The Berytech “trilogy”
Dr. Nicolas Rouhana
About ideas/innovation
« The best idea in the world, plus 1$,
buys you a decent cup of coffee: ideas
without people and the money to turn
them into realities, remain… ideas !! »
Startup Life Cycle
Higher
Education
Business Plan Competitions
Prepare & Motivate
Facilitate
Incubation
Mentorship
Seed &
Support
• Business
Angels
• 3Fs
• Seed Funds
Grow & Expand Monetize
Venture
Capital
Funds
Industry
Clusters
Exit
Strategy
Today !
Business Plan
Competitions
Prepare & Motivate
Facilitate
Incubation
Mentorship
Seed &
Support
• Business
Angels
• Kafalat
• Seed Funds
• Grants
Grow & Expand Monetize
Venture
Capital
Funds
Industry
Clusters
Exit
Strategy
About Saint-Joseph University
(USJ)
Founded in 1875, one of the leading private
universities in Lebanon
12 Faculties, 1 School, 2 Institutes
4 Campuses & 3 Regional University Study Centers
1 University Hospital (Hôtel Dieu de France)
Over 10,000 Students
Covers all Science Topics & Disciplines
Scientific – Social – Religious – Human
– Medical – Health - Technological
www.usj.edu.lb
About Saint-Joseph University
(USJ) (2)
USJ spearheaded two leading Technologial Poles
in Lebanon: Berytech I & II
Objectives
Facilitate the creation of companies
Provide assistance in their development
Fund startups
Create jobs for graduates (Limit brain-drain)
Berytech Technological Pole
Location
Faculty of Engineering - Campus of Science & Technology
Total
Total
Total
Total
cost : 5.5M$
Build up area: 8,000 m2
offices space: 3,000 m2
common area : 5,000 m2
Incubation & Business hosting spaces
Videoconference auditorium & Training Center - Conference rooms
Cafeteria/restaurant/food court
Business center / Exhibition hall
Management: Berytech scal
Private shareholders
1M$ startup capital
Income for university !
Campus of Science & Technology
R&D lab
Faculties & Research labs
Aquapark &
Country club
800-seat auditorium
Berytech Technology
Incubator
Dorms
Sports arena
About Campus of
Science & Technology
80,000 sqm of land
3 Faculties: Engineering, Business Computer & Management,
and Faculty of Science
8 Research Labs (Electronics, ICT, telecom, water, environment,
materials, chemical, agro-food)
More than 50 researchers & 1,700 students on Campus
Berytech: 30 technology SMEs / 250 professionals
800-seat auditorium; closed sports-arena
Support services
Service offered
Project maturity
Networking
Help in financing
Clustering
Innovation mngmt
Internationalization
Mature SME
Business counselling
Help with technology
Business plan to get
finance
Incubation grants
Project assessment
Ideas elaboration
Rough business plan
Entrepr. training
Start up
Projects
holders
Incubator
Hot Desks
15-30sqm
Nursery/Accelerator
45-70sqm
Company Hosting
90-200+sqm
Type
of hosting
Conducive environment
Hassle-free quality
environment
24/7 electricity – UPS - telephone
lines - Internet access, parking,
security, Maintenance and Janitorial
service - Reception and Secretarial
service
Hi-tech environment
Videoconferencing, training &
documentation center
Near-by Technological Platforms
Programs for entrepreneurs
Links with Universities
Open-doors, Job fairs, roadshows
“From .edu to .com » (4th edition)
Operation 7ème jour
• Social
• Initiation to entrepreneurship
• Junior-Entreprise
Punctual training for industries
• e-business, social media networking, iPhone app dvpt
9th edition Incubation awards
• Since 2002: Access to
$300,000 Berytech
grants for 27 startup
projects
Opening Corporate Innovation
to Entrepreneurship
Broadband Internet Access
Berytech is hosting and managing the
Internet Exchange Point (IXP) of
Lebanon www.beirutix.net
The Campus is one of the 250 initial
beneficiaries of the National
Broadband Network plan
consisting of fiber-optic connections
across the country within the next
18 months
International
First full EBN member with EU-BIC
(Business Innovation Center) label in MENA
since 2006
SOFTLANDING
MATCHMAKING
EUROEXPO
BUSINESS BOOSTING
Berytech Technology &
Health
Created: 2006 – Campus of Medical Sciences
Promoter: University Saint-Joseph + 3 NGOs
Total cost : 3.5M$
Operating grant of 1.5MEuros from EU
Total Build up area: 4,000 m2
Total offices space: 2,500 m2
Videoconference facility
Training Center - Conference rooms
Common areas:
Lounge, business center
Income for university !
Berytech Technology & Health
Health Faculties USJ
Research labs
Health Technopole
20 startups/SMEs
150 jobs created
KEY FIGURES
Since 2002
TIC
Conseil/Formation
Services
8%
8%
• 136 entities hosted
• 72 entities « graduated »
> 550 job creations
> 150 entrepreneurs trained
• Hosting around 60 entities TO >
20M$
14%
24%
Image
Santé
46%
Cluster: Image industry
Laboratory for movie (15/32mm) development
Laboratory of telecinema
Laboratory for film restauration and storage
Digital Editing and post-production
2D graphics/animation/cartoon
3D architectural/walkthrough
Sound studio editing
Movie/video clips/TV program productions
Fondation Liban Cinéma
Case 1
Edulab.com.lb
Multimedia CDs (physics
& chemistry school curriculum)
Winner 2007 MIT Arab
Business Plan Competition
(1560 applicants)
Case 2
Paravision.org
DigitalPostcards
WSIS winners 2005
EuroLeaders Awards 2006
New packaged
services/products:
Touchless screens
Case 3
Apstrata.com
PaaS cloud-computing
technology platform
Ranked 4 in Lebanon
Allworld Network
Case 4
Activeidentity.net
RFID solutions
Finalists in the
MedVenture
competition
Funding for Technology Startups
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Started 2008
Seed Capital Fund
6 million USD
Investments from 100k$ to 1.2M$
Shareholders
– 2 multinationals: Cisco & Intel
– Leading Lebanese ICT companies
– 5 banks
– University (Income!)
• Portfolio: edulab, activeID,
dermandar, apstrata
Berytech: Intel Endorsement
“Craig Barrett” Center at Berytech
(April 2007)
Intel Capital invests 500k$
in Berytech Fund (VC fund for
technology startups) in 2008
Upcoming events
Contacts
www.berytech.org
www.berytechfund.org
bth.berytech.org
Mkalles, Lebanon
Tel: +961 4 533040
Fax: +961 4 533070
Mkalles, Lebanon
Tel: +961 4 533040
Fax: +961 4 533070
Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961 1 612500
Fax: +961 1 611005
Nicolas Rouhana
nrouhana@berytech.org
Twitter: @berytech, @nrouhana
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