La French Tech Nordics

La French Tech Nordics supports entrepreunarial initiatives by the French abroad 🇸🇪🇫🇷 Vincent Caure visited Stockholm last week, as the Member of Parliament for the French abroad, and La French Tech Nordics was here! It was the perfect time to talk about the French founders and entrepreneurs based in the Nordics and in Sweden, but also the public and private initiatives to support these creative and innovative people. Obviously comparing the Swedish and French ecosystems with their incentives, systems, laws, and actors connections, is major to be inspired by the actions and improvements of others. It helps one understand why Sweden produces so many entrepreneurs with successful business, a high level of innovation, with a strong funding network. One of the incentive is definitely the parental leave in Sweden. How to not be inspired? With approx. 16 months of parental benefit paid out for one child, it creates the comprehensive and incitative framework for individuals to start their business. Our board members Sophie Aubard and Baptiste Rousset both entrepreneurs with their company yayloh and Educanta represented these topics during the event at the Residence de France. A great image for the French founders and entrepreneurs abroad. Audrey Lagerqvist led a visit at Betao AB with a delegation whose goal is to give anyone the means to be an entrepreneur. These are topics we are passionate about at La French Tech Nordics so it was our pleasure to be present during the event. What should we do for our community of entrepreneurs? Any thoughts? #lafrenchtechnordics #sthlmtech #techcommunity #entrepreneurcommunity

🇳🇴 On October 10th La French Tech Nordics facilitated a pitch session during the annual French-Norwegian Day organised by the French-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce, focussed on responsible AI. 5 startups🌱 got a chance to present their AI-based solutions in front of major actors of the French-Norwegian cooperation and of some of the world's largest corporations: CONSIGLI 🇳🇴 pitched their AI-powered autonomous engineer for real estate developers Spoor 🇳🇴 told us how they use AI and computer vision to protect bird life around wind farms Bioceanor 🇫🇷 showed how their water-monitoring solutions support Norwegian fish farms Endrava 🇳🇴🇫🇷 demonstrated how LLM powers their solution for identifying the larger emitters on behalf of the carbon capture industry Aevy's 🇳🇴🇫🇷 pitched their AI-based asset-manager for owners and developers of renewable energy assets This year's theme was responsible AI and there were many great keynotes and panel discussions. The fireside chat with William El Sayed of La French Tech's rising star Mistral AI was a big attraction, and demos by Thordur Arnason of Capgemini AI future lab another highlight. Thanks to Ludovic Caubet and Claudine Smith of the French-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce, for associating us to this great event and for helping us promote entrepreneurship in tech. And thanks to Innovation Norway for contributing to the pitching session (Sigrun Daireaux, Christophe Slim, Joachim Thorsen). Under the high patronage of H.E. Niels Engelschiøn and H.E. Florence Robine Ambassade de France en Norvège Institut français de Norvège

🇸🇪  We are happy to announce the joint event between Atlas Copco and La French Tech Nordics focusing on the Factory of the Future 🇸🇪 On November 14th, we will gather in the Atlas Copco mine to explore what shapes the Factory of the Future and how to leverage new technologies, diverse mindsets and sustainability to lead transformation in the manufacturing industry. By joining the forces of Atlas Copco and La French Tech Nordics, this evening promises insightful discussions, expert analysis on current trends, and innovative solutions driven by an inclusive culture. Attendees can look forward to networking opportunities and a deeper understanding of how Atlas Copco and La French Tech drive progress in their respective fields. 📅 The agenda:  Registration & mingle: 17.00-18.00 Introduction: 18.00-18.15 Keynote presentation: 18.20-18.50 Break: 18.50-19.05 Panel discussion: 19.05-19.35 Startup pitches: 19.40- 20.00 Mingle: 20.00-22.00 💎 Are you working in tech? Are you interested in manufacturing? Join our event on the 14th of November in the Atlas Copco Mine! Do you have any questions? Reach out to frenchtechsuede@gmail.com to hear more about the event. Registration is mandatory to attend the event on our Luma page. They will open beginning of November. Don’t miss out on the 'Factory of the Future' event by Atlas Copco & La French Tech Nordics Anne-Charlotte Joubert Apolline Rigaud Audrey Leprince Baptiste Rousset

🇳🇴  𝙆𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 - ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕡? After Tuesday's event, we asked the audience what they learned from the investors in the panel discussions. Here's what they remembered: 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 - bootstrap! 🧗go as far as you can without external funding 🏭keep your day job or sell consulting services if needed  ✔️only raise external capital if and when you need 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆: you can’t get rid of them easily ❔ask who they are. Talk to their portfolio companies, to other investors… ❔check what they can bring you besides money ❓understand how they behave when things get tough 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 📝understand the various funding options and list potential investors based on their focus and the phase they invest in 📣make yourself visible. Investors actively contact potential investment targets 🔗network early and build trust. Investors like to have some history on their potential targets, and will assess ability to execute and to pivot based on it 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 - 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 👥investors will look at the team and the market need before anything else 👥pick your cofounders wisely, and your first employees just as wisely 👥the first people in a company set the values, the culture and the standard ✔️some key criteria: drive, resilience, adaptability, trustworthiness… 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 ❕too many technical founders spend years and money building without validating the demand  🧠use domain knowledge to identify needs 🗣talk to as many players in the market as possible ✔️test potential solutions on the market, and understand if customers would pay 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 - be prepared to answer questions about: 📊market size 💵business model - how will you sell and how will you make money?  🤺competitors, direct and indirect: if you believe you don’t have competition, you’re probably wrong ✔️market validation for your solution 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹! One customer dollar is worth much more than one investor dollar 💰get customers to pay before you build - they will if you address a critical need 🤝 the founders themselves should do the first sales 📣Spend much more time speaking to customers than to investors: if you’ve generated sales, you will find investors, not the other way round Thanks to our great panellists for sharing their best advice! Experienced business angels Anne H Worsøe (Farmhouse Capital), Michel Sagen (Protonic Partners) and Raja Skogland (The Visionary Company, Board & VC) Professional VCs Victoria Somdalen (Statkraft Ventures ), Jose Luis Almanza (Antler) and Jean-Guillaume Marquaire (Norselab) And Joachim Thorsen (Innovation Norway) Contact lft.norway@gmail.com to learn more

Proud partner of one of the most interesting event: French-Swedish Innovation Summit The annual event by Chambre de Commerce Suédoise en France - CCSF hit again, and with it, high-level speakers from French and Swedish companies! They exchanged their views on the challenges in the EU, their goals, and strategic takes on capital market, investment, tech, industry, energy, defense. Among the speakers: Gîta Paterson Diane Doucerain, H.E. Håkan Åkesson, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse , Ramsay Santé or Anna Stellinger. The panel discussions were highly interesting and confirmed the shared interests of European countries for similar topics. The insights that struck the most: 🧑💻 Private investments are a crucial, and capital market in the EU is a priority to build and sustain the EU. ✌️ Collaborations between private sectors and public sectors, but also among corporates from the same industry are capital to support the European ecosystem and its stakeholders. ✨ The EU is too stuck on capital intensive industries, when less intensive capital ones are growing faster and stronger. We particularly enjoyed Mattias Åström who said the EU needs to define strategic areas, grow its champions, and be their first customers. Investments will follow when revenues and customers are already present. The French ecosystem was particularly highlighted with the mention of Bpifrance by Susanna Campbell, of La French Tech actions, of Paris becoming the European AI hub, and by the presence of Air France-KLM, EDF, MBDA. Warm thank you for the opportunity to witness this dynamic event, and to the partners enabling this initiative. What do you think of these opinions? What are the challenges faced by the EU in terms of capital and insdustry? How to solve them? #frenchtechnordics #techcommunity #entrepreneurship #stockholmtechcommunity

🇳🇴 Oslo - Tuesday 15/10 after work Please register! Proud to announce our presenters and panellists! Don't miss out on this great possibility, whether you have started up, are considering launching something or are working in the ecosystem. If you haven't received our invitation write to lft.norway@gmail.com La French Tech aims to nurture a dynamic tech ecosystem in France and worldwide. In Norway we gather French speakers and francophiles active in the startup and innovation world. #startup #scaleup #VC #funding #financing

🇳🇴  15.10.24 After works 📈 Are you ready to take your startup to the next level? Or thinking about starting up? ✅ Join us for our upcoming event. You'll learn about various funding opportunities and connect with key players in the start-up ecosystem. Agenda: ✔ Norwegian and European Soft Funding Possibilities: Innovation Norway will provide an overview of potential grants and subsidies to fuel your startup's growth ✔ Meet the Business Angels: A panel discussion with experienced individual investors, often also entrepreneurs ✔ Meet the Venture Capitalists: A fireside discussion with investment professionals specialised in venture ✍ To receive our invitations, send us an email at lft.norway@gmail.com La French Tech aims to nurtures a dynamic tech ecosystem in France and worldwide. In Norway we gather French speakers and francophiles active in the startup and innovation world. Fransk-Norsk Handelskammer Ambassade de France en Norvège Innovation Norway in Europe Jean-Guillaume Marquaire Victoria Somdalen Jose Luis Almanza Michel Sagen Anne H Worsøe Raja Skogland Joachim Thorsen

What a thrill to see you yesterday in Stockholm! Thank you to our regular and to our curious members! You are part of a great community in the Nordics! La French Tech Nordics aims at bridging the gap between the French and the Nordic tech ecosystems. We support the Tech ecosystems in the Nordics and in France, by organising events and favouring connections between you. Our news: 👩💻 Our beloved president Sophie Maillard is focusing on other projects (Cybersecurity and Defense) and is passing her responsibilities to Sophie Aubard who is already doing an amazing job! 💃 Out afterwork events (so called AperoTech) are here to stay; every 3 months you will see our faces and meet our community. Don’t hesitate to join! In addition to our casual community events, we organise themed-events and 2 are in the making: Artificial Intelligence & one with Atlas Copco. Both will be in November so stay connected ✅ Getting inspiration from our own event International Women In Tech, we are organising a #GreenTech event in Spring 2025. The format will be the same. We are alredy looking for partners so if you want to support the theme and our activities, or be a part of our event, reach out to us! 💻 We are structuring our activities and team members so if you want to join us, keep an eye open for our announcements and get in touch with us! La French Tech Nordics in Sweden is recruiting volunteers 🖊️ Finally we are here to support you and our community so please take 1 minute and 32 to answer our short form and give us ideas on our next steps and projects. The link is here: https://lnkd.in/emur_wN7 💛 THANK YOU SO MUCH for coming and supporting us! It is a pleasure to see and meet you every time. We would not exist without your commitment and excitement! So thank you for showing up every time and bringing your friends! Thank you to the team in Sweden doing such an amazing job! And if you want to reach out to them please do not hesitate: Anne-Charlotte Joubert Apolline Rigaud Audrey Lagerqvist Baptiste Rousset Claire S. Sophie Aubard And our last thank you goes to the Bistrot Paname welcoming us like Princes and Princesses every time we come What are your expectations for our next actions? Where do you want to see us? Vi Ses & La Bise La French Tech Nordics in Sweden

Our Stockholm ApéroTech is tonight! Join La French Tech Nordics community 🪩 Last reminder for you to join: we gather a community of entrepreneurs, tech talents, creative and innovative people, investors and many more, for our AperoTech afterwork ⭐ Are you living in the Nordic and interested by entrepreneurship, tech matters and innovation? Join us and develop your network with amazing and creative people tonight. 🇫🇷 x 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮🇮🇸 Whether you're looking to scale your startup, explore new tech, or just have a good time with peers, this event is for you! Please don’t forget to register via this link before coming: https://lu.ma/ztwboj0t 📅 When: 8 October 🕖 Time: From 18.00 until the last one wants to go home 📍 Location: Bistrot Paname, Stockholm Will you be there tonight? Vi ses & La Bise Anne-Charlotte Joubert Apolline Rigaud Audrey Lagerqvist Baptiste Rousset Claire S. Sophie Aubard #lafrenchtechnordics #stockholmtech #techcommunity #entrepreneurcommunity #techecosystem

🎇 Apero n°2 in #Iceland = Success! ⚡ A big thank you to our evening sponsor: Qair Group! 🌟 The Apéro was kicked off with a great presentation of Qair work on wind energy and hydrogen production by Amandine B. and Théophane DE GENTILE. Seeing the development of this green energy production in #Iceland is exciting. We can't wait to see more of it! 🐟 The Iceland Ocean Cluster kindly hosted the event. We did a tour of the facilities and learned about their famous 100% fish concept to optimise the use of our resources, 🌱 La French Tech Nordics is gently growing in #Reykjavík and the word is starting to reach new ears! The crowd was small but it allowed us to connect on a deeper level. What a great group we had! It was a pleasure for Justine Vanhalst and Adeline Tracz to welcome you! We also had the visit of The French Ambassador in Iceland BAZARD Guillaume who is supporting our effort since the beginning! 🙏 Thank you all for joining us. 🙌We already have an idea of topic for the next Apéro. Join us then! #innovation #Tech #France #Reykjavík #startups Ambassade de France en Islande Alexandra Leeper PhD Thor Sigfusson PhD Arthur Damélé Arnór Tumi Jóhannsson Maxime Segal, PhD Alexandre Thiroux Morgane Priet-Mahéo Nolwenn Arlin Hugo Cazaux Pierre de Lépinay