the french business cluster for digital content & services
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Cap Digital
The French Business Cluster for
Digital Content & Services
Paris Region key figures
3,5%
ICT sector growth in Europe in 2007
and 4% in the Paris region
18 000
Number of companies in the ICT
industry in Paris Region
70
Number of engineering schools and
universities providing top-level training
in IT and telecoms
20 200
Number of students receiving ICT
training each year in Paris Region
130 000
Number of jobs in the cinema,
audio-visual and television sector
423 000
Number of jobs in ICTs in Paris
Region
Cap Digital in a few words
About
Created in 2006
Private non-profit organisation
Recognized by the French State
€4 million budget (50% of private funds)
Around 30 employees
Located in Paris, near Place de la Bastille
Purposes
Promote the Paris region as one of the world leaders in digital content, creative industries and
services, from an industrial as well as a strategic point of view
Fostering R&D, helping companies to expand, networking our members, and showcasing them
throughout the world, are some of the activities we undertake to support the creativity and
competitiveness of our sector
Cap Digital in figures
620
- 50 with over 50 employees
- 200 with between 10 – 50 employees
- 370 with fewer than 10 employees
700 MEMBERS
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50 Research Labs, Universities
& High-Schools
Capital Investors
Major Companies
SMEs & Startups
R&D & Innovation
1700 R&D projects submitted
850 projects labeled
470 funded projects
over €I billion in total investment
since 2006
since 2008 International
43 collaborative programs with Paris Region,
national & international clusters
250 startups & SMEs have received support
in the USA, Brazil, Japan, Israel, Canada, China
& numerous European countries
5 EU projects as full partner
Growth, Access To Funding since 2009
200 SMEs & startups have benefited from our
expertise on raising capital, mentoring
entrepreneurs, supporting major companies
120 SMEs & startups have received advice and
support on recruitment and management
Events In 2011
50 events per year
90 000 visitors at Futur en Seine
Markets addressed
Media &
Telecommunications
Services
Digital Business &
e-Government
e-Tourism
Communication &
Advertising
Care
Smart Living (cities / home / mobility)
Retail
Education &
Lifelong Learning
8 markets
Several levels
Design, user experience // Innovative business models // Robotics, internet of things, hybridization of
physical and virtual worlds // Open data, metadata, big data // Globalisation, territorial strategies // Very
high-speed Internet access // Cloud-computing // Multi-user access
Education Training
Media
Music
Web & Mobile
Services
Robotics Design Open
innovation
Image Knowledge &
Data Gaming
Communities correspond to the members’ requests in order to
structure themselves, act and work together (« identity approach »)
Thought and
interaction place
Linked to
technological
warning
Communities
Grossed 600 million $ in 3 months
Despicable me – Mc Guff 10 weeks at the n°1 spot
in the US box office
R&D & innovation as catalysts for competitiveness:
some international success stories
Nao – Aldebaran Robotics
Robot used by the Robotics
department of Osaka university
Other success stories “made in Ile-de-France”
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European activities
European Projects :
5 projects since 2008 and new ones submitted every year
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EUROPEAN ACTIVITIES
European networks: EU Digital Think Tank
European Network of Living Labs
EIT ICT Labs
Participation to national working groups about EU affairs : GTN TIC (Industry Ministry), GCTE (Research Ministry) to anticipate new EU work programs and contribute to elaborate the French position
Participation to numerous European studies and tenders about the digital creative industries, EC public consultations etc.
Cluster excellence initiative: Bronze label
EUROPEAN ACTIVITIES
European Technological Partnerships A call for tender issued by the Industry Ministry to help French
SMEs to get access to European funding through EU
collaborative projects
Objective: improve the participation of French SMEs to
European projects
3 stages: Raising SMEs awareness, diagnosis of their project ideas
and help in writing their proposals (find European partners)
Results: +300 SME aware of EU projects, 70 SME diagnosis,
several SMEs involved in EU projects
Our international presence
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- Cooperation agreement with the cluster Rio Convergência Digital
- MOU with the city of Rio de Janeiro
- Strong relations with two local accelerators: 21212 and Startupfarm
- Strong relations with Anjos do Brazil, a national business angels
network
- One Digital Roadshow planned in 2013
3 Brazil
- Digital Tech Tour organized in New-York, in december 2012
(in partnership Ubifrance)
- One Digital Roadshow planned in 2013
USA East Coast
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- US Accelerator, Silicon Valley (with US MAC)
- US Incubator, Silicon Valley (in partenership with Institut
Mines-Télécom and Carnegie Mellon University)
- French Pavilion at SIGGRAPH every year, since 2007
USA West Coast
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- Afiliate Partner of EIT ICT Labs
- Interclustering (B2B, R&D)
- French pavilion at BETT Show, since 2008
Europe
5
- Cap Digital ambassador in Tel Aviv
Israel
6
- Cooperation with Dgital Content Expo //
Futur en Seine On Tour, 2010 and 2011
- French Pavilion at Robotworld (Seoul) in 2013
- Relations with KOTRA (Korea)
Asia
International Activities
-Organisation of B2B missions: Brazil, Israel & USA (Silicon
Valley & NYC) etc.
-Participation to international fairs and events with a
booth & companies: Robotworld (Seoul), BETT Show
(London), SIGGRAPH (Los Angeles) etc.
-2 Ambassadors representing us abroad:
San Francisco & Tel Aviv
- Soft Landing activities through the EIT ICT Labs
- North Africa: rapprochement with Morocco
FUTUR EN SEINE 2013 from 13th to 23rd of June – Paris & Ile-de-France
FUTUR EN SEINE
• Futur en Seine is now the place to be for
those who wants to test the latest digital
creations and innovations and discover the
life of tomorrow.
• Futur en Seine, the world digital festival, is an international event showcasing
every year during 10 days the latest French & International digital innovations to
the professionals as well as the public audience.
Four days at CENTQUATRE,
including:
¬ The exhibition of 100 innovative
prototypes and projects
¬ 40 workshops
¬ 20 conferences
¬ A permanent live scene
90 000 visitors in total during
10 days
Delegations from more than 12
countries
FUTUR EN SEINE 2012 – KEY FIGURES
European Activities at FUTUR EN SEINE
JUICE UP Interclustering event
Exchange of best practices
Foster C2C cooperation through collaborative projects
Presentation of the EU Digital Think Tank and EIT ICT Labs
2 round tables to discuss :
Internationalization of SMEs: what are the best
practices to support your SMEs in soft landing and
accessing markets in another country?
International networks of clusters: focus on
« European Cluster initiative » and the need for more
cooperation between European clusters.
European Activities at Futur en Seine
FI PPP Workshop
speaker: Ragnar Bergström, DG CONNECT
Objectives:
Inform and raise the public awareness about phase 3 of
the ongoing European call for projects called “Future
Internet Public Private Partnership »
help potential proposers to find partner, prepare their
projects and discuss the details of the work program
with the EC Project Officer
European Activities at FUTUR EN SEINE
Business Convention FREE business convention to meet French and foreign companies using an online
matchmaking tool.
Already 90 registered companies!
International conferences Smart cities workshop by the Paris Regional Development Agency
“How R&D improves Sustainability and Quality of Life in Smart Cities”.
4 thematic workshops moderated by European stakeholders :
smart mobility, smartgrids for buildings, crowdsourcing open and big data,
waste and water management.
Personal Democracy Forum, topic “Code for All”
Event exploring how technology is changing politics, government, and society
featuring: world class presenters, thought leaders and decision-makers in
attendance, substantive coverage by major press outlets, high-level networking
and new, groundbreaking ideas and discussion.
Contacts
Cap Digital, Business Cluster For Digital Content and Services Passage de l'Innovation, 74 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine 75012 Paris
Web site: www.capdigital.com | Event guide: www.digitallyours.fr Twitter : Cap_Digital | Facebook : www.facebook.com/capdigitalparisregion
Nadia Echchihab
European Project Manager Tel. +33 (0)1 40 41 74 97 – Mob +33 (0)6 59
03 23 72 [email protected]