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© COWIN – July 2013 Objectives, actions and first results Christophe Blanc, Yole Finance – COWIN R2i2 Electronics Conference
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© COWIN – July 2013
Objectives, actions and first results
Christophe Blanc, Yole Finance – COWIN
R2i2 Electronics Conference
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Presentation story board
1. COWIN at a glance 2. Actions 2.1 Building added-value portfolio 2.2 Promotion of functions and solutions 2.3 VCs engaged into COWIN 3. Results 3.1 Concrete results & Success stories 3.2 Example of success story – Bi.flow 3.3 Example of success story – LabOnFoil 3.4 More concrete results
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1. COWIN at a glance
A unique coordination and support action mandated by the European Commission to support the commercial exploitation of FP6/ FP7 research projects results in smart systems
A consortium of complementary companies coordinated by Yole Développement
One mission: Filling the gap from technology to market
Main objectives: New collaboration with industrial partners for further development Transfer of IP Participate to the launch and growth of start-up companies
Moto: Pragmatic and operational actions to make things happen
Building Portfolio
Year1
Business Develop-
ment Year
2 Growth
financing Year
3
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2. Actions 2.1 Building added-value portfolio
But also new portfolios on: - Structural health monitoring - Flexible electronics - Energy harvesting and storing
A selection process has been set-up: technology differentiation, fit with market and industrial trends, IP and motivation to support exploitation.
The analysis is performed by COWIN including Yole experts combined with feed-back from industrials.
Attractive and advanced technologies (upgraded as Gold Nuggets) extracted from EU projects are presented in portfolio highlighting functions and applications.
Example of COWIN portfolios:
Smart medical devices
Technologies for food applications
Bio & chemical detection for
diagnostic
Smart System for Water applications
Process control
Molecular interaction analysis for drug discovery
Smart Production & Packaging
40 added-value
technologies selected
130 FP6/FP7 projects
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2. Actions 2.2 Promotion of functions and solutions
COWIN - a platform for business development
More than 500 industrial expressed
interest in smart systems
Direct contacts, phone and face to face meetings to identify their interest and promote selected Gold Nuggets
COWIN Marketplace: more than 60
individual and qualified meetings between technology holders and potential partners
About 70% of the meetings lead to further discussion
Follow-up with COWIN support
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2. Actions 2.3 VCs engaged into COWIN
Specific support for entrepreneurs
20 start-up companies exploiting FP6/FP7 research projects currently benefit from COWIN support
About 20 VCs active in hardware ICT
are engaged into COWIN actions
They are involved in the COWIN working group set-up to facilitate access to private investment
COWIN Investment place in Autumn 2013
Individual support to accelerate the development
of young companies
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People is the key ….
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Working with aspiring entrepreneurs
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3. Results 3.1 Concrete results & Success stories
Sales of products developed in the course of FP6/FP7 research projects
New contracts and co-development programs signed
Setting-up of collaborations with production partners
Transfer of IP under discussion
Launch of start-up companies
New European projects launched with the support of COWIN
after validation of the relevance of the business case
Best practices disseminated to the research community
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3. Results 3.2 Example of success story – Bi.flow
A microfluidic building block
A smart demonstration kit
Great competencies and know-how
Strong industrial interest Co-development contract signed with a strategic industrial partner Strategic plan under development for the growth of the company
Bi.flow
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3. Results 3.2 Example of success story – Bi.flow cont’d
Bi.flow
A microfluidic building block
A smart demonstration kit
Great competencies and know-how
Strong industrial interest Co development contract signed with a strategic industrial partner Strategic plan under development for the growth of the company
COWIN impact
The 1st customer
Strategic alliance
Growth opportunity for the start-up
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3. Results 3.3 Example of success story – LabOnFoil
Labonfoil & POC microsolution
An integrated platform
A smart design
An advanced development
Strong industrial interest Joint Venture under negotiation with a strong industrial & strategic partner for production and distribution
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3. Results 3.3 Example of success story – LabOnFoil cont’d
Labonfoil & POC microsolution
An integrated platform
A smart design
An advanced development
Strong industrial interest Joint Venture under negotiation with a strong industrial & strategic partner for production and distribution
COWIN impact
The 1st customer
The strategic Investor
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3. Results 3.4 More concrete results
New companies set-up, business plan, business development
and seed funding FrecNsys, MACH8, SESMOS, Atlas Neuro engineering, TAB …
In total more than 20 young companies exploiting FP6/FP7 are beneficing from COWIN support
We are working in collaboration with research center to build industrial collaborations and identify startup-isable developments
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Conclusion A dynamic ecosystem for innovation
+500 industrials with interest in Smart Systems
About 20 VCs engaged into
COWIN activities
+ 130 projects entered into COWIN
process
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COWIN Team
Contact Géraldine ANDRIEUX-GUSTIN COWIN coordinator
www.cowin4u.eu
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Contacts
Christophe BLANC COWIN
Yole Développement [email protected]
+33 6 80 33 98 39
www.cowin4u.eu
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