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Orange Fab Asiaが「Spring 2016 season」の東京デモデイに招くシンガポールのスタートアップ3社を選抜
左から：Orange Fab Asia 西川浩司氏、SoundEye CEO Yeow Kee Tan 氏、OTDocs CEO Roberto Capodieci 氏、Infocomm Investments David Toh 氏、uHoo CEO Dustin Jefferson S. Onghanseng 氏
フランスのテレコム会社 Orange が展開する東アジア地域向けのインキューベーション・プログラム「Orange Fab Asia」は現在、「Spring 2016 season」バッチを実施中だ。このプログラムには日本だけではなく、京畿・創造経済イノベーションセンター（경기 창조경제혁신센터）、シンガポールの Infocomm Investments らとのコラボレーションにより、韓国・台湾・シンガポールなど、世界中のスタートアップが参加していることが特徴だ。
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Je retrouve par hasard mon frère @ChristAzika a #PointeNoire, une année après s'être rencontré pour la première a #Abidjan autour des Techs au #OrangeFab :) #TeamAfrica (à Congo Pointe-Noire)
Orange Fab Asiaが「Fall 2015 season」のデモデイを開催、日韓台仏のスタートアップ29社が東京に集結
フランスのテレコム会社 Orange が展開する東アジア地域向けのインキューベーション・プログラム「Orange Fab Asia」は8日、東京都内でデモデイイベントを開催した。
Orange Fab Asia は日本、韓国、台湾をアジアにしたインキュベーション・プログラムだが、今回からフランス政府のビジネス支援組織 Business France がフランスのスタートアップを東京に招聘するプログラム La French Tech がジョインし、フランスからのスタートアップ8チームを含む、総勢29チームがピッチとブース展示を行った。
取材のキャパシティと紙幅の都合から、デモデイに参加したすべてのスタートアップを網羅することは難しいが、いくつか目についたスタートアップをこの機会に紹介しておきたい。
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オンラインバンキングを悪用した不正送金による損害は、世界で年…
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Orange Fab Asiaが「Spring 2015 season」のデモデイを開催、日韓台に加えシンガポールとの交流も開始
フランスのテレコム会社 Orange が展開する東アジア地域向けのインキューベーション・プログラム「Orange Fab Asia」は1日、東京都内でデモデイイベントを開催した。
Orange Fab Asia は日本、韓国、台湾をアジアにしたインキュベーション・プログラムだが、デモデイの席上、シンガポール政府傘下の投資会社 Infocomm Investments が展開するインキュベーション・プログラム「BASH」やフランスのインキュベータ「NUMA（旧 Le Camping）」とも連携し、スタートアップの相互交流を促進していくことを発表した。
これにより、シンガポールやフランスのスタートアップが Orange Fab Asia の東京・新宿オフィスを拠点に活動したり、Open Fab Asia…
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Must Read: OSV’s Weekly Tech Recap - Sept. 26, 2014
Thank goodness it's Friday! I don't know about you, but this week has been absolutely non-stop. At Orange Silicon Valley, we were honored to host a visit by our deputy CEO Pierre Louette who got to check out the Orange Fab Demo Day and the inaugural gigabit spotlight event put on by our Orange GigaStudio team.
Oh, and the icing on the proverbial cake is that we launched Fab Force, a new accelerator alliance with Visa, LG Electronics Hilton, Morpho, and Moët Hennessy. If you're interested in more, check out this post.
Besides Orange news, the talk is still around Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. But it's not all good -- there's reports that says the 6 Plus bends. Oh, and there's that iOS 8 bug, which appeared to be a patch, so Apple had to release a new patch...so upgrade to iOS 8.0.2.
Here's just some of the interesting bits of news you may have missed this week:
Apple announces it has sold 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices in the first weekend of sales. iOS 8 adoption has reached 46%, but still lags behind its predecessors. And there's also #bendgate.
Speaking of iOS 8, Apple recently released an update that will let HealthKit tie into apps. The problem with iOS 8.0.1 was that it inadvertantly cut off cell service and Touch ID on devices. Apple apologized and eventually released a fix.
One more story about Apple: reports say that it has plans to shut down its Beats Music brand (not the service)
Confidential documents obtained by The Information show that Google is putting its foot down and taking more control in how customized its Android OS can be.
Activist shareholder wants Yahoo to consider merging with AOL
More Yahoo news: The company plans to shutter Yahoo Education, Qwiki, and Directory next quarter
Adobe has acquired photo-editing platform Aviary to "empower the future of mobile creativity"
HTC returns to tablets with Google Nexus partnership
AT&T makes a pitch to cord-cutters: Broadband, HBO, and Amazon for just $40 per month
AT&T and the Chernin Group have purchased YouTube video network Fullscreen for reportedly between $200 million and $300 million
The district attorneys in San Francisco and Los Angeles want Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar to remove statements saying they do extensive background checks on drivers, claiming that they are patently untrue
You no longer need to set up a Google+ account if you use some Google services
Lyft acquires Hitch to boost Lyft Line, but shifts focus away from Lyft Plus, angering some drivers who spent $34,000 on their customized vehicles
Facebook is partnering with Stripe to power the buy buttons in its News Feed
Circa releases version 3.0 of its news reader app with a customizable news feed and also Daily Briefs
Two-factor authentication startup Duo Security raises $12 million from Benchmark
Kinvey raises $10.8 million to help it drive the mobile-cloud platform shift in enterprise IT
Hootsuite raises $60 million on a $1 billion valuation, acquires voice service Zettl
Robotic toy carmaker Anki raises $55 million
Eventbrite launches Neon, a mobile app that lets you manage events easier while on the go
Expa has hired AddThis founder Hooman Radfar as its San Francisco entrepreneur-in-residence
FWD.us president Joe Green has been ousted
Slack acquires a collaboration tool startup
ZEFR has acquired social advertising startup Engodo
HotelTonight pivots away from same-day booking to one where you can reserve a room seven-days in advance
DirecTV shareholders overwhelmingly approve of AT&T's $48.5 billion takeover
Other interesting reads that you should be aware of:
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen sounds warning on startups burning cash
Andreessen Horowitz has hired its first academic in residence -- here's why this firm needed one
FBI director James Comey is "very concerned" about the data privacy features being worked on by Google and Apple
What is Ello?
FierceTelecom has an interview with AT&T's vice president for small business project management Tom Hughes: "We're making steady progress" on fiber to the building
Wall Street Journal: BlackBerry's makeover is taking shape
Comcast: honestly, "it may take years" to improve our reputation
Vanity Fair: What you should know about Jeremy Stoppelman
That's it for this week. But don't forget that applications for season 4 of Orange Fab are now open. If you're interested, visit the program's website for more information.
Have a great weekend!
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Introducing Fab Force: A New Accelerator Alliance With Visa, LG Electronics, Hilton, Fnac, Morpho, and Moët Hennessy
Today, we're announcing the debut of a brand new program that's designed to enhance partnerships between startups and brands. Under the auspices of Orange Fab San Francisco, our very own accelerator, we're pleased to reveal something we call Fab Force. We've teamed up with Visa, LG Electronics, Hilton, Fnac, Morpho, and Moët Hennessy to not only improve the distribution channels made available to startups, but also to work with these brands to foster innovation in the ecosystem.
Our CEO Georges Nahon sees this as a great opportunity for not only finding the next big thing, but understanding the distortions taking place in the industry, along with the roles brands can play:
For the past 15 years, Orange has developed a unique and respected ecosystem in Silicon Valley, consisting of leading entrepreneurs, thought leaders, venture capitalists, and technology experts. Through Fab Force, we've now opened up the ecosystem to some of the world's largest and most respected brands who now have early access to some of Silicon Valley's most innovative startups.
Under Fab Force, Orange collaborates with its partners on the startups that will join its next season. All companies will evaluate each application and also have an opportunity to work directly with the final selections. Orange Fab will provide exclusive access to its group of mentors, thought leaders, investors, and industry experts to the partner companies.
All startups in the next season will continue to have the opportunity to access an investment of $20,000 from Orange Fab. Fab Force partners may also invest separately if they wish.
If you're a company that's looking to partner with Orange Fab and become a member of Fab Force, please reach out to us ([email protected]).
In addition, we've also opened up applications for season 4 of Orange Fab. Interested? More information is on OrangeFab.com or you can follow the program on Twitter at @orangefab.
On Thursday, Orange Silicon Valley and its accelerator, Orange Fab, was featured in an article on FOX Business. It explored the philosophy behind having corporations look to startups to help them with their innovation pipeline.
Our CEO Georges Nahon is quoted in the article and is very passionate in the partnership between large companies and those that are rapidly disrupting incumbents. Orange Fab plays a big role in helping Orange learn about the changing digital landscape:
We see fast-moving disruption multiplying itself, brought on by a new wave of scalable innovation happening much later than large companies can understand. [Orange Fab] gives us an opportunity to see where we can continue to innovate, whether in the IT space, in the human resource area, or anywhere in between."
Why are startups able to innovate better than corporations? Mr. Nahon explains, saying:
Today, start-ups don’t need to buy infrastructure when it is available to rent “as a service”. They can focus on operations. This capacity enables change to happen much faster – and lets 60 employees at WhatsApp deploy services to half a billion people. This is a shock for policymakers, incumbents, and regulators who hoped the last wave of tech-enabled transformations would settle into stability. Instead, we see fast-moving disruption multiplying itself, brought on by a new wave of scalable innovation happening much later than large companies can understand.
This is also why we see so many mergers and acquisitions happening where the buyer is not necessarily a purely technological company. What has happened is that many non-Tech companies have discovered that to grow, they need to become technology companies. It’s a big shift...companies are becoming platforms powered by the cloud, mobile, Big Data, and social.
We're proud of all the success Orange Fab has had over the past year and a half. We are always looking for great partners to work with and find new ways to innovate.
If you're interested in knowing more about Orange Fab, please visit orangefab.com.
On Friday, we treated our Orange Fab startups to a special treat: a surprise appearance by Grammy Award-winning rapper, entrepreneur, and tech investor Chamillionaire.
The man, perhaps more commonly known for his hit song "Ridin", spent an hour chatting with our companies learning more about what they do, sharing his experience in the music industry, and how he's looking to bring more of the music industry to the tech sector.
Chamillionaire was joined by his business partner, BeatBullies founder Nsilo Reddick, who is also a producer for some of the music world's best artists.
We're thankful for the time Chamillionaire and Nsilo spent with us and would love to have them back anytime.
