Orange Belgium: Orange Fab, the international accelerator network for start-ups of Orange, expands to Belgium and Luxembourg
24 Maggio 2017 - 9:00AM
Orange Fab, the
exclusive international accelerator network, is now open to
start-ups located in Belgium and Luxembourg. The main objective of
Orange Fab is to create a commercial partnership between the
start-ups and the Business Units of Orange. Thanks to Orange Fab,
the selected start-ups will be offered specific support to
accelerate their development in Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as
internationally, leveraging the worldwide presence of
Orange.
Orange Fab is open to Belgian and
Luxembourg start-ups that are developing products and services in
sectors like Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of
Things, mobile video content, connected objects. Thanks to Orange
Fab, Orange supports and promotes the digital talents who will
change the way we live and work tomorrow.
Development support
Season 1 will start on 1 September 2017. Interested
start-ups/scale-ups can already register their candidatures on the
www.orangefab.be site. Once selected by a committee of Orange
leaders and outside experts, these start-ups will be offered 3
months of specific support (participation in events, conferences,
advice and support on the important subjects encountered by the
enterprise, participation in an international demo day in Paris
with all the Orange Fab participants.), defined according to their
needs, by recognized experts. During this period each start-up will
be in contact with a Business Unit of Orange to identify a possible
commercial partnership. Start-ups supported by Orange will also
benefit from visibility within a very international dynamic
ecosystem, plus powerful acceleration of their development.
To be eligible for the Orange Fab
support programme, start-ups must meet a series of criteria: have a
currently commercialized product or service (Minimum Viable
Product), be active in one of the defined sectors, be located in
Belgium or Luxembourg.
Get more information about Orange
Fab in Belgium and in Luxembourg: www.orangefab.be
About Orange Fab
Orange Fab is an international accelerator network for start-ups
from the Orange Group programme, now active in 14 countries. The
main objective of Orange Fab is to create a commercial partnership
between the start-ups and the Business Units of Orange. It will
also help start-ups develop their business and activities. The
network Orange Fab is designed to be a launch pad for start-ups to
accelerate their growth along with their local and international
visibility.
Orange Fab has already contributed
to the development of nearly 250 start-ups worldwide since the
programme was launched in 2013. Orange has established partnerships
with some of them, like (for example):
Textolife
The start-up Textolife offers the transformation of ephemeral
virtual conversations (SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, emojis and Messenger)
into a quality personalised book, or a PDF document. This start-up,
accelerated by Orange Fab France in 2016, has established a
commercial partnership with Orange in France. With this
partnership, Orange clients can save their conversations in Orange
Cloud, and print or share their chosen conversations with friends
and family.
FAMOCO
FAMOCO, the laureate of Season 3 of Orange Fab France, markets a
unique solution for secure professional NFC mobile terminals
running Android. The solution is designed for enterprises looking
for NFC readers that will allow easy and secure mobile deployment
of their professional applications. Within the framework of a
commercial partnership, FAMOCO is accompanying Orange in the
deployment of the Orange Money service in Africa. In Belgium,
FAMOCO terminals are used to securely identify prepaid clients in
seconds.
Orange Digital Ventures recently invested in the start-up during
their latest funding round.
About Orange Belgium
Orange Belgium is one of the leading
telecommunication operators on the Belgian market, with over 3
million customers, and in Luxembourg through its subsidiary Orange
Communications Luxembourg.
As a convergent actor, we provide mobile telecommunication
services, internet and TV to private clients, as well as innovative
mobile and fixed line services to businesses. Our high-performance
mobile network supports 2G, 3G, 4G and 4G+ technology and is the
subject of ongoing investments.
Orange Belgium is a subsidiary of the Orange Group, one of the
leading European and African operators for mobile telephony and
internet access, as well as one of the world leaders for
telecommunication services to enterprises.
Orange Belgium is listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange (OBEL).
More information on: corporate.orange.be,
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Press
contact
Annelore Marynissen - annelore.marynissen@orange.com -
+32 (0) 479 01 60 58
Jean-Pascal Bouillon - jean-pascal.bouillon@orange.com
- +32 (0) 473 94 87 31
press@orange.be
Contact
investors
Siddy Jobe - ir@orange.be - +32(0)2 745 80 92
Orange Fab - UK
Orange Fab - FR
Orange Fab - NL
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