2014 - Systematic

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2014 - Systematic

SUCCESS STORIES
2014
SUCCESS STORIES
English Version
June 2014
Editorial
Jean-Luc Beylat,
President Systematic Paris-Region Competitiveness
Dear partners,
I
am pleased to present the 2014 edition of the "Success Stories", the result of a selection related to innovations made
by member companies of the cluster Systematic Paris-Region. This collection demonstrates our commitment to meet
the challenge of transforming Systematic Paris-Region as “Future Products Factory” during the period 2013-2018, in
accordance with our Strategic Plan.
After nine years of operation, our center has shown its effectiveness in doing collaborative and innovative research and
development (R&D) projects, in line with current major issues in high-tech sectors and digital emerge. At a time when the
French industry must constantly remain competitive globally, the cluster Systematic Paris-Region provides community
management on technological and societal themes to enhance the competitiveness of France by establishing a
relationship win-win within an ecosystem composed of SMEs, ETI, academic structures and large groups.
Convinced that this fabric of actors is creative of innovation and jobs, both in France and abroad, the Cluster devotes all
his energy to the pursuit of increased economic benefits such as industrialization of project results and the placing on
the market of new products and services.
Companies presented here are all emerged stronger from a R&D project, because it has surpassed to assert its
expertise and its human and technical skills through partnerships and ambitious goals. Innovation, industrialization and
international development, pillars of growth, are all together in these "Success Stories", which are primarily stories of
women and men engaged in the industrial revival of France.
I leave you the pleasure of discovering this selection 2014 and wish you a good reading!
Contents
Editorial
Cluster presentation and key figures
Positioning Cluster
Principles of selection of Success Stories 2014
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Automotive & Transports
Goobie, from design to industrialization of a product
Mopeasy, an expanding SME specialized in shared eco-mobility, car sharing and ride-sharing for businesses and public
authorities
Open Wide, Linux at the Heart of Onboard Systems and Project Teams
Scaleo Chip, a fabless company specializing in the development and manufacture of semiconductors for large OEMs
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Digital Trust & Security
CryptoExperts, a Leading European Startup in the Field of Cryptography Expertise
Egidium Technologies, conquering the Flourishing Security and Surveillance Market
Oppida, a Reference in Cybersecurity
Saphymo, leader at the Forefront of a New Generation of Radiation Detection Systems
IJENKO, a Unique Company in the Management of Residential Energy Flexibility and Intelligent Heating
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Free Open Source Software
Genymobile, Android Client Support for Professionals
OpenSearchServer, a powerful Open Source solution to make a search engine easier to use, letting you capitalize on
documentary assets in enterprise applications
Logilab, Innovative Free Software for the Web and Sciences
OCamlPro, a Designer of Custom-Tailored, State-of-the-Art Software for Industry
Restlet, Provider of a Platform in Cloud Mode Unique in Its Kind
Balyo, a revolution in the logistics and mobile robotics world with its moveBOX system
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Magillem, world leader in the integration of complex socs and embedded systems
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Resonate MP4, a specialist in the development of multimedia software for large-scale video multi-processing and
management of mobility for vehicle fleets at critical sites
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Bertin Technologies, multiple skills at the service of continuous innovation
Smart Energy Management
Artelys, an Independent SME that is a European Leader in the Field of Optimization of and Assistance with Decision-Taking in
the Energy Sector
Systems Design & Development Tools
Digital Product Simulation, bringing innovative work and design methods
Telecoms
City Passenger, a highly secure access for roaming professional users to the extended information systems of their companies,
for optimal network management
E-Blink, the revolution in mobile network architectures is on the road
Green Communications, for energy-efficient meshed WiFi network coverage
Montimage, supervision tools for safe and high-performing smart networks
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Health & ICT
Eeleo, a fast-expanding player in medical remote monitoring
NOTOCORD, the developer of leading measurement and analysis software for research in pharmacology
SORIN CRM, world leader in the management of cardiac rhythm through implanted and connected devices
Voluntis, a pioneer in therapeutic companion software
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Systematic Paris-Region Cluster
Presentation
Positioning Cluster
A
t the heart of the digital revolution, the Systematic Paris-Region competitiveness cluster federates
in Ile-de-France nearly 800 industry players, SMEs and scientists to cross eight applications
markets with strong societal dimension (Transport, Energy, Telecommunications, Health, Safety,
smart City, information Systems and Factory of the Future) and two technology areas (Free Software and
complex Systems).
To date, Systematic Paris-Region has developed 438 R&D projects representing a total R&D investment of €2.26
billion including €817 million funded by the French Government, Regional economic development agencies
(ANR, EUREKA, FEDER, bpifrance) and the Paris-Region local authorities.
Beyond collaborative R&D, Systematic Paris-Region is committed, trough the AMBITION SME program, to
increasing pro¬ductivity and to developing an ecosystem of growth conducive to the outbreak of SMEs.
This ecosystem includes more than 800 SMEs representing over 35,000 jobs in the Software Systems, Optics
and Electronics.
In terms of attractiveness, Systematic Paris-Region is committed to promoting the territory, the Cluster, the
industry and its players abroad in order to attract skills and businesses, encourage and support the export
activities of SMEs members and insert the Cluster and its actors into the European dynamic.
Key figures
x2,26
billion total
R&D investment
including 817 millions
funded by public sphere
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102 000 jobs in 2005
420 000 jobs in 2013
438
R&D
projects
x330
774 partners
billion
turnover accumulated
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Principles of selection
of Success Stories 2014
The « Success Stories » recount
the successes of these SMEs and ETI members
attached to thematic groups that have contributed to the
emergence of these collaborative projects.
The selection was made on the following criteria:ré
Growth
in sales turnover
Penetration
of new markets
Business
creation
International
expansion
Scientific
work
SUCCESS STORIES
Job
creation
Innovative Products,
Services, Processes
Access
to private funding
Improvement
of existing products
SME/Major groups
partnership
Development
of new lines of expertise
To write each article, the founders and directors of thirty companies were
asked to speak freely about their success, the scope of their
involvement in collaborative R&D projects, as well as
the contribution of Systematic Paris-Region in the
development of their activities.
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Goobie
SELECTION
CRITERIA
from design to industrialization of a product
Innovative Products, Services, Processes
SME/Major groups partnership
Penetration of new markets
Founded entirely with their own funds by Michel Benkemoun and Pierre Chichignoud at the beginning of 2008, Goobie is an
industrial design office that takes on work ranging from design to chain production of innovative solutions and products
for the professional and mass consumer markets.
S
howcasing an offer template and a one-stop supply point, Goobie provides its clients with a global service, from design to production,
including the prototyping and industrial manufacturing preparation phase. All manufacturing constraints are taken into account, right from
the design process: the choice of technologies; the availability and cost of the components chosen; the manufacturing/scheduling and
assembly process; testing; certification; or the migration of a complete product, including its packaging.
The company offers its clients varied solutions such as the designing of complete systems and commodities; electronic development (analog and
digital); firmware for Linux, Android, WinCE and RTOS platforms; onboard software; client/server applications; smart phone and tablet applications;
and the design and production of physical packaging (plastics engineering, sheet metalwork, casting, etc.). Goobie also produces white label
goods for clients having their own brand. Over the space of just a few years, Goobie has innovated in leading-edge technologies and then
customized the result of its R&D within tangible industrial applications for its clients, and has worked with known players in telecoms, multimedia,
online systems, M2M, domestic appliances and online objects sectors, as well as state-of-the-art industrial sectors (medical, defense, energy,
transport, etc.). Such was the case, among others, with TestFarm - a platform for progressive automatization of validation testing for onboard
software. The tool is currently being marketed for complex projects. The SME has conducted about fifty projects - mostly for major groups, but
also for a good number of SMEs and startups.
Michel Benkemoun,
Sales Manager and Co-founder
Systematic Paris Region is not only an excellent initiative for labeling
projects, it's above all a great channel for networking with players in
our ecosystem that are facing the same issues and having the same
ambitions as ourselves.
Haptic navigation system,
an alternative to existing interfaces
dedicated to connected objects
As part of the Systematic Paris Region-labeled Tictact project, Goobie is taking part in the design of an information system with a tactile-feedback
interface. The man/machine interface is touch-driven. The concept is to guide travelers via a bracelet generating vibrations or pressures via
a Viflex, for communication and indicating the path to be followed. As a design office, it's Goobie's job to validate the concept of this tactile
navigation system as an alternative to existing dedicated interfaces for online objects. The 20-person SME decided to accept the challenge, from
development through to production.
The product is a fruit of research carried out by the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA-LIST) [Atomic
Energy and Alternative Energies Commission], Armines, Paris8-Thim and Camineo, and has been tested by the Régie Autonome des
Transports Parisiens (RATP) [Parision public transport authority], which made it available on its network to guide users within its transport
systems.
Data Sheet
12
2008
FOUNDED
ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM THE COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
20
2013 staffing
250 Kn
1
+
Sales turnover 2013
Vélizy-Villacoublay
(Headquarters)
permanent-contract
job created
50%
major accounts
50%
Electronics are produced in France,
mechanical components are designed
in France and injection-molded
SMEs / startups accounts
in China.
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MOPEASY
SELECTION
CRITERIA
an expanding SME specialized in shared eco-mobility, car sharing and ride-sharing for
businesses and public authorities
Founded in 2010, Mopeasy is a specialist in shared eco-mobility, it develops and markets a system consisting of hardware
device, the M’Box, and a Web 2.0 platform allowing fully-dematerialized car-sharing of vehicles - both electric and fossilfuel-powered.
A
dditionally, Mopeasy offers solutions for sharing vehicles and/or journeys designed for businesses, public authorities and private individuals.
In a fast-growing market for managing 100%-electric vehicle fleets, Mopeasy's difference lies in a model that is open to different types
of urban electric vehicles, different usages (circuit, self-service, or time-share), and in local operations complementing a service such
as Autolib, for example, in the greater Paris area. The 11-person company has developed a solution that allows the sharing and charging of
electric vehicles made available to company users and the general public. Thanks to the European program offered by Systematic, Mopeasy has
developed an eco-mobility platform and has invested with authorities in Marne-la-Vallée, in the greater Paris area, so as to open 85 eco-mobility
stations in June 2014.
In addition to its own funds, Mopeasy has been able to finance its growth by raising nearly 600,000 euros from business angels, major colleges
and educational institutions, investors and the Fonds Régional de Co-investissement de la Région Ile de France (FRCI) (Regional Co-Investment
Fund of the Greater Paris Area).
Conquering the European market
Conscious of the need to think globally, Mopeasy is targeting the European market by closing cooperation deals with vehicle and journey sharing
operators, notably in Germany and Spain. The Molecules project, which is co-labeled by the Systematic Paris Region Cluster and Mov’eo and is
financed by the European Commission, covers three pilot sites - Barcelona, Berlin and greater Paris - and aims at creating "The best eco-mobility
platform for promoting electro-mobility in companies and geographical regions". The project has enabled Mopeasy to develop a complete ecomobility Web platform for businesses and public authorities with services for electric vehicle recharging terminal reservation, car-sharing
management (via its platform at monautoparatge.fr), ride-sharing (through its platform at greenmonkeys.com) and local information useful
to users.Taking advantage of a European platform that is unique in its kind, Mopeasy has to adapt and keep pace with its customers' needs in
Data Sheet
14
FOUNDED
the light of the various European legislations applicable to electric vehicle charging and sharing, with usage conditions varying from one country
to another. Because the price of entry into new markets is high and can only be afforded by big business and national and European authorities,
the firm is placing its bets on profitable and durable partnerships with complementary players in eco-mobility (energy, terminal manufacturers, car
manufacturers, public transport operators, etc.) in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Ireland.
Since the Molecules project, the SME has had to re-think its working methods, preferring networked work and imposing English as the main
language within its team.
Bruno Flinois,
The program is available to anyone via the platform http://monautopartage.fr.
2010
International expansion
Job creation
Access to private funding
Chairman
Systematic Paris Region's work is an important factor for
our innovation, notably the SME Ambition program, which
has helped us and put us in contact with European players
in eco-mobility. The Cluster has a very good knowledge of
the SMEs that it promotes within international collaboration
projects.
Electric vehicle car sharing
Eco-mobility platform
11
2013 staffing
1000
+
7
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
Neuilly-sur-Seine
(Headquarters)
Cité Descartes,
Marne-la-Vallée & Aix-en-Provence
(Subsidiaries)
in one year
permanent-contract
job created
70%
major accounts
Belgium as distribution
partners abroad
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OPEN WIDE
Job creation
Improvement of existing products
Scientific work
Development of new lines of expertise
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Linux at the Heart of Onboard Systems and Project Teams
Open Wide works in the Open Source realm to enable its clients to integrate Linux and many other Open Source components
into their systems.
T
he SME provides its customers with turnkey solutions, notably in the management information technology realm (IS), but also services
manufacturers and industrial companies. As an operator, it is also able to deploy facilities management and cloud computing systems. Open
Wide equally develops Open Source software that increases the productivity and improves quality of development projects. Its main clients
are in aerospace (EADS, Airbus, Zodiac), defense (Thales, Sagem) and, more recently, the automotive sector (Renault et PSA Peugeot Citroën).
Open Wide has also worked with high-tech SMEs such as Coyotte on the integration of Android into its onboard products (notably its GPS
devices), and has also worked on Archos and Lacie. Apart from private businesses, governmental and para-governmental bodies such as
France's Interior Ministry and regional authorities (Le Grand Lyon, Conseil Général de l’Essonne, la région Rhône-Alpes, l’Office de Tourisme de
Paris) have also called on Open Wide to deploy interactive portals and EDM (Electronic Document Management) systems.
European scale, three markets are targeted: Switzerland (the luxury goods sector, notably), Benelux and Germany (the industrial sector).
Open Wide is very involved with its ecosystem and, three years ago, started a technical contest aimed at identifying juniors and seniors, with prizes
being awarded.
The scheme is evolving: since the beginning of 2014, working in partnership with the Systematic Paris Region Cluster's SME Ambition program,
to become a springboard for embedded Linux, the aim is to provide innovative startups and entrepreneurs with a means of showcasing their
Open Source solutions. The scheme includes working, training and marketing strategy days, with prizes, gifts and financial help being planned to
sponsor projects.
Patrick Bénichou,
Chief Executive Officer
The company's software development business represents it 10% of the company’s turnover; its operator business brings in between 20 and
25%, while its integration business, including onboard systems and information systems, accounts for 65% of its revenues. Open Wide earns 3%
of its sales turnover abroad. Innovation is at the heart of the company's strategy. The Cluster-labeled RTEL4i R&D project enabled, for instance,
the designing of a set of tools for building environments intended for Linux systems in onboard environments. The platform allows them to construct
a dedicated working environment for their project teams, working with their habitual tools. Apart from the solution supported by Open Wide, the
company also provides methodology, training and expertise transfers to its clients' staff. For example, Airbus and Sagem Communication have
benefited from its know-how.
The Systematic Cluster is a wonderful organization
that federates contributors to innovation and puts,
for example, the R&D Directors of big groups in
contact with SMEs. Without the Cluster's initiatives,
it would have been difficult to set-up innovative
projects. And anyone who says fewer projects,
says less growth for Open Wide.
Ambitions for the Future and a Strong Involvement in the Open Source Ecosystem
As the subsidiary in charge of industrial projects, Open Wide Ingénierie (Open Wide Engineering) has achieved more than 45% growth over the
last three years (in terms of staff and of sales turnover). This expansion would not have been possible without the increased visibility and reputation
earned through the projects labeled by the Systematic Paris Region Cluster and additional work with the Free Software and the Automotive &
Transportation theme groups. Within the next 5 years, Open Wide intends to become a company of intermediate size, with more than 200 staff
members and a sales turnover of 23 million euros, and will increase its locations within France. It also has plans for international expansion. At
Data Sheet
16
2001
FOUNDED
An embodiment for Zodiac Company:
An IFE running on Linux and operating
on various airlines
+
120 10000
2013 staffing
+
85%
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
Paris
(Headquarters)
LYON & TOULOUSE
(Subsidiaries)
Since 2009: following-on from the RTEL4i project
Penetration of the automotive and
onboard systems market
big companies and corporations accounts
+45%
growth (personnel and sales turnover) in the structure for
the dissemination of Linux on the industrial market
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SCALEO CHIP
SELECTION
CRITERIA
a fabless company specializing in the development and manufacture of semiconductors
for large OEMs
Founded in 1996, Scaleo Chip is a Nice- and Paris-based fabless semiconductor SME that designs, develops and sells
complete one-chip systems (SoCs, or "Systems on a Chip") combined with embedded software for the automotive market.
I
ts fields of expertise and skills are multi-core systems (hardware implementations and software development methodologies in an AUTOSAR
environment), autonomous sensor and actuator control peripherals, fast Ethernet-based inter-MCU connection networks, and the use of FPGA
technology for the development of derivatives of standard products. Historically, Scaleo chip has operated on the automotive and avionics fields,
but has recently been extending into the industrial and medical markets.
The added value provided by Scaleo Chip lies mainly in its possession of proprietary technologies for the production of real-time, flexible, safe
and secure semiconductor components for critical embedded systems. Scaleo Chip products incorporate programmable logic units offering
the necessary hardware flexibility for real-time control and computation, together with full compliance with dependability-of-operation standards
ensuring auto-verification of the software and hardware within the embedded systems.
The company currently earns 25% of its sales turnover abroad, notably in China, to where it has transferred part of its production. Scaleo Chip also
draws on South Korea, India, the United States and Singapore for its supply chain and sourcing.
Job creation
Scientific work
In the conCEPT project, a high-performance hardware prototyping platform was designed that can serve as a configurable medium reusable for
multiple other programs. Working alongside Thales and PSA, Scaleo Chip was responsible for developing the platform and validating its usage for
the fast prototyping and the validation of SoC architectures.
For Scaleo chip, the benefits of these collaborative projects has been that it has been able to improve its own technologies, share the risks involved
in innovation, and durably sustain its position in the automotive and related markets.
bruno Paucard,
Systematic Paris Region connects different players from different ecosystems. The Cluster ensures that
outsourcers can collaborate with SMEs, thereby enabling the ecosystem to operate in a workable, rational
and intelligent manner, and helping transfer the results of innovative work done under its auspices to
industrialization.
Among the SME's customers and partners are French and European OEMs in the automotive sector (Continental, PSA) and avionic sector.
In recent years, the company has filed many patents, which fall into two categories: those derived from concepts having given rise to an emergence
of the firm's own expertise, and those having been developed within the scope of collaborative programs.
As part of the NextSTEP project, Scaleo Chip developed a new multi-core microcontroller with support from IFP Energies Nouvelles and CEA
LIST, and with validation by Continental, to meet the challenges of real-time control of internal combustion engines and electrical systems for
automotive applications.
Data Sheet
18
1996
FOUNDED
39
2013 staffing
8000Kn
+
Sales turnover 2013
Valbonne Sophia Antipolis
(Headquarters)
10
job created
90
%
(automotive,
aerospace
and industry)
major accounts
MANY
patents filed
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CRYPTOEXPERTS
SELECTION
CRITERIA
A Leading European Startup in the Field of Cryptography Expertise
Traditionally, companies and corporations employ in-house expertise for cryptography. However, to cater to the expanding
need for security, CryptoExperts provides its clients – which include both public sector organizations and private companies
and corporations – with a team of expert consultants with doctorates in cryptography, to work on special assignments.
C
ryptoExperts, a Paris-based startup, was co-founded in 2009 by Pascal Paillier, a researcher in the cryptography field renowned for his
work on homomorphic encryption and security proof for embedded products and systems. The seven-person company aims at bringing
the digital industry the most-recent breakthroughs in the cryptography field, notably Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs). CryptoExperts
works on diverse aspects of security, supplying solutions for mobile applications and the cloud, and designing critical modules for embedded
products and systems.
As a specialist in all fields of cryptography, the company offers security solutions for digital systems in hardware and software, with a strong product
orientation. Looking forward into the future, the SME intends to further develop its software range and other innovative products. CryptoExpert's
commodities are designed for various fast-expanding markets, such as onboard and embedded systems (notably chip cards), pay TV, secure
cloud applications, information system security auditing, and defense.
A Strong Involvement in R&D projects and the Scientific Community
The Paris-based SME has taken part in many Systematic Paris Region-labeled projects, during which it has gained in expertise, found new
clients, and penetrated new markets. At the end of the Broadcast Encryption for Secure Telecommunications (BEST) R&D project, the SME
filed three patents in the broadcasting field, to provide security for many applications in the field of pay TV, wireless networks, and military radio
communications, to name but some. CryptoExperts is now negotiating with worldwide leaders in pay TV for the sale of its patents.
embedded systems. From the hardware viewpoint, a chip card was designed to prevent circuit cloning. From the software angle, CryptoExperts
has enhanced its expertise in the field of secure cryptographic software against code disassembly (white-box cryptography).
Aside from their extensive involvement in R&D projects, the SME's staff publish an average of ten scientific articles per year, of which some have
won prestigious prizes. For example, in 2014, two of these publications were awarded the “Best Paper award” during the renowned international
FSE and Eurocrypt conferences.
Pascal Paillier,
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mobile security gave us an initial point of entry. Thanks to our membership in the Cluster, we have been
able to talk business with our current partners, which are intermediate-sized enterprises, big groups, and
laboratories and universities that are all members of Systematic Paris Region. In all the R&D projects, the
Systematic Paris Region Cluster has played a key role in the creation of an ecosystem of players who
connect to devise opportunities in the complex domain of security for embedded and cloud systems.
The Elliptic Curve Leakage-Immune Processing for Secure Embedded Systems (ECLIPSES) R&D project headed-up by Gemalto gave
rise to the designing of two secure crypto-processors dedicated for embedded use, with an optimal hardware architecture for elliptical curve
calculations. For its part, the startup developed its range of dedicated cryptographic libraries.
The Mechanisms Against Reverse Engineering for Secure Hardware and Algorithms (MARSHAL+) R&D project financed by the FUI
addressed the study and design of new hardware and software protections allowing more-effective prevention of the reverse engineering of
Data Sheet
20
2009
FOUNDED
7
2013 staffing
678
+
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
PARIS
(Headquarters)
3
subsequent to the Tisphanie,
BEST et ECLIPSES R&D projects
job created
15 %
(strong growth in 2014)
export sales TURNOVER
Internationally-recognized
expertise
21
EGIDIUM TECHNOLOGIES
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Conquering the Flourishing Security and Surveillance Market
Located at Paris-Saclay, Egidium Technologies is a startup founded in 2009 that develops and markets systems for steering
security and managing incidents at all kinds of sensitive sites. Building upon 15 years of R&D in the defense industry, this
15 person SME designed a modular software platform that interconnect, with the complete set of sensors and security
systems of a particular location.
E
gidium Technologies is a groundbreaker in its field, and targets six key markets: urban security, event security (conferences and exhibitions,
sports events, etc.), industrial sites, public buildings, military bases, and transport infrastructures. The security objectives are multiple, and
address purely-criminal attacks and intrusions, terrorist threats, and industrial accidents. To address these key segments, the company
markets line-of-business software packs based around its core technology: the Integrated Security Automation Platform (ISAP).
This platform implements a distributed architecture, and interfaces with all types of sensors; it can be deployed at a site already equipped with
security systems, or in a totally-new environment. ISAP is configurable, provides a 3D view, performs real-time correlation of all the information from
all the types of sensor available, and enables one to react more quickly to manage incidents and then share reports and statistics in an automatic
manner.
Job creation
"Our company had the honor of being selected from among ten companies that accompanied the French President during his official visit to China
in April 2013," says Laurent Denizot. "A few years ago, it would have been complicated for a young SME to develop and find the right entry points.”
Operating on a fast-expanding surveillance market estimated at several tens of billions of euros, the young startup is in a lucrative
dynamic growth.
Laurent Denizot,
Founder and General Manager
The action of the Systematic Paris Region Cluster is very precious to us for making our
industrial positioning more consistent, and in strengthening our technological roadmap.
The Virtualis R&D project bearing the Cluster's label underscores our reputation with
major groups such as Thales or the RATP, and is a genuine springboard for a continued
enhancement our products.
The SME's clientèle includes the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, France's atomic and alternative energies commission and the GIGN (National
Gendarmerie Intervention Group). Egidium has also deployed its software package in a large French stadium.
To sustain its growth cycle and accelerate its development in France and abroad, at the end of 2013, Egidium Technologies raised funds from
Calao Finance and Viveris Management. Egidium Technologies also benefits from Systematic's Pass’ Compétences assistance program – a
scheme that enables experts from major groups to be detached on assignment to SMEs.
Recognition Abroad
Egidium's competition is mainly in the United States and Israel. However, the real added-value of the SME is the compatibility of its surveillance
software with current and upcoming detection and protection systems. In February 2014, Egidium signed a first prestigious contract in China –
proof of the quality of its technology.
Taking advantage of the export assistance provided by Bpifrance, the SME was awarded the surveillance contract for the Forbidden City in Peking.
Data Sheet
22
2009
FOUNDED
Technologies Egidium interface software
giving a 3D vision of a site monitoring
15
Doubled its sales
turnover
2013 staffing
in 2013
Orsay
(Headquarters)
2009 winner
of the national competition for assistance
with the founding of innovative
technological enterprises organized by
France's Ministry of Research
80
%
major accounts
in France
&
in europe
patents filed
Awarded the surveillance contract for the
Forbidden City in Peking (China) in 2013
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Opidda
SELECTION
CRITERIA
A Reference in Cybersecurity
Job creation
Growth in sales turnover
Founded in 1998 by former staff from French governmental agencies, Oppida offers expertise, evaluation and consultancy
services in the Information Systems Security (ISS) field.
A
mong the SME's clients are governmental administrations (defense and ministries) and private organizations (operators, banks, insurance
companies, mass consumer retailers, industrial companies and corporations, small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and
manufacturers, etc). Oppida was recently accredited as a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) by the Payment Card Industry Security
Standards Council (PCI-SSC), which allows it to undertake security certifications on information systems used in electronic payments and cash
withdrawals, on behalf of international issuer networks (MasterCard Worldwide, Visa Inc. International, ...).
The 30-person SME specialized in cybersecurity, is totally independent of any software company or manufacturer, and provides expertise on
information systems security and the security of industrial systems. It is also developing expertise in the subject of telecommunications and
communications protocol security. Several presentations have recently highlighted weaknesses in the GSM geolocation and aircraft geolocation
protocol.
Eric Dehais,
General Manager
Systematic Paris Region allows us to strengthen partnerships with major manufacturers, SMEs and
intermediate-sized enterprises ("ETIs") in the cybersecurity field through R&D projects. These projects offer
us opportunities to increase our technological expertise.
As a recognized player, Oppida was asked to take part in the Nouvelle France Industrielle (New Industrial France) project launched by the Ministère
du Redressement Productif (Ministry of Industrial Manufacturing Recovery) in November 2013. The 33rd plan addresses cybersecurity, with a
dedicated committee having been set-up, for which Oppida provides its know-how and skills. Oppida has been invited to participate in the
"Cybersecurity" workgroup led by ANSSI Director Patrick Pailloux (Plan 33).
Strong Partnerships with Key Players in its Ecosystem
During Admin Proxy, an R&D project labeled by the Cluster, Oppida formulated methodologies for evaluating Open Source products developed
using "agile" methods. The project has catered to new evaluation needs, notably concerning the assessment of Open Source products. This has
given rise to a plethora of new Open Source projects, the acquisition of new customers, and a 20% rise in sales. To handle the additional work,
one job has been created.
The Systematic Paris Region-labeled R&D projects have also enabled Oppida to strengthen its partnerships with key players in its
ecosystem: Bull, Cassidian (Pisco project); Wallix (Admin Proxy and Safepython projects); and the biggest research laboratory in the
Alcatel Lucent group (Ester project).
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1998
FOUNDED
30
2013 staffing
3200
+
2
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
Montigny-Le-Bretonneux
(Headquarters)
permanent-contract
job created
90%
major accounts
Following-on from the Admin Proxy R&D project
+20%
growth in earnings
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SAPHYMO
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Imposes Itself as Leader at the Forefront of a New Generation of Radiation Detection Systems
Saphymo is an SME founded in 1952 and employs 160 people it is a world leader in the design, development and maintenance
of radiation detection and measurement systems. Operational dosimetry, fixed process monitoring systems, contamination
control, environment monitoring and radiation checks on vehicles, containers or people are its major products and services.
T
he Paris-based SME is active in five principal fields: physics, electronics, information technology, assembly and maintenance. Saphymo
products and solutions are designed for use in difficult industrial environments and meet the needs of the energy, defense, security and
environment markets. The SME has customers in more than 50 countries worldwide. Many key government agencies are clients, such as
the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) [General Directorate for Armaments], the General Staff of the Navy, Authority of Paris Hospitals, EDF,
the Atomic Energy Commission, regional emergency services (the fire department), the customs authorities, ...
Laurent Schneider-Maunoury,
Chairman
Saphymo operates in the safety field, which is a greatly-expanding market, and the firm has a technological lead in neutron detection (the signature
of particularly dangerous nuclear materials) without the use of helium 3, a gas which has become scarce and very expensive, meaning that it
can continue to offer commodities at competitive prices. Taking advantage of a unique technology and a significant technological lead, Saphymo
wants to strengthen its leadership in the border control market, notably in response to calls from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Systematic Paris Region Cluster enables us to form key partnerships with all kinds
of organizations (big groups, SMEs, laboratories, research centers, etc.). It gives real
impetus for the launching of projects and the preparation of innovative products for
industrial manufacturing.
As part of the Systematic-labeled Monitor Alert NRBC (MA-NRBC) R&D project, Saphymo initially designed an analysis and detection system
demonstrator, and then went on to prepare the industrial manufacturing of a new range of products based on patents held by the Commissariat à
l’Énergie Atomique (CEA) [Atomic Energy Commission]. Saphymo and CEA-List have entered into a license agreement on discrimination algorithms
and the temperature stabilization of detectors, in view of commencing preparation for the manufacturing of a new generation of radiation detection
systems (neutron-gamma).
The company is also concluding many partnerships for particular goals, such as Bertin Technologies (in the defense field), Capgemini (for the
French Navy), or CEA-List to set up a joint laboratory with research staff dedicated to working on the detection systems of the future.
The Saphymo group also operates internationally, and has an Italian subsidiary which the core business is to market radiation detection
systems in its national market. The group's German subsidiary has its own service line (R&D, design, production, maintenance) and
excels in environmental measurement systems.
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1952
FOUNDED
Gamma Neutron detection portal,
SaphyGate GN
160
2013 staffing
Saint-Aubin
(Headquarters)
Thiron –Gardais
Montbonnot (france)
(Offices)
Frankfurt (Germany) & Genoa (italy)
(Subsidiaries)
23%
80%
major accounts
References : EDF, Areva, CEA, OKG, DGA,
Bouygues, Suez Environnement, Veolia…
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ARTELYS
SELECTION
CRITERIA
An Independent SME that is a European Leader in the Field of Optimization of and Assistance
with Decision-Taking in the Energy Sector
Founded in 2000, Artelys is a company specialized in decision-taking optimization, forecasting and assistance. By having
undertaken a hundred or so software studies and projects in the energy domain, the firm has become a baseline in the
technical/financial analysis and optimization of large-scale energy systems. Leading-Edge Expertise with Increased
Recognition in France and Abroad.
A
rtelys has developed the Artelys Crystal© suite for the optimization of energy systems, and does energy planning and investment studies
for major accounts in the energy field (generators, network managers, regulators, energy marketplaces, public authorities, etc.). Artelys
notably coordinated and presented to the Minister, Arnaud Montebourg, the Study of the National Potential for Energy Storage (PEPS),
to evaluate the advantages offered by electrical power storage and thermal energy storage for mainland France and the overseas domains and
territories, looking ahead to 2030. Artelys also undertook, on behalf of ADEME, a study aimed at evaluating the feasibility of a totally-renewable
electrical power system by 2050. These widely-read studies have given it an international reputation. The Paris company nonetheless has to
cope with European, American and Australian competitors. Artelys counts above all on innovation for staying ahead of the competition, making it
a proactive interlocutor for heavyweight players.. This is why the SME's personnel includes high-level staff from major engineering schools, who
are skilled in their knowledge of energy priorities, decision-taking mathematics and project management. Artelys has been doing business in North
America since 2009, having one subsidiary in Chicago and another in Montreal (since 2013). The American market represents a very large number
of potential customers of medium size, notably for software. Maintaining a very strong partnership in Chicago with NorthWestern University, Artelys
distributes digital optimization software components. And with a stronger profile on the Canadian market, Artelys is upgrading its positioning in the
energy sector.
A Strategy Based on Innovation
Apart from its involvement in the Systematic Paris Region-labeled IOMCA and MEVICO, R&D projects, Artelys is one of the rare SMEs to have setup and coordinated an FP7 project. Artelys organized the City and Industry Energy Strategy project (CitInES, €3M) bearing the Cluster's label,
financed by the European Commission, and coordinated a consortium of research centers (INESCP, AIT, ARMINES and INRIA), two major groups
(Schneider Electric and Tupras) and a public enterprise (ERVET). CitInES enabled the development of dedicated software based on the Artelys
Crystal© platform, for energy-hungry cities and industries, for evaluating and optimizing their energy strategies via a comprehensive simulation of
the energy chain (generation/production, network, storage and consumption for electricity, gas, heat, petrochemicals, etc.). The Artelys Crystal
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City© and Artelys Crystal Industry© software packages enable local authorities and big manufacturers and industrial companies and corporations
to evaluate the environmental and financial impart of energy action programs, and to draw-up a durable, secure and efficient energy strategy.
Artelys Crystal City© is currently used by two Italian cities – Bologna (400,000 inhabitants and Cesena (100,000 inhabitants) – for tracking and
updating their energy action plans up to 2030. Artelys Crystal City© is also used for several French local authorities within the scope of optimization
studies for their energy strategy. Artelys is also in discussions with some ten European towns and cities (in Austria, Denmark, Portugal, ...) to help
them in the management of their Sustainable Energy Action Plan. A project partner, the Turkish refinery at Izmit of the Tupras goup employs the
Artelys Crystal Industry© platform for enhancing the management of its installed base, and for reducing its CO2 emission carbon, footprint, with
energy savings of around 10%. This platform dedicated for energy-hungry industrial companies and corporations helps businesses that need to
be compliant with local regulations, and that want to optimize their energy consumption.
For Artelys, independence, technological expertise and proper management of energy stakes are key guiding principles.
Laurent Fournié,
Vice-Chairman
Artelys is a very active member of the Systematic Paris Region
Cluster: we take part in keystone projects with international
reach. The Cluster has also allowed us to stay at the forefront
in the realm of smart energy management – notably in terms
of profile and of knowledge of the current energy stakes.
Thanks to that, our innovation strategy unarguably enables
us to stay ahead of our competitors.
Model Western Europe-Maghreb to study
profitability electrical interconnections
2000 38
FOUNDED
Scientific work
2013 staffing
3000Kn
10
+
Sales turnover 2013
PARIS
(Headquarters)
Montreal (CANADA) & Chicago (USA)
(Subsidiaries)
subsequent to the
Citines, Mevico et Iomca
R&D projects
permanent-contract
job created
10
%
85
%
Designed two new application software
packages:
Artelys Crystal City© and
Artelys Crystal Industry©
2012 export sales TURNOVER major accounts (public and private)
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IJENKO
SELECTION
CRITERIA
A Unique Company in the Management of Residential Energy Flexibility and Intelligent
Heating
Founded in 2008, IJENKO is a unique Business-to-Business platform in France for management of residential energy
demand and smart homes.
T
he 27-staff company launched Engage, a "Home Energy Management Services" (HEMS) platform that enables service operators
to develop and operate energy management applications for residential customers. This platform incorporates advanced features such
as residential demand response management, home classification and comparison, consumption and micro-generation analysis and
forecasting, and smart heating management.
The data collected from a multitude of online objects is stored and processed, which allows customers to optimally control their usage, particularly
as regards anticipation of consumption peak phenomena. In the Big Data domain, IJENKO's systems can manage electric load aggregation in
entire urban sectors. All these software functions rely on real-time data management.
the company is projecting to extend its business to many other countries, such as Switzerland and Scandinavia. Its partnership since 2013 with
the Toshiba group, as part of a European contract addressing home automation and smart homes, should enable the company to achieve its
ambitions.
IJENKO is on-track to become the reference platform for residential energy flexibility and smart heating management in Europe, and has
set itself a target of over 30 million euros of annual sales turnover within the next five years.
Serge Subiron,
Systematic Paris Region is an enabler of contact and interaction with other players in the
smart grid industry in France. For IJENKO – a part of this ecosystem – it is important to
be in communication with players in this new industry, notably to accelerate our growth.
IJENKO was labeled the Cluster's ''Champion'' in 2013, and its profile gained in visibility
on the French market.
Significant Involvement in R&D Projects
IJENKO has been involved in a significant number of useful innovation programs over the last five years, and this commitment has been continued
in the Systematic Paris Region-labeled Eco-District Energy Network System (Edens) R&D project steered by the company. Working in
collaboration with E-lab, CEA List, Energies Demain [Energy Tomorrow], Fludia and Oppida, the challenge of the project is to develop a residential
energy aggregation and control platform for durable development in cities and regions, so as to balance energy consumption, generation and
storage streams in accordance with local organizations' constraints.
Ambitions to Be European Leader
Since its founding, the SME has undertaken several rounds of fund-raising targeting different public investors (Bpifrance's EcoTech funds) and
private investors (I-Source, Energie Direct, Bouygues Telecom Initiatives, and Emertec Management), raising several million euros to support its
development work. The last fundraiser at the end of 2013, saw the SME pull together 2.6 million euros via Bpifrance and Emertec Gestion.
Now that it has a good knowledge of the financing networks, IJENKO does not intend to stop there, and notably plans to sustain the +300%
growth rate it achieved in 2013. With sites in Boulogne-Billancourt, Dusseldörf and London (thanks to support from Systematic Paris Region),
Schematic presentation of the Platform HEMS
Data Sheet
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2008
FOUNDED
24
2013 staffing
6
Boulogne-Billancourt
(Headquarters)
Düsseldorf (germany) & London (England)
(Subsidiaries)
permanent-contract
job created
100%
major accounts
+300%
Growth rate in 2013
Partnership with Toshiba as part of a
European contract addressing home
automation and the "smart home"
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GENYMOBILE
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Android Client Support for Professionals
Job creation
Founded in 2011 by Arnaud Dupuis, Angélique Zettor and Cédric Ravalec, Genymobile is a service company that is expert
in Android touch and communication technologies. The 43 person company assists large organizations integrate mobile
devices into their information system and innovation management policy. Its technological lead lies in its ability to customize
the Android system to secure the information technology environment of their clients, and to promote compatibility between
mobile devices – telephones, tablets, and PCs – and session mobility.
L
abeled "Champion of the Pole" in 2013, Genymobile has accelerated its development with the creation of an Android expertise service
center. This facility is an outlet for the firm's know-how in the development and maintenance of Android-based applications and systems. To
reduce the time required for development work under Android, and to enable the Paris-based firm to test their environment in a Microsoft
environment, Genymobile has developed three dedicated solutions for developers and companies wanting to integrate Android into their mobile
applications. Genymotion is the 38-person SME's leading-light solution. It's a PC-based Android device emulator that facilitates the testing and
demonstration of applications, so as to eliminate all kinds of crashes and bugs. The simulator aids professionals in better management of their
mobile fleet. Genydeploy is an Android device deployment and configuration tool that helps professionals save time when they need to produce
variants of an initial application. Lastly, Genymaster is a customizable Android platform with an updating and maintenance system that is designed
more for manufacturers.
Angélique Zettor,
Our involvement in the Cluster's activities has enabled us to win
a government applied research grant (FUI, or "Fonds Unique
Interministériel"), and to work in cooperation with the R&D teams
of major groups. As a Champion of the Cluster in 2013, we gained
greater credibility and are constantly concluding partnerships within
the Open Source and telecoms ecosystem.
Among Genymobile's customer base are JCDecaux, Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, Legrand, Thales and Samsung, not forgetting the
giants Facebook and Twitter. The new Hudl digital tablet marketed by British group Tesco bears Genymobile's imprint: the firm took part in the
development of the product by providing auditing and consultancy services, notably addressing the updating and bug troubleshooting system in
the software environment.
A Strong Involvement in the Open Source and Telecoms Ecosystem
Genymobile is involved in the PoQEMoN R&D project (FUI 16) bearing the Systematic Paris Region label, and is participating in the designing
of the mobile networks quality comparison and evaluation reference system (gaging coverage, availability and performance). To have access
to a population of talented developers, and to be better able to cater to demand, Genymoble took part in the founding of the Paris Android
User Group (PAUG) community. The PAUG is continuing to expand, and currently has more than 1,500 members. The startup has also set-up
an Android expertise service center in France, and in taking part in the creation of the Android Business Group, which is the premiere Android
professional users club.
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2011
FOUNDED
43
2013 staffing
3000
+
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
PARIS
(Headquarters)
1
subsequent to the
PoQEMoN R&D project
permanent-contract
job created
70%
major accounts
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Logilab
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Innovative Free Software for the Web and Sciences
Scientific work
Founded in 2000 by four engineers, Logilab now employs 20 engineers or doctorate holders, and offers products, services
and training in the domains of scientific information technology and knowledge management. The SME works mainly
for private and public major accounts, with growth always being funded by its own equity; it devotes nearly 20% of its
resources to innovation.
L
ogilab publishes many innovative free software products on its website. Several are internationally renowned: pylint is the worldwide
reference tool for analyzing the quality of programs written in Python; CubicWeb is a platform designed for Open Data, the semantic Web
and knowledge management, that is used as the foundation for some of the biggest projects in the domain, such as data.bnf.fr. Since its
founding, Logilab has been privileging agile methods like eXtreme Programming, Scrum and Lean Software Development. These methods tend
to promote short development cycles that allow fast delivery of key functionalities and then, with constant participation by the client, focus on the
iterative refinement of the software in close partnership with users. During the last twenty years, these methods have shown their effectiveness in
terms of quality of results and control over costs and lead times.
Logilab is very active in the Free Software community. It contributes to progress in the state of the art by taking part in the development of the tools
that it uses (Debian, Python, Mercurial, SaltStack, etc.), by organizing conferences (Python, semantic Web), and by promoting the dissemination
of innovative Free Software within the field of competition and the R&D divisions of its major account clients. By training several dozen engineers
in the use of Python in the scientific field during the last decade, Logilab has certainly contributed to widespread uptake of the language in France.
Nicolas CHAUVAT,
Being a member of the Systematic Paris Region Cluster is a very good way of meeting
companies from the Free Software community, of pushing ideas forward, and of seeing
how potential customers react. Logilab invests 20% of its sales turnover in R&D. Devising
collaborative projects within the Cluster is simple, and has enabled us to obtain financing
that accelerates our projects, although we keep them to below 10% of our sales turnover to
ensure that we are guided by our market.
Simulgora – An Innovative Simulation Platform Created After Two R&D Projects
During the OpenHPC and Complex Systems Design Lab (CSDL) projects run under the Systematic Paris Region label, Logilab has – together
with its partners – been able to demonstrate the advantage of Free Software for multi-physics simulation, high-performance computing, and the
management of studies. After an industrialization phase, Logilab was rewarded with the collaborative simulation platform simulagora.com, which
facilitates the execution of parametric computing, the tracking of studies, and the sharing of data between clients, experts in a field of physics, and
high-performance computing experts. The application is available as PaaS on a freemium model, and permits you to use the practically-unlimited
resources of clouds, both for storage and for computation.
Parametric study of
thermo-mechanical phenomena
in a pump housing
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2000
FOUNDED
20
2013 staffing
1700Kn
+
Sales turnover 2013
PARIS
(Headquarters)
Toulouse, Nantes
& Valence (france)
(Subsidiaries)
90
%
major accounts
+ 10%
annual organic growth
without outside investors
+ 20%
internal collaborative R&D projects (ANR,
(ANR, FUI and FP7 financing)
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Ocamlpro
SELECTION
CRITERIA
A Designer of Custom-Tailored, State-of-the-Art Software for Industry
Founded in 2011 by Fabrice Le Fessant, a researcher at Inria and a former student of the École Polytechnique, OCamlPro is a
source of major expertise in theoretical information technology, which it instills in state-of-the-art applications developed
in OCaml, the language of which it is the leading proponent internationally.
A
s a trailblazer of French technology, with knowledge accrued from more than twenty years of research at Inria, and recently highlighted by a
recent ANSSI study for its guarantees in terms of security, OCamI is a statically-typed functional language very widely used in avionics, the
banking and financial sector, and in the cloud, with Citrix; Facebook recently announced that it would be basing the core of its infrastructure
on Hack, a typecast PHP written in OCamI. This means that the 8-person startup, of whom every member is a doctor in information technology, is
able to supply custom-designed tools to any sector in which the stakes demand the deployment of leading-edge technologies in IT programming.
It is thus that one of its key clients - an American investment fund - employs its services for optimizing OCamI, which they use for high-frequency
trading (up to 10 billion dollars of transactions per day) without fear of a potentially-costly software malfunction.
Fabrice Le Fessant,
Founder and Scientific Advisor
Systematic Paris Region enabled CCamiPro to really showcase
its strong capital of technological expertise through R&D
projects.
OPAM - A Software Components Manager from the DORM R&D Project
OPAM is the principal result from the Feder DORM (Derived Objects Repository Manager) collaborative R&D project that, between 2011
and 2013, enabled two SMEs that are members of the Cluster - OCamlPro and Zenika - plus the University of Paris 7 and Inria to collaborate.
Developed by OCamlPro and Inria, OPAM is a software component manager that enables one to associate components despite the very-complex
constraints between versions. Based on a dependency resolution engine developed by the University of Paris 7 to manage the thousands of
packages of the Debian distribution, OPAM succeeds where other solutions fail before the complexity of the problem. This quality enabled it to
quickly become the official package manager of the OCami community, and OCami proposes to deploy it in other similar environments (software
contributions, plugins for an application, shared libraries, etc.).
OCamIPro's ambition is to become the reference commercial developer in OCamI, so as to provide software solutions that excel in
quality, stability and usability compared with those developed in more popular languages such as Java and Python.
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2011
FOUNDED
8
2013 staffing
200
+
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
Gif-sur-Yvette
(Headquarters)
Paris, (france)
(Subsidiary)
1
80%
permanent-contract
job created
80%
major accounts
Founding of OPAM (Dorm R&D project)
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OpenSearchServer
SELECTION
CRITERIA
A powerful Open Source solution to make a search engine easier to use, letting you
capitalize on documentary assets in enterprise applications
Job creation
Jaeksoft, the developer of the OpenSearchServer system rolled out in 2010 and then enrolled within the Paris Digital
Technologies Incubator, is a startup that stands out in the competitive search engine industry by virtue of its Open Source
model.
J
aeksoft is a European leader in the enterprise search field, and the Paris-based company has built its system by aggregating the best
technologies on the market and developing certain components in-house, such as its indexing robot (Web crawler , file crawler, database
crawler) for operational use hosted on an application server. As a company working in the Open Source domain, Jaeksoft makes money
selling technical support for its OpenSearchServer, offering Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) hosting, and providing expertise and consultancy
services. Its customers can also host the search engine directly on their servers for zero license fees. Clients using the system can modify the
search and relevancy criteria to fit their needs, thereby enabling their Web users to quickly find the information they are looking for.
"Thanks to the Systematic Paris Region’s wise advice, we have been able to meet other players in Open Source and free software, which has
boosted the continued development of our product. The company's ambition is to offer disruptive technology at a very attractive price, with
solutions that give you reliable and effective search tools," says Hugues Burghard.
The next step for the startup is to meet the new challenges of scalability for the cloud, making OpenSearchServer a keystone technical
foundation for Big Data projects.
In 2011, the company completed its first round of funding-raising from Kima Ventures.
OpenSearchServer is a powerful search engine that gets integrated into e-commerce portals, content-centric sites and enterprise intranets, and
acknowledges having benefited from work done by Google to bring search engine usage to the masses, notably by making them into a familiar
tool for end users looking for reliable and filtered information with a high-quality user experience. But, unlike the American giant, the Parisian startup gives its clients free access to the software's source code, which is open and modifiable so that, for example, it can integrate the relevance
of particular search results. Bpifrance contributed to the startup's development by funding via an innovation program to enable research into the
redevelopment of certain algorithms in the C programming language. The challenge was to enhance speed and performance, and to decrease the
index storage size. Jaeksoft's products are of value to all categories of businesses, public administration entities (ministries, national police forces,
local authorities, etc.), e-commerce enterprises (vente-privée.com, mesmateriaux.com, Bose Europe, ...), the world of finance (French Banking
Federation), and the press and media (L'Usine Nouvelle, Le Monde.fr, the Lagardère Group, ...).
Headed for the international market, cloud computing and Big Data
Jaeksoft is already established in Europe (Germany, Benelux, France and Switzerland), but the Open Source commodities developed by the
startup can cater to requirements all over the world.,. Jaeksoft opened offices in the Silicon Valley in November 2013, and is now marketing
OpenSearchServer in the United States.
Data Sheet
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2010
FOUNDED
Hugues Burghard,
Sales Manager
Being a member of the Systematic Paris Region Cluster and, notably, the Free Software Theme Group
makes it easy to meet people facing the same issues as us, to build partnerships for projects, and to
share expertise for the implementation of technology development work. Obviously, the development of our
business in France and abroad is always topmost in our minds.
4
2013 staffing
200
+
15%
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
PARIS
(Headquarters)
San Francisco (USA)
(Subsidiary)
notably in the
USA
Development of an Open Source
business solution: OpenSearchServer
Founding of a subsidiary in San Francisco
in November 2013
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RESTLET
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Provider of a Platform in Cloud Mode Unique in Its Kind
Founded in 2008 in Paris by Jérôme Louvel and Thierry Boileau, Restlet is a software company specialized in Web APIs
(Application Programming Interfaces) that are unique in their kind.
A
s a startup incubated by Agoranov between 2010 and 2012, Restlet developed the Open Source Restlet Framework, the first framework
designed entirely using REST (the Web architecture style) in Java, that is capable of taking full advantage of HTTP protocol. This innovative
technology lets you develop unified Web services into multi-platform Web applications adapted for the Web (2.0, semantic, mobile) and
cloud computing. Restlet's board of directors increased in December 2013 with Bertrand Diard, one of the co-founders of Talend, the software
company specialized in data integration, that also has facilities on the West coast of the United States.
The startup offers a unique service, APISpark , for the creation and hosting of Web APIs (APIs allowing the interconnection of Internet services,
and rendering data accessible to any kind of object connected to the Internet). These APIs can be created either from an existing model (like a
theme on a blogging platform) or by working from an existing database, or ex nihilo.
Restlet's commercial offering consists of several plans for APISpark. There is a free plan that allows developers to test the platform by creating a
first API. Additionally, payable plans give you access to advanced functions such as security, teamworking or support for several versions. It is also
possible to acquire credits to obtain extra storage or traffic.
Conquering Silicon Valley
The company now has an extensive and unique Open Source community rooted in the United States, including developers from NVidia,
Nasa, Google, Jalios, RunMyProcess and LinkedIn.
Jérôme Louvel,
Collaborative R&D projects are a way of financing new technologies and of using them in the businesses of
other partners. The work done upstream by Systematic Paris Region makes the product marketing phase
possible. This has notably helped us to create a subsidiary in the Silicon Valley. The Cluster is certainly a
precious partner for us.
Drawn by the prospects offered by the American market, and by the Silicon Valley ecosystem, Restlet has opened offices in the United States.
Thanks to the joint action of Systematic Paris Region, NETVA of the FrenchTech Hub and UbiFrance, the Parisian startup has had the benefit of
market studies and initial local business contacts, so that it could subsequently start operating in the Silicon Valley.
These means of assistance have enabled the SME to establish a local development strategy allowing it to secure funds in France. In August 2013,
the firm undertook a decisive fund-raising of 1.5 million euros from Sparex and CapDecisif Management, as well as from some individual investors.
The book Restlet in Action (published in the United States at the end of 2012), and its selection at the GigaOM Structure conference, debuted the
Parisian SME's entry into the Silicon Valley ecosystem.
Data Sheet
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2008
FOUNDED
6
2013 staffing
PARIS
(Headquarters)
San Francisco (USA)
(Subsidiary)
Prestigious partners:
Nasa, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, IBM, Ericsson…
Designed a platform that is unique in ts kind:
APISpark
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BALYO
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Balyo is revolutionizing the logistics and mobile robotics world with its moveBOX system
Job creation
Founded in 2005 by Raul Bravo and Thomas Duval, Balyo designs mobile robotics solutions for the automatization of
handling trucks.
B
alyo is a worldwide reference for mobile robotics in warehouses. In contrast with conventional systems from competitors, the added value
offered by the Paris-region SME lies in the fact that you don't have to install any recognition and guidance infrastructure. That's because
when you install the moveBOX system directly on a standard electric pallet truck, pallet handling becomes automatic and autonomous in
real time. The Geoguidance,technology designed by Balyo enables geolocation by means of an innovative positioning algorithm. Using a longrange laser scanner, the robot can quickly build-up an accurate map of the environment, and find its way around with a precision of around 1
millimeter. A supervisor system in communication with the equipped trucks via radio or WiFi enables one to coordinate all actions and interact with
the various automatic controllers in the warehouse.
Bayo knows how much prowess is packed into its technologies, but nonetheless took the strategic decision to sell its products in a particular
vertical market – logistics – in which conventional systems were already available. This was because, judging the mobile robotics market to be
as-yet immature, Raul Bravo considered that the approach of focusing on one application would be easier than, "Evangelizing upstream in a wider
market that doesn't yet exist." Balyo has been able to stand out by resolving particular problems in concrete situations encountered by big names
in industry and distribution.
robotic products were compliant with American standards. The US market is of great importance to Balyo, because of its pioneer status in the
logistics market.
Over the course of a year of commercial operation, more than 60% of Balyo's sales are for export. The SME is obviously on the right
track, because the second-biggest logistics operator in the United States has just granted Balyo its trust for the years to come.
Raul Bravo,
Co-founder and Chairman
The SME is currently in a key phase of growth and diversification, and is targeting other markets – notably western – in which logistics personnel are
costly and the use of automation is a common solution. For instance, Balyo is eying the floor-cleaning sector in locations such as airports, where
there are big needs for navigation and plotting systems requiring no infrastructure.
All innovative enterprises work within an ecosystem in which the skills
required are numerous and demanding but, often, little interconnected.
The Systematic Paris Region Cluster is a genuine catalyzer and puts all
its expertize into organizing assistance schemes and projects that are
successful and seed growth.
Drawing on seven years of research, the Paris-region SME with a staff of forty people has filed three patents in Europe, the United States and
Japan to protect its technology.
From the international viewpoint, the SME has created a subsidiary in the USA, in New York – a step taken since the beginning of the assistance
it has been enjoying from Systematic Paris Region. It has been thanks to the SME Ambition Program that Balyo opened for business in the United
States, after studying the market and making contact with local clients and partners. During 18 months, the SME had to work on ensuring its
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2005
FOUNDED
40
2013 staffing
60
Moissy-Cramayel
(Headquarters)
New York (USA)
(Subsidiary)
%
major accounts
60
%
+115%
growth PER YEAR since 2005
(sales turnover and personnel)
The moveBOX system won
the Innovation Grand Prix,
all categories combined,
at SITL 2012.
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BERTIN TECHNOLOGIEs
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Multiple Skills at the Service of Continuous Innovation
Job creation
Founded by Jean Bertin in 1956, and after having gone into receivership in 1999, Bertin & Cie became Bertin Technologies,
with Philippe Demigné, the current Chairman, at its head. The company covers the entire cycle of innovation, but is
increasingly focusing on the design and supply of innovative products in small and medium series.
S
ince 2008, the mid-sized firm has been a subsidiary of CNIM (Industrial Constructions of the Mediterranean), undertaking studies and
assessments in various fields, and developing innovative systems as prototypes or medium-sized production runs. These two lines of
business each account for 50% of the company’s sales turnover. Working in multiple fields and skilled in several domains of expertise –
mechanical engineering, optical engineering, biotechnologies, software development, and ergonomics – the Paris-based enterprise focuses on
three markets: defense and security (30% of turnover), energy and the environment (25%), and health and biotechnologies (25%). In addition to
these three strategic lines, the company earns 10 to 15% of its turnover in aeronautics, and 5 to 10% in other industrial and service sectors.
As regards the defense market, Bertin Technologies' principal clients are the Délégation Générale pour l’Armement (DGA [General Directorate
for Armaments]), Thalès and Cassidian. In the energy and environment sector, Bertin Technologies works for the French CEA [Atomic Energy
Commission], Total and EDF while, in the life sciences realm, its customer portfolio includes big names from the pharmaceuticals industry such as
Sanofi Servier and startups in the biotechnologies. Two years ago, Bertin adapted its sales model to the international market, and opened offices in
the United States to closely supervise its distribution network, notably in health and biotechnologies areas. Bertin Technologies' export sales have
risen strongly, especially in the life sciences sector, increasing from 5% in 2005 to more than 15% at the present time.
En raison d’une stratégie de niche de technologies et de produits, Bertin Technologies a tissé des partenariats très étroits avec plusieurs
acteurs (le CEA notamment), ce qui lui permet de confirmer son avancée industrielle.
Luc Renouil,
Director of Development and Communication
Through the collaborative R&D projects, Systematic Paris Region challenges us to
improve our innovation method, This notably enables us to weave lasting partnerships
with very big clients. Moreover, our status as in intermediate-sized enterprise ("ETI")
obliges us to find means of financing the industrialization of our innovations. In this
respect, the Cluster is an important ally.
Continual Innovation Thanks to Strong Involvement in R&D Projects
As a key driving force for Systematic Paris Region, Bertin Technologies has been involved in many R&D projects undertaken under the Cluster's
label, during which it has designed demonstrators, developed software, consolidated its fields of professional expertise, and approached new
markets.
After the Trust Platform (PFC) R&D project, the company has heightened its profile with major players in cybersecurity, and has created jobs
to consolidate its project teams. The Trust Services Integration Platform (PISCO) project led by Bull has given Bertin Technologies optimal
expertise in domains relating to security for growing new markets for the Paris firm in HSMs (Hardware Security Modules). The Tisphanie project
enabled Bertin Technologies to better understand the mobility security market, and to develop its first applications for mobile appliances.
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1999 470 +55000Kn
FOUNDED
2013 staffing Sales turnover 2013
Aix-en-Provence,
Artigues-près-Bordeaux,
Martillac,
Orléans,
Montigny-le-Bretonneux Tarnos (FRANCE)
Rockville (USA)
(Headquarters)
(Subsidiaries)
(Subsidiary)
10
job created
subsequent to the
PFC R&D projects
70
%
major accounts
in EUROPE
&
in USA
patents filed
45
Digital Product Simulation
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Bringing Innovative Work and Design Methods
Founded in 1997 by Patrick Grimberg, the current CEO, Digital Product Simulation (DPS) is specialized in the digital simulation
of products and systems, and the development of modeling tools.
T
he Paris-area SME works jointly on digital simulation and computer-aided design (CAD), enabling it to produce robust and top-performing
virtual prototypes. DPS also provides methodological consulting services to enhance the design process, and to improve simulation cycles
so they make the most-effective use of mechanical, fluid, acoustic and thermal engineering simulation tools. The firm operates in mature
markets (defense, automotive, aviation, ...) using very high technology, and upstream in very complex fields. Its clients are major groups and
ordering agents (Airbus, Alstom, Dassault Aviation, Ford, Honda, Renault, PSA, and Safran Toyota). The added value supplied by DPS lies in its
attention to the digital simulation methods it provides its customers – the which methods have to cater to the triangle of quality, cost and deadline
requirements. DPS helps its customers to integrate simulation into their design processes by means of custom-tailored training courses and
services enabling them to optimize the design cycle for their products.
Job creation
Scientific work
Modelisation
Patrick Grimberg,
Founder and Manager
The Systematic Paris Region Cluster
gives close-proximity support to its SME
members with their R&D projects, to put
them in contact with major groups. Digital
Product Simulation gained in visibility with
very-demanding clients.
R&D Projects that Create Jobs and New Methodologies
The MODRIO and 02M-P2 R&D projects labeled and nurtured by the Systematic Paris Region Cluster have made it possible to create several
jobs and have given rise to development projects. Additionally, they have brought productivity improvements and gains in expertise, notably in
mechatronics. DPS has also undertaken a project entitled Digital Data Alliance (DDA) – a Systematic Paris Region- and I-Trans-labeled venture –
to develop software tools and methods that contribute to improving quality and productivity during the phase upstream of the product design and
sizing process. Its expertise in high-productivity digital simulation has enabled DPS to apply its methodologies to implementing a tool based on a
free software platform allowing easy data interchanges with commercial-vendor software tools. The SME has been able to create two permanentcontract jobs for the project, and has strengthened its reputation with major groups, allowing it to build durable partnerships.
Catia V5 interface
DPS is also attentive to its own development and innovation processes and, in the longer term, wants to industrialize its tools to become
a "methodology factory" and achieve equilibrium in its software business. Digital Product Simulation has strong international ambitions,
and has started the overseas expansion of its locations with Japan and the United States.
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1997 85
FOUNDED
(France, Germany,
United Kingdom,
Japan)
2013 staffing
5000
+
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
Croissy-sur-Seine Colomiers (france)
(Headquarters)
(office)
DEtroit (USA)
(Subsidiary)
12
90%
job created
major accounts
4
within the scope of the DDA
R&D project
doctoral theses
Distribution partners abroad:
Germany, United Kingdom, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Sweden
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MAGILLEM
SELECTION
CRITERIA
World Leader in the Integration of Complex SoCs and Embedded Systems
Job creation
Founded in 2006, Magillem offers its customers the tools they need for devising innovative methodologies for optimizing
their strategic business processes for development and production, without disrupting their work or their organization. For
this, SME has developed a breakthrough technology via its platform for the management of information contents.
T
he SME has historically built its expertise and commercial success on the semiconductor integration market, and its customers include
Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, STMicroelectronics, Samsung and Intel Corporation. The SME works on the industrial process of design
and integration of highly-complex semiconductors within SoCs (Systems on a Chip) and embedded systems, handling the assembly and
connection of microelectronic components that subsequently become platforms designed to manage numerous types of information content. In
the simulation field, the company provides solutions for virtual prototyping, and also markets a range of tools for designers of embedded systems.
The SME also offers dedicated software systems for advanced design work and the management of content and documentation.
Looking beyond its direct presence abroad, the Paris-based firm also has an international network of distributors and resellers in eight
countries (Italy, Israel, India, Singapore, China, South Korea and Taiwan), primarily marketing to big manufacturing names in electronics.
A Strategy for Collaborative R&D Creating New Products and Attracting New Customers
Magillem's participation in collaborative R&D projects is part of its development strategy. As part of the Systematic Paris Region-labeled Baccarat
R&D project, Magillem has developed a strong partnership with the Lip6 laboratory (Université Pierre et Marie Curie [Pierre and Marie Curie
University] and the CNRS) and SafeFiver, an SME specializing in security and dependability of operation. This project was instrumental in terms of
methodology and the understanding of the various professions in the systems domain. Magillem now has new customers from the aeronautical,
transportation, automotive, rail and aerospace sectors.
The Baccarat project also allowed Magillem to rise to other challenges, such as the complete implementation of an assembly system incorporating
its peripheral hardware and its software. In addition to its historical range of EDA (Electronic Design Automation) products (for the integration of
electronic components), as an upshot of the Baccarat project, Magillem developed the Industrial Systems range of tools. The two tool sets are
complementary, and cover system needs in the broad sense, as regards hardware issues, software development and software deployment.
An Extensive International Presence
Because of its rich offering, Magillem has many clients from both the automotive and electronics industries and in specialized publishing. Composed
solely of major accounts, the SME's customer base is in the United States, Western Europe, South Korea, Israel and Japan.
After opening two offices in 2010, in Tokyo and New York, Magillem is constantly expanding its international sales.
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2006 33 3000
FOUNDED
Partener, Co-Founder and Director of Strategic Projects
Systematic Paris Region is of great support to us during
the process of labeling of collaborative projects that
provide the necessary funding to implement our R&D
plans. The Cluster's staff is very proactive and has a
complete understanding of the stakes that contribute
to the success of SMEs. Particularly noteworthy is the
crucial and precious help that the expert committees
provide, which enables us to better align our technical
and commercial roadmaps with those of the Cluster,
and with the markets that we are targeting.
Magillem Platform Assembly (MPA)
interface
+
48
Emmanuel Vaumorin,
2013 staffing
1
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
PARIS
(Headquarters)
NEW YORK (USA)
(Subsidiary)
TOKYO (JAPAN)
(Subsidiary)
subsequent to the
Baccarat
R&D project
permanent-contract
job created
100
%
73
%
+40%
growth
major accounts export sales TURNOVER between 2012 & 2013
Operates in 12 countries
(USA, Europe, South-East Asia)
International
distribution network
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Resonate MP4
SELECTION
CRITERIA
A Specialist in the Development of Multimedia Software for Large-Scale Video Multi-Processing
and Management of Mobility for Vehicle Fleets at Critical Sites
Founded in 2001 by Frédéric Bouilhaguet, Resonate MP4 develops software components and multimedia systems. Initially
working with its technical expertise in the MPEG-4 standard and the peripheral 3GPP, OMA and MPEG-21 standards, the
company's experience has since broadened into several other software technology development and integration businesses,
resulting in the designing of complete products.
T
he MEDIANATE distributed software platform developed by the firm for large-scale video processing is slated for new operators on the
Internet: OTT (Over The Top of Internet) services, video-on-demand (VoD) and TV services, as well as video surveillance service and
telecommunications operators. XOPS, the enterprise's other leading-light product, is a software platform coupled with an embedded system,
designed to optimize the operation of fleets of vehicles in cities and at airports, as part of the evolution towards smart cities and smart airports.
Significant Involvement in R&D Projects
The Systematic Paris Region- labeled Peta Operations Per Second (POPS) R&D project was the opportunity to do work with Bull and other
software company partners to research into how to take better advantage of HPC (High-Performance Computing) cluster architectures for new
massive data processing needs. These HPC clusters are generally intended for industrial manufacturers and research centers, which were using
supercomputers. The project enabled the SME to design and experiment with parallel massive processing techniques that would subsequently
be integrated into what was going to become MEDIANATE. The POPS project would then provide a several-year look-ahead capability for the big
corporations, small- and medium-sized manufacturers and companies and the laboratories that were partners in the project. After this project,
Resonate MP4 and Bull experimented and produced demonstrations of an initial prototype of MEDIANATE on a Bull HPC Nova architecture, for
video processing service offerings.The Systematic Paris Region-labeled Educational Video On Demand (EVOD) R&D project enabled the firm
to work on a specific scenario of usage of on-demand video services on mobiles, by offering solutions to the problem of fragmentation of network
access conditions and terminal capabilities for decoding and displaying video. These solutions involved the large-scale and transactional
transcoding of video content on cloud computing infrastructures, to adapt them to service demand under the access and coding conditions available
to end users. The SME re-used the result of its work by integrating new advanced features into MEDIANATE for VoD service operators.
Development Approach for the Chinese Market
In 2011, Frédéric Bouilhaguet moved to Peking, after two missions jointly organized by Systematic Paris Region and the Paris Chamber of
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2001
FOUNDED
Job creation
Commerce and Industry (December 2009 and July 2011), which formed part of the export assistance program (the Ambition SME program).
The company's prime goal was to start and develop a presence via local partners targeted for their ability to market or draw value from either
the MEDIANATE offering or the XOPS offering. A second aim was to study the possibilities of the products' deployment as SaaS (Software-asa-Service) on public cloud computing infrastructures in China. Since then, Resonate MP4's strategic approach has given rise to the creation of
synergies with key local firms. In December 2012, the SME signed a co-enterprise agreement with the Chinese SME, TELEFRAME, a specialist in
the development and integration of video surveillance products for transportation infrastructures.
In parallel, the company implemented a partnership with IP-LABEL to give it fast access to a legal
local commercial representation. Such a status is required by the Chinese authorities and Chinese
clients for sales in China.
This is an opportunity for RESONATE MP4 to compete in promising bid calls in this part of
the world.
Frédéric Bouilhaguet,
Software platform
XOPS
Founder and General Manager
Through the Systematic Paris Region's SME development support
program (Ambition SME), the Cluster has contributed to our company's
decision to open offices in China, and to relocate me there to handle
the operation. Despite difficulties, we do not regret having made this
choice. The sectoral profile of the Cluster in the new information and
communications technologies has enabled the creation in China of
synergies with other specialized SMEs, and allowed us to believe in our
chances of doing "open innovation" alongside other big French groups in
the business, even though this really remains background work.
Software distributed platform
MEDIANATE
15
2013 staffing
80%
Saint-Denis
(Headquarters)
roumania
(Subsidiary)
China
(Subsidiary)
major accounts
Offices in China
since 2011
Partnerships with key
Chinese players in its business
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CITYPASSENGER
Job creation
Scientific work
SELECTION
CRITERIA
gives roaming professional users highly secure access to the extended information systems
of their companies, for optimal network management
CityPassenger is a leader in the development and integration of "cloudified" network solutions for the security of extended
information systems, and was founded in June 2001 by Bruno Duval, the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
T
he Paris-based SME designs VPN/SDN systems for business users wanting to create adaptable and secure internal communications
networks between head office and points of sale, notably for roaming users (sales representatives, maintenance technicians, and logistics
staff). The firm's main customers are landline and mobile operators, business Web service providers, merchant sites and adaptable content
providers. Being perfectly integrated within the detached project teams for Systematic Paris Region-labeled projects, CityPassenger has proved
able to take advantage of its SME/major group partnerships, both in terms of pure research and of actual productivity, and has incorporated certain
developed prototypes into its own systems.
Since then, the Parisian SME only develops innovations with worldwide scope. Working in partnership with, among others, Altran and AlcatelLucent, via the Neptune R&D project, CityPassenger has created and maintained around ten jobs in France. Having invested in the design of a
4G platform in view of greater object connectivity, the SME has seen its worldwide competitive capability strengthened on the markets and with
French and foreign big groups. At the present time, CityPassenger's export sales turnover is 10% even though Bruno Duval is counting, in the
years to come, on big international expansion, notably in Europe, with 40% of the company's sales exported.
As part of the Compatible One R&D project (2010-2013) bearing the Cluster's label, CityPassenger has filed two patents and contributed to
the drafting of scientific articles. The firm has, moreover, set itself apart as a key player in Open Source in France, having actively contributed to
the design of an adaptable, secure, open-ended, multi-purpose "cloudified" platform.As the developer of smart optimization software products
for telecoms data streams between all kinds of terminals and content located on an intranet, it also provides protection against dynamic threats,
together with extended network management functions.
CityPassenger markets its products and services at the crossroads of information systems, networks, the cloud and data, via a network
of partners throughout the world and a sales office in Montreal.
Bruno Duval,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
With regard to the R&D part, the Systematic Paris Region
Cluster's work is a real springboard for developing. The
Cluster is a real project factory, and is a great interlocutor
when you have an idea. And through the partnerships
with major groups, we gain in credibility and visibility
beyond all possible comparison, within our ecosystem
and vis-a-vis our clients.
CityPassenger is, above all, known for its brand Mobile-IT Networks. Working from an upstream study of client needs, it's a solution providing
management of the connectivity of objects of all types to line-of-business and/or Internet applications, while ensuring management of differences
in brands and systems, and implementing comprehensive network security to protect data against any external intrusion.
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2001
FOUNDED
Mobile-IT Networks housing
15
2013 staffing
10
Courtaboeuf
(Headquarters)
Montréal (CANADA)
(Subsidiary)
job created
and maintained
90%
Durable partnerships
with major groups
and academic institutions
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EBLINK
SELECTION
CRITERIA
the Revolution in Mobile Network Architectures is on the Road
Scientific work
E-Blink is a company founded in 2005 by two engineers, Alain Rolland and Christian Bittar, and has designed and developed
a system patented worldwide: Fronthaul Wireless. This disruptive technology has redefined the architecture of current
mobile networks, and developed very high bandwidth without the use of cables to the antenna points of small or big relay
stations.
T
hrough the Systematic Paris Region Cluster-labeled Poséidon R&D project, E-Blink has been in contact with the big names in the telecoms
sector since 2007. The strategy adopted by the SME has been to offer a wireless technology as an alternative to very slow and very heavy
cable-based links. E-Blink has become a reference for Fronthaul Wireless technology for mobile network operators (Orange, Vodaphone,
Sprint, Verizon, ...). "We've broken through a technological barrier, because the FrontLink™ 58 system offers revolutionary spectral efficiency:
more than 7 Gbps CPRI over a wireless link in a bandwidth of less than 100MHz. The unequaled performances of our Fronthaul Wireless systems
now give new possibilities to mobile operators for the deployment of their networks. Our time-to-market is immediate, and we are working on
engineering and commercial partnerships with big manufacturers so as to accelerate the distribution of our products internationally," says Alain
ROLLAND, founder and CEO of E-Blink.
Alain Rolland,
The Systematic Paris Region Cluster permitted E-Blink to invest
in collaborative projects right from its start in January 2006, with
one ambition: to revolutionize the market for new-generation
network infrastructures in the mobile domain. The Cluster was also
an important go-between vis-a-vis of our company, the mobile
operators and manufacturing partners.
This wireless technology allows the operator to do away with the last hundreds of meters of fiber, which are costly. It is thus ideal for the
conversion of current telecoms architectures to increasingly-centralized architectures. Fronthaul Wireless technology is considered essential for the
development of small cells for providing coverage and the necessary throughputs. The solution lets you deploy 3G, 4G and the future 5G mobile
networks more quickly and more easily, everywhere than fiber-based installations which would take years to be deployed. The analysts and the big
international operators are now talking about Fronthaul Wireless as a technology that has become crucial.
Wireless Fronthaul
2014
World Leader in Fronthaul Wireless Solutions
At the present time, E-Blink has an international network of partners, resellers and distributors that enables it to provide high-quality, close-proximity
services to mobile network operators - notably in Europe (Orange, Vodaphone), the United States (Sprink, Verizon, ...), Saudi Arabia and Niger
(Orange). Amphenol is one of these partners. Penetration into the Chinese market is programmed for the end of 2015.
Christian Bittar,
Co-Founder and General Manager
Lastly, thanks to its technological lead, E-Blink was contacted at the end of 2011 to join the first circle of the Plan Industriel Souveraineté
Télécoms [Telecoms Sovereignty Industrial Plan], of which the target is to set-out a roadmap mid-2014, notably in the fields of wireless
technologies and very high-speed mobile (4G and 5G).
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2006 26 1000
+
54
FOUNDED
Kn
2013 staffing Sales turnover 2013
1st company to have obtained,
in 2012, investment from
bpifrance, via its
FSN SME Digital Ambition funds
Boussy Saint-Antoine
(Headquarters)
Pleasanton (USA)
(Subsidiary)
10
90%
Several
job created
patents filed
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GREEN COMMUNICATIONs
SELECTION
CRITERIA
for Energy-Efficient Meshed WiFi Network Coverage
Two teachers and researchers, Khaldoun Al Agha and Guy Pujolle, founded Green Communications in 2011, after having
completed the research they had been working on for ten years in the laboratories of the Université Paris-VI [University
of Paris VI] and the Université Paris-Sud XI [University of Southern Paris XI]. Their work was focused on the QOLSR (QoS
Optimized Link State Routing) routing protocol adapted for the characteristics of meshed networks.
S
ince then, Green Communications has been focusing on different markets: coverage of large uncabled areas; and coverage of areas
saturated with simultaneous connections. The company's customers include universities, operators and companies involved in the field
of public security (police and defense). A Green network is a network of hardware systems running Linux or a related operating system, to
which user terminals connect, and which operate in a distributed manner and without centralized management. These hardware systems selfconfigure themselves to enter or leave the network without any human intervention.
The SME's success resides in having integrated its algorithms into low-cost platforms with a very low power consumption. The "Start and Stop"
mechanism allows each device to switch off and switch on in accordance with the network's needs, which gives rise to significant power savings.
The Systematic Paris Region-labeled OnDemand collaborative R&D project addresses the designing of physical appliances such as routers, and
the associated software devices, particularly focusing on ensuring security and optimization of power management within the networks.
As part of the Feder project, Green Communications also developed routers suitable for companies' local area networks, providing support for
virtual networks that can be deployed as needed, as a function of the service to be provided. The targets are SMEs, large companies and industrial
manufacturers that want links to data centers.
Abroad, the Paris-based company's products have been deployed in Chile for its educational programs, and in Korea for Internet coverage in
stadiums, and will soon be deployed in Saudi Arabia to provide Internet coverage in isolated areas, and in Brazil to provide Web connectivity on
beaches, notably for the upcoming Olympic games.
The two founders - who were originally academics - continue to publish regularly in specialized publications and speak at
many conferences.
Khaldoun Al Agha,
Chairman and co-founder
Systematic Paris Region is a highly-effective
mentor that gives precious help for setting-up
projects and finding partners. Also, the supervision
conducted by Systematic throughout the project
is very well thought-out and structured, and
saves us considerable time.
Working in partnership with major groups (Orange, Alcatel, Thales, Airbus, EDF), Green Communications is continuing to improve its platforms and
deliver optimized products generating fewer bugs.
The firm's latest product is a portable device (a small hardware appliance) that allows the creation of an anonymous network and that provides
complete privacy. In this respect, Green Communications is positioning itself as a complementary alternative to the unlimited offerings available
from the big operators: its products relieve traffic on their networks, which can be saturated or islanded.
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2011
FOUNDED
9
2013 staffing
362Kn
3
+
Sales turnover 2013
Paris
(Headquarters)
Job creation
Business creation
permanent-contract
job created
15
%
major accounts
BOX Indoor Green
+44%
Growth
Between 2012 and 2013
Saudi Arabia and Brazil:
distribution partners abroad
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MONTIMAGE
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Supervision Tools for Safe and High-Performing Smart Networks
As a developer of network traffic supervision tools – notably centered around the issues of information system security and
performance, – Montimage designs innovative products – all of which are spin-offs from R&D projects – and works in the
fields of network and application events analysis for the identification of functional, security and performance incidents.
T
he Parisian SME employs 6 people and also offers its clients real-time Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) tools to help them take decisions
concerning their business processes. For this, the firm markets its Montimage Monitoring Tool (MMT), mainly on a licensed basis but
also as custom-designed software solutions. Montimage is Linux-oriented, but also ports MMT to Windows and other platforms. Once
installed on multi-core hardware, the tool can process – in real time – traffics of up to several Gigabytes of structured network data. This data
produces events that get correlated within MMT, which produces further events to be correlated: this is called multi-level correlation or complex
event correlation. When malicious events occur, an alert can be triggered, which triggers systematic and explicit protection against attacks via
remediation and countermeasure strategies. For instance, an action can be triggered to reconfigure the firewall in real time, to ensure maximum
security.
Enhancements Made to MMT Thanks to Extensive Involvement in Labeled R&D Projects
Because of its remarkable involvement in numerous R&D projects labeled by the Systematic Paris Region Cluster, the SME has been able to
perfect its MMT analysis tool. The CelticPlus Mevico (Mobile Networks Evolution for Individual Communications Experience) project gave the SME
the opportunity to strengthen its communication networks performance analysis modules (QoS/QoE) in partnership with Nokia Siemens Networks,
Alcatel-Lucent, France Telecom Orange Group, the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA) [Atomic Energy Commission] and Ericsson AB.
Montimage also provides European universities and academies with licenses for MMT for non-operational usage, for network traffic analysis
(for teaching and research projects), and modules for training on monitoring techniques..
In addition, Montimage attaches importance to sharing its innovations, having done so during many conferences, and publishes an
average of five articles per year in internationally-renowned scientific publications.
Edgardo Montes de Oca,
Chairman and co-founder
The Systematic Paris Region Cluster has
enabled us to meet many key people within
the R&D teams of big groups. In addition, the
labeling has allowed Montimage to gain in
credibility and obtain financing from strategic
public institutions.
The ITEA2 Diamonds (Development and Industrial Application of Multi-Domain Security Testing Technologies) project was more focused on
aspects of protection of vulnerable systems requiring a high degree of security, and enabled Montimage to work alongside international teams from
major groups (Gemalto, Thales …) and universities (Institut Mines Télécom [Institude of Mines and Telecommunications], University of Oulu …) on the
analytical optimization of MMT for development platforms in various industrial domains (chip cards; telecommunications; banking; and information
technology), from which the MMT Security product emerged.
The CIP-ICT Acdc (Advanced Cyber Defence Centre) project involved 28 European partners, and gave real impetus to perfecting the identification,
measurement and analysis of botnets, as well as the prevention, detection, attenuation, recovery from and evaluation of their impact.. A spin-off
was created for the project.
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2004
FOUNDED
Job creation
Scientific work
MMT module
6
2013 staffing
100Kn
2
+
Sales turnover 2013
Paris
(Headquarters)
permanent-contract
job created
Enhancements implemented during R&D projects:
Mevico, Diamonds et Acdc
One spin-off developed
(Acdc project)
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EELEO
SELECTION
CRITERIA
A Fast-Expanding Player in Medical Remote Monitoring
Founded in 2009, Eeleo brings the world wireless telecommunications systems, notably for the Machine-to-Machine (M2M)
field. The Paris-based SME does business principally in the health markets (e-health and telemedicine), offering speciallyadapted products incorporating a variety of technologies (onboard software, Bluetooth, application servers and electronic
cards).
E
eleo operates within a market that is still taking shape, but stands out clearly because of its ultra-low-power-consuming products and an
original positioning garnered by its multi-protocol portal for roaming or residential users, and its Java-based Web administration platform that
enables one to interface a network of sensors with the Internet. Among Eeleo's leading customers are major accounts and care networks
(in Poutou-Charentes, for example), doctors and nurses monitoring patients.
An important contract has been signed with the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) [National Institute for Health and
Medical Research] for tracking the physical activity of patients undergoing chemotherapy at home, and distance tracking of chronic pathologies in
general. Eeleo Home Healthcare is a system that integrates various communicating medical systems developed by equipment manufacturers that
are leaders in their field (AND Médical, Nonin, ...). It's a communicating portable device with a SIM card having a GPRS subscription, and is used
for sending data to the Eeleo server. It is also possible to use smart phone and tablet applications for real-time tracking of patients' physiological
data (temperature, weight, etc.).
The PiCADo (Ardennes home health pilot) project – a Systematic Paris Region-labeled project financed by BPI France, the ChampagneArdenne and Ile-de-France regional authorities, and Paris city hall – has enabled Eeleo to develop an appliance for remote monitoring of health
data from patients suffering from cancer and cognitive problems with reduced independence, As a specialist in medical remote monitoring, Eelio
was called-in to develop sensors designed by INSERM so as to accurately adapt the taking of medications to patients' activity.
with demanding clients and partners, Eeleo has rolled-out new production and customer-tracking processes, to cater to any technical problems
with the fastest-possible turnaround. The longer-term goal for the Paris-based SME is to achieve industrialization of these processes.
In the coming months, Eeleo – now an SME employing 5 people – will be working towards an international expansion strategy vying the
European (notably the United Kingdom and Germany), Middle East and African markets.
Thierry Didi,
General Manager and co-founder
Systematic Paris Region has enabled us to participate in establishing in emergent
ecosystem in ICT and Health. The principle of the collaborative project is perfect for
building relationships with major groups, and for expansion.
The sensors transmit data via Bluetooth to a data-gathering appliance that sends it via GPRS to the MedPassport platform developed by the
company Voluntis, which is a partner in the project. Access to the patient's file is secure and only granted to certain specified parties.
Since then, and through the assistance of the Systematic Paris Region's SME Ambition Program, Eeleo is regularly in contact with personnel from
Altran, Voluntis and INSERM, as its partners, and is becoming a recognized player in the e-health field. In addition, following through from contact
Data Sheet
60
2009
FOUNDED
5
2013 staffing
400Kn
+
Sales turnover 2013
Paris
(Headquarters)
Increased sales turnover subsequent
to financing from PiCADo
Financing for the
Low-Power Bluetooth system
61
NOTOCORD
SELECTION
CRITERIA
the Developer of Leading Measurement and Analysis Software for Research in Pharmacology
Founded in 1989 by Philippe Zitoun, NOTOCORD develops software for medical research.
T
he NOTOCORD-hem Evolution™ solution is a software platform designed for acquisition and analysis of physiological and cellular
signals. The software detects cardiovascular, nervous and respiratory data in real time, and then generates the analytical experimental
reports used for toxicological and pharmacological safety studies. The firm is certified ISO 9001 since 2001, and helps researchers from the
pharmaceuticals industry to better assess the positive and negative effects of drugs before their first administration to humans.
The 20-person SME's customers include big names in the pharmaceuticals industry: Sanofi, Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Eisai, Boehringer,
AstraZeneca...
Keystone Solutions for the Pharmaceuticals Field
As the leading partner in the CardioXpress project of the Eurostars Programme, NOTOCORD designed an integrated platform for the study of
the electro-physiological characteristics of pluripotent stem cells transformed into cardiac muscular cells close to those of humans’ (CM-iPSC),
recorded within a multi-well system.
Internationally-Recognized Expertise
The Paris SME's expertise has gained firm recognition, with more than 1,500 licenses installed at key pharmaceuticals companies and academic
research centers. In the research field, the solutions developed by NOTOCORD have been cited for years in more than 400 scientific papers
published in prestigious journals.
The company has a sales office in New Jersey, USA, and an extensive network of overseas distribution partners located in the United
States, China, Taiwan, India, Japan and South Korea.
Philippe ZITOUN,
Working in partnership with the Dutch company Pluriomics and the German firm Multi Channel Systems, NOTOCORD works particularly on the
acquisition and algorithmic analysis of harvested data, and on its summarization. The scope of this project is twofold: firstly, new drugs can be
designed faster, since non-specific molecules are eliminated right from the early stages; secondly, this selection allows a better identification of the
significant consequences of the risks induced by adverse effects on humans, including the risk of inducing arrhythmias.
The assistance that NOTOCORD gets from the
Systematic Paris Region Cluster empowers us to truly
consolidate our leadership in the highly-complex field
of physiological data analysis software, catering to the
needs of the Top 100 in the pharmaceuticals industry
and the biggest research centers in the world.
On the subject of the Systematic Paris Region Cluster's assistance for the European project, Philippe Zitoun says that, "The Cluster has played a
crucial role in the success of our project. NOTOCORD received great help in understanding the complicated process involved in multi-company
research projects such as CardioXpress. We saved a considerable amount of time, and have been able to focus on the information that was
relevant and essential to the success of our work. The Cluster enabled us to boost our research, and we learned how to work effectively with
European players."
The commercial exploitation of the project is scheduled for late 2014 and beyond. This project must empower the company to penetrate the
market for early tests involved in the drug design process.
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1989
FOUNDED
Cardiac muscle cell called "cardiomyocyte"
derived from human stem cell. Immunolabeling of
alpha actin (in red) and troponin (in green)
18
2013 staffing
Croissy-sur-Seine
(Headquarters)
New Jersey (USA)
(Subsidiary)
80%
80%
major accounts
63
SORIN CRM
SELECTION
CRITERIA
World Leader in the Management of Cardiac Rhythm Through Implanted and Connected
Devices
Job creation
In the cardiac rhythm management (CRM) market, which is estimated at 11 billion dollars, there are five major players:
three American, one German, and one Franco-Italian – SORIN CRM ETI, a spin-off of the French firm, ELA Médical.
S
orin CRM is a division of the SORIN group, an enterprise quoted on the Milan stock exchange. Sorin CRM designs, develops, produces
and markets medical appliances, which include implantable cardiac defibrillators and stimulators (pacemakers), of which the purpose is
to regulate the heart's rhythm, resynchronization devices for the treatment of cardiac insufficiency, and arhythmic recording and analysis
systems. The company is an expert in the implantation of active medical devices, and masters all stages ranging from design (advanced research,
clinital research, R&D, and production in compliance with international regulations) to marketing and distribution. The company's principal sites,
and its production and R&D facilities, are in France (Clamart and Meylan) and Italy (Saluggia).
of cardiac insufficiency, that is open to other applications such as the treatment of behavioral problems and motor problems. To ensure success
in this ambitious project, a department has been
SORIN CRM is the world leader in cardiac rhythm management by implanted and connected devices, and holds six patents in neurostimulation
and the monitoring of parasympathetic activity. The Franco-Italian company addresses three markets in cardiology: stimulation, defibrillation, and
cardiac resynchronization. Its portfolio of more than 200 patents and applications in these fields, and of more-general technology patents, enables
it to cater admirably to these markets, which are fast expanding – notably in Europe and in the United States. Its clients are public and private
hospitals throughout the world.
Renzo Dal Molin,
SORIN CRM is number one in France, number two in Japan and number three in Europe in cardiac stimulation and, looking forward, wants to
consolidate its positioning on the American market. The firm has offices and distributors throughout the world, in Europe, the United States,
Canada, and Japan.
At the Head of a Big Neurostimulation Project
A technological lead in the fast-emerging neurostimulation market will enable SORIN CRM to adopt a stronger position on the
international market, to face-off the competition, which is notably American.
Director Scientific and Technical Coordination
Systematic Paris Region's work is essential for sustaining
our approach of submitting and constituting collaborative
projects. The labeling is a very important factor for
gaining visibility. The Cluster plays both an informative
and constructive role, by enabling us to stay up to date
with technological developments and be in contact with
very dynamic partners in the health sector.
SORIN CRM is closely involved in production – both clinical and technical. In France, the company invests nearly 30 million euros in research
and development. As lead partner in the Intense (Initiative Nationale Technologique d’Envergure pour une NeuroStimulation Evoluée [National
Technological Initiative for Sophisticated Neurostimulation]) R&D project, Sorin CRM materially demonstrates its determination to invest in the
neurostimulation field, and to open up the way to other markets. The aim is to develop a sophisticated neurostimulation platform for the treatment
Data Sheet
2008 500 180 000
+
64
FOUNDED
KORA 100 and BeFlex probe,
the last stimulation system compatible with
MRI housing
2013 staffing
Kn
Sales turnover 2013
CLAMART
(Headquarters)
30
80%
job created
public and private hospitals
throughout the world
Clients
65
VOLUNTIS
SELECTION
CRITERIA
A Pioneer in Therapeutic Companion Software
Founded in 2001 by three graduates of France's Écoles Centrales [schools of engineering], Pierre Leunent, Romain Marmot
and Etienne Vial, Voluntis is a company that develops innovative health systems connecting treatments and integrating
medical intelligence into software.
V
oluntis' digital systems are dedicated for the management of chronic illnesses, and are designed to allow the personalization of treatments,
the coordination of care, and the improvement of actual real-life results. Voluntis develops software that accompanies patients in the daily
treatment of their illnesses, such as diabetes, hemophilia or cardio-vascular problems. MedPassport adapts to different forms of patient
tracking (home care, support for compliance with treatments and for therapeutic education). Concretely, the system is composed of a multichannel Web portal that interfaces with the patient's various mobile appliances (tensiometers, insulin pumps, blood sugar meters, etc.). The portal
is accessible to patients, doctors and care-giving staff. MedPassport analyses the patient's data and distributes it between the various parties in
a secure manner. Voluntis is involved in the Systematic Paris Region-labeled PICADo project, and is taking part in the design of a multi-pathology
platform for home care and support.. The architecture is based on the MedPassport system for all aspects of patient file management.
by means of the offices in Boston (Massachusetts), which it has operated since 2010, Voluntis has developed CoaguChek Link. This online
service has multiple uses, and notably enables you to simplify and rationalize the process of managing patients under anti-coagulent treatment.
The application gives patients – who check their coagulation time themselves – an easy and practical way to upload the results of their tests, and
provides doctors with a simple and secure site for accessing the data, enabling them to track and manage the patients under their treatment in a
more-efficient manner.
Voluntis is a member of the IDEES program operated by Microsoft France, which supports startups using the Microsoft platform.
The company is now tracking more than 600,000 patients in Europe, and is entering the American market
Voluntis is the European leader in the treatment of diabetes, and was self-financing until 2006. To accelerate its development, both in R&D and
internationally – particularly in Western Europe and the United States – the SME undertook two fund-raising drives for several million euros. The last
was in April 2014, involving bpifrance, Innovation Capital, Vesalius Biocapital, Qualcomm and its historic investors, and enabled the SME to bring
together 21 million euros for supporting the development of diabetes management systems, for deploying new programs, and for consolidating
its operations in the United States.
Operating at the crossroads between software development and the life sciences, since 2004, Voluntis has been developing commodities used
in clinical studies, such as the Télédiab1 study, of which the principal results were published in 2011 in Diabetes Care, a renowned international
publication.The Paris-based company's expertise is recognized, and markets its systems in France, Germany. the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy,
Switzerland and several Scandinavian countries. The SME is a pioneer in telemedicine, and is gradually moving into the American market, where
diabetes treatment is a colossal societal issue. Voluntis has worked-up strong partnerships with the big names in the pharmaceuticals sector. In
the diabetes field, Voluntis and Sanofi have developed the Diabeo product, an innovative telemedicine system that continues to enjoy a unique
worldwide technological lead. Working in partnership with Roche Diagnostics Corporation, a US subsidiary of the Swiss pharmaceuticals group,
Data Sheet
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2001
FOUNDED
Pierre Leurent,
Chairman of the Board and co-founder
Systematic Paris Region is tuned into major societal issues, and enables
us to take part in promising R&D projects and develop an ecosystem of
partners. The Cluster meets our needs by assisting and advising us with
the management of our growth and our export approach.
The Diabeo application
(available on iPhone and Android),
designed to help patients manage
their diabetes on a daily basis
60
2013 staffing
3 700Kn
+
Sales turnover 2013
80
%
Suresnes
(Headquarters)
Rockville (USA)
( Subsidiary)
Job creation
within the scope of the
PICADo project
major accounts
+75%
Growth
between 2011 et 2012
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SUCCESS STORIES
2014
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