A wrap-up of this year’s French Tech Tour! Enjoy.

A big thanks to the organizing team

Gaetan Gachet, Director IT Industry

Karim Bentahar, Trade Advisor

Farid El Baraka, Trade Advisor

Alicia Kenworthy, Trade Advisor

Sarah Miller, Trade Advisor

Julien Molesin, Junior Trade Advisor

For information about next French Tech Tour, feel free to contact

gaetan.gachet@ubifrance.fr – +1 415 568 4573

     Surrounded by the excitement and buzz of Silicon Valley, some might forget that incredible innovation is taking place elsewhere. If there’s one outstanding perk to working with UbiFrance in San Francisco, it’s having access a constant supply of reminders of the game-changing developments created by companies overseas. Never has that been more evident than over the past few months.  From the moment we announced our fourth edition of the French Tech Tour in January, our team has been discovering and working with a myriad of companies and technologies from all over France. This month, we had the immense privilege of sharing 15 of those most innovative “reminders” with you.

 Be it through augmented reality eyeglasses, innovative back-typing solutions, 3D mice, or new coding languages, we hope the companies you met gave you an appetizing glimpse into the innovation coming from Europe.  Based on their success, it shouldn’t be long until we’ll all see them again. To put things in perspective, here are a few figures from the week:

-          800 applications downloaded

-          40 candidates

-          15 partners selected the finalists

-          7 day program

-          20+ hours of coaching

-          150 meetings in 3 ½ days with 60+ large IT companies

-          2 networking events specially dedicated to FTT companies with more than 500 people attending

Yet for all you witnessed “on stage” or in meeting rooms, there was a whirlwind of activity taking place behind the scenes. As we gather footage from the week and begin to reflect and plan for next year, we’ll be posting many of the highlights here.

                Stay tuned.

                A très bientôt,

French Tech Tour 2010: High Tech World Leaders Are Meeting With France – Join them 

Come and meet with the 15 most promising French High Tech companies as selected by more than 50 world leaders in Technology: Adobe, Apple, AT&T, Cisco, eBay, Fujitsu, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, Qualcomm, Sony, Sprint, Symantec, Verizon, Oracle, HP, RIM, Samsung, LG, McAfee, Electronic Arts, Panasonic, SAP, Autodesk, Stanford, IBM, SanDisk, Verisign etc

The night will start with pitches of the companies which will be followed by a discussion with a guest panel of entrepreneurs and VCs who will discuss about 

” Panel – Breaking into Silicon Valley

Mastering Savoir Faires and Avoiding Faux Pas”

We will finally have the honor to introduce our guest speaker

Jean Baptiste Rudelle

 CEO at Criteo

French Tech Tour 2007 Alumni

“Coming from Europe, how to make your move successul” 

You will also enjoy the unique and friendly environment of Quadrus Conference Center (Menlo Park) where we will host a cocktail/dinner.

Event information:

Wednesday June 9th, 2010 6pm – 9:30pm

6pm-6:15pm Refreshment will be served

6:15pm-7:30pm: Companies Pitches – Panel – Keynote Speaker

7:30pm: Cocktail reception

Quadrus Conference Center – Menlo Park 

Directions to Quadrus: http://www.quadrusconference.com/directions.html