 Klaxoon, one of the alumni of our annual Breizh Amerika Startup Contest, has been included in this very prestigious list of top technology companies of France. In the hopes of becoming a hot bed of future unicorns (startups worth $1 billion or more) the French government has started an index called NEXT 40. Made up of 40 companies in the French technology sector that have already established themselves in their markets, they will benefit from closer support with government authorities to help in their world wide growth efforts. Klaxoon, named to the NEXT 40A winner of the 2016 Breizh Amerika Startup Contest, Klaxoon has blossomed into one of the world leaders in solutions for workplace productivity, helping teams to synchronize and gain greater daily efficiency whenever they collaborate together. Klaxoon's software and hardware is changing how the teams of their more than 5,000 corporate customers are working together, including all of the CAC 40, 15% of Fortune 500 companies, universities, small businesses, and startups. With its head office in Rennes, offices in Boston, New York, and Lyon, and the Klaxoon Store in Paris, the company has doubled in size in just a year and now has 230 employees, with plans to hire 150 new employees over the next 18 months, including 50 in the USA. Learn more about the NEXT 40 visit : economy.gouv.fr
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 Des startups bretonnes prêtes pour le rêve américainLa soirée de lancement du 4ème Breizh Amerika Startup Contest a eu lieu la semaine dernière au Roazhon Park à Rennes. Cet événement réunissant les leaders de la scène tech et de l'innovation bretonne a été marqué par des témoignages inspirants d'anciens lauréats. Le concours « Breizh Amerika Startup Contest » (Jeunes Entreprises/Entrepreneurs/Startups Bretonnes) donnera la chance aux quatre jeunes entreprises bretonnes vainqueures de venir a New York City, USA afin de suivre un programme intensif pour développer des liens, comprendre et se former au marché américain ainsi que de trouver de potentiels investisseurs américains. Comment participer au Breizh Amerika Startup ContestLe "Breizh Amerika Startup Contest" est ouvert à toutes jeunes entreprises et startups basées en Bretagne (29, 56, 22, 35, 44), ayant entre 0 et 5 ans d'existance et ayant la volonté de se développer aux USA. Les dossiers de candidature sont disponibles sur breizh-amerika.com et les inscriptions sont ouvertes jusqu'au 7 juin. Les dossiers des candidats seront évalués par notre jury composé d'entrepreneurs, CEO et chefs d'entreprises bretons & américains. Les 4 entreprises/startups lauréates auront la chance de passer 1 semaine en octobre 2019 dans un l'accélérateur à NEW YORK CITY.  the meeting revolution is arriving in your city Klaxoon, an alumni of the 2016 Breizh Amerika Startup Contest, is at it again with it's one of kind teamwork tour currently crisscrossing the USA. A global champion of cloud-based teamwork solutions is bringing the meeting revolution in grand scale to the USA with an 11 week, 16 cities tour. The world's first teamwork tour kicked off in the most remote of locations, the Mojave Desert. Attendees of CES 2019 were witnesses of a very unique experience highlighting the launch of Klaxoon3 and the unveiling of Klaxoon's immersive mobile truck that will bring unique insights, workshops, best practices, & tips on the Future of Work, meetings and teamwork to millions of Americans. Taking its roots from the famous novel by Jack Kerouac, On the road, the secret project codenamed “Jack” that was in preparation for months, and is being called an unprecedented launch for a software company. Just like Kerouac who traced his roots to Brittany, France and helped instigate the Beat Generation movement, Klaxoon is hitting the road to spread the meeting revolution and bring efficient teamwork solutions to everyone. Along the road, the Klaxoon teamwork truck will be making connections with the US workforce stopping in key locations in cities, at universities as well as at customers such as Schneider Electric, Jonhson & Jonhson or Microsoft - its new R&D partner - with whom Klaxoon has developed Suggestions, an AI feature within the Klaxoon Brainstorm. After debuting at CES, Klaxoon's Teamwork Tour will be concluding during another major tech conference, SXSW in Austin. To hop on board or sign up for one of the many workshops, master classes, keynotes being offered in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington, Atlanta, New Orleans, Lafayette, Houston and Austin, visit klaxoon.com/teamworktour2019  Soirée "Startups & Bourbon" à la French Tech Rennes St Malo  Breizh Amerika's networking event "Startups & Bourbon" hosted at French Tech Rennes St Malo was an opportunity for startups and young entrepreneurs of the Rennes area to get a better idea of why the "Breizh Amerika Startup Contest" would be a huge boost to companies but also understand some the cultural differences between France and USA management styles. A giant brainstorm with local startups to understand internationalization obstacles was also conducted. The "Breizh Amerika Startup Contest" will offer the opportunity to 4 breton-based startups to take part in a 1-week accelerator in NYC. Startup's have until March 17th to present their dossier. French Tech Rennes director, Stanislas Hintzy, reiterated the importance of local startups continuing to achieve international contacts, customers, and success while highlighting the past success of past Breizh Amerika Startup Contest winners. French Tech startups in attendance then took part in a giant brainstorming session using Klaxoon to figure out what were the biggest obstacles holding back companies from doing business in the USA. The greatest difficulties that were indicated the most were a lack of network, no money to focus of expansion, and hurdles due to culture differences. To a lesser extent worries on visas, heavy regulations, the election of Donald Trump were also expressed. Others worried about family situation with one entrepreneur stating his "mother in law" could be a major obstruction. The brainstorm session was followed by a presentation from US Consulate's economic advisor, Eric Beaty, on the cultural differences between France and USA in management that can hold back companies from succeeding an international expansion. A networking followed the discussions highlighted with an American Bourbon tasting.  Eric Beaty, Charles Kergaravat, Stan Hintzy La soirée «Startup & Bourbon» organisée par Breizh Amerika à la French Tech Rennes St Malo a été l'occasion pour les startups et les jeunes entrepreneurs rennais de mieux comprendre pourquoi le «Breizh Amerika Startup Contest» serait un formidable coup de pouce pour leurs entreprises. Mais aussi de mieux comprendre les différences culturelles entre les styles de gestion France et USA. Un brainstorming géant avec les startups locales pour mieux comprendre les obstacles de l'internationalisation a également été mené. Le «Breizh Amerika Startup Contest» offrira l'opportunité à 4 startups bretonnes de participer à un accélérateur d'une semaine à New York. Les startups ont jusqu'au 17 mars pour présenter leur dossier. Le directeur de French Tech Rennes, Stanislas Hintzy, a réitéré l'importance pour les startups locales de faire des contacts internationaux, des clients et le succès des éditions passées du Breizh Amerika Startup Contest. Les startups de la French Tech présentes ont ensuite pris part à une session de brainstorming géante en utilisant Klaxoon pour comprendre quels étaient les plus grands obstacles qui empêchaient les entreprises à faire des affaires aux Etats-Unis. Les plus grandes difficultés citées étaient un manque de réseau, d'argent pour se concentrer sur l'expansion, et des obstacles dûs aux différences culturelles. Dans une moindre mesure les inquiétudes sur les visas, les réglementations lourdes, l'élection de Donald Trump ont également été exprimées. D'autres s'inquiètent de la situation familiale avec un entrepreneur affirmant que sa "belle-mère pourrait être une obstruction majeure"! La séance de brainstorming a été suivie par une présentation du Conseiller Economique du Consulat Américain, Eric Beaty, sur les différences culturelles entre la France et les États-Unis en matière de gestion qui empêchent souvent les entreprises de réussir une expansion internationale. Une cocktail networking avec une dégustation de Bourbon américain a clôturé l'événement.  Breizh Amerika has selected two Breton startups (Klaxoon & Facetts) based in Rennes to accompany it to the upcoming Startup Nations Summit and Startup Gathering in Cork, Ireland from November 17th to 21st, with support of Open Éire and Twinning Committee of Rennes-Cork. The Startup Nations Summit (SNS) gathers a network of startup community leaders and policymakers from around the world to help better enable high impact entrepreneurship, especially through the identification of policy levers and smart public sector driven programs. Following SNS Toronto in 2012, SNS Kuala Lumpur in 2013, SNS Seoul in 2014 and SNS Monterrey in 2015, Startup Ireland, in partnership with Cork Innovates, is hosting its fellow Startup Nations members for the first time in Europe. At this fifth edition of SNS, Startup Nations members will continue their work to unearth and evaluate new effective policy levers and public sector-driven programs that are making an impact in advancing entrepreneurial growth around the world.
Breizh Amerika a sélectionné deux start-ups bretonnes (Klaxoon & Facetts) basées à Rennes pour l'accompagner au prochain Startup Nations Summit et Startup Gathering à Cork, en Irlande du 17 au 21 novembre, avec le soutien de Open Éire et du Comité de jumelage de Rennes-Cork.
Le Startup Nations Summit (SNS) rassemble un réseau de leaders communautaires et de décideurs du monde entier afin de favoriser un esprit d'entreprise à fort impact, notamment grâce à l'identification de leviers stratégiques et de programmes intelligents pilotés par le secteur public. Après la SNS de Toronto en 2012, la SNS de Kuala Lumpur en 2013, la SNS de Séoul en 2014 et la SNS de Monterrey en 2015, Startup Ireland, en partenariat avec Cork Innovates, accueillera les membres Startup Nations pour la première fois en Europe. À cette cinquième édition du SNS, les membres de Startup Nations poursuivront leur travail pour déterrer et évaluer de nouveaux leviers de politiques efficaces et des programmes du secteur public qui ont un impact sur la croissance entrepreneuriale dans le monde.  Klaxoon CEO - Matthieu Beucher Last May, winners of Breizh Amerika Startup Contest took part in a one-week accelerator program in NYC. Three Brittany-based startups (NDMAC, B.Sensory, Klaxoon) spent a week learning about USA markets, US expansion possibilities, and meeting potential investors. Today, Klaxoon announced that their NYC meetings had helped raised 5 millions euros, led by two North American VC's : White Star Capital (New York), Wind (San Francisco) with participation in France by Arkea Capital and investors : Xavier Niel, Cyril Guislain Karray, and Xavier Gury. Klaxoon plans to hire 50 employees in the coming months to help with their international expansion. Named a CES 2016 Innovations Software and Mobile Apps Honoree, the new Klaxoon interactivity tool radically changes the way businesses and educational institutions present, collaborate, and share knowledge. Klaxoon turns any discussion, meeting, brainstorming, conference call, seminar and of course classroom into a memorable and interactive knowledgeable experience. Companies like L'Oreal, Thales, Nestlé, and Dior already use Klaxoon solutions, adding to the over 100,000 professional users in 100 countries. More info on Klaxoon : https://klaxoon.com  |
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