Startup Tour 2020 Americas Competition: Semi final

The Startup Tour, co-organized with BNP Paribas USA, is the leading competition for Francophone startups expanding their business in North America. 

This year, the pitch session will be part of an inspiring online event gathering investors, top-executive corporates,  successful scale-ups and entrepreneurs. A great opportunity for startups to develop their activity in North America by networking with key leaders (potential customers or investors), and increasing their visibility and awareness. 

This conference will go beyond the startup competition as it will bring inspiration and creativity to the audience. The event will gather key players of the rising change (entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, artists …) for a positive and engaged conference. Speakers willing to bring concrete, responsible and long term solutions.

Regarding the competition, FrenchFounders’ Investors Club is fully committed to supporting the selected startups. In addition, a coaching session will be offered by Joorney Business Plan to all the chosen startups before the competition pitch session.

Amongst the jury members involved in this this year"s competition:

• Eric Douilhet, SVP GM Canada @Estee Lauder Companies; 
• Sarra Zayani, Partner @Global Founders Capital,
• Eric Benhamou, Founder & General Partner @Benhamou Global Ventures, 
• Géraldine Lemeur, Founding Partner @The Refiners, 
• Mickael Ohana, Advisor/Investor @Bandsintown Group, 
• Claudine Gallagher, Chief Conduct and Controls Officer @BNP Paribas USA and CIB Americas
• Jean Sini, General Partner @Partech Ventures
• Diane Damour Duteil, Vice President & CFO @Dalkia - EDF Group
• Nicholas Taborisky, US CEO @Theodo
• Renaud Visage, Co-Founder @Eventbrite

The 12 selected startups: 

• Too Good to Go
• PlayPlay
• Le Petit Beret
• Connecting Food
• My Inteligent Machines
• Impak Finance
• Double
• Novadiscovery
• Merci Handy
• Artur'In
• KYKLO
• MyMark

Agenda 

• 11.45pm NY time (EDT) / 5.45pm Paris time (CET): Opening remarks by FrenchFounders and Introduction Words
• 11:55 PM NY time (EDT) / 5:55 PM Paris time (CET):  Conferences with 1 Panel Discussion : Entrepreneurs, how to inspire action?
• 12:25 PM NY time (EDT) / 6:25 PM Paris time (CET): First Round. Startups Competition : Pitches - Hear from startups looking to expand to the Americas  
• 12:55 PM NY time (EDT) / 6:55 PM Paris time (CET): Conferences with 1 Fireside Chat 
• 1:25 PM NY time (EDT) / 7:05 PM Paris time (CET): Second Round. Startups Competition: Pitches - Hear from startups looking to expand to the Americas 
• 2:00 PM NY time (EDT) / 8:00 PM Paris time (CET): Conferences with 1 Keynote Conference
• 2:40 PM NY time (EDT) / 8:40 PM Paris time (CET): Third Round. Startups Competition: Pitches - Hear from startups looking to expand to the Americas 
• 3:10 PM NY time (EDT) / 9:10 PM Paris time (CET): Conferences with 2 Panel Discussions: Investors navigating the new Era / Inspirational: Fireside Chat 
• 4:15 PM NY time (EDT) / 10:15 PM Paris time (CET): Startups Competition. Winners Announcement
• 4:25 PM NY time (EDT) / 10:25 PM Paris time (CET): Conclusion by FrenchFounders

Startup Applications' were open until June 7th included.

The selected entrepreneurs of this semi-finals competition will be qualified for the Grande Finale taking place Q4 2020 and will have the privilege to be guided by mentors by then. Q4, the winning startup will benefit from:  

 1 year of FrenchFounders' membership for two founders

 1 desk at The Foundery, co-working space in New York for a period of 12 months (value $8,000)

 1 year of accounting services and tax support (up to a limit of $19K) with Orbiss.

 Presentation of the startup to the FrenchFounders’ investors club – composed of +200 business angels, including 1 pitch session to its board

 Mentoring opportunities including 2 one-to-one meetings (2 x 2 hours ) with a key leader from your industry based in the USA (Retail, SAAS, Luxury, Media etc...) supported by FrenchFounders' network 

 Visibility on FrenchFounders’ platform and social media including a special interview

  An Advertising campaign on @French Morning & FrenchMorning Business Show (value $ 15 000) 

And much more...

More information on the speakers soon to come!