La French Tech Taiwan is a non-profit organization that connects French and Taiwanese tech startups and corporations. It aims to facilitate market reach, talent sourcing, and open innovation between the two ecosystems. Led by entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts, it organizes talent tours, networking events, and an Open Innovation Program pairing startups with large companies. In 2019, its efforts to connect the French Tech 120 fastest growing companies with Taiwan's local innovation ecosystem was recognized with Community Fund support from the French government.

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3. What is La French Tech?
A VIBRANT ECOSYSTEM OF TECH START-UPS
La French Tech is the nickname of the French startup
ecosystem and all those in it - from bioscience to online
marketplaces -wherever in the world they come from. It is also
a government-backed movement bolstering France as one of
the best countries in the world to start and scale global tech
champions.
lafrenchtech.com
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4. Timeline
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Kick-off of La French Tech
by the French government
14 French cities & 12
overseas hubs accredited
10 more overseas hub
accredited, incl. Taiwan
New scope
100 communities worldwide
Taiwan reconfirmed

5. 14,000
Start-ups
7
Unicorns
25,000
Direct jobs
within one year
2,200+
Investors
5.1b EUR
Raised
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2019A strong local ecosystem…

6. …with a worldwide footprint.
Growing Community
La French Tech is powered by
countless individuals worldwide.
Thousands of entrepreneurs and
tech enthusiasts.
FT Central
La French Tech HQ sits inside
Station F in Paris, the world’s
largest startup campus with
soon 3000 start-ups in
residence.
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Community Fund
1M EUR funding tool to put
wind in the sails of overseas
French Tech communities.
La FT Taiwan awarded in 2019
as the best project! #talent
#market reach
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7. National focuses: #deeptech #tech4good #diversity
President Macron, Sept. 2019
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Supporting the hypergrowth of
France’s tech champions
INVEST TALENTS
MARKET
REACH
Current mission
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8. La FT empowers start-ups
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The Next40
This annual list honors 40 of
France's highest performing
tech champions and grants
them access to France's most
powerful growth-stage
program.
French Tech 120
France's growth-stage
program was built to provide
unprecedented support for
the 120 fastest growing
companies in France (which
includes the Next40).
FT Global Network
48 communities all around the
world acting as connection
points with the local innovation
ecosystem and market. Incl.
Taiwan
MARKET
REACH
INVEST
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9. France Tech Champions
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2019 LAUREATES
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10. La FT finances start-ups
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French Tech Seed
A 400M EUR match fund,
allowing France to co-invest
and encourage angel investing
in hundreds of young
#deeptech startups.
Acceleration Fund
The French Tech Acceleration
fund fuels the growth of the
nest startup accelerators
across the country. 200M
EUR (14 operations since
2014).
$
National investment
2b EUR will be invested in
French venture capital funds.
3b EUR will be invested via asset
managers based in France who
specialize in listed tech
companies.
French Tech Grant
A programme to help
innovative companies get up
and running. 35k EUR
delivered to 600 projects
every year.
INVEST
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11. La FT welcomes all kind of talents
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French Tech Visa
The French Tech Visa is a
simplified, fast-track scheme
for non-EU startup employees,
founders and investors to
obtain a residence permit for
France.
FT Tremplin
Overcome socio-economic
barriers and become a tech
entrepreneur. #diversity
FT Global Network
FT Taiwan
See chapter 2.
TALENTS
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12. Especially talents from overseas
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French Tech Visa
TALENTS
What are the benefits?
• Family-friendly
• Valid for 4 years and renewable
• Diploma agnostic
Founders InvestorsEmployees
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14. In brief
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La French Tech Taiwan is a non-profit association led by a dedicated team
of entrepreneurs (CXO) and tech enthusiasts who have been carrying out
the French government “French Tech” global objectives for the past three
years. It is certainly one of the most active and successful official FT
communities in the world, thanks to our many activities and programs
We try to answer France and Taiwan tech businesses’ needs in terms of
market reach, talent sourcing, matchmaking, technology scooting, and
exposure to the start-up scene and the media.
In 2019, La French Tech Taiwan was among the 29 global projects granted
by the French Tech Mission from the Community fund.
since 2016
Our French partners:
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15. Laetitia Lim
CEO
Co-Presidents
Richard Binier
Chairman
Fabien Petitgrand
CTO
Cerise Phiv
Co-founder & CCO
Momday Dok
Founder & CEO
Julien Hennequin
Co-founder & COO
Clare Fan
Director
Laurent Le Guyader
Co-founder
Denis Sivilay
Founder & CEO
Philippe Chiu
Founder & CEO
Pascal Viaud
Founder & CEO
Karl Audaert
CTO
The Team
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Jonathan Drubay
Dep. Attaché for innovation
Ravi Nataraju
Founder & CEO
Caroline Munier
FT Taichung
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Current mission
Connecting the FT120 and the
local ecosystem
TALENTS
MARKET
REACH
OPEN
INNOVATION
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17. We scout for young talents
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TALENTS
Job board
One portal to gather all the
NEXT40 tech jobs
opportunities worldwide
Talent Tour
15 Seminars in 2020 in
Taiwanese universities and Job
fairs to introduce the Job
board, FT Visa, France work
environment, etc…
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18. We connect Start-ups with La FT
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Networking
A 1200-strong network of
individuals in both France and
Taiwan
Partnerships
Privileged access to French or
Taiwanese B2B programs for
start-ups.
MARKET
REACH
Outreach
In 2020, we will cover Smart
City Summit & Expo, Innovex
and Meet Taipei to engage
directly with local innovation
stakeholders.
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19. We connect Start-ups with Corporations
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OIP
Roundtable,
workshop
Mini LEX
Demo Day
Tech
Scouting
Reverse
Pitch
Open Innovation Program (since Apr. 2019)
OPEN
INNOVATION
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20. Open Innovation program
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Current members:
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21. ▶300+ start-ups
▶100+ OEM/ODM companies
▶50+ Large international companies
▶30+ Accelerators and incubators
▶Taiwan Top 5 universities
▶+15 tech universities
▶12 Specialized industry labs
▶10 Makerspaces
▶10 Industrial associations
▶5 science parks
▶Ministry of Science and Technology =
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Our local network
Our office at

22. 14k start-ups
FT120 companies
60+ Accelerators and incubators
Station F
Large Corporations
Tech Investors
Ministry of Economy
Mission French Tech
30 FT communities in France
9 FT communities in APAC
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Our French network
Our HQ in Versailles ^^
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