Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in Europe

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• Doing Business in Europe
• The Swiss Option
• Bio-IT Coalition, Washington DC 18/01/06

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• Introduction to the DEWS Region

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• REGIONAL FEATURES
• Combined population of 1.2million people
• Multi-lingual---Languages include French German,
  Italian and the business language of English
• Multi- cultural---full 25 of inhabitants in the
  region are non Swiss
• Infrastructurestate of the art
  Telecommunication networks, world renown rail
  transportation, multiple airport accessibility
• Labor accessibility---strong local labor force
  enhanced by border workers form France, Germany
  and Italy
• Management friendly--- no worker councils, no
  strikes, 42-44 hour work week, extremely low
  social costs (only 18.25), high levels of
  productivity.

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• Education/ Research Development---
• 20 Technical schools,
• University of Neuchatel,
• www.unine.ch
• Avenue du 1er-Mars 26 CH-2000 Neuchâtel
  Switzerland
• Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
• University of Lausanne,
• www.unil.ch
• Unicentre  -  CH-1015 Lausanne    Switzerland
• Phone [phone]    Fax [phone]
  
• Swiss Federal Polytech Institute of Lausanne
  (EPFL),
• www.epfl.ch
• EPFL, 1015 Lausanne,
• Phone [phone]
• Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology
  (CSEM),
• CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de
  Microtechnique SARue Jaquet-Droz 1 P.O. Box
  CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• Phone [phone] Fax [phone]

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• Swiss Center for Bioinformatics (SIB)
• www.isb-sib.ch
• Quartier Sorge - Batiment Genopode1015 Lausanne
  Switzerland Phone [phone] Fax 41 21
  692 4055
• Vital Life Center (Intel-HP- Bio-Informatics)
• www.vital-it.ch
• Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Quartier
  Sorge Bâtiment Génopode1015 Lausanne
  SwitzerlandTel 41 21 692 4031 Fax [phone]
  4065
• Center for BioPharmaceutical Research Lonza
  Research Center for BioTechnology,
• The Bioscience Research Center,
• Engineering school of Vaud,

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• Engineering school of greater Jura area (in
  Lelocle, Porrentruy, Neuchatel and La
  Chaux-deFonds),
• Engineering School of Valais,
• Institute for Microtechnology (IMT),
• Institute for Management Development, Institute
  for Artificial Intelligence (IDIAP)
• and, a variety of private and international
  schools.

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• ONE-STOP-SHOP--The DEWS region provides a full
  range of services to potential investors
• TAXexcellent tax environments with potential
  for ten year holidays, including special
  corporate as well as individual tax program,
• INCENTIVES---variety of business incentives that
  include employment grants, low-interest loans,
  real estate assistance and much more,
• PERMITS---local assistance with all permitting,
  compliance and regulatory issues
• HELP on the Spot----each project is assigned a
  project management team---this team assists in
  all aspects of the project from business plan
  development to site selection, vendor
  introductions, family integration into the
  community , commercial and residential real
  estate location, recruiting-----a complete
  assimilation of the business and all of its
  employees into the community.

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• Typical Financing Methods
• Friends and Family
• Angel Networks
• V Cs
• PO /Asset Base lending

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• Typical US Scenario
• UNIVERSITY / RESEARCH CENTER COLLABORATION
• INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTISTS / TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
• INTRODUCTION TO LICENSING DEPARTMENT
• LOSS OF INCOME STREAM
• LOSS OF IP

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• The SWISS Option
• Collaboration without loss of revenue stream
• Collaboration without loss of intellectual
  property
• Grant programs for innovationCTI Grants
• Commission for Technology and Innovation

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Financing of Expansions for High Tech Firms in
Europe

• The SWISS Option
• CTI Invest program

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LOCATION and INFRASTRUCTURE
1. Switzerland is located in the very heart of
Europe.
Switzerlands world-class (and world-famous)
trains offer convenient, frequent and efficient
connections to virtually all major Western
European cities, including Paris, Lyon, Milan,
Torino, Munich and Frankfurt.
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QUALITY OF LIFE
Neuchâtel
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QUALITY OF LIFE
Jura
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QUALITY OF LIFE
We look forward to your visit!