The Foundation for Innovation in Valais

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The Ark Foundation provides practical assistance to help enterprises increase their competitiveness. Its aim is to build a dynamic and diverse economy within the canton of Valais. The particular features of this park are that it is spread across six different sites, and focuses on three specific areas: Information and communication sciences Life sciences Engineering sciences

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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

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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

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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

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3 fields and 6 technological sites

Life Science

ICT

Engineering Science

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6 technological sites in Valais

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Organisation The Ark

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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%

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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

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The Ark’services

Technologies’ providers

and companies

Founders of innovative

businesses

SME’s in Valais

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Valorisez vos technologies

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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

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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

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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

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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 !

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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

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en activité plus en activité

81% 79%

79% 79%

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Incubator : results end 2011 (since 2004)

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Start-up des années précédentes dans l'incubateur Start-up entrées durant l'année

Nombre de start-ups à l’incubateur The Ark

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Levier financier 2007-2011

(CHF mio)

Incubator The Ark …results

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Supporting SME’s in developping

business innovation

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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

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Thank you for your attention

Fondation The Ark

Bâtiment de Courten

Place St-Théodule

1950 Sion

www.theark.ch

blog.theark.ch

[email protected]