 Electronics | Software | Web-based services |
| Bioproductivity | Cleantech | Laboratories |
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Electronics
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 | 3D Plus SA is a Thalès spin-off. Its 3D packaging technologies enable stacking of hybrid
components (memory, microprocessors, etc.) in embedded electronic systems, optimising
space, improving performance and enhancing system robustness. | ||
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 | Avertec operates in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) market. Its two products,
underpinned by innovative technology resulting from 40 person-years of research,
offer clients a significant competitive advantage in terms of execution time and
performance, particularly for the verification of embedded memory and complex
systems. With the development of nanometric technologies and ultra-high density
integrated circuits, Avertec's crosstalk analysis tools are at the cutting edge
of current semi-conductor design issues. | ||
| www.avertec.com | |||
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 | DiBcom, founded in June 2000, is a French semiconductor company based on a fabless
(no factory) model, that designs, produces and sells integrated circuits for receiving
Digital terrestrial TV in mobile and portable environments. DiBcom's technology,
which can be added to any type of terminal, allows perfect reception of a high
number of TV channels in all mobile situations, in moving vehicles, on laptop
PCs, TVs without a rooftop antenna, and now on mobile phones. | ||
| www.dibcom.net | |||
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 | Emulation and Verification Engineering SA was created in April 2000 by a team of EDA specialists, mainly from Meta
Systems (Mentor Graphics group). EVE has developed a revolutionary verification
solution for integrated circuits known as ZEBU. This platform reduces design time
for the complex integrated circuits frequently used in communications equipment
and electronic equipment in general. | ||
| www.eve-team.com | |||
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 | Germany's Novaled has developed a new structure and new doping materials that make it possible
to limit the consumption of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and increase
their lifespan. The company currently owns more than 130 patents. | ||
| www.novaled.com | |||
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 | Tronic's Micro Systems is a spin-off from CEA Leti. It designs, manufactures and markets high value-added
MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) for medical, telecom, aerospace/defence
and instrument applications. Tronic's Micro System is based in France and in the
United States. | ||
| www.tronics.eu | |||
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Software
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 | Created in 2002, Ariane Systems is the European leader in interactive check-in/check-out kiosks for the hotel
industry. The solution, which is compatible with all the major hotel applications
available on the market, enables the client to carry out his check-in/check-out
procedures on a self-service kiosk. Ariane Systems' customers include the Radisson,
Barcelo, Balladins, Campanile, Ibis and Kyriad hotel chains and, since 2008, Louvre
Hôtel, Blackstone Group and Pullman. Ariane Systems has operations throughout
Europe (United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Norway and Sweden) | ||
| www.ariane-systems.com | |||
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 | Deny All is a French provider of IT security solutions. Specialised in applications security,
it offers solutions in the form of software packages or appliances. Deny All solutions
are suitable for such strategic applications as the opening of systems to employees,
suppliers, customers and corporate partners. Deny All, a Société Générale subsidiary,
was created in 2001 with a team of security experts. Its applications solutions
were built on several years of development and implementation within large companies.
Currently, the company markets its solutions worldwide, and protects several hundred
Websites in France, Europe, the United States and Asia, using its rWeb, rFTP and
sProxy products. The company secures a total of 6,000 applications and supplies
25% of CAC 40 companies and 35% of Euronext-listed companies. | ||
| www.deny-all.com | |||
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 | Eptica is an EADS group spin-off. This software company designs, publishes and markets
an innovative customer relationship management solution focused on two fundamental
business goals:
- to establish and provide live interactive customer service and support over the internet using email, chat and co-browsing. - to build closer relationships with clients based on in-depth knowledge of their habits, expectations and specific needs. The Eptica Enterprise Suite solution comprises three main product lines: Email Management, Live Interaction and Customer Behaviour Analysis. | ||
| www.eptica.com | |||
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 | ExaProtect is the market leader in Core Security Event Management (CSEM): monitoring, interpreting
and reporting on the security of core business systems and the corporate information
they contain. Following the merger with Solsolft, in October 2006, ExaProtect
is the only vendor to integrate security policy change management and security
information & event management (SIEM), to provide real-time remediation. In 2007,
ExaProtect had more than 300 customers including several Fortune 500 companies,
international telecommunications operators and environmental organisations. Its
sales amounted to EUR 10 million. | ||
| www.exaprotect.com | |||
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 | H2i technologies was created at the École des Mines d'Alès incubator in January 2002 by Gilles
Cavallucci. The company offers a range of virtual human-machine interfaces (HMI),
based on patented optoelectronic technologies. The innovative approach of h2i
technologies' combines optics and algorithmic to emulate any type of interface
on any type of surface. H2i technologies is present in high-potential markets
(medical, automobile, and home appliances), and several European and global leaders
have already chosen its solutions. | ||
| www.h2i-technologies.eu | |||
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 | Established in 2004, idylis proposes an integrated offering of management software applications developed
in ASP aimed at very small and small companies: accounting, sales management,
tax reports, payroll, email routing, etc. Developed exclusively in ASP mode, its
software meets conventional demands - functional wealth and user friendliness
- but also modern requirements: team and remote work as well as data sharing.
Idylis is the first French company to provide an equivalent to the NetSuite and
Salesforce packages in the US. In 2007, Idylis employs 20 people and it sales
amounted to EUR 1,2 billion. | ||
| www.idylis.com | |||
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 | Founded in July 2000, Mereo offers revenue management solutions. It provides its clients, mainly leading
European media companies (television, radio and bill-boards), with advice and
solutions to increase their profitability through advertising revenue optimisation
techniques. Mereo's offer combines latest-generation forecasting techniques (using
neural networks) with classic management tools opening up a vast variety of possible
applications in new markets: leisure, tourism, hotels. | ||
| www.mereo.fr | |||
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 | OpenTrust (formerly Idealx) develops software solutions to pass from defensive security to digital confidence
based on a system called "Trusted Ecosystem", whereby each component (routers,
networks, machines, servers, users, systems, applications, transactions, etc.)
must trust the calling component and/or the one being called in order to be executed.
OpenTrust has more than 1 million users around the world at 70 large accounts
and public administrations. | ||
| www.opentrust.com | |||
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 | Scan & Target is a software developer that provides a real-time solution in Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) mode for the analysis of text content provided by users (User Generated
Content or UGC). This analysis can be used for such things as content moderation
(filtering of illicit or undesirable content), real-time advertising targeting
and validation of unstructured texts (classified advertisement input, routing
of e-mails and incoming SMSs, etc.). | ||
| www.scanandtarget.com | |||
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 | Created in 2003, Sparus Software designs, develops and markets an innovative software suite which enables enterprises
to deploy and manage mobile handheld devices over wireless networks (GPRS/Edge/3G
and WiFi) in a cost effective way, thereby reducing operating expenses. EveryWAN
Mobility Manager is an all-in-one, plug & play solution which provides the most
advanced functionalities for managing Windows Mobile™ and Windows CE™ mobile devices,
including over-the-air security and administration, communication management and
real-time remote end-user support. | ||
| www.sparus-software.com | |||
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 | TEMIS, leader in Text Mining, provides Text Analytics solutions to optimize information
processing, turning unstructured data into actionable knowledge for information
extraction and automatic classification. Luxid®, TEMIS's Information Intelligence
solution, plays a critical role in Corporations (Life Science-Publishing-Industry)
and Governments (Homeland Security), in environments where information processing
is complex due to the great volume of data, such as Competitive Intelligence,
Image and media crisis intelligence, Customer Sentiment Analysis, Scientific Intelligence,
IP Management or content publishing, and provides substantial productivity gains. | ||
| www.temis.com | |||
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Web-based services
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 | Created in 2007, Edagora publishes a portal (www.avigora.com) specialised in personal coaching, well-being
and esotericism. The portal puts private advisors in touch with customers seeking
such expertise. Avigora's ambition is to provide this community with rigour and
professionalism. | ||
| www.avigora.com | |||
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 | Keldelice is a specialised portal for small regional producers which notably enables users
to buy gastronomic products over the Internet. The site, created by Cyril Janin,
the co-founder in 2000 of Keljob, the job search engine, offers more than 10,000
products from hundreds of independent French producers and distributors. In addition
to being a straightforward e-commerce site, Keldelice provides related content
such as recipes, useful addresses and details of gastronomy-oriented events. | ||
| www.keldelice.com | |||
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 | Created in April 2003 by Pascal Lorne and François Colon, Miyowa is a technology enabler for mobile telephone operators wishing to integrate
community services into their product offer. Based in Marseille and with offices
in the United States and Asia, Miyowa was marketing its products to 25 operators
worldwide at the end of 2008. | ||
| www.miyowa.fr | |||
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 | In France, MonShowroom.com - which was created in 2006 by two young entrepreneurs, Séverine Grégoire and
Chloé Ramade - offers in-season collections of several trendy brands such as American
Vintage, Antik Batik, Ba&Sh, French Connection, Iro, Paul&Joe Sister, etc. Based
in Marseille, the company's ambition is to become the leading e-commerce fashion
site for young working women in France and Europe. | ||
| www.monshowroom.com | |||
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 | Founded in 2004 by Elie de Coignac and Benoît Durand, Splendia operates a hotel booking website and exclusive brand name which positions itself
in the "luxury and character hotels" segment. The company has a selection of more
than 3,000 hotels world-wide in 2008 throughout numerous offices in Europe, Miami
and Hong Kong. It sales amounted to EUR 33 million in 2008. | ||
| www.splendia.com | |||
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 | Turtle Entertainment GmbH, founded in 2000, is European market leader in electronic sports (eSports).
Via the Electronic Sports League (ESL), Turtle operates in 35 countries across
all five continents. More than 2 million users are registered on the www.esl.eu
league portal, which attracts over 10 million unique visitors per month (source:
IVW), making it one of Germany's most frequently visited websites. Turtle Entertainment,
based in Cologne, has over 150 employees. | ||
| www.turtle-entertainment.de | |||
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 | Founded in May 2009 in Berlin, Upside Shopping runs the www.Dealstreet.de website, an auction and shopping platform for new high-end electronics products.
Its auction approach combines suspense and entertainment and enables visitors
to conclude "good deals". | ||
| www.dealstreet.de | |||
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Bioproductivity
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 | ERA Biotech is a bioproductivity company; it develops the proprietary Zera® and StorPro®
tools that enable the production of difficult to express proteins and improve
the performance of cell based factories. Founded in 2002, ERA employs 22 scientists
and managers in Barcelona, Spain. | ||
| www.erabiotech.com | |||
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 | METabolic EXplorer focuses on the development of new bioprocesses. The company develops and applies
cutting-edge biotechnology tools to identify the metabolic pathways of bacteria,
yeasts and plants in order to design new fermentation-based biosynthetic pathways
for the production of chemicals. METabolic EXplorer has unique knowledge and expertise
in fields ranging from metabolic pathway quantification and modelling to the design
and engineering of novel production hosts for industrial biosynthesis of key chemicals.
METabolic EXplorer conducts product development in-house and collaboratively with
selected partners. | ||
| www.metabolic-explorer.com | |||
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Cleantech
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 | Founded in 2008,Sens-Innov offers pollutant detection solutions to water companies. The company awarded
one of the prizes for Innovative Companies 2009 by the French Ministry for Research. | ||
| www.sens-innov.com | |||
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Laboratories
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 | FlexGen, created in 2004, is a Dutch company active in the genetic research market that
has developed a patented product for the synthesis of DNA microarrays. The company's
unique technology was initially developed by Dutch Space NV and the Leiden University
Medical Centre (LUMC) with the help of BioPartner and the Netherlands Genomics
Initiative (NGI). The FlexArrayer, developed by FlexGen, is a product designed
for the synthesis and production of personalised microarrays by research laboratories.
FlexGen is working with several customers and leading scientific and industrial
partners in order to develop innovative solutions for new-generation sequencing,
the validation of biomarkers and other applications. | ||
| www.flexgen.nl | |||
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Medical Device
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 | Biospace Med is specialised in medical imagery applied to orthopaedics. Worldwide, it markets
the EOST 2D/3D ultra low-dose medical imaging system, and imaging solution that
can generate partial or full-body images of the human body at very low doses of
x-rays with a single scan. It is also capable of generating 3-D images of the
human skeleton thanks to reconstruction and modelling software based on two simultaneous
scans. This solution also makes it possible to provide sets of measurements needed
for diagnosis and surgical planning. | ||
| www.biospacemed.com | |||
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 | CircuLite is developing a miniature blood pump, designed to be placed superficially like
a pacemaker, for the long-term treatment of chronic heart failure. The Synergy
Pocket Circulatory Assist device is designed to rest a failing heart by supplementing
its natural function. The placing of the device will transform the treatment of
patients suffering from chronic cardiac deficiency, whether they are hospitalised
or being treated on an ambulatory basis for that condition. The company is currently
finalising its European clinical trial to obtain the EC label. | ||
| www.circulite.net | |||
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 | EyeTechCare, founded in July 2008 and based near Lyon, has patented an innovative therapy
for glaucoma, an eye disease caused by an increase in intraocular pressure affecting
the retina and optic nerve. This non-invasive therapy uses high intensity focused
ultrasound (HIFU) technology to treat the disease in an outpatient procedure. | ||
| www.eyetechcare.com | |||
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 | Medisse was established in 2009 and develops resorbable implants based on a flexible
material. The properties of this material are enhanced by gamma sterilization,
which at the same time, is used for sterilization.
The company's unique technology was developed by Twente University in Enschede. First activities to develop this technology were done with the help of BioPartner's First Stage Grant. Medisse is based in Amersfoort and Enschede, the Netherlands. | ||
| www.medisse.com | |||
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 | SpineGuard was created in Paris in 2009. The company develops and markets Pediguard, an
instrument designed for drilling vertebrae during spine surgery. It is the first
wireless device that makes it possible to identify the type of biological tissue
with which it is in contact, thanks to the sensor at the end of the instrument.
This information is transformed in real time into a sound signal that guides the
surgeon throughout the procedure. | ||
| www.spineguard.com | |||
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 | Stentys was founded in 2006 and intends to make treatment of complex blocked coronary
arteries as simple and effective as a conventional stenting procedure. Stentys
develops a new-generation stent designed for treatment of acute myocardial infarction
and coronary artery bifurcations. | ||
| www.stentys.com | |||
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 | SuperSonic Imagine is an innovative young company created in 2005 by experts in ultrasound medical
imagery, and based in Aix-en-Provence. The new echography developed by SuperSonic
Imagine revolutionises medical imagery by making it possible to measure the elasticity
of tissues thanks to an innovative process - the analysis of the shear waves generated
by its Aixplorer ultrasound system.
SuperSonic Imagine's technology improves the diagnosis of breast cancer by identifying millimetric lesions that cannot be detected by palpation, as well as deep lesions or those in dense breasts that have, until now, been undetectable. | ||
| www.supersonicimagine.fr | |||
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Pharmaceutical companies
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 | arGEN-X is a research stage biopharmaceutical company with a broadly applicable, proprietary
SIMPLE Antibody™ platform. The platform allows arGEN-X to create an unparalleled
diversity of in vivo generated antibody leads against a broad range of human disease
targets. This superior choice of ultra-high affinity and highly potent leads,
having best-in-class human homology, allows for more stringent lead selection
criteria, thereby increasing the probability of success later in the drug development
path. The Company has validated its monoclonal antibody platform on two human
disease targets and has broad patent claims in place covering its technology. | ||
| www.argen-x.com | |||
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 | Founded in 1998, Biovex develops a new class of vaccines for the treatment of cancer and chronic infectious
diseases. The company has two proprietary vaccine platforms (OncoVEX and ImmunoVEX),
based on genetic manipulation of the herpes simplex virus (HSV). Biovex recently
completed a Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of melanoma with its OncoVEX
GM-CSF product. The results of this trial showed that the product was capable
of inducing a lasting response in a large proportion of the patients treated.
The company is currently preparing to start Phase III trials for this indication. | ||
| www.biovex.com | |||
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 | Cytheris is dedicated to the development of growth factors able to enhance, drive and
restore immune system functions. The company is particularly interested in a recombinant
human interleukin-7 for immune reconstitution of immuno-depressed patients. Cytheris
is expecting an important success for its main product which is currently clinically
tested in the USA. | ||
| www.cytheris.com | |||
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 | Founded in 2005 in Paris, Fovea Pharmaceuticals SA (Fovea) is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company. Fovea is specialized
in development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of ocular diseases,
with a special focus on retinal pathologies. | ||
| www.fovea-pharma.com | |||
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 | Orexo is a pharmaceutical company which focuses on identifying suboptimal therapeutic
characteristics of existing products and developing more efficient and effective
delivery methods for them. By drawing on its knowledge in the inflammatory research
area, particularly arachidonic acid metabolism, Biolipox has created a portfolio
of potential blockbusters in these therapeutic areas.
In 2007, the public company Orexo has acquired Biolipox, a private research company developing novel, effective drugs for treating respiratory diseases and other inflammatory diseases. Orexo is listed at the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm. | ||
| www.orexo.com | |||
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 | Pangenetics is an antibody development company headquartered in the Netherland that also
maintains an office in England. It takes antibodies from the late research phase
through to clinical proof of concept. The company employs a lean business model
with most development activities outsourced. Its most advanced candidate is a
CD40 antagonist that has already shown encouraging results in an open label phase
1/2 Chrons study. | ||
| www.pangenetics.com | |||
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 | Xention Discovery Ltd is a drug discovery company that utilizes proprietary technologies to accelerate
the development of novel ion channel drugs, overcoming existing limitations in
ion channel drug discovery. The Company uses true electrophysiological data and
ion channel chemoinformatics to support medicinal chemistry and allow the development
of drugs that are potent and selective and have preferred functional properties.
Xention, which was founded in 2002, is a leader in ion channel drug discovery
and has a number of programs in the cardiovascular, neurological and metabolic
disease areas. | ||
| www.xention.com | |||
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