Agorize is an online platform for open innovation challenges that connects organizations with thousands of creative minds worldwide. The presentation summarizes Agorize's 5 years of history organizing over 200 challenges for 150 clients across various industries. It also outlines Agorize's network of over 5 million innovators across students, IT professionals, and startups. Examples are provided of past challenges organized for clients such as Microsoft, Axa, and Publicis to source new ideas, recruit talent, and accelerate innovation.

1. Presentation – European Startup Contest

2. Hello!
I'm Charles, CEO of Agorize.
Charles is one of the three co-founders of Agorize. During his studies at HEC Management School,
he founded a charity and worked there for a year, producing films for NGOs around the
world. This experience encouraged him to specialize in digital solutions at Telecom
ParisTech. There he met his two current associates, with whom, in 2011, he founded Agorize, a
startup that specializes in organizing online open innovation challenges.

3. Who are we?

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Agorize is the leading online platform
for open innovation challenges.
Connect with thousands of creative minds all
over the world and unleash their creativity!
Agorize
Our offices in Paris

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Today, Agorize is:
5 YEARS OF HISTORY
50 EMPLOYEES
150 KEY ACCOUNT CLIENTS
200+ CHALLENGES ORGANIZED
A YOUNG, DYNAMIC TEAM
€3m
RECOGNIZED INVESTORS
Paris
Stuttgart
San Francisco
Tel Aviv
AN INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE

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What we offer
STUDENT
CHALLENGES
Attract, assess and
recruit high-potential
talent
STARTUP
CHALLENGES
Crowdsource
tomorrow's gems
CUSTOM PROJECTS
& SAAS PLATFORM
On demand!
ONLINE
HACKATHONS
Innovate with
developers and talent
from all over the world
INTERNAL
CHALLENGES
Accelerate your digital
transformation with
your employees

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Impact
SOURCINGCOMMUNICATIONINNOVATION CULTURE

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Outline of a challenge
Online vote
PRE-SELECTION
Steps
Months
4
Online vote
SELECTION
10-min pitch
FINAL EVENT
HACKATHON
AWARDS
CEREMONYTeams created online and
ideation stage
3 slides introducing
the concept
2 months*
100-200
Teams
20-30
Teams
Project expansion
1 month*
20-slide deliverable
Team mentoring
5-15
Teams
Preparation
Final oral presentation
Presentation, videos,
mockup, demo, etc.
2 weeks*

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What we do
COMMUNITIESCONSULTING & SUPPORT PLATFORM

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A unique network of 5M+ innovators
Base: 50,000 students
+
17,000 universities
3,000,000 STUDENTS
Base: 20,000 IT profiles
+
400 IT networks and universities
1,000,000 IT profiles
Base: 40,000 startups
+
1,000 incubators
300,000 STARTUPS
200,000 participating employees
+
600,000 voters
800,000 EMPLOYEES

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Our network of students
3,000,000 STUDENTS REACH
50,000 MEMBERS
17,000 UNIVERSITIES
145 COUNTRIES

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Our network of IT profiles
1,000,000 IT PROFILES REACH
10,000 MEMBERS
400 IT NETWORKS AND UNIVERSITIES
6 CONTINENTS

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Our network of startups
300,000 STARTUPS REACH
30,000 MEMBERS
4,000 INCUBATORS
6 CONTINENTS

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The Agorize platform
1m+ USERS

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Features Recommendation engine
Online collaboration
Social media
Challenge tracking
Mentoring features
Online voting
Agorize

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Trusted by our partners
HR
BANKING & INSURANCE
INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES
TRANSPORT RETAIL
INSTITUTIONSENERGY
MANUFACTURERS
CONSTRUCTION & HOMES
AUDIOVISUAL
CONSULTING

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Business case: Student Challenges
Client: Microsoft
Design a marketing plan for the Surface
A 3-month open innovation competition
The objective: collaborative marketing to
accompany a product launch and talent
recruitment
Up for grabs: Microsoft products and HR
meetings with the group's managers
Mentors and jury members from managerial
teams in marketing, communications and HR
5 winning teams of students and young
graduates with projects based on hybridization,
social networks and humour
Find out more

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Hackathon: Hack4Europe
The first online European hackathon
A hackathon based around 6 themes: IoT, Mobility,
Social, Smart City, Energy, E-Commerce
A kick-off tour organized in 5 European
countries
Over 500 professionals from 10 big groups and
30 startups
A final ceremony featuring conferences on
innovation
Over €50,000 of prizes to be won, including
trips to Silicon Valley
Business case: Online hackathons
Find out more

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Client: Axa
A challenge to find ways to map high-risk accident areas
A call for projects from startups, lasting 4
months
Client challenge: to extract data from
digitalized statements to map high-risk accident
areas
Very specific startups targeted: expertise both
in Big Data & OCR
Ultra-selective startup sourcing resulting in 20
applications
Prizes of €40k, €20k and €10k for the three
winning startups
Business case: Startup Challenges
Find out more

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Client: Publicis
To celebrate its 90th anniversary, Publicis funds 90
innovative projects
A 5-month open innovation challenge
Open to all innovative projects, including from
startups, students and Publicis employees
Funding of €10k-€500k and/or 1 year of
sponsorship by Publicis to be won
A global jury including Publicis's 76,000
employees and regional and global experts
Final ceremony to take place during the Viva
Technology Paris event in June 2016
Business case: Internal (& External) Challenge
Find out more

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Q&A

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Charles Thou
CEO
charles@agorize.com+ 33 (0)6 59 75 52 30
Contact

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www.agorize.com
Agorize HQ France – 34 rue du faubourg Saint-Antoine - 75012 Paris