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Mobile Apps Forum investment forum & sectorial networking
Barcelona, 17-18 June 2010
an initiative by
mobile apps forum investment forum & sectorial networking
index
1. agenda 2. list of participant 3. speakers 4. panel discussion 5. jury members 6. coaches 7. selected companies 8. showcase companies 9. investors 10. venues & logistics
mobile apps forum investment forum & sectorial networking
1. agenda mobile apps forum
mobile apps forum investment forum & sectorial networking
Thursday, 17th June 2010 for detailed venues please check last page of the catalogue
time companies investors companies invited for the investment forum
Participation at the HIT Event and networking with investors
9:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 18:00
Participation at the Mobile 2.0 event * - Biztrack panel sessions - Developers panel sessions
18:00 - 19:00 App Circus
Coaching session I
19:00 - 20:30 Networking reception
Participation at HIT Event
Networking with investors in the HIT Event
*for more detailed program: http://mobile20.eu/program/
mobile apps forum investment forum & sectorial networking
Friday, 18th June 2010 venue: barcelona activa, c/ llacuna, 162
time companies investors companies invited for the investment forum
9:00 - 9:30 Registration & coffee
9:30 - 9:40 Welcom speach from Barcelona City Council Anna Molero - Managing Director at Barcelona Activa
9:40 - 9:50
Welcome speech from European Comission Reinhard Büscher - Head of Unit for Support for Innovation, European Comission, Director General for Enterprise and Industry
9:50 - 10:10 Key Note speech: Visions in the field of mobile applications and the latest trends in investment, Eric ver Ploeg - Managing Director at VantagePoint Venture Partners
10:10 - 10:50
Panel discussion: 'App Economy' and the market for mobile aplications Moderator: Jordi Viñas General Partner at Nauta Capital Panelists: Isaac de la Peña, Head of Internet Strategic Initiatives for Nokia Eric ver Ploeg, Managing Director at VantagePoint Venture Partners Jason Hall, Head of Innovation, New Markets and Skills - Screen WM René Heuven, Owner of Inmote (“INto MObile TEchnology”)
10:50 - 11:00 Showcase: 1-minute 'Elevator Pitches' from showcasing companies (1st round)
11:00 - 11:30 Networking coffee
Coaching session II
11:30 - 11:40 Welcome to the Investment Forum
11:40 - 11:50 ImMediaTe business services and innovation voucher scheme
11:50 - 12:40 First Round: 4 business plan presentations
12:40 - 13:00 Networking coffee
13:00 - 13:50 Second Round: 4 business plan presentations
13:50 - 14:00 Showcase: 1-minute 'Elevator Pitches' from showcasing companies (2nd round)
14:00 - 15:15 Networking Lunch
15:15 - 15:30 Announcement of winners and closing ceremony
15:30 - 17:30 B2B matchmaking session
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2. list of participant mobile apps forum
mobile apps forum investment forum & sectorial networking
Last Name First Name Job Title Company Country Aguado Juan Management consultant Generalitat Catalunya ES
Alastruey Nina CEO theChanner ES
Alriols Soto Néstor Designer MLAB ES
Alvarez Pablo Director Innovation & Internationalisation ES
Angelini Simone Project Manager Subliminal IT
Antoniadis George CEO SaiCon Ltd GR
Aranguren Arturo Manager DENEB LATINOAMERICANA, S.A. ES
Arcese Mriko Partner BCAA Srl IT
Arnot Greg CEO KALERION COMPUTING SL ES
Assmann Jörg ImMediaTe Partner IEB DE
Balas Guillaume CMO 3scale Networks ES
Balestrini Mara Head of Campus Móvil Lab i+d Funky Mobile Ideas ES
Ballantini Giovanni CEO Play4film.com S.r.l. ES
Bartoli Jonathan French and European Projects Officer Cap Digital FR
Basilotta Rosario CEO & Creative Directotr Down to Moon ES
Batllo Perez Albert Technical Manager Contenidos de Luxe ES
Baujard Thierry President Media Deals FR
Bekiaris Vasilis CTO SaiCon Ltd GR
Benitez Portillo Carles Tècnic Promociò Econòmica i Noves Tecnologi DIPUTACIÓ DE GIRONA ES
Bernad Montserrat CEO Fotobit SCP ES
Biada Luca Partner BCAA Srl IT
Biurrun Alicia TIC Creative (I+D+i) YUZZ ES
Blasco Marc Partner Troy & Tifer, S.L. ES
Bloise Renato Consultant Strateghia IT
Borras Enrique CEO Fiabee ES
Bragado Patrícia Community Manager Hotel Azul Barcelona ES
Burgaleta Mila Lukkom Lukkom ES
Buscher Reinhard Head of Unit for Support for Innovation
European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry DE
Bustos Juan Pablo Partner ubiqua ES
Buxeres Soler Alejo Technology Advisor Prestigia Online ES
Calabrese Daniele Founder and CEO Soundtrckr US
Campdelacreu Carlos CEO ACQUAMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES,S.L. ES
Caravaca Torres Jose María Developer MLAB ES
Carpanzano Andres Bruno Entrepreneur LinkingMinds ES
Carreras Lluís CEO and Cofounder mobifriends ES
Carrió Castellano Oscar CEO Miralia Televisió SL ES
Castellano Sans Alejandro Sales and Marketing Director Neosono, S.L. ES
Castillo Rafael Technology Broker KIMbcn ES
Champetier Ana - Nauta Capital ES
Charle Montse Director of Strategic Sectors 22@Barcelona ES
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Last Name First Name Job Title Company Country Cirici Lluc CEO CIRICI NEW MEDIA ES
Ciudad Rodriguez David CEO woices ES
Cluzel Christophe Chef de produit Transmedia Orange Vallée FR
Coll Ignacio Partner Quality Information Technologies ES
Corsetti Alessandro Partner BCAA Srl IT
Cougil Ignacio Software Architect IECI ES
Cremet Corentin Entrepreneur ORKA communications FR
D'Andria Francesco Project Manager ATOS ORIGIN ES
Darriba Fernandez Javier Partner Xperience Consulting ES
De la Pena Isaac Head of Internet Strategic Initiatives for Nokia Nokia ES
Del Río Carlos General Manager AB-TEL ES
DeSantis Emilio CEO Zeroclock S.r.l. IT
DeSantis Andrea CIO Zeroclock S.r.l. IT
Diana Valentina Project manager FILAS IT
Diaz Miguel Angel Sales Manager Quality Information Technologies ES
Docampo Xavier Exacutive Director Funky Mobile Ideas ES
Donzella Carlo Consultant filas IT
Duran Josep Key Account Manager La Salle Technova Barcelona ES
Engebak Christina Associate Nauta Capital ES
Estruch Juan Partner Quality Information Technologies ES
Etxano Unai Develop Engineer Vilau ES
Farres Oscar Associate Debaeque Venture Capital ES
Favez Mathieu Software Engineer mfavez software ES
Fernandez Jordi CIO ASCII164 ES
Ferrando Lluis FreeLance Freelance ES
Ferrando Albert Product manager Skidata ES
Ferrer Josep Director Marketing telecomsoft s.l ES
Feuer Frauke Senior consultant peacefulfish ES
Fielding Jenny Investor Self US
Froehlich Sascha Fund Manager ZebraInvest ES
Furlani Aleardo CEO Innova Spa IT
Fusi Alberto Founder Res Industry - FininCorp IT
Galceran David Content Manager theChanner ES
Gálvez Eduardo CEO Fotobit SCP ES
Gàmez Jordi CEO Labtrip ES
Garasino Jose Director of Activities Media Business School ES
Garcia Toni CEO Kailab Estudio, SL ES
Garcia Alvaro System Administrator AGB Consultors SL ES
Garcia Merce Product Manager Lechill Móvil ES
Garcia jose Researcher Barcelona Digital ES
Garcia Masana Magda Director LocTeam ES
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Last Name First Name Job Title Company Country Girabent Conrad Consultant Strategy and Execution Partners, S.L. ES
Gómez Emilio Associate Director bcnHighgrowth ES
Gutierrez Roger Gestor de projectes - Xarxa Inversors Privats ACC1Ó ES
Hall Jason Head of Innovation & New Markets Screen WM GB
Haselmayer Julia Coordinator Living Labs Global ES
Heuven René Director Inmote BV NL
Hidalgo Jordi CTO Branelabs ES
Hinojosa Jordi Founder Dinamon Internet S.L ES
Hunt Patricio Partner intelectium Consulting ES
Jhangiani Esha Product Manager Neosono ES
Johnsson Fredrik Partner NODE ES
Julià Joan Managing Partner Strategy and Execution Partners, S.L. ES
Kampyli Areti Founder & CEO Yasmo Live GB
Krentzel Hyo-Sook Partner I-key Learning SE
Krentzel Georg Partner Insight GB
Lantz Johan Business Development Manager Genaker ES
Lauriac Marc General Secretary Media Deals DE
Lazim Ali IT Manager Aradiom TR
Lekkas Michael Founder & CTO Yasmo Live GB
Lepore Massimo Product Manager DigitalFun S.R.L. IT
Lintner Brent Software Ninja tinyHippos Inc CA
Lopez Ruben Marketing Sysandapp ES
Lozano Manu Fotografo Manu Lozano ES
Lozano Gloria CEO BCNTouch ES
Lozano Begona Project manager Malabars ES
Lucas Rebeca Consultant Innova SpA ES
Mackenzie Andrew CTO BCNTouch ES
Magri Rene Executive Director Mobile Monday Malta MT
Masmitja Joan Technical Director telecomsoft s.l ES
Massone Francesco Director Telecom Italia IT
Mayaux Laurent Director Lucida SrL IT
Mazzilli Rodrigo Founder wellknown.as Inc. US
Menendez Marcos Director Qustodian ES
Mery Sebastian Producer life & pictures ES
Mestres Montia Xavier Partner Xperience Consulting ES
Michilli Michela Manager FILAS IT
Missineo Sebastiano CEO Strateghia srl IT
Mladenova Katina Project Manager FTZ MT
Mol Jeroen CEO buzzAR NL
Molero Anna Managing Director Barcelona Activa ES
Molto Ivan Mobile Operations Director IFG Multimedia ES
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Last Name First Name Job Title Company Country Mondragon Devesa Antoni Enterpreneur Fastpay SL ES
Montano Gioacchino Director of Operations Down to Moon ES
Monteagudo Josep M CEO Esforc ES
Mora Sergi gestor de projectes - Xarxa Inversors Privats ACC1Ó ES
Moreno Luis CEO bubiloop.com ES
Mozota Guillermo TIC Creative (I+D+i) YUZZ ES Muscat Mosnigneur Roderick Managing Director Lighthouse Communications Ltd MT
Neill Connor Professor IESE Business School ES
Neves Almeida Paulo Roberto Analista Programador Tempos21 ES
Odanga Rosalyn Njambi Operations manager ONE LABEL AGENCIES KE
Olivares Bartolome Director Sysandapp S.L ES
Oliveira Eduardo Chargé de mission - Europe Cap Digital Paris Region FR
Olivella Rosa GIS innovation projects coordinator GIS Centre (SIGTE) - University of Girona ES
Ostrowski Tomasz Project Officer - European Commission
European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry PL
Palomares Joaquim Manager TECMAN Serveis Informàtics ES
Pardo Kuklinski Hugo CEO CampusMovil.net ES
Parnau Joaquim Web Project Manager Lavinia ES
Parramón Teixidó Miguel System Administrator Conzentra ES
Patrice Marc Account Manager Innoget ES
Pere David John CEO Miralia Televisió SL ES
Perez Vila Jose Luis Business Developer Fastpay SL ES
Perri Giuseppe Online Business Analyst Grupo Intercom ES
Piccinino Clyde Technical Director ClearLead EU MT
Pique Hermes Director Robot Media ES
Planas Manzano Jordi Manager INV ES
Pregler Oliver Dev Manager Quality Information Technologies ES
Puchol Miquel CTO Labtrip ES
Puig Marc CTO BlooSee ES
Puigmarti Josep Ramon Manager Worldnet21 ES
Ramirez Rosales Toni Technical manager All4Events ES
Rasmussen Jakob Chairman Living Labs Global DK
Reisner Christoph Co-Founder shuffle 720 ES
Rodriguez Jose Developer telecomsoft s.l ES
Rodriguez Carlos Alberto Architect ASCII164 ES
Rodriguez Javier Arturo CTO ASCII164 ES Rodriguez Fuldauer Esther Developer alt-tek.com ES
Roldan David R & D Engineer Fundacio i2Cat ES
Romagnoli Andrea Project manager FILAS IT
Romano Jeffrey Director Clever Solutions MT
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Last Name First Name Job Title Company Country Romans Camps Gerard Developer alt-tek.com ES
Romero Josep consultant maven research ES
Roos Jaspar business development manager ABN AMRO Dialogues Incubator NL
Rossner Nico ImMediaTe Partner IEB DE
Rovira Ricard Director YOUR SCREEN S.L. ES
Sahis Jordi TIC Creative (I+D+i) YUZZ ES
Sahuquillo Cristina Marketing Sysandapp ES
Saliba Beverly Cultel MT
Sancho Juan Manuel Computer assistant Hotel Sancho ES
Sancho Jose Carlos Computer assistant Hotel Sancho ES
Sanmarti Marc Head of Strategic Territories 22@Barcelona ES
Santarelli Laura Project manager FILAS IT
Sargsyan Gohar EU/international programme manager IIP CREATE NL
Sarracino Fabio Managing Director DigitalFun S.R.L. IT
Sastre Angels Online Investment Analyst Grupo Intercom ES
Schneider Michael CEO Schneider Mediation Services SL ES
Serra Jordi CEO ubiqua ES
Silivestru Dan CTO tinyHippos Inc CA
Smith Dante Director telecomsoft s.l ES
Solà Jaume Investment Analyst bcnHighgrowth ES
Solano Marc Marketing&Sales Manager Branelabs ES
Sprengel Holger Managing Director Grupo HS3 S.L. ES
Suñol Víctor Business Developer AB-TEL ES
Tassel Noemie Director Europe Musetrek FR
Tejedor Jose Antonio CEO Indigo Group ES
Thorn Christian Director Lechill Móvil ES
Tomas Alcobe Moises Director Area Promociò Econòmica i Noves Tecnologi DIPUTACIÓ DE GIRONA ES
Tonge Chris Founder GraspEnglish ES
Torrents Pere CEO PlayerX Mobile Media Spain SLU ES
Torres Demis COO Labtrip ES
Troyano Fernando Director General Troy & Tifer SL ES
Valdeolmillos Pedro CEO BlooSee ES
Ver Ploeg Eric Managing Director VantagePoint Venture Partners US
Verges Victor Chief Strategic Development Barcelona Digital Technological Center ES
Vidal Lluis Consultant Intelectium ES
Vilarasau Bruno Director of Business Development Telefonica ES
Villa Marco Managing director / Vice president IAG ( Italian Angels for Growth ) IT
Villalba Pablo Founder Teambox ES
Viñas Jordi Partner Nauta Capital ES
Virtanen Ville Director Mobile SW & Digital Media R Services US
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Last Name First Name Job Title Company Country Wilkhu Randeep Senior Investment Manager T-Venture GmbH DE
YERO Mailyn Assistant's manager DENEB LATINOAMERICANA S.A. ES
Zaboura Nadia Referent / Consultant Media Cluster North Rhine-Westphalia DE
Zammit Joseph Business Director Lighthouse Communcations Ltd MT
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3. speakers mobile apps forum
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Reinhard Buscher Head of Unit for Support for Innovation, European Commission, Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry
Dr. Reinhard Buscher is a Head of Unit at the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry. He holds a Bachelor's Degree and a PhD, in Economics. Before joining the European Commission in 1989, he worked for nine years at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Germany. In the European Commission, he has worked in a number of different areas - as a Member of Commissioner Bangemann's Cabinet, as special Adviser for Industrial Aspects of the Information Society, as Head of Unit for Standardisation, Head of Unit for Industrial Aspects of Electronic Commerce and Head of Unit for E-Business, ICT industries and services. Since January 2008, he has been Head of Unit 'Support for Innovation.
Eric Ver Ploeg Managing Director at VantagePoint Venture Partners, Founding Partner at Metric Ventures
Eric led VantagePoint Venture Partners’ investment activities in the mobile area from 2001 through 2008, and led the Wireless Advisory Council (which included current and former CTOs of T-Mobile International, Vodafone UK, AT&T Wireless, Cingular, O2 in the UK, and Clearwire) on behalf of the Firm. He joined VantagePoint with broad experience as an entrepreneur, senior executive, and research engineer. In 1995, he co-founded the first Internet ad serving company, AdKnowledge, which was sold for $193 million. He was also the founding CEO of Angara, the first hosted website personalization company, backed by Kleiner Perkins, JMI Equity, and VantagePoint.
Eric is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University (BS) and Stanford University (MS, PhD, MBA). His current and past Board seats and investments include Spatial Wireless (acquired by Alcatel), OZ Communiations (acquired by Nokia), UltraDNS (acquired by NeuStar), InnoPath, YouMail, and Flipswap.
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4. panel discussion mobile apps forum
mobile apps forum investment forum & sectorial networking
Eric Ver Ploeg Managing Director at VantagePoint Venture Partners, Founding Partner at Metric Ventures
Eric led VantagePoint Venture Partners’ investment activities in the mobile area from 2001 through 2008, and led the Wireless Advisory Council (which included current and former CTOs of T-Mobile International, Vodafone UK, AT&T Wireless, Cingular, O2 in the UK, and Clearwire) on behalf of the Firm. He joined VantagePoint with broad experience as an entrepreneur, senior executive, and research engineer. In 1995, he co-founded the first Internet ad serving company, AdKnowledge, which was sold for $193 million. He was also the founding CEO of Angara, the first hosted website personalization company, backed by Kleiner Perkins, JMI Equity, and VantagePoint.
Eric is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University (BS) and Stanford University (MS, PhD, MBA). His current and past Board seats and investments include Spatial Wireless (acquired by Alcatel), OZ Communiations (acquired by Nokia), UltraDNS (acquired by NeuStar), InnoPath, YouMail, and Flipswap. Jason Hall Head of Innovation, New Markets and Skills - Screen WM
As Head of Innovation for Screen WM - the regional screen agency for the West Midlands that is leading the UK on digital innovation - Jason Hall is primarily responsible for managing a £5m Digital Media Fund, working alongside Channel 4’s 4iP Digital Commissioning Manager for the region to identify suitable projects for co-investment with a combined budget of £10m. This follows more than fifteen years experience working across digital projects, from developing B2B online booking systems across leased lines in pre-internet days to commissioning mobile content and producing and developing cross-platform projects and documentaries for clients including Channel 4, NSPCC, Scottish Screen, Scottish Enterprise, BBC and NESTA.
Jason has written on the performing arts, culture and screen industries for publications including Time Out Guides, The Scotsman, Financial Times,Birmingham Post and the Edinburgh Evening News and has talked at a number of high profile conferences and events including CrEATE (Turin), Rome FilmFestival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Hello Digital, The Production Show, Mobile Entertainment Market and State of Independence.
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Isaac de la Peña Head of Internet Strategic Initiatives for Nokia
Isaac de la Peña is the Head of Internet Strategic Initiatives for Nokia, developing the projects and capabilities for the company to compete in the digital convergence marketplace. He is also a Visiting Scientist at the MIT Media Labs, developing joint research programs to harness the power of open innovation at Nokia. On his former role as Senior Manager for Nokia’s enterprise business unit he coordinated a wide range of emerging businesses and technologies by combining in-
house research, partnerships and selective acquisitions. Prior to that Mr. de la Peña oversaw a multi-million portfolio of Lead Services leveraging the capabilities of advanced Smartphones, including the creation of Nokia’s first commercial mobile videophony solution. He joined the company from the software industry, where he co-founded a web development start-up, to manage the implementation of the services platform for the world’s first Mobile Internet device, the Nokia 7110 (a.k.a. “The Matrix” movie phone). Mr. de la Peña holds a bachelor degree in Philosophy with concentration in mathematics and computing, plus a bachelor degree in Economics both from Universidad Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. He also holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a Sloan Fellow. He currently resides in Cambridge, USA. René Heuven Owner of Inmote (“INto MObile TEchnology”)
René Heuven works since ’94 as an enterpreneur and consultant in the mobile space. Initially he founded PCA Mobile. PCA Mobile focused on data collection solutions using ruggedized handhelds with integrated barcode and RFID scanners. During this period René gained extensive knowledge on Windows CE programming, but also on the EPOC operating system used in Psion PDAs. When Psion, Nokia, Panasonic, Motorola and Ericsson founded Symbian Software Ltd and EPOC evolved into Symbian OS, René became authorized Symbian trainer. He travelled the world to share his Symbian OS C++ programming knowledge with developers from Nokia, Toshiba, FreeScale, Vodafone and others.
As futurist and enterpreneur René was inspired by the growing consumer smartphone market driven by Symbian OS through open APIs and and strong architectural design. In 2007 René founded Inmote (“IN”to “MO”bile “TE”chnology) with a mission to use cutting edge Symbian OS technology to create appealing end user applications and share his knowledge and experience through training to other developers as well. Sample projects include contributions to Nokia’s N-Gage Service, Visual Voicemail for S60, voice call encryption and routing, track & trace for S60 and a secure email solution. Inmote now is a Symbian Foundation member and Nokia LaunchPad member. Inmote provides entry level training as well as advanced training on device driver development, internals, SMP and porting of Symbian OS. Inmote already succesfully created 700+ new Symbian OS developers worldwide through training and certification.
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Jordi Viñas General Partner of Nauta Capital (Moderator)
Jordi Viñas is founding General Partner at Nauta Capital, a Venture Capital firm specialized in TMT investment, with funds under management above Euro 165mm. Nauta Capital was founded in 2004 and has offices in Boston and Barcelona. Investment targets are companies in the software, telecommunications and internet sectors, with a strong growth potential, a vocation to develop international markets and committed and solvent executive teams.
Jordi was a founding partner of Cluster Consulting in 1993, and in 2000 became VP of DiamondCluster International for South Europe and member of the Worldwide Operating Committee. Before 1993, Jordi worked as a telecoms consultant both for Gemini Consulting and The Monitor Company. Jordi's industry specialization lies in wireless telecommunications and in the general mobility field. He has been providing advice to telecoms companies for 15 years. Jordi currently serves on the Investment Committee of Spinnaker, a VC fund that specializes in the media sector. Jordi is a member of the Board of Directors of GCM, MobileAware, Scytl, Kinamik and Fizzback (portfolio companies). Jordi holds a degree in Business Sciences and a MBA from ESADE and a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona.
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5. jury members mobile apps forum
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Thierry Baujard CEO of Peacefulfish
Thierry is the founder and CEO of Peacefulfish which is a unique media consulting company, based in Berlin, specialized in film financing and digital distribution. He holds an MBA from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and from UCLA in Los Angeles, where he specialized in film financing and e-commerce. His experience in film financing includes $100M+ film projects in the USA with Mandalay Entertainment, Strategic Development for the Studio Babelsberg GmbH in Potsdam and Business Development for Studio Canal-Vivendi. Further experience in the media sector includes a major strategic project for Arte (Franco-German TV station) and is a regular evaluator for the E-Content program (EU) in Luxembourg.
He is in charge of the company development in terms of international network of consultants and new business. His current work includes film financing, business model for new digital distribution channels and the structuring of film funds for production companies and public and private investors. He also works on new business models and content acquisition for different pan European Video On Demand services on the internet, ADSL services, satellite and mobile telephone. He is also a regular speaker at different training seminars from the Media program of the European Commission including MEDEA, MEDISCRIPT and MAGICA in Rome. He is a regular lecturer at the “Media MBA” in Munich and Berlin, the “Erich Pommer Institut” in Potsdam as well as for UCLA in Los Angeles. He is also responsible for the development of specific financial incentives for creating competitiveness in different regions of Europe like in Cannes (F), Sophia Antipolis (F), Norway, Berlin (G), Barcelona (SP) or Apulia in Italy. Oscar Farres Associate at Debaeque Venture Capital
Oscar Farres is an Associate at Debaeque Venture Capital. As a member of the TMT team, he is in charge of pre-filtering and evaluating investment opportunities. Oscar participates in the technical and financial due-diligence, and is actively involved with some of the portfolio companies as a board observer. Oscar has more than 10 years of experience in leading innovation projects. In 2003 he co-founded a technology start-up, Kineto Project, a company that developed motion-
sensing devices for fitness applications. Oscar holds an Engineering degree from La Salle and an MBA from IESE Business School. During the MBA, he stayed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where his team won the MIT $1K Entrepreneurship award in the cleantech category.
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Aleardo Furlani CEO and founder of INNOVA
Aleardo FURLANI holds an MBA from IESE- Barcelona and a specialisation in public policy at the John Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University). CEO and founder of INNOVA S.p.A. since 1993, a private company specialised in technology transfer and valorisation services and R&D project financing with branches in Italy, USA, Luxembourg, Poland, France, Spain and Belgium operating in highly competitive and fast moving sectors such as innovative information technologies, telecommunications, aerospace, renewable energies and biotechnologies. INNOVA
integrates R&D laboratories, Innovation and Research consulting and a French–based seed capital company. Expert in business strategies, international marketing, he is strongly involved in the R&D activities conducted with highly qualified European companies and universities. Expert in market studies and business plan development for innovative start-ups, he assists industrial and research organisations in the implementation of their strategies for the exploitation of technologies and the valorisation of R&D results and promotes high technology start-ups as spin-offs from national and international research projects by encouraging technology partnerships and drafting investment programmes and business plans. He assists new companies enter the market by monitoring their growth and acting as an internal accelerator for quality spin-offs from partners/shareholders or advisors through Innova’s participated French company INVENT SaS. He has a long standing training and coaching experience in the fields of technology transfer, innovation policies, internationalization, decision making strategies, business plan development and IPR issues carried out for national, EU and International organisations such as the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, the Italian Institute for Industrial promotion, UNESCO, IADB, APEC, World Bank, and major private companies and associations. Jaspar Roos Manager for the Dialogues Incubator in ABN AMRO
Jaspar Roos is an entrepreneurial banker and has over ten years’ experience in different international banking positions within ABN AMRO, a Dutch bank. Since 2007, Jaspar has been working in the area of corporate venturing. Jaspar is responsible for the Dialogues Incubator, ABN AMRO’s venturing accelerator for radical and open innovation. Dialogues Incubator has received different awards and acknowledgements for the concept, start-up ventures and resilience in tough times. Examples include Rationalizer, Artstart, Dialogues Technology and Associates. The team explores the digital media market intensively, both as investment opportunity and for their new to be launched crowdfunding platform. Dialogues Incubator is located in the Dialogues House, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Next to Dialogues Incubator, Jaspar is part of the advisory board for the Incubator of Erasmus Medical Center, one of the largest hospitals in the world. Jaspar also runs his own company Inspiration Academy and is responsible for and founder of the Incubator Exchange (a 150+ broad network of incubator managers, venture capitalists, corporate venturing leaders and academics).
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Bruno Vilarasau Director of Business Development at Telefonica
Bruno has over 10 years experience in Telecommunications & Internet in launching services and defining strategy. His broad vision of the business and a doer attitude has allowed him to identify and seek growth opportunities. Bruno is currently a Director in Catalonia, which represents 20% of the Spanish market, responsible for fostering the use of Information Technologies and Communications in the society, coordinating the marketing and sales of the different business units and
improving the satisfaction of Telefónica’s customers. He previously worked in Terra, the Internet arm of Telefónica, as Director in New Product Strategy, identifying partnerships and defining the Internet strategy for the group. In this role he oversaw the launching of many services in the communications field. Before Terra, Bruno worked as marketing manager in Systemsfusion, an SaaS company in San Francisco. Bruno started his career as business and strategy consultant in Gemini Consulting working for leading companies in the health, financial and consumer goods sectors. Bruno holds a MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. Marco Villa Vice President and Managing Director of Italian Angels for Growth
Marco Villa is a Business Angel and is the Vice President and Managing Director of Italian Angels for Growth - IAG, that he co-founded in 2007. Marco is also owner and Managing Director of Mirade Ventures Srl, a boutique venture firm specializing in equity investments in high-potential start-up businesses. Marco has invested in Italy and abroad across industries and is involved as an investor, executive and non-executive director in start up businesses in Italy, China and Latvia.
Marco’s career gives him unique experience in angel investing, entrepreneurship, management, business development, strategic planning, corporate social responsibility, leadership development, innovation and creativity. Marco is a frequent speaker on these topics and has contributed to several events as well as to University courses at, among others, Stanford University, Bocconi University (Milan), LUISS University (Rome) and Fudan University (Shanghai). Previously Marco has been Director and Head of Business Development at Villa & Bonaldi (www.villabonaldi.com), a production company in the oil & gas processing industry and Manager in the global office of PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com), based in London, New York and Amsterdam. Before joining the private sector and has held various positions in two global nongovernmental organizations: the Society for International Development (www.sidint.org) and AIESEC (www.aiesec.org), where he has also been a recipient of the Global Alumni Contribution Award. Marco holds a Master degree in Economics and Business Administration and has received executive education in Private Equity and Venture Capital. Marco is a passionate traveller and has visited more than 70 countries. In his free time he enjoys skiing, scuba diving and music.
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Jordi Viñas General Partner of Nauta Capital
Jordi Viñas is founding General Partner at Nauta Capital, a Venture Capital firm specialized in TMT investment, with funds under management above Euro 165mm. Nauta Capital was founded in 2004 and has offices in Boston and Barcelona. Investment targets are companies in the software, telecommunications and internet sectors, with a strong growth potential, a vocation to develop international markets and committed and solvent executive teams.
Jordi was a founding partner of Cluster Consulting in 1993, and in 2000 became VP of DiamondCluster International for South Europe and member of the Worldwide Operating Committee. Before 1993, Jordi worked as a telecoms consultant both for Gemini Consulting and The Monitor Company. Jordi's industry specialization lies in wireless telecommunications and in the general mobility field. He has been providing advice to telecoms companies for 15 years. Jordi currently serves on the Investment Committee of Spinnaker, a VC fund that specializes in the media sector. Jordi is a member of the Board of Directors of GCM, MobileAware, Scytl, Kinamik and Fizzback (portfolio companies). Jordi holds a degree in Business Sciences and a MBA from ESADE and a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona.
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6. coaches mobile apps forum
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Aleardo Furlani CEO and founder of INNOVA
Aleardo FURLANI holds an MBA from IESE- Barcelona and a specialisation in public policy at the John Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University). CEO and founder of INNOVA S.p.A. since 1993, a private company specialised in technology transfer and valorisation services and R&D project financing with branches in Italy, USA, Luxembourg, Poland, France, Spain and Belgium operating in highly competitive and fast moving sectors such as innovative information technologies, telecommunications, aerospace, renewable energies and biotechnologies. INNOVA
integrates R&D laboratories, Innovation and Research consulting and a French–based seed capital company. Expert in business strategies, international marketing, he is strongly involved in the R&D activities conducted with highly qualified European companies and universities. Expert in market studies and business plan development for innovative start-ups, he assists industrial and research organisations in the implementation of their strategies for the exploitation of technologies and the valorisation of R&D results and promotes high technology start-ups as spin-offs from national and international research projects by encouraging technology partnerships and drafting investment programmes and business plans. He assists new companies enter the market by monitoring their growth and acting as an internal accelerator for quality spin-offs from partners/shareholders or advisors through Innova’s participated French company INVENT SaS. He has a long standing training and coaching experience in the fields of technology transfer, innovation policies, internationalization, decision making strategies, business plan development and IPR issues carried out for national, EU and International organisations such as the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, the Italian Institute for Industrial promotion, UNESCO, IADB, APEC, World Bank, and major private companies and associations. Conor Neill Writer - serial entrepreneur and professor at IESE Business School
Conor is a writer, serial entrepreneur and professor. He has founded 4 companies, raising capital, hiring teams and reaching over €10M in sales. He has invested in 2 start-ups. He is European Area Director for Entrepreneurs’ Organization the world’s leading community of entrepreneurs. He is the proud father of a wonderful daughter, Alexandra. Conor runs the IESE Managerial Communications courses for MBA and Executive MBAs and teaches communications, corporate diplomacy and how to get things done in organizations in various seminars and programs for directors run by IESE. He has been a speaker for various conferences such as Entrepreneurs’ Organization and Seedrocket.
He has worked with organizations such as Accenture, Barcelona Activa, ISDIN, Partido Popular, and Puig delivering seminars on powerful public speaking. Conor has a B.Sc. in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence and an MBA from IESE. Hobbies include football, golf, tennis, mountain biking, blogging, travel and personal development.
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7. selected companies mobile apps forum
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BCN Touch BCN Touch help brands beat counterfeiting and develop deeper customer relationships by consumers just touching their goods with a mobile phone. Product/Services: We provide two solutions: TouchActive stores information regarding a brand’s manufactured products at item level. Combined with mobile phone applications for employees, it permits checks on authenticity and conformance to distribution plans anywhere in the Supply chain and detection of the source of issues. UserTouch extends the concept to consumers providing them authentication and rich product information before, during and after purchase. Contact: Gloria Lozano [email protected] w: +34 608 593 653
BlooSee, Inc. BlooSee is the first user-generated, geotagged, web and mobile social atlas for millions of sea-lovers and marine leisure businesses. Product/Services: BlooSee layers freemium user-generated and third-party data onto Google Maps imagery, extending it beyond the desktop via a mobile app with revenue products and API for corporates. It offers one single platform for individuals and businesses to share ocean-related knowledge and interact at all levels. Mobile platforms are key for its success since sea-lovers can access this information when at sea. Contact: Pedro Valdeolmillos [email protected] w: +34933043534
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Bubiloop Bubiloop is the place where people discover the Apps they need for their mobile devices Product/Services: Bubiloop is an App discoverer. The user will be able browse through the most used Apps by their social network friends, or by people around, or the Apps that have been most recommended in Bubiloop. And all of this filtering by date (today, last week or last month) and removing not desired content. Everything multiplatform (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, iPad, etc.) Contact: Luis Moreno [email protected] w: +34654698599
buzzAR Augmented Reality based on image recognition. Visual search platform with possibility to localize content. iPhone, Android and other OS to come. Product/Services: Consumers can use our free mobile app (currently on iPhone and Android) to take a photo of a logo, ad or other expression. The photo, plus location, language and phone type, are send to our server. Our server analyzes the photo and returns a list of content to the consumer. The returned list can contain localized links to campaign sites, coupons, streaming media, and so on. Statistics on the usages will be stored and can be accessed by clients. Contact: Jeroen Mol [email protected] w: 0031618553278
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DigitalFun S.R.L. DigitalFun is mainly focused on developing and publishing cross-platform applications for new mobile platforms, app stores, web and social networks. Produit/Service: DigitalFun is actually focused on developing Pocket Life, a social community game, mobile based Contact: Fabio Sarracino [email protected] w: +393315789158
Musetrek - Labogroup MuseTrek is building the leading handheld guide for people interested in sharing their cultural experiences with their social network and beyond. Produit/Service: Provide a mobile participatory guide platform to sites – initially cultural venues such as museums, parks, cities, tourist attractions – fulfilling a need by these places for a mobile application enabling visitors to learn, share & connect with one another. Use the actions & interests of the community to create crowd-sourced recommendations to other relevant places within the MuseTrek community & deliver to sites info on their public. Contact: Noëmie Tassel [email protected] w: +33 1 78 09 49 57
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Robot Media Mobile entertainment content publisher for young audiences. Interactive content tightly integrated with user lifestyle and social networks. Product/Services: We create content-oriented apps that leverage the power of the most popular mobile platforms. Interaction and integration with the user's lifestyle and social networks are key components of our apps, and allow us to engage users more than any other kind of content. We also offer mobile media viewers with an upcoming UGC component. Contact: Hermes Pique [email protected] w: 690745505
Teambox Teambox is a Twitter-style Project Collaboration platform. Share tasks, private wikis, files and status updates with your team. Product/Services: Teambox is a centralized project collaboration tool. Organizations can create projects and manage their Tasks and Conversation with a simple and intuitive approach. Web and Mobile versions are available, and a number of extensions for 3rd party apps. Contact: Pablo Villalba [email protected] w: +34934489838
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8. showcase companies mobile apps forum
buzzAR
Visual Search Platform
ChallengeThere is a dramatic separation between online informationflows and the static information and images we encounterin our everyday lives.
Through their platform, the BuzzAR team diminishes thisseparation by connecting localized content to any offlineimage.
SolutionThe solution is the buzzAR mobile application and visualsearch platform.A user can simply take a photo of a logo, ad or otherexpression. Then, the photo and geographic locationinformation is sent to our server to be analyzed. If an item isrecognized, the server will return a list of content and caneven show Augmented Reality based on thephotographed image.
ResultsBuzzAR is a rich mobile experience that provides an easyand fun way of getting new information.
Target MarketsAdvertisers
buzzAR
Jeroen MolCEObuzzAR
Matissehoef 1801628XVHoornThe Netherlands
[email protected]: www.buzzar.net
Company Size:1-10
Core Business:Content distribution & services
Core Focus:On line & mobile services
Awards:Name: Broos van Erp innovation award nominationYear: 2009Reference:
CVIEW
Cameras Viewing From Mobile Terminals and Cellulars
ChallengeNowadays, the emphasis on security systems and theemergence of IP video surveillance solutions converge togive high performance solutions.
These solutions have been reached all sectors even theenterprise or particular environment, but have not yetconsidered the factor of mobility of people.
SolutionCVIEW is an application that allows a real-time videoaccess from any video IP cameras, at anytime, everywhereand from any kind of mobile terminal or cellular.
ResultsThe result is real-time video access from many of mobiledevices. For example, you can have in your hand videoinformation on machines in your factory, anyone in yourshop, progress on your ongoing construction work, yourbeach house, the weather a 100 miles from here, trafficjams on the road and rails ahead.
Target MarketsInstallations that needs remote control and viewing, such asdata service providers, security, geo-marketing, anti-theft,operations, intelligent homes, shopping centres,tele-assistance, architects, construction, outdoor sports,logistics, manufacturing, health and hospitals.
world
net21
Josep RamonHead of delegationworldnet21
c.Berlín 63-65, antlo.1ª, esc.A08029BarcelonaSpain
+34 [email protected]: worldnet21.com
Unlock your digital content and services & expandbeyond your website
Unleash the Power of your API with 3scale !
ChallengeInternet-based companies want to:1.Increase customers reach2.Spread and increase brand recognition3.Generate additional revenues stream
And need:1.Effective go to market and growth strategy for their API2.Secure scalable and cost-efficient technical solutions
However the reality is:1.Lack of out-of-the-box and efficient API managementsolution2.Early beginning of the learning curve of such solutions3.Companies are often overpaying for API and APImanagement systems (in-house or custom build fromsystem integrators)4.Development is complex and time consuming5.Even innovators often lack key tools like deep monitoringand analytics
Solution3scale's SaaS solution empowers Internet-based companiesto launch, control, monetize and grow the distribution oftheir digital content and services via their Web services orAPIs.
The unique Plug & Play nature of the 3scale platform, itsflexibility as well as its scalability, make it a first-choicesolution for companies looking for an agile andcost-effective Web Service/API management solution.
3scale API Management solution is fast and easy tointegrate. It includes the following features:- API Provisioning, access control and management- API Usage Monitoring and in-depth Analytics- White label developer/community portal- Billing and Payments management
ResultsMore than 25 customers in a little less than 1 year since thecommercial launch of 3scale API management solution.
Target MarketsE-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, Business Servicesand Telecom and Internet Infrastructures
3scale Netw
orks
Guillaume BalasCMO3scale Networks
Calle Llacuna 162-16408018Barcelona
Company Size:11-50
Core Business:Content distribution & services
Core Focus:On line & mobile services
Yasmo Live
A new era in on-site event networking
ChallengeAt conferences and exhibitions it is extremely difficult toconnect with the people you would like to meet. You check into registration, get your badge and you walkaround at the event looking for individuals with whom youwould like to do business, network or simply greet. Youscan badges and patrol specific displays but that isn'tworking either. Your schedule is packed and time is runningout. What do you do?
Yasmo Live is the solution.
SolutionYasmo Live helps you find the people you want to networkwith at an event through a picture-based profile feed onyour mobile phone.
With Yasmo Live, you can search for people on-site, inreal-time and make the connections that mean the most toyou.
ResultsYasmo Live Benefits:
1. Before an event
-Social networks: Create your own profile on the Yasmo Livewebsite - including your LinkedIn, Facebook and TwitterURLs.-Pre-event networking: Find and get in touch with thepeople you want to meet before the event.-Simple registration: Browse through upcoming events onour platform and register.
2. At an event
-Real-time Search: Touch the search field or click on yourright arrow and type anything you know about the personyou are looking for.-Alert me: Tell us to alert you when a relevant contactenters the venue.-Filter: Choose to see only the people you want on ‘PeopleAround’ & ‘Delegate List’.-Note: Click on a Profile and write a note to yourself aboutthis delegate. Your notes are stored on your personalaccount on the Yasmo Live website.-Arrange a meeting: Send a meeting request to the peopleyou want to talk to.
3. After an eventYou can login on www.yasmolive.com and track youractivity at an event.
Search through our future events by name, organizer,industry and location and register for those that fit yourinterests.
Target MarketsEurope, USA, Asia
Yasmo Live
Areti KampyliFounder & CEOYasmo Live
130 Talbot RoadW11 1JALondonUnited Kingdom
+44 (0) [email protected]: www.yasmolive.com
Company Size:1-10
Core Business:Content distribution & services
Core Focus:On line & mobile services
Awards:Name: Seedcamp LubljianaYear: 2009Reference: 3rd prize for best start-up idea
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theChanner TV goes social
Mobile live television
ChallengeCurrent models for television viewing are not designedaround an individual TV viewer’s tastes and sensibilities. Instead of catering to an individual, programming is tunedtoward markets, ratings and primetime television spots.
theChannerTV changes this model, putting it on its head.theChannerTV’s model is about the next television to come,where an individual’s television programming is user-centricand interactive, allowing viewers to play a main role.
With theChannerTV, broadcasters can finally connect withtheir audience, reaching their viewers over their mobilephones, while simultaneously learning more about them.
SolutionWith theChannerTV, users are given a mobile softwareplatform that enables them to watch live TV over theInternet on their mobile phone. Through the platform,individual users and broadcasters can connect over theirmobile, further identifying an individual’s viewing tastes andpreferences.
ResultstheChannerTV offers broadcasters and content-providers anovel and effective way to reach their specific mobileaudience, and in doing so, it provides them with aneffective model to monetize their content offering. Moreover, by connecting broadcasters directly with TVviewers, theChannerTV allows broadcasters to meet theirindividual viewers’ needs by providing them with preferredcontent. For TV viewers, theChannerTV cuts out the middleman andallows them to take control of their programming byhelping them to identify compelling programming fromaround the world.
Target MarketsUS, then Europe, and Asia
theCha
nner Inc
NinaAlastrueytheChanner Inc
440 NWolfe Rd, Sunnyvale 95085CALlacuna 162 08018 Barcelona Spain95085 CASunnyvale US Barcelona SpainUS Spain
+1 415 335-2092 US +34 670 333 070 [email protected]: www.thechanner.com
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Mobiquuus
All Your Incoming communications in just one single entry point app?
ChallengeDo you belong to a social network or two? Follow ahandful of websites vigilantly? Do you maintain upwards oftwo different email accounts, messenger accounts and aTwitter account?
It’s tedious enough to follow all of these differentinformation feeds from the comforts of your personalcomputer, much less from your mobile phone. What youneed is a one-stop-shop for all your information feeds.
SolutionBecause of this information reality, Mobiquus becomes themost powerful single entry point application. Byaggregating your information feeds, Mobiquus allows toeasily read all your incoming messages although these aregenerated through different mediums. Importantly, Mobiquus delivers responses with the same formatappearance as the originating platform’s formatting.
ResultsWith Mobiquus, you become a happy user, making it easyto read and respond to your social networks, rss, email andSMS.
Target MarketsMobile operators.
Branela
bs, SSL
Marc SolanoSales ManagerBranelabs, SSL
C/Princesa, 1508003BarcelonaSpain
++34 [email protected]: www.mobiquus.com
In.Co.M.In.G for Tourism
: A Global Interactive Information & Communication Multichannel for Tourism
ChallengeIn a world of ever-increasing information flows, it is difficultfor tourism operators and governments to deliver importantand relevant tourist information to travelers. In answeringthis challenge, we have used new technologies to createan interactive multichannel system that provides individualtravels with information about their destination. The serviceoffered is an integrated technological and new mediaplatform that helps the tourism provider (government –local and central –, tour operator, event management,airline, etc.) to delivery information to the tourist, using webportal, voice portal, new device (ipad, smartphone),multimedia point of information and so on.
SolutionThe system is built as an integrated model that is structuredon three levels: -The infrastructure is the foundation of thesystem. It includes the centralized database and theterritorial communication network. -The over-structuredelivers information and communication through anintegrated approach; we accomplish this by usinggeographic information points, contact centers, internetportals and voice portals, mobile devices, handhelddevices (such as the iPod, iPad and the android), and adiverse range of content and augmented realitytechnologies. -The final service experience is capped offwith a comprehensive support system. This system includestourism observational analysis (consisting of data analysisand interpretation), optional management outsourcing forinformation channels, assistance in destinationmanagement, and training.
ResultsOur service benefits government tourism agencies as wellas private agencies by optimizing the flow of informationabout a destination or a given offer. As a result, touristsenjoy a more attractive stay and are more likely to return.Our solution is based on a modular and scalable structure,which maximizes flexibility and information flows.
Target MarketsTourism: Government (local and central), Private Operator(T.O., airline, tourism districts), Tourism Service Providers (e.g.insurance, publisher)
Strateghia
Sebastiano MissineoCEOStrateghia
Largo Luigi Antonelli, 14
00145RomeItaly
[email protected]: www.strateghia.it
Teambox
Project Collaboration app
ChallengeTeams are often overwhelmed with information andmanagement tasks. Within collaborative environments, it’sdifficult to collaborate and stay up to date as digitizedcontent and projects evolve and team members maketheir individual contributions to these projects from theirpersonal computers.
SolutionTeambox is a web and mobile platform for ProjectCollaboration. You can manage tasks, files andconversations with your team and easily track progressfrom a centralized platform.
ResultsAs many as 26.000 companies ---including some Fortune500 clients---use Teambox every day.
Target MarketsSmall and medium businesses with our SaaS edition,corporations with our on-premises edition.
Our users are office workers who manage lots of internalprojects or client work.
Teambox
PabloFounderTeambox
Bonsoms 21Local 108028BarcelonaSpain
[email protected]: teambox.com
Company Size:1-10
Core Business:Content creation & development
Core Focus:On line & mobile services
Soundtrckr
Social, Location-Based Music
ChallengeWhile consumers have access to more music than everbefore, dominant music discovery services are limitedeither by small catalogs or static recommendationalgorithms. Latent taste indicators such as a user’s locationor social circle are often disregarded, despite new andinnovative avenues offered by smartphones and mobiletechnology.
SolutionSoundtrckr focuses on the social and geographic aspectsof music discovery, allowing users to discover new artists,stream and share radio-style “stations”, and purchasesongs based on where they are, what they're doing, andwhat their friends and neighbors are listening to. Soundtrckroffers a digital music experience that is immediate, mobile,and personal, connecting the world we live in to the musicwe love.
ResultsSoundtrckr’s management team has deep experience inthe music and mobile sector: CEO Daniele Calabrese is aformer World Bank Communication Officer and ProjectManager; CFO David Porter is the founder and CEO of8tracks, previously serving as a manager and director ofbusiness development at Live365; Dina Hellerstein, Advisoron Content Strategy and Partnerships, acted as legaladvisor to MySpace Music, Yahoo! and LionsGate, and alsoas in-house counsel to EMI.
Target MarketsUSA, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East
Soundtrckr
Company Size:11-50
Core Business:Content packaging & delivery
Core Focus:Recorded musicOn line & mobile services
Awards:Name: Mobile Premier Awards - MWCYear: 2010Reference:
Name: Best Start-up of the Year - SMAU MilanoYear: 2009Reference:
Daniele Calabresefounder and ceoSoundtrckr
1805 Newton St. NW20010WashingtonUSA
[email protected]: www.soundtrckr.com
SignaGeo
Innovative Digital Signage platform
ChallengeHow can municipalities, cities, or other organizations andgroups effectively communicate information in a targeted,immediate, simple and safe way without creating excessiveinfrastructural demands and needs.
SolutionOur solution, SignaGeo, is a platform which allows anybodyto publish any kind of information to outlets with powerpointcapabilities or a simple monitor.
ResultsSignaGeo is a geo-located Digital Signage Platform forpublication that can be used to publish governmentinformation or institutional information as well as advertisingto targeted devices in specific geographic areas.
Our devices are built using skillfully engineered hardware toensure high levels of reliability and performance for indoorand outdoor purposes and the highest quality levels. Justplug it in and use it; Anybody can use it everywhere,immediately, without technical assistance..
Target MarketsInstitutions, Municipalities, Government Bodies,Organizations, Businesses, Advertising Agencies
zerO'clock
Andrea Desantis zerO'clock
Marino Marini St., 1600127RomeItaly
0039 06 [email protected]: www.zeroclock.com
Company Size:11-50
Core Business:Content creation & developmentContent distribution & servicesOthers
Core Focus:On line & mobile servicesE-LearningE-HealthE-Heritage/TourismE-GovernmentE-paperOther
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SecretM
Mensajería Móvil Privada
ChallengeSend and Receive private messages from your mobilephone without disclosing your identity.
SolutionOur solution, SecretM, is a private messaging applicationfor your mobile phone, which is hidden on your phone witha different appearance from your standard mobilemessaging.
With SecretM, messages that are sent and received areunidentifiable and cannot be traced.
ResultsSecretM is available on all mobile phone operating systemsand platforms.
Target MarketsMobile Phone Users
Troy & Tifer
Fernando TroyanoDirectorTroy & Tifer
Escorial 11- 2º08024BarcelonaEspaña
93 210 23 [email protected]: www.secretm.com
Mobile Mapping
Find cultural events in your city
ChallengeIn this day and age, the deluge of information makes itdifficult for people to find out about interesting andrelevant cultural events in their city.
SolutionAt ORKA communications, we want to make it easy andfun to find information about cultural events in a city. Through our mobile mapping platform, we provideinformation about events, performances, movies, artexhibitions that would be of interest to most city residents.
ResultsUsers enjoy discovering new events throughout their cityfrom the palm of their hand.
Target Marketscore user target group : 18-35, customers = cities & localgovernements + event venues
ORKA
comm
unications
Corentin CremetFounderORKA communications
3 rue Chevalier Thiercelin44100NantesFrance
[email protected]: www.orka-communications.com
Company Size:1-10
Core Business:Content creation & developmentContent distribution & services
Core Focus:On line & mobile servicesE-Heritage/TourismE-Government
iPhone and iPad Translation and Localization
iPhone and iPad Translation and Localization
ChallengeSelling your product around the world can be a dream – ora nightmare. The fine line between success and disastercomes down to how well you know your customers andhow irresistible you make your product to internationalmarkets. There are ways to enhance and refine yourmultinational sales approach – and boost your potentialrevenues – by translating your mobile apps, software,website or documentation to suit your target country andyour customers.
SolutionLocTeam is the only full-service, start-to-finish solution for thelocalization/translation of mobile devices into anyEuropean, Middle Eastern and Asian languages. We havebeen translating and localizing for Apple for more than 20years now; these projects include translating iSnow Leopard(Mac OS X 10.6) into French, Italian, Spanish, andPortuguese (European and Brazilian). We are nowresponsible for translating and localizing the iPhone 4.0 OSinto 10 languages and are busy working on the iPadlocalization. Since the arrival of the iPhone we havelocalized around 25 apps pertaining to different fields andtheir related marketing material. Our first localized iPadapplication is already in the App store.
ResultsWe have the experience and tools to maximize yourtranslation and localization budget. You will benefit fromour unmatched knowledge of the mobile environment, ourunique mobile glossaries, and our substantial database oftranslation memories -all aimed at delivering the mostaccurate, most efficient, and most cost-effectivetranslation/localization projects, on time and within budget.
Target MarketsCompanies that wish to internationalize their products orwant to improve their translation processes, quality andbudget.
LocTeam, S.L
Magda Garcia Masana LocTeam, S.L
Avda. Diagonal, 407, entlo. 1ª08008BarcelonaSpain
+34 93 238 85 [email protected]: www.locteam.com
Company Size:11-50
Core Business:Content creation & developmentContent distribution & services
Core Focus:GamesAnimationRecorded musicOn-line & mobile videoOn line & mobile servicesE-LearningE-Heritage/TourismInteractive ArtsOther
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CULTEL LTD
Discover Malta with our easy walkthrough guide.
ChallengeMaximize your visit time in Malta by planning strategically.Tackling the daunting task of organizing and building avacation plan is not trivial. Our solution helps diminish thistask, however, by providing you with an easy walkthroughguide.
SolutionThe benefits of having a GPS in your car directly relate tothe benefits accrued when one get a CityGuide solution. Our CityGuide solution helps you get from Point A to Point Bwithout getting lost. The CityGuide, which is equipped withpleasantly narrated audio instructions, will help youdiscover the rich history of a city one step at a time. Best ofall, with our guide, you get to go at your own pace.
ResultsNo tourist groups to dictate what to do, you get to travel atyour own pace while discovering the heart and soul of thecity. Moreover, with an audio tour you can kiss yourwell-worn guidebook goodbye and use your mobileinstead.
Target MarketsLocals, students and the tourist sector.
Cultel ltd
Beverly SalibaMarketing DirectorCultel ltd
2125 KBIC KordinPla 09PaolaMalta
00356 [email protected]: www.cultel.com
Chasing goods
Helping brands beat counterfeiting and develop deeper customer relationshipswith consumers just by touching their goods with a mobile phone.
ChallengeThe lack of visibility of a brand’s products within the supplychain can often result in counterfeiting, grey market sales,customs clearance delays as well as diminished consumerconfidence and dilution of their brand image.
SolutionWe provide two Solutions:TouchActive stores information regarding a brand’smanufactured products on the level of individual productitems. Equipping employees with specific TouchActivemobile phone applications enables a brand to conductchecks on authenticity and conformance to distributionplans at any point in the supply chain; therefore, brandowners can easily identify and locate the source of anysupply chain issues.
UserTouch extends the Chasing Goods concept toconsumers by providing them with authentication and richproduct information before, during and after purchasethrough their mobile phones.
ResultsProducts are identified with unique labels that can be readby a mobilephone that effectively provide information to the producersand consumers of brand products alike. This enables brands to control their products in the supplychainand opens new ways to communicate with customers. Byusing Chasing Goods, parties ensure that they are gettingtheir money’s worth.
Target MarketsBrands suffering counterfeiting. Segments: Prestige Apparel+ Pharmacy+ Spirits with estimated losses fromcounterfeiting (2008): 88.000 M€,TAM (1% of anticounterfeiting losses)= 884M€
BCN
Touch S.L
Gloria Lozano BCNTouch S.L
C/Llacuna 16208018BarcelonaSpain
+34 933 007 [email protected]: en.bcntouch.com
Wellknown.as: Mobile solution for events
Free mobile platform
ChallengeHosting or managing an event? Want to offer a mobilesolution to your attendees to guide them and help themnetwork?
SolutionWellknown.as is a free, mobile solution which can easily beused at any event. Just add the event at the wellknown.aswebsite and attendees can download and install theapplication in their smartphones for free and access yourevent.
ResultsAttendees have up-to-date access to the latest informationon the event and can see who is attending, send messagesto other attendees and discover new products andservices.
Target Marketsevent organizers, event managers, meeting industry
Rodrigo M
azzilli
Rodrigo MazzilliFounder, CEORodrigo Mazzilli
2 Townsend Street, Unit 1-700wellknown.as Inc.San FranciscoUSA
+1 (415) [email protected]: wellknown.as
Company Size:1-10
Core Business:Content distribution & services
Core Focus:On line & mobile services
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ABN AMRO / Dialogues Incubator http://www.dialoguesincubator.nl Amsterdam, NL VC Mr. Jaspar Roos Business development manager
Member of the ABN AMRO family since August 2007, the Dialogues Incubator was conceived to create value in a fast paced society, with the 21st century edge it requires. We stand for business cooperation, innovation and sustainable responsibility. Our goal is to utilize the potential at hand to launch a multitude of new companies, that will help a different sort of economy grow: one that genuinely is socially, environmentally and economically sustainable. Our present economy has proven that it is none of these. We are looking to go beyond the traditional role of an incubator service, which implies either consultancy or corporate venturing alone. Other than providing end-to-end support for business concepts and entrepreneurs, we aim to connect entrepreneurs with established businesses and teach them skills necessary to create sustainable ventures. Development in the Dialogues Incubator is a collaborative, action-learning approach that maximizes value for the people, profitability and the environment.
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Debaeque Venture Capital http://www.debaeque.com Barcelona, ES VC Mr. Oscar Farres Associate
Debaeque is an independent investment company headquartered in Barcelona. Since 2001 we have invested in South-European companies with global products and competing in businesses where we have an expertise or knowledge. Our mission is to provide entrepreneurs with the resources, experience and team work to grow early-stage companies into great businesses We essentially invest in companies based in Europe and more specifically in Spain, with global products, in businesses where we have an expertise or knowledge. Outside Europe, we can co-invest with proven, local venture capitalists and in companies seeking a value-added European investor to complement their local investor base. We invest mainly in early-stage and growth-stage companies with ambitious projects, looking to accelerate international expansion. In the short term we normally get involved in helping the management from a commercial, strategic and financial point of view. Companies use our experience to avoid typical growth stage pitfalls in their international deployment. We invest in you and your team. Our approach is to contribute proactively on your Board of Directors, but not to interfere in the day-to-day running of your business. Sectors we invest in include technology-enabled business services, digital media, e-commerce, consumer Internet, enterprise software, telecoms software, IT services and Life Sciences. We usually invest in a reduce number of companies, to be able to build a close, supportive relationship in different stages of their evolution. We avoid and don’t believe in the “spray and pray” strategies.
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Grupo Intercom http://www.grupointercom.com Barcelona, ES VC Mr. Giuseppe Perri Online Business Analyst Mrs. Angels Sastre Online Investment Analyst Grupo Intercom is Spain’s leading company in creating and developing online businesses. Since the Groups foundation in 1995 it has started more than 40 online businesses and has minority shareholdings in another 15 businesses. Major success stories include InfoJobs.net (Europe’s largest Job Portal), Softonic.com (the world’s second largest download portal) and emagister.com (Europe’s leading portal for education). Today Grupo Intercom employs more than 600 people across its majority shareholdings. The businesses are present in over 100 countries around the globe and well over 600 million pages are viewed per month. In 2008 Grupo Intercom itself went international by opening its first international incubator in Berlin. It is not only economic success that makes Grupo Intercom exceptional but it has also been continuously been elected among Spain’s best places to work. In 2008 Grupo Intercom was elected Spain’s best place to work overall and in 2009 it came in second place according to the Great Place to Work Institute.
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Italian Angels for Growth (IAG) http://italianangels.net Milan, IT Business Angel Network Mr. Marco Villa Managing Director / Vice President
Italian Angels for Growth (IAG) is a non profit making organisation founded in 2007 in Italy by 9 people. Nowadays it consists of about 60 carefully selected angel investors characterized by their passion for entrepreneurship and early stage financing. The purpose of the Groups is to promote entrepreneurship as an engine for economic growth as well as a democratic tool. IAG facilitates investments in early stage companies trough the presentation of selected investment opportunities to its members during quarterly meeting and seeks investment opportunities from €200.000 to €1.000.000 (although in this period more prudentially it can reach 500.000 €) mainly for early stage businesses based in Northern and Central Italy. It is also open to cross border investments, thanks to the high international experience and exposure of most of its members. IAG is deeply committed to promoting entrepreneurship as a mean to foster economic growth and democracy in Italy and abroad. Italian Angels for Growth is the largest Angel Group in Italy.
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Nauta Capital http://www.nautacapital.com Barcelona, ES VC Ms. Christina Engebak Associate Mr. Jordi Viñas Partner
financing stages: Expansion - development - Other early stage – Seed - Start-up
type of financing: Majority Equity Minority Equity
industry sectors: Communications Computer and Consumer Electronics
geographical preferences: All of Asia, Europe, United States of America
fund managed/advised: Nauta Tech Invest I SCR, S.A.
fund capital: € 15,200,000
vintage year: 2004
fund managed/advised: Nauta Tech Invest II SCR de Régimen Simplificado, S.A.
fund capital: € 50,000,000
vintage year: 2006
fund managed/advised: Nauta Tech Invest III SCR de Régimen Simplificado, S.A.
fund capital: € 50,000,000
vintage year: 2009
remarks:
Nauta Capital manages three venture capital entities, Nauta Tech Invest I, Nauta Tech Invest II and Nauta Tech Invest III, with total funds of €106m. Nauta has offices in Barcelona and Boston and invests between €0.5m and €5m in companies in the technology and telecommunications sectors. Nauta’s target companies for investment are in the very early stage of development (seed capital and early stage), and until more advanced stages of development (expansion capital). Nauta actively invests in Europe and the US markets with a special focus on wireless and security.
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Orange Vallée http://www.transmedialab.org Chatillon, FR Corporate Investor Mr. Christophe Cluzel Chef de produit Transmedia
Orange is a French Telecommuncations industry whose mobile carrier system is prominent around Europe. The Group had sales of 53.5 billion euros in 2008 and a customer base of 186 million customers in 30 countries at 2009, June 30. Orange, the Group’s single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates, now covers more than two-thirds of customers. At the end of June 2009, the Group had 125,5 million mobile customers worldwide and 13,4 million broadband internet (ADSL) customers in Europe. France Telecom-Orange is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband internet services in Europe and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies. With Orange Vallée, Orange aims at attacking new growth markets by combining the best of two worlds: the power of a major group and the flexibility of a start-up. • Its objective is to detect and anticipate new customer needs. • Its weapons are the latest technology, the power of networks and the R&D strength of
Orange. • Its competitors are Internet companies, from global giants to start-ups. • Its team is a group of focused, interdependent specialists, connected to the world
ecosystem from a secluded compound south of Paris. • Its strength is its close collaboration with other companies within the Orange Group. Orange Vallée is structured around project departments, led by senior or junior project managers. They have the freedom to create and tap into Orange’s superb technology resources; in return, they have the responsibility to bring their products and services to the market. They are thus directly answerable to customers’ demands.
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Our customers are not just «geeks» and trendsetters. Many of our projects aim at serving the wider public, by simplifying the use of new technologies. Our customers now have 4 screens and 4 content gateways: PCs, mobile phones, TVs and mobile screens. The intention is to launch each project on one of these screens, then extend it to the other 3. There are a dozen projects in progress. The target markets may be French, European or global. Products and services that appeal to our customers will be launched with all of Orange’s marketing power. Orange Vallée currently employs 30 people directly, who work in collaboration with 300 Orange Group staff; half of these people work in Orange Labs, mainly in France, the USA or China. Apart from Orange Labs, Orange Vallée is intimately connected with other Orange innovation hubs: the techno centre and content department, as well as Orange marketing and technology specialists in countries where we operate. 70% of our ecosystem is based in France.
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Screen WM http://www.screenwm.co.uk Birmingham, UK Public Fund Mr. Jason Hall Head of Innovation & New Markets
Screen WM is the lead agency for film, television and digital media in the West Midlands; a region that is driving innovation and excellence in content creation and cross-media collaboration. Our remit is to develop the economic, social and cultural wealth of the region through supporting the screen media industries. Film, broadcast, games. Development, production, exhibition. Education, archive and training. We fund all kinds of activity to support the screen media industries in the West Midlands.
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Telecom Italia http://www.telecomitalia.it Rome, IT Corporate investor Dr. Francesco Massone Regulatory Manager
Telecom Italia is the largest Italian telecommunications company, also active in the media and manufacturing industries. It offers infrastructures and technological platforms on which voice and data become advanced telecommunications services and leading-edge ICT solutions and tools for development for the Group itself and for the entire nation. The company operates landline telephone services in Italy, GSM mobile phone services in Italy and Brazil through its TIM subsidiary, and DSL internet and telephony services under the brand Alice in Italy, Germany, France, San Marino and the Netherlands. It also owns a stake in Telecom Argentina. Telecom Italia also controls one of the main Italian television companies, Telecom Italia Media, and owns Olivetti, the manufacturer of computer peripherals and other hardware.
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T-Venture http://www.t-venture.de Bonn, DE VC Mr. Randeep Wilkhu Senior Investment Manager
financing stages:
Expansion - development Other early stage Seed Start-up
type of financing: Minority Equity Investment in third party fund Shareholders loans
industry sectors: Communications
geographical preferences: Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America, Europe
fund managed/advised: T-Mobile Venture Fund
fund capital: € 150,000,000
vintage year: 2001
fund managed/advised: T-Online Venture Fund
fund capital: € 100,000,000
vintage year: 2001
fund managed/advised: T-Systems Venture Fund
fund capital: € 60,000,000
vintage year: 2004
remarks:
T-Venture Holding GmbH or T-Venture for short, is one of the most important corporate venture capital companies worldwide. Founded in 1997 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, it has since then invested in young companies that demonstrate economic and technological synergies with the business units of Deutsche Telekom and also show considerable growth potential.
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10. venues & logistics mobile apps forum
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Day 1, 17th June For companies Mobile 2.0 (17th) The Mobile 2.0 will be hosted at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Universitat Pompeu Fabra C/ Roc Boronat, 138, 08018 Barcelona How to get there?
• Metro: L1 (Glòries) • Bus: 7, 56, 60, 92, B21 • Tram: Ca l’Aranyó • Train: “Clot” is the nearest Renfe
station For investors and for companies selected for pitch with investors HIT Barcelona The HIT Barcelona will be hosted at Congress Centre of Fira de Barcelona. Congress Centre of Fira de Barcelona Avda. Reina Maria Cristina s/n, 08004 Barcelona How to get there?
• Metro: L1, L3 (España) • Bus: 9, 13, 27, 30, 37, 50, 56, 57, 65,
79, 91, 109, 153, 157 • Train: "Sants Estació" is the nearest
Renfe station
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Day 2, 18th June For companies, investors, companies selected for pitch with investors, and all attendants of the ImMediaTE “invest in Media” conference Mobile Apps Investment Forum (18th) The Mobile Apps Investment Forum will be hosted at Barcelona Activa. Barcelona Activa C/ Llacuna, 162 08018 Barcelona E-mail: [email protected] How to get there?
• Metro: L1 (Glòries) • Bus: 7, 56, 60, 92, B21 • Tram: Ca l’Aranyó • Trainn: “Clot” is the nearest Renfe
station
Logistic Support Transportation Metro and bus: http://www.tmb.cat Tram: http://www.trambcn.com/ Train: http://www.renfe.es/ Airport: http://www.aena.es General Information Truism: http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/
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