French startup stories for china didier tranchier

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4 Success stories for French startups and how it relates to French culture and French history. The French companies are : - Iliad / Free founded by Xavier Niel - Vente Privée founded by Jacques-Antoine Granjon - Criteo founded by Jean-Baptiste Rudelle - Gemalto - La Fourchette - LVMH founded by Bernard Arnault There is a link between these startups and : - the word Entrepreneur created during the Time of cathedrals - the creation of Europe by Charlemagne - the Renaissance and how François 1er made Leonardo da Vinci come to France with his Mona Lisa - the conquest of Napoleon and his passion for science and engineers

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Stories  of  French  startups  for  China  Didier  Tranchier  

Tuesday,  August  27th  La  Défense  

Introduc>on  

•  Professor  –  Innova>on  Management  –  Execu>ve  MBA  «  Leading  Innova>on  in  A  Digital  World  »  

•  Business  Angel  Investor    –  More  than  40  IT  startup  companies  

•  Rela>ons  with  China  –  Studied  Chinese  during  5  years  –  Lived  1  year  in  Hong  Kong  

•  5  Stories  of  French  Startup  companies  –  Specific  to  our  culture  and  our  history  

Didier  Tranchier  didier.tranchier@adelit.com    

Entrepreneur  •  Time  of  Cathedrals  

–  Word  «  Entrepreneur  »  is  French  

•  Xavier  Niel  –  Born  in  1967  –  Founder  of  Iliad  in  1987  

•  #2  Fixed  telecom  operator  Free  

•  Invented  Triple  Play  service  (Internet,  Telephone,  TV)  in  2003  

•  Free  Mobile  was  launched  in  January  2012  –  10%  Market  share  in  1  year  

•  Revenues  2012  :  3,1  B€  –  Billionaire  –  2012  :  Investment  in  more  than  

130    startup  companies  •  Square,  Deezer  •  Most  ac>ve  Business  Angel  in  the  world  

–  Founder  of  2  internet  schools  

Europe  

•  Charlemagne  (742-­‐814),  1st  French  Emperor  Created  schools  

•  France  is  #5  in  terms  of  GDP  ($2,775,518  Millions)  

•  Gemalto  –  Founded  in  1988  (Gemplus)  

–  Smart  card  technology  invented  by  Roland  Moreno  in  1975  

–  Smart  card  Global  leader    •  GSM,  credit  cards  

–  Revenues  2012  :  2.2  B€  

•  La  Fourcheje  –  Founded  in  2007  by  3  entrepreneurs  

–  European  leader  for  Online  reserva>ons  for  restaurants  and  restaurant  management  systems  

–  Revenues  2012  :  12  M€  (+50%)  

French  Touch  /  Savoir  Vivre  

•  Renaissance  :    –  François  1er  (1494-­‐1547)  –  Leonardo  Da  Vinci  :  Mona  Lisa  

•  Vente-­‐privée  –  Founded  in  2001  –  By  Jacques-­‐Antoine  Granjon  

•  European  leader  for  online  flash  sales  

•  Revenues  2012  –  €1.3  B  

•  Top  10  global  digital  startups  –  www.businessinsider.com/2012-­‐

digital-­‐100    

Strategy  /  Science  

•  Napoleon  (1769-­‐1821)  –  Strategy  –  Science  

•  Roseja  stone  •  Ecole  Polytechnique  

•  Criteo  –  Founded  in  2005  

•  First  product  launched  in  April  2008  

–  Retarge>ng  •  Disrup>ng  adver>sing  and  transforming  into  personalized  content  

•  Global  company  

•  Revenues  2011  –   $200+  Millions  (80%  outside  

France)  

Finance  

•  Bernard  Arnault,  LVMH,  created  global  Luxury  market  –  Born  in  1949  –  More  than  60  luxury  global  

brands  –  Fashion,  perfumes,  wines  and  

spirits,  watches,  retail  

•  #4  richest  man  on  earth  

•  One  of  the  best  Startup  ecosystem  in  the  world  –  Public  Startup  financing  :  JEI,  CIR,  

European  funds  –  Up  to  several  Millions  €  of  financing  

•  Investors:  tax  reduc>ons  –  Up  to  50%  tax  reduc>on  

•  High  IRR  –  I  invested  in  40  startup  companies  

–  With  only  2  exits,  I  have  a  30%  Return  

Let’s  build    Success    Together  !