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The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Summary
Economic structure of the Valais
Strategy The Ark
3 fields, 6 locations
The Ark organisation
Business model
Financing
SME complementarity
The Ark’s services: Accelerator
Incubator
Innovation
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Craft & Industries 42.7% jobs
Services 29 % jobs
Tourism 18.7 % jobs
Agriculture
7.6 % jobs
Energy
2 % jobs
Source DEVS 2003
Economic structure of Valais
47.6 %
29.1 %
12.6 % 2.1 %
8.6 %
* Indicator : GDP
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Strategy of the Ark
Promoting
innovation
Strengthening
competitiveness
Bringing together
competences
Supporting
Economic
growth
« to build the technological Valais of the future »
The Foundation has been created in 2004 by the state of Valais
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
3 fields and 6 technological sites
Life Science
ICT
Engineering Science
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
6 technological sites in Valais
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Organisation The Ark
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
The Ark Business Model
The Ark’s funds
General Services
Funding sources
Confederation,
State of Valais,
regions, communities
European Union
Private
Licences/patents
Return of subsidies
Projects
Sites management
BioArk
PhytoArk
BlueArk
IdeArk
TeleArk
TechnoArk
Services management
Accelerator Incubator
Innovation Marketing
Long term results
Creation of new
companies
Creation of wealth and
employment
Scouting or pilot project
Start-up incubation or development
incubation
Building and realization of « business
innovation » projects
Others specific projects
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Financement 2007-2011
Projets
Funding
Sources
Swiss
Confederation
State of Valais
Regions
Communities
Loterie Romande
Others
29 %
37 %
12 %
13 %
9%
19.3 mio
CHF
272 projects
Projekte Projekte
Projects
Funds
The Ark
33%
43%
13%
9%
2%
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Complémentarité pour les PME
Transfert de
technologies
Universities
SME
Institutes
Accélérator
The A
rk F
ondation
Incubator
Innovation
Marketing
Education
Technology transfer
Technology valorization
New companies
Supporting innovation
Visibility of the technological Valais
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
The Ark’services
Technologies’ providers
and companies
Founders of innovative
businesses
SME’s in Valais
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Valorisez vos technologies
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Accelerator The Ark
Bridging the gap between Science and Market
Technical and commercial feasibility analysis
Identification of business opportunities
Relations with industrial partners
Assessment of intellectual property aspects
Suppport for legal and contractual aspects
Development of demonstration models or prototypes
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Support in commercializing new technologies
Transfers or
licences
Accelerator : end results 2011 (since 2005)
Réalisation du
prototype
(25 projets)
IP Management (patents licensing) trough The Ark
13 patents 4 patents pending
Company
New
companies
Prototype
Demonstrator
Transfers or
licences
The Ark innovation
Incubator The Ark
15
10
Bourse The Ark
(7 projets)
Invention
announcement
First contact and invention announcement form
75
Scouting
Identification of potential business opportunities
65
Screening
Feasibility
analysis
48
Maturation
Realization of the prototype (31 projects)
Grant The Ark (8 projects)
39
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The privileged partner of
business creators
2012
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
The privileged partner of the entrepreneurs:
services
hosting financing coaching networks
Incubator The Ark
79% des entreprises incubées durant les 5 dernières années
sont toujours en activité !
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Incubator : end results 2011 (since 2005)
A professional environment for start-up companies
Scouting
Basic information on the candidates
280
Selection
Evaluation of the business
potential
95
Pre-incubation
Formalization of the business
concept
86
Incubation
Realization of the concept and launch on the
market.
Growth of sales and
consolidation
73
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• Entreprises hébergées (depuis 2007)
63
• Entreprises encore en activité (à fin 2011)
50
• Taux de survie 79%
Résultats fin 2011 (depuis 2007)
Incubator The Ark …results
44 46 48 50
10 12
13 13
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2008 2009 2010 2011
en activité plus en activité
81% 79%
79% 79%
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Incubator : results end 2011 (since 2004)
6 8
13 12
21 19 20
18 5
11
8
14
10
10 9 11
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Start-up des années précédentes dans l'incubateur Start-up entrées durant l'année
Nombre de start-ups à l’incubateur The Ark
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
1.55
3.70
16.90
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Levier financier 2007-2011
(CHF mio)
Incubator The Ark …results
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Supporting SME’s in developping
business innovation
The Foundation for Innovation in the Valais www.theark.ch – [email protected]
Innovation : end 2011 results (since 2007)
Support for the development of business innovation
Opportunity
Identifying opportunities
Evaluating the potential
136
Positioning
Technical and contextual feasibility
54
Design
Project definition, action plan, key
partners
and resources identification
32
Realization
Project realization
Commercialization results
31
Thank you for your attention
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1950 Sion
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