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French Tech Days 2018
From September 10-12, the Swedish capital hosted The French Tech Days Paris and Stockholm, organized in partnership by French Chamber of Commerce in Sweden and Business France Nordic with the support of Openers.io to promote economic relations between France and Sweden in the fields of FinTech, Smart cities and e-mobility. These events are part of the strategic collaboration agreement on innovation, and the digital transformation signed by President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in November 2017.
Two successful days of networking and exchange with more than 80 business meetings in 48 hours for participating companies: ResearchPool, SeaBubbles, Cofidis Retail, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, BIMCHAIN, CommerzVentures, Cambridge Blockchain, LLC, INVYO, Platform.sh, Jollyclick and Praxedo.
We welcomed them at our office for a cocktail mingle were Ludovic Bouveron, Managing Director of the CCFS along with board members Tomas Fellbom and Charlotte Loyau-Kahn, presented how to successfully do business in Sweden.
Day 1 consisted of one-on-one business meetings in the office of our partner NFT Ventures, were founder Johan Lundberg presented the Swedish fintech market followed by Magnus Stein, CEO and co-founder of Agreement24. Ann Grevelius, Founder and Chairman of Optise, spoke about AI and fintech development in the market; followed by Deputy Governor at the Swedish Central Bank Cecilia Skingsley, who presented the governmental project of e-currency (e-krona).
The French Ambassador in Sweden, David Cvach, welcomed the companies as well as representatives from the business sector to the French Residence where Business France and the team of French Tech Nordic presented the philosophy and mission of their organisation.
The final day of the French Tech Days began with a presentation of the Swedish payment model Swish by Anna-Lena Wretman, CEO at Get Swish. Kristina Söderberg, Investment Manager at SEB Ventures Capital, explained their investment strategy and presented its portfolio. The day continued at SUP46 were Niklas Arvidsson, Associate Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology and Johan Lundberg, NFT Ventures lead a roundtable discussion about cashless societies.
Many thanks to our partners NFT Ventures, iZettle, Finance Innovation, Smart City Sweden, Invyo, BNP Paribas and French Tech Nordics for their support in making this event possible.
