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Life Science | 2009-06-08
KUROS completes patient recruitment in a phase IIB trial of KUR-111 in patients with tibial plateau fractures
Study comparing KUR-111 to autologous bone grafting expected to report in Q1 2010
Zurich, Switzerland, 8 June 2009 - Kuros Biosurgery AG, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel biomaterials and bioactive-biomaterial combination products for trauma, wound and spinal indications, announced today that it has completed patient recruitment in a Phase IIb clinical trial designed to assess the efficacy and safety of KUR-111 (Viz.I-0401) in tibial plateau fractures.
The aim of the trial is to assess the efficacy and safety of KUR-111 in comparison with autologous bone grafting. To ensure timely and accurate bone healing during the repair of tibial plateau fractures there is often the requirement to replace bone lost by compaction, with autologous bone, taken from another site in the patient. Harvesting of autologous bone has both pain and risk implications for the patient as well as requiring additional surgery. The use of KUR-111 is designed to replace the need for autologous bone.
KUR-111 utilizes Kuros’ “TG-hook” technology for binding proprietary biologics into a fibrin sealant. The product candidate is composed of a variant of parathyroid hormone (vPTH), fibrin sealant and hydroxyapatite/tri-calcium phosphate (HA/TCP) granules and is applied directly to the fracture site as a mouldable putty able to form to the shape of the bone defect. The study will evaluate if this material can provide physical support and promote bone healing via the local and sustained release of PTH as successfully as autograft.
A total of 183 patients have been randomized and treated in over 30 centers across Europe and Australia. The primary endpoint of this study is the rate of radiological fracture healing 16 weeks after surgery when compared to autograft. Kuros is expecting to report the outcome of this study in early 2010.
KUR-111 is licensed to Baxter International Inc. under a collaboration and license agreement which was signed in 2005. Following the successful completion of this study, Baxter will take over responsibility for the further development of KUR-111.
Didier Cowling, CEO of Kuros, commented: “Completion of patient recruitment in Kuros’ first Phase IIb study is a significant achievement. Positive results from this study will enable Baxter to progress KUR-111 to the next stage of clinical development. If successful, this product will provide the surgeon with an effective alternative to current treatment options for such fractures.
About tibial plateau fractures
The tibial plateau refers to the upper end of the shin bone that articulates with the femur in the knee joint. Tibial plateau fractures are usually the result of high impact trauma, for example those caused by falls or road traffic accidents. They are challenging fractures for the orthopaedic surgeon, as the fracture needs very careful placement of the fragments to re-establish the articular surface of the knee joint in order to prevent the development of osteoarthritis of the knee or leg axis deviations.
About Kuros
Kuros is a biotechnology company that is focused on the development of novel biomaterials and bioactive-biomaterial combinations for trauma, wound and spinal indications.
Kuros’ combination products are designed to mimic the body’s natural healing process. The products consist of fusion proteins of naturally occurring bioactive factors, covalently incorporated into fibrin or synthetic matrices. The incorporation of the biologically active molecules into the injectable matrices aims to maximize their activity by retention at the site of action. Kuros products are designed to combine ease of application with localized delivery. Kuros has a number of methodologies to achieve the desired retention and release profiles of the biologically active molecules.
Kuros’ has a diverse pipeline of product candidates with its most advanced products being in trauma and wound care. Since its creation in 2000, Kuros has raised over $100 million. The company is located in Zurich, Switzerland.
IT | 2009-06-08
Integragen is awarded preferred partner status by Servier.
Evry, France - June 8, 2009 – IntegraGen has been selected by Servier as a preferred partner for genotyping applications in the "Genèse" clinical trial.
IntegraGen (a French biotech company specializing in the development of molecular diagnostics) has been selected by Servier (France's leading independent pharmaceutical company) to perform DNA extraction and genotyping as part of a study designed to establish which of 64 genetic markers are correlated with clinical improvements during antidepressant treatment.
Emmanuel Martin (Director of IntegraGen's Genetic Services business unit) stated: "we are particularly pleased to be providing research support to Servier in such a critically important field of public health - the response to antidepressant treatment. Furthermore, being awarded preferred partner status by Servier - a company at the cutting edge of drug discovery and development - is a clear endorsement of our staff's expertise and the quality of our technology platform. This is something that we're really proud of!".
According to a spokesperson for Servier, "the launch of this project with support from Integragen is a guarantee of success and a strong sign of our commitment to the clinicians involved in this study".
The Genèse project consists in identifying links between the response to antidepressant treatment and specific genetic traits - links which could help optimize treatment within the first few weeks of drug administration.
About IntegraGen
IntegraGen is a French biotech company based on the Genopole life science park in Evry, near Paris. It leverages its unique intellectual property, research expertise and privileged access to sample libraries to develop molecular markers for central nervous system and metabolic diseases. IntegraGen notably uses its proprietary technology platforms to provide genomics services to the pharmaceutical industry, biotech firms and other research providers. For more information, visit www.integragen.com.
About Servier
Servier is France's leading independent pharmaceutical company. It was founded in 1954 by the current Chairman, Jacques Servier, MD, PharmD. The Servier group is present in 140 countries and 85% of its prescription products are sold outside France. In 2008, worldwide sales amounted to 3.7 billion euros. 25% of Servier's turnover is reinvested in R&D. The group operates 19 International Therapeutic Research Centers, with a focus on cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disease & psychiatry, oncology, diabetes & other metabolic diseases and bone & joint disease. More information is available at www.servier.com.
IT | 2009-05-29
Stantum Granted Key Patents on Its Multi-Touch Technology
BORDEAUX, France, May 29, 2009 – Stantum, a pioneer developer of multi-touch solutions and systems since 2002, announced today that both the European Patent Office and the China Patent & Trademark Office have granted patents (EP1719047 and CN100447723C) to Stantum on its multi-touch technology.
In 2004, under its former name, JazzMutant, Stantum became the first company ever to develop and bring to market a multi-touch electronic device – the award-winning Lemur remote controller for creative professionals. The recently granted European and Chinese patents extend the original patent filed in France in February 2004.
The patents describe a method and a system for controlling electronic devices by manipulating graphic objects on a transparent multi-contact touch panel. Beyond the process enabling the detection and tracking of an unlimited number of simultaneous contact points on a touch screen, the patents disclose various multi-touch interaction techniques, such as applying specific behavior to graphic objects according to finger gestures.
“The patents reward our research-and-development efforts since 2002, allowing new, intuitive interactions with devices for users, who have been limited to the keyboard and mouse for more than 40 years,” said Pascal Joguet, Stantum’s chief technical officer and co-founder.
Stantum’s multi-touch solution is well-suited for such devices as mobile phones, notebooks, netbooks, personal navigation systems, gaming consoles, and personal media players, which require the best quality user experience at a competitive cost.
”The patents granted in Europe and China are further acknowledgement of Stantum’s pioneering position in the field of multi-touch technologies,” said Etienne Paillard, Stantum CEO. “Moreover, they strengthen our intellectual property rights in geographic areas that account for about 40 percent of the global gross domestic product.”
About Stantum
Stantum has been the pioneering company in multi-touch display technology since 2002, and in 2005 was the first company to market commercial products using a truly reliable multi-touch user interface. Today, Stantum’s breakthrough technology portfolio is available under license for products covering every aspect of multi-touch interaction: touch panels, multi-touch controllers, intellectual property cores, and multi-touch software framework. Stantum is headquartered in Bordeaux, France.
IT | 2009-05-28
White record OLEDs of Dresden University and Novaled surpass efficiency of fluorescent tubes
Dresden, Germany, 14th May 2009
The Technical University of Dresden and Novaled AG have reached 90 lm/W at a brightness of 1,000 cd/m2 for a real lighting device and even 124 lm/W when using a 3D light extraction system.
White organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are a promising new technology to become the next generation light source. They have the potential of much higher efficiencies than classical lighting sources. Due to their unique features and attractive appearance white OLEDs will have a striking impact on the lighting industry. These ultra-thin large-area-emitting devices can be flexible, transparent, color-tunable and scaled to virtually any size or shape enabling completely new ways for lighting designers. In terms of power efficiency, fluorescent tubes are a benchmark for emerging technologies with some 50-70 lm/W (considering losses in reflectors). With the latest OLED record values of the Dresden University of Technology and Novaled AG closely cooperating in this project, this benchmark was clearly surpassed.
“In our approach, we combine a novel, very energy efficient emission layer design with improved light outcoupling concepts, leading to this breakthrough” says project leader Sebastian Reineke, Physicist at Institute of Applied Photophysics (IAPP, TU Dresden). “The power efficiencies of the record devices reach 90 lm/W even if only flat, scalable outcoupling techniques are used. With special 3D outcoupling measures, even 124 lm/W have been achieved.” Both values were determined in an integrating sphere with blocked substrate edges, only taking the light into account that is emitted to the forward hemisphere, CIE color coordinates are (0.41/0.49). An in depth article is published in today’s highly esteemed research journal ‘nature’.
“The potential of the devices is obvious when one considers that even at the very high brightness of 5,000 cd/m2 a power efficiency of 74 lm/W is obtained,” comments Prof. Karl Leo, Director of IAPP. “Thus high-intensity illuminations at very high efficiencies are possible as well”.
“These results are at R&D level and further developments need to be made, e.g. for reaching commercially acceptable lifetime”, says Gildas Sorin, CEO of Novaled AG. “However, the values clearly indicate a major breakthrough and qualify OLEDs for mainstream lighting applications. The Novaled PIN OLED® technology is crucial, especially for combining high efficiencies with high-brightness data. White OLEDs soon will help to reduce our carbon footprint and the Novaled doping technology will play a key role in this development”, adds Sorin.
about OLEDs
OLEDs (organic light-emitting diode) are semiconductors made of thin organic material layers of only a few nanometers thickness. They emit light in a diffuse way to form an area light source. In a fast growing display market OLEDs are key part of a revolution: the dream of paper-thin, highly efficient displays with brilliant colors and great flexibility in design. OLEDs represent the future of a vast array of completely new lighting applications. By combining color with shape, organic LEDs will create a new way of decorating and personalizing personal surroundings with light. At the same time OLEDs offer the potential to become even more efficient than energy-saving bulbs.
about IAPP
The Institute of Applied Photophysics of the Dresden University of Technology is a leading research institute working on basic and applied research on organic semiconductors. In the past years, the institute has realized a number of innovations in organic devices. Furthermore, the institute has spun out a number of companies, including Novaled AG, Heliatek GmbH, Creaphys GmbH, and sim4tec GmbH.
about Novaled
Novaled AG is a world leading company in the OLED field specialized in high efficiency long lifetime OLED structures and an expert in synthetic and analytical chemistry. The company offers complete solutions to the organic electronic markets, commercializing its Novaled PIN OLED® technology along with its proprietary OLED materials. Novaled has developed long term partnerships with major OLED players worldwide. Based on more than 400 patents granted or pending, Novaled has a strong IP position in OLED technology, and was named No. 1 on a list of coming world market leaders by the German newspapers Handelsblatt and Wirtschaftswoche. Main investors are eCAPITAL, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, TechnoStart, TechFund and CDC Innovation. For details please visit www.novaled.com or the currently released Asian pages www.novaled.com/jp and www.novaled.com/kr .
IT | 2009-05-11
6WIND Announces Support for Cavium Networks OCTEON II Multicore MIPS64 Processor
6WIND’s 6WINDGate™ Software Suite Delivers Reduction in Design Time Leading to Design Cost Savings and Faster Time to Market for Engineers Using/on OCTEON II Processors
PARIS, France, April 14, 2009 – 6WIND, a leading provider of embedded software solutions to simplify networking and application development within multicore processor based equipment, today announced support for the OCTEON II Processors from Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage, wireless, video and security applications. 6WIND’s 6WINDGate™ software will empower OCTEON II embedded design engineers with a complete ready-to-use networking middleware solution to design multicore-based equipment and applications. Having worked with the previous generation of OCTEON as well, using 6WINDGate for validation on and migration to OCTEON II will be seamless in enabling a simplified migration path that maximizes OCTEON II performance.
As a Cavium PACE (Partnership to Accelerate Customer End-solutions) member, 6WIND’s
6WINDGate software suite enables simplicity and speed in designing applications upon multicore-based equipment. By ridding designers of having to deal with optimizing software for multicore, several advantages can be realized with 6WINDGate by telecommunications, security and networking equipment manufacturers:
• Maximizes performance gains offered by the OCTEON II
• Scales from 1 to any number of cores via a variety of simple-to-implement profiles
• Enables seamless integration of Fast Path running in the OCTEON II executive environment with Linux Architecture for the Control Plane using open and standards-based approach
• Off-the-shelf ready with a complete set of integrated networking features (L2, IP forwarding, security, filtering, QoS, NAT, multicast, routing and virtual routing, ROHC, TCP offloading, flow inspection, full IPv6 ready solution, etc.) to remove design cycles
• Framework eases development of additional features and maximizes portability across OCTEON II
• XML-based manageability eases integration of networking, applications and value-added features
• Maximizes customer software development and reuse
• Reduces development cycles and design time leading to cost reductions for telecommunications, security and networking equipment manufactures and chipset providers
“Cavium Network’s OCTEON II is state of the art multicore technology that addresses several markets in need of higher performance equipment and applications,” commented Eric Carmès, CEO of 6WIND. “Combined with our ability to simplify the multicore networking and design environment with 6WINDGate, our joint solution delivers to market the ability for design engineers to quickly maximize performance of OCTEON II based designs while enjoying a faster time to market and revenue.”
“We have several joint tier-1 customers with 6WIND who are using 6WINDGate along with the Cavium OCTEON and OCTEON Plus processors,” said Rajiv Khemani, Vice President and General Manager, Networking and Communications Division, Cavium Networks. “We are pleased that 6WIND is supporting OCTEON II. Through our combined solution, customers will be able to achieve fast time to market and reduced design costs along with industry-leading performance, and be able to reuse their existing hardware and software designs.
The recently announced Cavium Networks next generation OCTEON II Internet Application Processor (IAP) family is designed for the next generation of Hypernetworks serving enterprise, data center, access and service provider markets which require support for converged data, voice and video. The OCTEON II target applications include switches, routers, appliances, equipment for 3G, WiMAX, LTE, wireless LAN, and unified storage systems and adapters. The OCTEON II family integrates 1 to 32 MIPS64 cores, up to 75 Application Acceleration Engines for quality of service, packet processing, TCP, compression, encryption, RAID, de-duplication and regular expression processing, up to 400Gbps of DDR3 memory bandwidth, and up to 100Gbps of network connectivity while consuming only 2W to 60W across the entire family. For more information about OCTEON II please visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com/OCTEON_II_MIPS64.html.
About 6WIND
6WIND provides an embedded networking software solution to mediate through simplicity the networking and application development process within multicore based equipment for telecommunications, networking and security equipment manufacturers and their embedded chipset designers. With 6WIND, the entire ecosystem of multicore technology – board manufacturers, executive environment and OS providers, chipset vendors and equipment manufacturers – can take full advantage of multicore processor capabilities without needing to deal with traditional embedded design complexities. The 6WIND’s solutions enable a reduction in development costs and a faster realization of revenues. 6WIND is a privately owned company based near Paris, France with a subsidiary in California, sales and support office in Asia, and an R&D center in Beijing, China. For more information, visit www.6wind.com.
IT | 2009-05-05
Wind River Launches Partner Validation Program Targeting Networking and Telecoms Industry
Validated Software Ecosystem Helps Customers Accelerate Product Deployments
ALAMEDA, CA – May 5, 2009 – Wind River (NASDAQ: WIND) today announced the Wind River Partner Validation Program with initial partners 6WIND, Continuous Computing, GoAhead Software, Oracle, RADVISION and Tail-f Systems. Partners in the program will provide validated solutions based on Wind River’s industry leading operating systems (VxWorks and Wind River Linux) and partner technologies critical to telecom and networking equipment providers, including embedded databases, high availability middleware, networking protocols and management software.
Based on the growing need for commercial software to play a critical role in emerging next-generation networks, Wind River and its partners will focus on providing pre-integrated platform solutions for infrastructure equipment being developed for broadband wireless, wireline and enterprise networks. These growth segments include 3G, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Femtocell Gateway, WiMax, Metro Ethernet, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and enterprise data.
Wind River’s software partners will validate the software components and provide testing and commercial support to customers. The primary benefits of such pre-validated solutions are that customers can reduce development, integration, and quality assurance efforts and thereby reduce overall risk while accelerating time-to-market.
“Wind River’s Partner Validation Program directly addresses the increasingly important business issues of time-to-market and R&D cost savings among our customers,” said Mike Langlois, general manager, Networking and Telecom Industry, Wind River. “As part of our efforts to define and enable the networking industry’s software reference platforms, Wind River has hand selected industry leading commercial software companies in critical component spaces to create a preferred strategic relationship with Wind River. This is significant because now our customers can spend significantly less time and effort integrating software components to create a carrier-grade product.”
As part of the program, the following partner software will be validated with Wind River’s embedded software operating systems:
• 6WIND: 6WINDGate complete, embedded networking software including Fast path Slow Path and Control Plane for multicore-based designs.
• Continuous Computing: Trillium 3G, LTE, Femtocell Gateway and SS7/SIGTRAN protocol software offering a complete standards-based control plane stack implementation.
• GoAhead Software: SAFfire high availability and management middleware, the leading implementation of the Service Availability Forum open specifications.
• Oracle: Berkeley DB, a transactional embedded data manager and Times Ten, a real-time in-memory database.
• RADVISION: SIP Developer Suite, a highly versatile set of tools to accelerate SIP application development.
• Tail-f Systems: ConfD, an on-device configuration management solution for network equipment.
More information about the Wind River Partner Validation Program and solutions for telecom and networking equipment providers is available at http://www.windriver.com/isv-validation.
About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process, from concept to deployed product.
Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com.
6WIND
“Application performance in the network is becoming a key competitive differentiator for many network and telecom equipment providers,” says Eric Carmès, chief executive officer, 6WIND. “Our tight partnership with Wind River has allowed us to deliver to customers an optimized networking offload Linux solution that takes advantage of performance features built into new multicore hardware systems.”
Continuous Computing
“We’ve validated our Trillium protocol stacks and FlexTCA pre-integrated platforms with Wind River’s carrier-grade operating systems,” says Manish Singh, vice president of product line management, Continuous Computing. “Customers developing network elements for 3G, LTE, and Femtocell gateway applications can directly benefit from Trillium’s 20 years of wireless domain expertise and strong professional services team. Together with Wind River we’ve created a solid reference platform for accelerating network infrastructure to market. Everybody wins.”
GoAhead Software
“In order to gain a competitive edge, our customers are looking to carrier-grade, application-ready platforms that provide flexibility and enable a focus on revenue-generating applications,” says Dr. Asif Naseem, president and chief operating officer, GoAhead Software. “As a long-time partner of Wind River, GoAhead has already pre-integrated our high availability software with Wind River Linux. The validation program reinforces the effort already underway and the value realized by the many mutual customers we serve.”
RADVISION
“As a pioneer and leading provider of software enabling technologies for voice and video over IP, 3G, and IMS, RADVISION focuses extensively on next-generation network requirements,” said Adi Paz, vice president of Product Management and Business Development, RADVISION. “Working closely with Wind River to validate our industry leading SIP solutions, with the latest and most advanced carrier-grade operating systems, creates an unmatched foundation for developing emerging IMS/NGN broadband services.”
Tail-f Systems
“Network equipment providers are under pressure to simultaneously reduce time to market and total cost for new products, and meet increasingly complex feature and manageability requirements from operators and large enterprises,” said Carl Moberg, chief operating officer, Tail-f Systems. “By integrating ConfD, our industry leading on-device configuration management product, with Wind River’s industry leading carrier-grade operating systems we can bring the most advanced network management capabilities that can scale to meet changing needs of market-specific applications."
IT | 2009-04-27
Arkadin affiche sa réussite et lève 20 millions d’euros
Arkadin, le leader français des services d’audio et de web conférences, vient de conclure une levée de fonds avec la société UFG Private Equity. Affichant depuis sa création une croissance à deux chiffres, le 3ème prestataire privé mondial de services de collaboration à distance renforce ainsi sa stratégie de développement.
Paris, le 27 avril 2009 – Arkadin, fournisseur de services de collaboration à distance (audio et web conférences) pour les entreprises, annonce la finalisation d’une levée de fonds à hauteur de 20 millions d’euros, avec l’entrée d’un nouvel actionnaire, UFG Private Equity, pour 5 millions d’euros via ses FCPI Diadième Innovation III et IV, et un pool bancaire qui apporte une dette senior de 15 millions d’euros. Tous les actionnaires historiques, y compris les fonds gérés par Apax Partners et CDC Innovation accompagnent cette opération.
Cette opération financière va permettre à Arkadin de développer de nouveaux services et de s’implanter dans de nouveaux pays. Avec un Chiffres d’Affaires 2008 de 70 millions d’euros, en croissance de +30% par rapport à 2007, et un EBITDA de 12 millions d’euros, Arkadin est devenu en quelques années un acteur mondial prépondérant de ce secteur, dont il est de très loin le plus dynamique.
« Arkadin est une belle success story à la française ! Notre société s’est fortement développée à l’international avec l’ouverture de près de 3 filiales par an depuis sa création en 2001. Elle est aujourd’hui présente sur 3 continents et s’appuie sur un business model unique, une offre de services innovants et des équipes soudées et performantes. Cette opération va nous permettre de poursuivre notre stratégie ambitieuse d’investissement et de développement à l’échelle mondiale avec le soutien de l’ensemble de nos actionnaires » commente Olivier de Puymorin, fondateur et Président d’Arkadin.
Une success story démarrée en 2001 et qui se poursuit en 2009
La société Arkadin a souhaité renforcer son actionnariat, aujourd’hui majoritairement détenu par le management de la société et les fonds gérés par Apax Partners et CDC Innovation, afin de soutenir pour les années à venir un objectif de croissance annuelle de 25% de son chiffre d’affaires. Alors que l’entreprise est présente - après 8 ans d’existence - dans 22 pays à travers 32 bureaux situés en Europe, en Asie et en Amérique du Nord, cette opération financière vise également à renforcer son développement à l’international. Arkadin compte en effet s’implanter en Amérique du Sud dès cette année, avec l’ouverture prévue d’un premier bureau au Brésil.
Cette levée de fonds permet également à Arkadin de renforcer ses investissements dans des services toujours plus innovants de web conférences et de webcasts, permettant - dans le cadre de sa politique environnementale - de réduire les déplacements professionnels de ses clients. Pour soutenir sa croissance, Arkadin, qui emploie aujourd’hui 500 personnes dans le monde, prévoit en 2009, d’embaucher 150 personnes supplémentaires.
Cette levée de fonds a été conclue en partenariat avec UFG Private Equity (Arnaud Filhol, Directeur de Participations) conseillé par le cabinet Bird & Bird, et le cabinet Gatienne Brault et Associés comme conseil de la société.
A propos d’Arkadin
Arkadin est le premier fournisseur privé français de solutions d’audio et web conférences à la demande, permettant aux sociétés de toute taille de simplifier leurs réunions à distance, tout en renforçant la communication, la productivité et l’efficacité au sein de leur organisation. Crée en 2001 en France, la société s’est fortement développée à l’international avec aujourd’hui plus de 500 personnes présentes dans 22 pays, qui proposent une gamme complète de services de conférences à distance, couplées à un Service Client sans égal. Aujourd’hui, plus de 8000 sociétés font confiance à Arkadin pour la réalisation de leurs téléconférences et web conférences, dont 2/3 des sociétés faisant partie du CAC 40.
A propos d’UFG Private Equity
UFG Private Equity est la structure de capital investissement de l’UFG. Sa vocation est de prendre des participations minoritaires ou majoritaires comprises entre 1 M€ et 6 M€ au sein d’entreprises privées de taille moyenne, dans une approche multisectorielle. UFG Private Equity intervient à la fois dans le cadre d’opérations de capital risque, de capital développement et de capital transmission (LBO).
Dirigée par Patrick Lissague, elle gère 290 M€ répartis sur plusieurs fonds dont un FCPR (Nord Europe I), quatre FCPI (Diadème Innovation I, II, III et IV), deux FIP (Diadème Proximité I et II), un FIP ISF (Diadème Entreprises et Patrimoines) et un Fonds de Fonds (Diadème Global Sélection). UFG Private Equity a investi dans une quarantaine de participations.
La philosophie d’investissement d’UFG Private Equity est de participer activement au développement de la société, en participant à la réflexion stratégique dans le cadre d’un conseil d’administration ou de surveillance, et en apportant ses conseils sur des aspects d’ingénierie financière ou de croissance externe ainsi que ses contacts auprès de partenaires potentiels.
En s’associant fin 2008 avec la banque Sarasin, précurseur du développement durable, l’UFG a initié une démarche responsable afin d’offrir non seulement des produits mais des réponses concrètes et durables aux objectifs et contraintes des investisseurs.
IT | 2009-04-15
Tronics’ 2008 Sales Totaled 11 Million Euros ($16.3 Million); Net Profit Was 858,000 Euros ($1.3 Million)
Leading MEMS Manufacturer Achieves 10 Consecutive Profitable Quarters,
While Absorbing Both Acquisition Costs and Global Economic Downturn
While Absorbing Both Acquisition Costs and Global Economic Downturn
CROLLES, France, DALLAS, Texas, and SUNNYVALE, Calif., U.S.A -- April 15, 2009 — Tronics, a leading global integrated manufacturer of custom MEMS, today announced that 2008 revenue totaled 11 million Euros ($16.3 million), representing a 5 percent increase (13 percent USD) compared to 2007. Net profit for 2008 totaled 8 percent of revenue or 858,000 Euros ($1.3M).
Tronics was profitable and achieved growth and generated cash while absorbing the cost of its U.S. expansion in the fourth-quarter. The company ended 2008 with its 10th consecutive profitable quarter. These achievements were realized against a steadily declining global economic environment in the fall. With a strong balance sheet that includes more than 5 million Euros cash and a debt/equity ratio below 30 percent, Tronics is well positioned to manage its business in 2009 and continue its expansion in 2010 and beyond.
Tronics extended its global reach and industry scope by creating a U.S. operation in Dallas and acquiring a full-service medical device design-and-development group based in Sunnyvale. These two strategic events are aligned with Tronics’ goals of penetrating the medical device sector and meeting the growing demand for custom MEMS components manufacturing in the United States, Europe and Asia.
“Tronics’ business fundamentals and operations are on secure footing. Even though we are facing a reduced demand from markets like oil exploration and aerospace in 2009, we are in a far better position than many companies in our field,” said Peter Pfluger, CEO of Tronics. “Furthermore, our U.S. entities are already well integrated and operational. We are realizing the first synergistic benefits of our new operations in our U.S. and medical businesses.”
Tronics’ MEMS manufacturing operations in Crolles and Dallas have an annual capacity of more than 60,000 wafers in addition to assembly and packaging capabilities.
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About Tronics.
Tronics is a global leading integrated manufacturer of custom MEMS. With operations in the U.S. and Europe and representation in Asia, Tronics provides local support to customers and offers one of the broadest technology portfolios in the industry. The company transforms MEMS concepts into products and builds reliable supply chains for integrated components. Tronics services range from R&D prototyping to high-volume MEMS manufacturing, including electronic interface development, assembly and custom packaging, with additional capabilities in medical device development.
Visit www.tronicsgroup.com for more information.
IT | 2009-04-08
Anevia Secures $ 7 Million in Capital Investment from Seventure Partners and CDC Innovation
Anevia has secured $ 7 Million in a second round of financing led by Seventure Partners alongside CDC Innovation
Anevia, a leading supplier of IPTV and video on demand (VoD) solutions, has secured $ 7 Million in a second round of financing led by Seventure Partners alongside CDC Innovation, a shareholder from the first round funding in 2005. Aelios Finance advised Anevia on the transaction.
Founded in 2003 and with its headquarters near Paris, Anevia leads the IPTV market with more than 10,000 live channels and over 4 Million end users on the Telecoms and Hospitality markets. This new round of funding will enable Anevia to increase its international presence and finance the roll out of its Triple Screen strategy. Anevia’s solutions allow customers to broadcast audiovisual content live or on-demand simultaneously over TVs, PCs and mobile phones.
“We are experiencing very high demand from all our market segments, whether fixed and mobile operators, broadcasters, content providers or hospitality, for new live and on-demand television applications for television, mobile phones and PCs,” explains Tristan Leteurtre, President and Co-founder of Anevia.
Valery Huot, Managing Partner at CDC Innovation, adds, “After a successful first phase of strong growth in IPTV and international deployment, this second round of financing will provide Anevia with the means to accelerate its development and expand into new markets.”
Bruno Rivet, Investment Director at Seventure Partners, states, “We were attracted by the high quality of Anevia’s management, which has provided the company with healthy growth. Anevia’s in-depth knowledge of its markets and its strategy to adapt to customers’ changing needs convinced us that the company was a sound investment.”
Participants:
• Seventure Partners: Bruno Rivet, Jonathan Cohen-Sabban
• CDC Innovation: Valéry Huot
• Aelios Finance: Eric Felix-Faure, Pierre Dropsy
• Legal Adviser for Anevia: Gide Loyrette Nouel (Pierre Karpik ; Bastien Trelcat)
• Legal Adviser for Seventure Partners: Jones Day (Renaud Bonnet, Isabelle Cousteau, Anne Kerneur )
• Due diligence: OV Conseil (Laurent Leboeuf, Olivier Macaigne)
About Anevia
Anevia is a video service infrastructure provider offering a single end-to-end solution delivering interactive, IP-based video services to TV, PC, Internet-connected and mobile devices. With 300 customers in 50 countries, several million of users and 10,000 live channels, Anevia is a reference in solution delivery to service providers and the hospitality market segments. Our video infrastructure proposition covers the value chain from live ingestion with DVB to IP gateways, content preparation, content distribution networks, network and asset management, through to video servers and advertising applications. Generically named 3Screens, this platform is implemented with feature-rich attributes that enable innovative interactive video services such as interactive VoD, VoD gaming or TV commerce, in addition to time-shifted services like Catch-up TV, network personal video recorder or pause TV. Our solutions have been designed to be future-proof and anticipate technology evolutions such as IMS, and new coding and formatting techniques. www.anevia.com
About Seventure Partners
Active partner of companies with high growth potential, Seventure Partners invests since 1997 in two innovative business areas: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Life Sciences (LF).The Seventure Partners team has a proven track-record and deep knowledge in technology,entrepreneurship, operations of venture capital, and the needs generated in fast-growing European companies. With 500 million Euros in assets under management, Seventure has invested in more than120 innovative start-ups. www.seventure.fr
About CDC Innovation
Founded in 1996, CDC Innovation is an international venture capital firm with its head office in Paris and a local presence in the Silicon Valley and in Switzerland. With over 415 M€ currently under management, our focus is on venture investments at both the early and late stage, in two sectors: information technologies and life sciences. Our aim is to create value by providing talented entrepreneurs with the resources, experience, and network necessary to turn world-class technologies into great businesses.
www.cdcinnovation.com
www.cdcinnovation.com
About Aelios Finance
Aelios Finance is a French corporate finance advisory firm dedicated to fast growing companies & entrepreneurs. With over 670.000.000€ raised and 144 successful transactions, our team’s expertise and commitment will be key success factors in any corporate finance transaction. Aelios Finance is the French representative of M&A International Inc. network, the worldwide leading alliance of corporate finance firms specialized in middle market. www.aeliosfinance.com
IT | 2009-04-01
TES Electronic Solutions Selected By NEC Electronics for 3D Embedded Graphics Technology
Top supplier of automotive silicon solutions benefits from faster time-to-market and high performance of highly integrated D/AVE-3D Graphics IP
D/AVE-3D supports industry standard OpenGL-ES 1.1 and OpenVG 1.01 Graphics API. The IP core has been specifically designed to handle rendering of automotive graphics like 3D MAP, dashboard clusters and multimedia user interfaces. D/AVE-3D is among the smallest cores available in its segment.
"NEC Electronics is one of the top suppliers of silicon solutions in the automotive market," said Juergen Zeller, senior vice president, Design Services & Technology, TES. "With proven success and a highly competitive line card of silicon solutions, NEC Electronics now benefits from the expertise of TES high performance application specific 3D Graphics solution. With complete end-to-end solutions in graphics, TES has been able to deliver services in IP customization, OpenGL ES drivers and UI & MAP applications, accelerating the delivery of solutions to NEC's customers."
The new license agreement represents an extension of the existing relationship between TES and NEC Electronics that had previously comprised TES's D/AVE-2D technology.
About TES
TES Electronic Solutions is a global electronics services company offering a blend of technology innovation and custom electronic design and manufacturing solutions. TES designs customer specific systems or sub-systems that are optimized to a customer's application. TES also develops licensable wireless, graphics and multimedia IP which accelerates time to market. TES has expertise in the design of analog and digital integrated circuits, embedded software and hardware up to complete system solutions. The company delivers solutions to blue-chip companies worldwide from its 17 design centres and its manufacturing sites in
IT | 2009-03-27
Crocus Technologies Granted Two Additional Patents for MRAM Technology
Company’s Growing IP Portfolio Gains Strength
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – March 27, 2009 — Crocus Technology, a premier developer of Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM), continues to expand the reach of its IP coverage by today announcing two new patent grants by the US Patent and Trademark Office and the French Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle (INPI). The addition of these patents to Crocus’ portfolio deepens the Company’s foundation of innovation in the development of MRAM physics, materials, processing, and design.
“We are more driven than ever under our program of innovation, both internally and with our IP partners, to expand the technologies that will make MRAM memory pervasive,” said Jean Pierre Braun, CEO of Crocus Technology. “These two patents are welcome additions to Crocus’ IP position. Our expanding IP base is an essential element to building a strong MRAM business.”
The new patents cover use in specialized memory chips known as Content Addressable Memories (CAM), opening the way to denser, faster and less power-hungry CAM, as well as innovative developments in the physics, materials, and manufacturing of MRAM chips with high data stability. Commercialization of these technologies holds the promise of low cost, advanced technology MRAM to be used in applications ranging from mobile phones and disk drives to personal computers and network routers.
Crocus Technology’s new patents, and pending patents, are the result of work performed by Crocus engineers and scientists, as well as efforts developed through exclusive long-term partnerships with Spintec, the leading european spintronics laboratory jointly operated by CEA and CNRS.
“This unparalleled collection of patents leads the industry in development and growth of MRAM technology,” said Jean Pierre Nozieres, CTO and founder of Crocus Technology. “Crocus’ portfolio holds significant coverage in fundamental and structural aspects in the areas of Thermal Assisted Switching and Spintorque technology, with key inventions dating back more than ten years--far ahead of many of today’s participants in this market.”
About Magnetic Random Access Memory
MRAM’s unique characteristics make it particularly suitable to a wide variety of telecommunication, networking, computing and handheld applications currently using SRAM and/or flash memory technology. It is the only scalable new memory technology providing non-volatility, unlimited-write-endurance, high-density, and high-speed. It is particularly well-suited to applications requiring high data reliability and high performance, and has the unique potential of becoming the universal embedded memory technology for systems-on-chip devices.
About Crocus
Crocus Technology is an early-stage developer of MRAM technology for dense, non-volatile, high-speed, scalable memories. Its MRAM technology was conceived in the Grenoble-based Spintec laboratory, a world leading R&D center in Spintronics affiliated with two famous French labs, CEA and CNRS. Crocus Technology MRAM technology is covered by a comprehensive patent portfolio. The company licenses its technology for standalone and embedded chip applications in a wide variety of telecommunication, networking, storage, computing and handheld applications. Crocus is backed by VC firms AGF Private Equity, CDC Innovation, NanoDimension, Sofinnova Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, and Ventech and has operations in Grenoble, France, and Sunnyvale, California.
IT | 2009-03-24
EI Technologies : AVS annonce le premier centre de formation autorisé pour salesforce.com en France
Le 24 mars 2009 - AVS Consulting, société de Conseil et d‘Intégration de solutions SaaS avec une forte expertise CRM et Salesforce.com, le leader des technologies de « cloud computing » pour l’entreprise annoncent aujourd’hui qu’AVS Consulting a été choisie pour être le centre de formation ATC (Authorised Training Center) de Salesforce.com en France afin de fournir les compétences nécessaires pour mettre en place, personnaliser et étendre les solutions CRM de cloud computing de Salesforce.
Intégrateur majeur de Salesforce.com en France depuis 2006 avec une vingtaine de projets à son actif, AVS Consulting accompagne de nombreux clients dans le déploiement de solutions de Cloud Computing. Fort de son expérience, AVS Consulting a été choisi par Salesforce.com pour devenir le Centre de Formation Autorisé et Exclusif de salesforce.com en France. A ce titre, il formera pour la France tous les consultants, administrateurs et développeurs sur les différents modules Salesforce CRM et Force.com.
« Nous sommes ravis de pouvoir offrir ces formations à nos clients et partenaires en France. Elles vont donner à chaque participant les connaissances et compétences clés pour apprendre comment configurer, maintenir et personnaliser la solution salesforce selon leurs propres besoins métiers et ce afin d’en optimiser l’usage» déclare Pierre Soria, directeur général de Salesforce.com France.
Laurent Dupuytout, directeur général d’AVS Consulting ajoute, «nous sommes fiers d’avoir été choisi par Salesforce.com pour devenir leur centre de formation autorisé pour le territoire Français. Ce choix est pour nous la reconnaissance du professionnalisme de nos équipes et de notre implication. Nous sommes convaincus que le cloud computing est fortement créateur de valeur pour nos clients avec des projets courts, des ROI rapides et une forte adoption des utilisateurs. En devenant centre de formation, nous souhaitons contribuer fortement au développement de l’écosystème salesforce.com et du cloud computing en France. »
Une courte vidéo de présentation du Cloud Computing est disponible ici : http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/.
Le concept de formation modulaire va permettre à chaque utilisateur de sélectionner les cours selon son niveau de connaissance et son rôle dans l’entreprise. Le centre de formation autorisé est basé à Paris et offrira dans un premier temps les cours suivants :
• Les Essentiels de l’administration pour Enterprise Edition et Unlimited Edition (ADM201) – formation destinée aux nouveaux administrateurs système chargés de la configuration et de la maintenance des applications Salesforce dans leur entreprise.
• Les Essentiels de l’administration pour Professional Edition (ADM202) – formation destinée aux nouveaux administrateurs systèmes de la solution Professional Edition responsables de la configuration et de la maintenance des applications Salesforce dans leur entreprise.
• Administration Avancée (ADM301) – Cette formation pratique est destinée aux administrateurs avancés qui utilisent Salesforce depuis au moins trois mois et/ou qui ont suivi le cours l'Essentiel de l'Administration (ADM 201). Bien qu'elle traite de manière approfondie des composants avancés de Salesforce nécessitant du code, aucune expérience en matière de programmation n'est requise pour les exercices pratiques.
• L'Essentiel de la Mise en OEuvre (CON201) – Un cours destiné aux consultants abordant la mise en oeuvre des applications Salesforce CRM. Ce cours est également profitable aux administrateurs et développeurs certifiés à la recherche de stratégies et de meilleures pratiques de mise en oeuvre.
• L'Essentiel de Force.com (DEV401) - Pour les développeurs qui souhaitent utiliser les fonctionnalités déclaratives de la plate-forme Force.com pour créer des applications personnalisées. Cette formation fournit des connaissances de base aux développeurs qui souhaitent tirer le meilleur parti de ces fonctionnalités pour un développement rapide et pour apprendre le langage de programmation Apex et Visualforce.
• Visualforce, Apex, Development as a Service (DEV501) - Cette formation s'adresse plus particulièrement aux développeurs connaissant les fonctionnalités déclaratives de la plate-forme Force.com et qui souhaitent approfondir leurs connaissances d'Apex ainsi que de Visualforce, et comprendre les fonctionnalités des offres de développement en tant que service (DaaS).
Afin de consulter le calendrier des formations et s’enregistrer auprès du centre de formation AVS consulting, visitez www.salesforce.com/fr/services-training/training_certification/.
Du 31 mars au 2 avril, Salesforce.com et AVS présenteront sur le salon SECA - IT (Paris Porte de Versailles - Hall 1 - Stand E9 ) la vision de leurs clients vis-à-vis des projets salesforce.com et de leur intégration avec le reste des systèmes d’information en s’appuyant sur des démos, des cas clients, des retours d’expérience et des bonnes pratiques. Une réduction de 10% sera offerte pour toute inscription à une formation qui aura lieu sur le stand salesforce.com pendant la durée du salon.
À propos d’AVS Consulting
Créée en 1998, AVS Consulting est une société de Conseil et d‘Intégration de solutions SaaS (Software as a Service) avec une forte expertise CRM. AVS Consulting, partenaire de salesforce.com depuis 2006, est aujourd’hui le centre de formation autorisé et exclusif de Salesforce pour la France. AVS Consulting est aussi « Global Enterprise Partner » de Google. AVS Consulting est filiale à 100% du Groupe EI-Technologies (160 personnes, 16 millions d’euros de chiffre d’affaires). EI-Technologies est un Groupe de spécialistes à forte valeur ajoutée qui intervient dans les domaines du SaaS, du Testing et de l’Opensource. Pour plus d’informations : www.avs-consulting.com.
A propos de Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com est la société leader de Cloud Computing d’entreprise Le portfolio d’applications SaaS de la société, dont une solution de CRM récompensée par le marché, disponible à l’adresse : http://www.salesforce.com/fr/products/, a révolutionné la façon dont les clients gèrent et partagent leurs informations professionnelles via Internet. Force.com, la première plateforme à la demande du marché (ou PaaS), permet aux clients, développeurs et partenaires de créer de nouvelles applications puissantes à la demande et d’apporter tous les bénéfices du multi-tenant et du Business Web dans toute l’entreprise. Les applications de Force.com, disponible à l’adresse : http://www.force.com/fr/, sont facilement partagées, échangées et installées en quelques clics via le répertoire d’AppExchange disponible à l’adresse http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.
Au 31 janvier 2009, salesforce.com gère les données clients d’environ 55 400 entreprises parmi lesquelles Allianz Commercial, Dell, Dow Jones Newswires, Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, et SunTrust Banks. Tous les services et toutes les fonctionnalités qui ne sont pas encore sur le marché et qui ont été annoncés dans ce communiqué de presse ou lors d’une annonce publique ne sont pas encore disponibles et peuvent ne pas l’être du tout, ou ne pas être distribués dans les délais évoqués. Les clients qui souhaitent acheter des applications de salesforce.com doivent faire leur choix à partir des fonctionnalités qui sont déjà disponibles. Basée à San Francisco, salesforce.com possède des bureaux en Europe et en Asie. La société est cotée au New York Stock Exchange sous le libellé “CRM”. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez vous rendre à l’adresse : http://www.salesforce.com/fr/ ou appeler le 00800 7253 3333.
Copyright (c) 2009 salesforce.com, Inc. All rights reserved. Salesforce and the "no software" logo are registered trademarks of salesforce.com, inc., and salesforce.com owns other registered and unregistered trademarks. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
IT | 2009-03-02
Stantum Secures $13 Million in Series B Funding Round Led by CDC Innovation and Auriga
BORDEAUX, France, March 2, 2009 – Stantum Technologies (www.stantum.com), a pioneer developer of multi-touch sensing technologies, announced today it has secured $13 million in Series B funding. CDC Innovation led the round with Auriga Partners as co-lead and XAnge Private Equity.
Valery Huot, Managing Partner of CDC Innovation, and Philippe Granger, partner at Auriga Partners, have joined Stantum’s board of directors, alongside Nicolas Rose, partner at XAnge Private Equity.
According to Stantum CEO Etienne Paillard, the new funding will be used to develop a worldwide sales and marketing organization in the U.S., Europe and Asia; increase R&D capacity for next-generation sensing technologies and new products; and establish and increase mass manufacturing capabilities through partners.
Stantum, originally called JazzMutant, was founded in 2002 with an aim to develop new human-machine interface standards for the creative industry. In 2003, JazzMutant produced the world’s first multi-touch screen that could track an unlimited number of fingers at once. In 2005, JazzMutant launched the first multi-touch product, the first such on the market. Facing an ever-growing demand from various OEMs, the company began working in 2006 to make its patented multi-touch technology available to third-party integrators. In 2007, after a round of financing led by XAnge Private Equity, JazzMutant became Stantum and officially launched its OEM activity.
“Stantum has assembled an unparalleled engineering and top management team with a proven track record of bringing leading products to market,” said Huot. “The company has already demonstrated cutting edge multi-touch solutions that are attracting strong partner and customer interest for mobile phones, navigation devices, and other consumer electronics equipment.”
“We are very excited to be supporting Stantum and are impressed by the progress the company has made to date. Stantum’s focused strategy and unique multi-touch technologies provide a very strong foundation for future success,” added Granger.
Vadis Ventures, a corporate finance boutique focused on the high-tech sector, advised Stantum through this round of financing.
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About Stantum Technologies
Stantum Technologies (www.stantum.com) has been the pioneering company in multi-touch display technology since 2002, and in 2005 was the first company to market commercial products using a truly reliable multi-touch user interface. Today, Stantum’s breakthrough technology portfolio is available under licencse for products coveing every aspect of multi-touch interactions: touch panel, controllers, intellectual property cores and software framework. Stantum is headquartered in Bordeaux, France.
About CDC Innovation
Founded in 1996, CDC Innovation (www.cdcinnovation.com) is an international venture capital firm with its world headquarters in Paris and offices in the Silicon Valley and Switzerland. With more than $575 million currently under management, its focus is on venture investments, at both the early and late stage, in two sectors: information technologies and life sciences. Its aim is to create value by providing talented entrepreneurs with the resources, experience and network necessary to turn world-class technologies into great businesses.
About Auriga Partners
Auriga Partners (www.aurigapartners.com) is an independent venture capital firm. Based in Paris, it invests in information technologies and life sciences, in innovative high-potential ventures, in seed or early development stages, in Europe, North America and Israel. Auriga Partners manages three funds for a total of more than $420 million. Along with investing the necessary capital, Auriga Partners also brings its savoir-faire in developing and solidifying executive teams, organizing companies, broadening their networks, and forming strategic and corporate partnerships.
About XAnge Private Equity
Backed by leading European companies and financial institutions, XAnge (www.xange.fr) is a unique private equity firm with €350 million in assets under management. XAnge was first launched in 2003 through the creation of XAnge Capital, a unique European venture capital firm that focuses on connectivity businesses and is sponsored by Groupe La Poste. XAnge Private Equity - an investment firm created by La Banque Postale - ABN AMRO and management, has since developed a broader range of competencies from venture capital to growth/transfer capital. As an active minority shareholder, XAnge supports growth companies. XAnge has deliberately positioned itself as a link between large corporations and small and medium-sized businesses, to which it offers its expertise and an industrial – as opposed to a merely financial – vision.
Last year, XAnge Private Equity established a branch in Munich which received an advisory mandate to manage most of the IT technology portfolio of Deutsche Venture Capital (DVC), Deutsche Bank’s venture capital subsidiary. This new entity enables XAnge to continue its international expansion, and to pinpoint investment opportunities in Germany in the high tech, telecom and clean tech sectors.
IT | 2009-01-14
Novaled AG secured €8,5 Million equity financing
Dresden, 14th January 2009
The company closed an internal round of financing to sustain its leading position in energy saving OLED’s.
Novaled AG, leader in energy saving and long living Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) for the new generation of lighting and display products, closed its 3rd round of financing with a volume of € 8,5 million, which were exclusively provided by existing shareholders of the company. Participants to this round were eCAPITAL, TechnoStart, KfW and TUDAG, all from Germany, as well as Credit Agricole Private Equity, TechFund and CDC Innovation from France.
“Since we joined the Novaled shareholding end of 2005, the management succeeded to develop the company into a major player within the OLED-field”, says Dr. Paul-Josef Patt, CEO of eCAPITAL. ”We are happy to support the company as lead investor of this round in further strengthening its position as a key provider of technology and materials for energy saving lighting and display applications.”
“We are proud that in the context of the current financial market environment our shareholders demonstrate their trust into the Novaled team and management by providing substantial equity financing for the company”, says Harry Boehme, CFO of Novaled AG. “These funds will support our strategy to create value to our customers by providing cutting-edge solutions for energy efficient and long living organic electronics applications.”
Novaled will use the proceeds of this financing round to extend the commercialization of its well known energy saving Novaled PIN OLED™ technology in the lighting and display field.
About OLEDs
OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) are semiconductors made of organic material layers of only a few nanometers thickness. They emit light in a diffuse way to form an area light source. In a fast growing display market OLEDs are key part of a revolution: the dream of paper-thin, highly efficient displays with brilliant colors and great flexibility in design is becoming reality. OLEDs represent the future of a vast array of completely new lighting applications. By combining color with shape, organic LEDs will create a new way of decorating and personalizing people’s surroundings with light. At the same time OLEDs offer the potential to become even more efficient than energy-saving bulbs.
About Novaled
Novaled AG is a world leading company in the OLED field specialized in high efficiency long lifetime OLED structures and an expert in synthetic and analytical chemistry. The company offers complete solutions to the organic electronic markets, commercializing its Novaled PIN OLEDTM technology along with its proprietary OLED materials. Novaled has developed long term partnerships with major OLED players worldwide. Based on more than 440 patents granted or pending, Novaled has a strong IP position in OLED technology, and was named No. 1 on a list of coming world market leaders by the German newspapers Handelsblatt and Wirtschaftswoche. Main investors are eCAPITAL, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, TechnoStart, TechFund and CDC Innovation. www.novaled.com, anke.lemke@novaled.com
About Crédit Agricole Private Equity
Crédit Agricole Private Equity, an AMF-authorised investment management company and whollyowned subsidiary of Crédit Agricole S.A., specializes in direct private equity investment in unlisted companies. A multi-specialist, Crédit Agricole Private Equity has 50 investment teams focusing on different segments of the private equity market (Expansion & Buyout capital, Venture Capital, Mezzanine, Renewable Energy, PPP Infrastructure, Co-Investment and Special Situations) and manages a total of € 2.8 billion in various types of private equity vehicle (FCPR, SICAR, FCPI and SCR). Crédit Agricole Private Equity supports entrepreneurs in their growth projects. The transaction has been lead by Michel de Lempdes, Director. www.ca-privateequity.com
About CDC Innovation
Founded in 1996, CDC Innovation is an international venture capital firm with its head office in Paris and a local presence in the Silicon Valley and in Switzerland. With over € 415 million currently under management, our focus is on venture investments at both the early and late stage, in two sectors: information technologies and life sciences. Our aim is to create value by providing talented entrepreneurs with the resources, experience, and network necessary to turn world-class technologies into great businesses. www.cdinnovation.com
About eCAPITAL
The eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG venture capital company is managed by entrepreneurs and is located in Muenster, Germany. Since 1999, the company supports business people in promising industries. The investment focus is on innovative, high-growth companies in information technology/communications, new materials, optical technologies and innovative services. eCAPITAL currently manages five funds totalling more than € 80 million. The funds invest in technology companies, as well as in small- and medium-sized companies throughout Germany. www.ecapital.de
About KfW
KfW mobilizes equity for young, innovative, technology-based firms with assistance from the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWi). and the ERP Start Fund. Together with private investors it offers equity finance to young technology firms. The participation by KfW and the equity investor are subject to the same economic conditions. www.kfw-mittelstandsbank.de
About TechnoStart
Since 1991 TechnoStart invests into start-up companies aiming at the commercialization of technology platforms, usually originated from academic research labs in physics, life science, and chemistry. TechnoStart is an independent venture capital organisation with financial institutions, corporates, and private individuals as investors into its funds.http://www.technostart.com
About TechFund Europe
TechFund focuses on the information and clean energy technology sectors where the hands-on experience can help create disruption leaders. In information technologies the focus is on networking & communications and digital media. In clean energy technologies, the company concentrates on distributed generation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy technologies as areas where a multidiscipline expertise is essential. TechFund has a long track record of investing in Europe and the U.S. The company’s management has a pan-European focus and co-manages parts of 123Venture FCPIs
(Fonds Commun de Placement dans l’Innovation) and FIPs (Fonds d’Investissement de Proximité). www.TechFund.com www.123venture.com
About TUDAG
The TUDAG group of the Technical University of Dresden is a cluster of eight companies with the task to market the know how of the University. The main goal is to support the industry, especially mid size and small size companies in developing new technologies and innovative products. The combined turnover of the group in 2008 was close to € 30 million. Shareholder of the TUDAG is ‘Gesellschaft von Freunden und Foerderern der TU Dresden e.V.’ – a society of sponsors. This association financially supports research and science at the Technical University of Dresden. www.tudresden. de/die_tu_dresden/tudag
IT | 2009-01-07
Connected TV: IWEDIA at the heart of innovation,providing connected services for TV sets
Rennes, France, January 7, 2009: IWEDIA Middleware, the international provider of software solutions for connected digital television terminals, today announced its active involvement in advanced R&D projects aimed at providing a variety of connected services for TV sets.
IWEDIA made the statement to coincide with the opening of CES, the consumer electronics trade show taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 8th through 11th.
To keep in step with the ongoing digital broadcasting revolution and meet the needs of its customers - key players in the consumer electronics market - IWEDIA is implementing a product development strategy which is driven both by market demand and by innovation. In this strategy, the TV set is seen as a central component of the digital living room, where broadcast TV networks and broadband internet access converge.
To provide substance for its strategic vision of connected TV sets over the next few years, IWEDIA is actively involved in French and European collaborative R&D projects, notably as part of Brittany's world-class Media & Networks competitiveness cluster.
IWEDIA is one of the partners of the Companym@ges project, which has the financial backing of the French Single Interministerial Fund (FUI) and the Bretagne Region. The initiative is being headed up by Alcatel Lucent and includes such leading partners as TDF, the TELECOM Bretagne graduate school, media group Le Télégramme, the University of Western Brittany Sociology Research Unit and several SMEs.
The project is investigating how digital broadcasting can offer innovative services at the interface between consumers and business. IWEDIA is supplying its hybrid broadcast/broadband Comedia middleware enriched with new functionalities capable of supporting a number of applications:
· a new generation of interactive TV services, disseminated in broadcast mode and relayed via broadband, based on HTML/JavaScript technology and enabling content editors present on terrestrial digital television networks to make the most of network convergence. For instance, the project is experimenting with interactive advertising and direct marketing, allowing viewers to contact a call centre directly via their TV set
· Push video services based on SIP/RTP technologies; in the above example, this enables telesales staff to use their PC and IP softphone to talk to customers via their TVs. As they talk by phone to their customers, telesales staff can send suitable video content to illustrate and reinforce their message
· IP-network-based videocommunication services using SIP/RTP/H.264 technologies will be tested in retirement homes as a means of maintaining contact between senior citizens and their friends and family
· Information portal-type services available via the Internet, offering services such as audio versions of newspaper articles
Patrick Desproges, CEO, IWEDIA, says: "Our involvement in these advanced R&D projects is vital in terms of our product strategy. It enables us to anticipate market trends as well as implement and master tomorrow's technologies so that they can be incorporated into our product roadmap. What is more, they are a convincing illustration of our vision of tomorrow's TV set as the core component of the digital living room, providing access to a whole range of added-value connected services."
About IWEDIA
Preparing tomorrow’s television together.
IWEDIA provides software solutions for connected audiovisual digital terminals through its middleware business unit (IWEDIA Middleware), and engineering services across the whole digital image chain through its services business unit (IWEDIA Services). Based in Rennes and Issy-les-Moulineaux, IWEDIA capitalises on over a decade of experience in the field of digital television and video. Naturally innovative, IWEDIA plays a proactive role in the world-class "Media & Networks" competitiveness cluster. IWEDIA is an independent company backed by four venture capital partners active in the field of digital media: ACE Management, CDC Innovation, I-Source and iXCore.
IT | 2009-01-07
The French National Assembly chooses IWEDIA for its integrated video publication offer VideoNavig
Rennes, France, January 7, 2009: IWEDIA Services, provider of consulting and engineering services across the whole digital image chain, today announced a new commercial success for VideoNavig, its integrated video publishing solution.
IWEDIA made the statement to coincide with the opening of CES, the consumer electronics trade show taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 8th through 11th.
The French National Assembly has just chosen the new version of the VideoNavig software platform to broadcast parliamentary debates and provide a video archive management system for the various sessions.
VideoNavig V5 - which is 100% compatible with the H.264 format - will enable the Assemblée Nationale to benefit from a professional acquisition, encoding, indexing, editing and publishing environment - all seamlessly incorporated into its existing IT and telecoms infrastructure.
Paris City Council has also chosen VideoNavig to broadcast council meetings over the internet (video synchronised with a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation) and for the installation of a network for sharing multimedia content between the city’s libraries.
VideoNavig is also ideal for major corporations' internal and external institutional communications. For instance, Renault has adopted the solution to broadcast its General Meetings on the Internet, while the CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission) uses it for conferencing between various parts of the group.
Dominique Villotte, Managing Director of IWEDIA Services, says: “This video publishing offer has been designed to serve the Corporate TV needs of major companies and local government. In addition to the enormous advantage of being "100% Web" and thus easy to administrate, it has been designed to be quickly integrated into major-account customers' IT systems."
"Getting alongside the customer is vital when implementing a video publishing solution", he adds. "We are present throughout the project to adjust the solution to customers' specific requirements and deploy it over their infrastructure."
According to Patrick Desproges, CEO, IWEDIA, "Our customers are convinced that video is a medium which is both straightforward and rich as well as being highly attractive in terms of communication. Its use on a daily basis is clearly on the increase. Most people have used their PC to watch a video at some point. We have anticipated this emerging market demand by developing the VideoNavig solution - the fruit of 8 years of research and development. This means that today, we are one of the rare companies in a position to offer a solution which is both state-of-the-art and thoroughly tried and tested. It should therefore come as no surprise that prestigious customers such as Renault, the CEA, the City of Paris and now the National Assembly have opted for our VideoNavig V5 solution!"
Patrick Desproges also adds: "It should be noted that VideoNavig has been designed to be adjusted to the requirements of a broad spectrum of Customers from a wide variety of fields. This means we are seeking partners interested in working on these adaptations and integrating this solution into specific Customer Web environments in order to facilitate market deployment of this product."
About IWEDIA
Preparing tomorrow’s television together.
IWEDIA provides software solutions for connected audiovisual digital terminals through its middleware business unit (IWEDIA Middleware), and engineering services across the whole digital image chain through its services business unit (IWEDIA Services). Based in Rennes and Issy-les-Moulineaux, IWEDIA capitalises on over a decade of experience in the field of digital television and video. Innovative by nature, IWEDIA plays a proactive role in the world-class "Media & Networks" competitiveness cluster. IWEDIA is an independent company backed by four venture capital partners active in the field of digital media: ACE Management, CDC Innovation, I-Source and iXCore.
Last News
2009-06-08
KUROS completes patient recruitment in a phase IIB trial of KUR-111 in patients with tibial plateau fractures
2009-06-08
Integragen is awarded preferred partner status by Servier.
2009-05-29
Stantum Granted Key Patents on Its Multi-Touch Technology
2009-05-28
White record OLEDs of Dresden University and Novaled surpass efficiency of fluorescent tubes
2009-05-11
6WIND Announces Support for Cavium Networks OCTEON II Multicore MIPS64 Processor
2009-05-05
Wind River Launches Partner Validation Program Targeting Networking and Telecoms Industry
2009-04-27
Arkadin affiche sa réussite et lève 20 millions d’euros
2009-04-15
Tronics’ 2008 Sales Totaled 11 Million Euros ($16.3 Million); Net Profit Was 858,000 Euros ($1.3 Million)
2009-04-08
Anevia Secures $ 7 Million in Capital Investment from Seventure Partners and CDC Innovation
2009-04-01
TES Electronic Solutions Selected By NEC Electronics for 3D Embedded Graphics Technology
2009-03-27
Crocus Technologies Granted Two Additional Patents for MRAM Technology
2009-03-24
EI Technologies : AVS annonce le premier centre de formation autorisé pour salesforce.com en France
2009-03-02
Stantum Secures $13 Million in Series B Funding Round Led by CDC Innovation and Auriga
2009-01-14
Novaled AG secured €8,5 Million equity financing
2009-01-07
Connected TV: IWEDIA at the heart of innovation,providing connected services for TV sets
2009-01-07
The French National Assembly chooses IWEDIA for its integrated video publication offer VideoNavig
