNantes (December 19, 2011) - Web2day : prochaine édition les 31 mai et 1er juin 2012
They will be in Nantes on May, 31st and June, 1st. And you ?
Different medias will cover the web2day ; it’s time to introduce them !
Today, a word about Rude Baguette :
Ok, maybe it’s more like: WTF ?
A lot of blogs talk about France, a lot of blogs talk about tech, and a lot of blogs talk about startups. And here is what we think about that: Good.For.Them.
And then there’s us.
Fleeing the land of Milk and Honey, we settled down in Europe with one goal: to stir shit up. Packed full of all those supposed connections we made in college and high school and membership access to the SVDBC (you’d know what it was if you were from the Silicon Valley…), we’re here to talk about the coolest startup kids in town.
Oh, it gets better.
Did we mention that we think the France has a better startup scene than California? Well, we do. And it does. And we’re here to tell the world about all the best new tech-startup-entrepreneur stuff that France has to offer. In English. So, apologies to the Académie française for raining on its parade.
They wrote about the event :
- Rude Baguette (May 14, 2012) - Check out the 16 startups competing at Web2day in Nantes!
- Rude Baguette (May 7, 2012) - We’ve got two tickets to Web2Day in Nantes | May31st-1st
- RudeBaguette (March 28, 2012) - Web2Day announces Speakers & a startup competition!
They will be in Nantes on May, 31st and June, 1st. And you ?
Different medias will cover the web2day ; it’s time to introduce them !
Today, a word about Nantes Actu :
Nantes Actu is a website, talking about art and culture in Nantes. It’s a local pure-player, managed by journalists.
They wrote about the event :
They will be in Nantes on May, 31st and June, 1st. And you ?
Different medias will cover the web2day ; it’s time to introduce them !
Today, a word about Télénantes :
Télénantes is a specialized television in Nantes and the Loire Atlantique area. Meeting people making and living the current and local events and directing video news is their daily work. The channel offers to its audience magazines, debates, sport events, live shows as well as documentaries… available on the air day and night and on the website : telenantes.com - fo free !
They help us organizing the event :
- They will be in charge of the video studio, helping 3 of our other media partners to realize their interviews during the web2day !
They will be in Nantes on May, 31st and June, 1st. And you ?
- The talk :
This presentation will describe how the concept of a Smarter Planet (which is the intersection of the digital world with the physical world) is creating new opportunities for both startup companies and large corporations. The “internet of things,” with interconnected devices and sensors everywhere, allows us to gather information in ways that were never possible before. By applying intelligence to the information, everyone can be smarter. We will discuss specific examples of companies building a Smarter Planet, as well as special programs for “smart” entrepreneurs. A talk from Deborah Magid (IBM Venture Capital Group).
- Who ?
Deborah Magid speaking ! - in english
Deborah is the Software Strategy Director of IBM Venture Capital Group. Representing IBM’s $25 Billion software business in the company’s 12-year old Venture Capital Group. Her expertise spans several industries. She is responsible for sharing insights about emerging markets, technologies, and business models with venture firms and entrepreneurs around the world. She scouts for emerging business opportunities, and shares views on innovation and growth areas of the market.
- Where & When ?
Friday morning, June 1st, from 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM, in the Maxi Hall !
- I WANT to see her !
Well, we understand. Just follow the link and book your ticket !
See also all the schedule here. See you soon in Nantes !
More than 60 startups applied to the Startup Contest ! Thanks a lot to all of them !
Choosing 16 startups between all of them was not easy, but thanks to our committee, here is the list of the selected winners :
Babble Planet is a social game for kids from 8 to 11 to learn spoken English and interact with kids from other countries.
Jolitv :
Jolitv is a social and personalized TV Guide for TV lovers who want to watch great TV Shows and movies but lose time and energy every day by reading ambiguous TV Guides. The service centralizes all the networks they can have access to in one place and pushes them the most relevant recommendations.
The goal of Dictanova is to take over the huge amount of unstructured data available to extract the valuable strategic and marketing information it contains. This data silently sleeps within companies or on the Web because executives have no way of harnessing this information. They aim at developing easy to use SaaS software to help them unleashing the knowledge embedded in their unstructured data.
Kawet :
Kawet enables companies to significantly reduce the cost, complexity and time to create, manage and deliver business apps across multiple devices. Kawet is the missing piece of puzzle that transforms the clouded data into native mobile apps and delivers it on any internal app stores.
Beapp :
“La BeApp Factory” allows anyone without any technical specific knowledges creating mobile apps. BeApp is specially dedicated to tourism, commercial and edition domains.
Infinit :
Infinit provides end-users a way to store, share and access all their files from any of their computing devices: PC, laptop, smartphone, tablet, Internet-connected TV etc. The technology differs from the Cloud-based services in the way that Infinit does not require servers for storing the users’ data. Instead, Infinit aggregates the storage capacity from the user’s devices in order to create a virtual storage drive.
Hubbub :
The first real sound social network ! Talking and listening is the most natural way of human communication. However, the rise of online social networks that marked the first decade of 21st century has largely ignored sound as an information exchange medium. To close this last huge gap, a new breed of social networks must emerge: with instruments and logic tailored to the specificity of audio content.
Brin.gr :
Intelligent social network monitoring and analysis tool.
MatchMySize is a specialized tool for recommending size clothes. With MatchMySize, the returning rate may decline for e-traders, and they will improve their conversion ratio, in helping the internet user choosing the right size when he orders.
SpreadButton is a toolkit that connects marketing ecommerce websites with social networks in order to use customer data much more efficiently. The goal is to obtain a full and effective CRM that includes both social data (interests, preferences, interactions with the store, birthday …) and commercial data of the client (cart, purchase date …).
Atendy :
Atendy’s passion lies in providing brands and organizations with better tools to help them more successfully plan, promote, manage, and drive engagement with and between their attendees.
HappyLife is HumanoGames’ 1st social game on Facebook. It is designed to promote and raise awareness of entrepreneurship and (micro-)credit.
HappyLife’s concept is innovative:
- Introducing the general public to (micro-)credit through a fun and entertaining medium.
- Raising awareness about financial literacy and financial development tools.
- Impacting some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Newage :
Newage is a location-based mobile gaming app for smartphones that lets players join forces with one of three existing factions and battle for their Cities districts and venues in the real World. Taking the foursquare mechanics one step further in bridging real-life and gaming, Newage aims at turning the world into a global battlefield where players compete for the supremacy of their faction and climb their way up the hierarchy to influence the decisions with other real-life players. The persistant basis of the battlefields will encourage players to participate often and the real-world set up will make them more engaged towards the venues they’re fighting for.
The Jukeboard is the modern juke-box. It is intended to bars, pubs and other public and private institutions. It differs from previous models with a whole new interface based on a large touchscreen and a music database online which allows the users to access to millions of songs without limits. Note this database is provided by Spotify, a streaming music major in the world.
Sharypic :
Sharypic, a collaborative photo sharing platform, makes sharing photos of an event as easy as taking them. We help event organizers and participants to gather, share and enjoy photos in real-time at the event venue and then later online in the same place. Sharypic liberates photos from smartphones and cameras allowing attendees to share these moments together.
MyBlee is a play-and-learn learning application for the 7-12 years old pupils, on Ipad. MyBlee is based on a system recognizing children handwriting. A vocal synthesizer shows the child the way to improve.
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Thanks a lot to all the startup which applied to the Startup Contest this year ! And we hope to see all the startups which were not selected during this web2day as well : you’ll have plenty of networking opportunities there…
