The Paris Region is the place to be for API’s economy

APIdays 2012, December 3rd and 4th

• Your bridgehead to Europe

• Supporting foreign companies to expand and grow in the Paris Region

• Non-Profit organisation– 2001– 12 M€– +60 employees– Paris, Tel-Aviv, Shanghai, San Francisco, Boston

What is Paris Region Economic Development Agency?

Paris Region, the Place to Be

Market

Innovation

Skills

Vision

From Consumer Web services

To Infrastructure and Business processes

The API-ification

• Vibrant Open source environnement• Innovative French entrepreneurs

API related innovators

PARIS REGION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY – Paris region Introduction Overview and Services - Cécile Tevet – January 2012

The Paris Region has the 3rd highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies

1st rank in Europe!Company Global 500 rank Revenues ($ millions)Total 11 186,055AXA 14 162,236BNP Paribas 26 128,726Carrefour 32 120,297GDF Suez 38 111,888Crédit Agricole 43 105,003EDF 68 86,309Société Générale 72 84,350Peugeot 90 74,251Groupe BPCE 97 69,297France Télécom 121 61,965CNP Assurances 130 59,320Saint-Gobain 155 53,136Renault 163 51,616Veolia Env. 175 47,170Sanofi-Aventis 187 45,056Vinci 192 44,205Bouygues 205 41,547SNCF 208 40,575Foncière Euris 216 39,449Vivendi 224 38,248La Poste 305 31,378Air France-KLM 307 31,200Christian Dior 343 27,977Alstom 347 27,635Schneider Electric 373 25,933L'Oréal 377 25,821Groupama 419 23,144PPR 420 23,101Danone 432 22,529Lafarge 454 21,415Alcatel-Lucent 460 21,186Sodexo 469 20,794

API users

PARIS REGION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY – Paris region Introduction Overview and Services - Cécile Tevet – January 2012

System Integrators

TelecomsCloud

providers

Média

Video Games/Animation

E-commerce

Our answers to your business location needs:

Finding office space Getting into the market

Recruiting Setting up

Taking care of the environment

Investing in R&D

Paris Region Development Agency at your service

Cécile Tevet, Business Software Directorctevet@paris-region.com@Ceecylee@ParisRegion