CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FABA 2017 LAUREATES!
The 4th annual ceremony of the French-American Business awards was a blast!
The FABA 2017 would not have been possible without the implication of all the nominees, the advisory board, the jury members, the sponsors, the partners and all the volunteers, so thank you all for your support! Attendees, please answer our short survey here to help us improve.
Congratulations to all laureates! We wish them to keep growing in the coming years and nurturing the French-American entrepreneurial spirit.
The FABA 2017 would not have been possible without the implication of all the nominees, the advisory board, the jury members, the sponsors, the partners and all the volunteers, so thank you all for your support! Attendees, please answer our short survey here to help us improve.
Congratulations to all laureates! We wish them to keep growing in the coming years and nurturing the French-American entrepreneurial spirit.
AGRIBUSINESS
Nominees
Guillaume Grapevine Nursery Inc.
ITK
Saverglass
TFF Group
Gold Award: ITK
ITK is a knowledge integrator committed to developing easy-to-use, efficient and useful decision-making tools that connect scientific research with production agriculture and allied industries to drive value to farmers and all players of the food system value chain. Concretely, ITK develops web applications and connected sensors that target growers/ breeders and their consultants to help them make tactical and strategic decisions on their daily practices in order to maximize their return on investment while gaining time. Those tools are based on proprietary models that are protected by two patents.
Special Distinction: Guillaume Grapevine Nursery Inc.
In 2008 “Guillaume Company” international leader in the Grapevine production set up a subsidiary in the United States, “Guillaume Grapevine Nursery Inc.”, in order to work with North American grape growers. Their mission is to provide customers with heathy and top quality vines, and more importantly to choose which types of vines will best adapt to their “Terroir” and allow them to meet their production expectations.
Nominees
Guillaume Grapevine Nursery Inc.
ITK
Saverglass
TFF Group
Gold Award: ITK
ITK is a knowledge integrator committed to developing easy-to-use, efficient and useful decision-making tools that connect scientific research with production agriculture and allied industries to drive value to farmers and all players of the food system value chain. Concretely, ITK develops web applications and connected sensors that target growers/ breeders and their consultants to help them make tactical and strategic decisions on their daily practices in order to maximize their return on investment while gaining time. Those tools are based on proprietary models that are protected by two patents.
Special Distinction: Guillaume Grapevine Nursery Inc.
In 2008 “Guillaume Company” international leader in the Grapevine production set up a subsidiary in the United States, “Guillaume Grapevine Nursery Inc.”, in order to work with North American grape growers. Their mission is to provide customers with heathy and top quality vines, and more importantly to choose which types of vines will best adapt to their “Terroir” and allow them to meet their production expectations.
FOOD BUSINESS
Nominees
Atelier Crenn, Petit Crenn
Burger Bar
Cafe Bastille
Le Comptoir, Gamine
Piperade, Bocadillos
Gold Award: Piperade, Bocadillos
Michael Bauer’s review in the San Francisco Chronicle: In 2002, Gerald and his wife, Cameron, brought the French-Basque flavors he was raised on to downtown San Francisco with the opening of Piperade. Two years later, he opened Bocadillos, and is also co-owner of Clos Pissarra Winery in Catalonia. The Hirigoyens’ restaurants and Gerald Hirigoyen’s accomplishments have been featured in such renowned national food journals as Gourmet, Bon Appetit, and The New York Times.
Special Distinction: Le Comptoir, Gamine
Opened in early April 2016 in San Rafael, Le Comptoir is a Bistrot, Rotisserie, and Epicerie inspired by French cuisine traditions and methods. Unpretentious, open late, dine in or take out, the restaurant is sister to popular Gamine, on Union Street in San Francisco, a lively neighborhood bistrot celebrating rustic pleasures from France.
Nominees
Atelier Crenn, Petit Crenn
Burger Bar
Cafe Bastille
Le Comptoir, Gamine
Piperade, Bocadillos
Gold Award: Piperade, Bocadillos
Michael Bauer’s review in the San Francisco Chronicle: In 2002, Gerald and his wife, Cameron, brought the French-Basque flavors he was raised on to downtown San Francisco with the opening of Piperade. Two years later, he opened Bocadillos, and is also co-owner of Clos Pissarra Winery in Catalonia. The Hirigoyens’ restaurants and Gerald Hirigoyen’s accomplishments have been featured in such renowned national food journals as Gourmet, Bon Appetit, and The New York Times.
Special Distinction: Le Comptoir, Gamine
Opened in early April 2016 in San Rafael, Le Comptoir is a Bistrot, Rotisserie, and Epicerie inspired by French cuisine traditions and methods. Unpretentious, open late, dine in or take out, the restaurant is sister to popular Gamine, on Union Street in San Francisco, a lively neighborhood bistrot celebrating rustic pleasures from France.
HIGH TECH OVER $30 MILION IN REVENUE OR FUNDING
Nominees
App Annie
Docker
Planisware
SmartRecruiters Inc.
Talend
Upwork
Gold Award: Talend
Talend is a next generation leader in cloud and big data integration software that helps companies become data driven by making data more accessible, improving its quality and quickly moving data where it’s needed for real-time decision making. By simplifying big data through these steps, Talend’s open-source based solutions enable companies to act with insight using accurate, real-time information about their business, customers, and industry.
Special Distinction: Planisware
Planisware is a global provider of Project and Product Portfolio Management software solutions. Planisware's acclaimed configurability accommodates the company's customers across a variety of industries and empowers users to align the solution with key business programs and portfolio management processes. More than one-third of the world’s top 100 R&D spenders use Planisware’s solutions to manage their portfolios and processes, and get products to market.
Nominees
App Annie
Docker
Planisware
SmartRecruiters Inc.
Talend
Upwork
Gold Award: Talend
Talend is a next generation leader in cloud and big data integration software that helps companies become data driven by making data more accessible, improving its quality and quickly moving data where it’s needed for real-time decision making. By simplifying big data through these steps, Talend’s open-source based solutions enable companies to act with insight using accurate, real-time information about their business, customers, and industry.
Special Distinction: Planisware
Planisware is a global provider of Project and Product Portfolio Management software solutions. Planisware's acclaimed configurability accommodates the company's customers across a variety of industries and empowers users to align the solution with key business programs and portfolio management processes. More than one-third of the world’s top 100 R&D spenders use Planisware’s solutions to manage their portfolios and processes, and get products to market.
HIGH TECH UNDER $30 MILION IN REVENUE OR FUNDING
Nominees
Algolia
FLYR
Front
Giroptic
MyScienceWork
One2Team
Gold Award: Algolia
Algolia, Inc., is a Search-as-a-Service provider, that develops a hosted search application programming interface (API) that allows Websites and mobile applications to increase user engagement and conversions. The company’s API enables developers to build the search engine. It serves startups and companies in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Paris, France.
Special Distinction: One2Team
One2Team is the most elegant enterprise collaboration and PPM solution, combining SaaS cloud software with agile consulting and support. Their platform helps reinvent the way companies manage complex projects in complex organizations. One2Team helps everyone become radically more agile, execute at a faster pace, and collaborate widely.
Nominees
Algolia
FLYR
Front
Giroptic
MyScienceWork
One2Team
Gold Award: Algolia
Algolia, Inc., is a Search-as-a-Service provider, that develops a hosted search application programming interface (API) that allows Websites and mobile applications to increase user engagement and conversions. The company’s API enables developers to build the search engine. It serves startups and companies in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Paris, France.
Special Distinction: One2Team
One2Team is the most elegant enterprise collaboration and PPM solution, combining SaaS cloud software with agile consulting and support. Their platform helps reinvent the way companies manage complex projects in complex organizations. One2Team helps everyone become radically more agile, execute at a faster pace, and collaborate widely.
LIFE-SCIENCE & BIOTECH
Nominees
Adynxx
Arterys
Limagrain Group (HM. CLAUSE)
MiNDERA
SpineGuard Inc.
Twist Bioscience Corp.
Gold Award: Arterys
Arterys builds intelligent, easy to use software that unleashes real-world data to make imaging more accurate and data driven. Their solution combines cloud super computation and AI to aggregate, process and learn from worldwide data, creating specific applications that integrate seamlessly into clinical practice. Their products - FDA cleared and CE marked, enable physicians to easily visualize and accurately quantify cardiac anatomy and blood flow in a fraction of the time delivering value on day 1.
Special Distinction: Adynxx
Adynxx was founded in 2007 to revolutionize the treatment of acute and chronic pain, an area significant unmet medical need, utilizing a novel therapeutic platform – referred to as “AYX” - invented by the company’s founder, Dr. Julien Mamet.The company’s lead product candidate, AYX1, is designed to reduce acute post-surgical pain and prevent chronic pain with a single administration at the time of surgery.
Nominees
Adynxx
Arterys
Limagrain Group (HM. CLAUSE)
MiNDERA
SpineGuard Inc.
Twist Bioscience Corp.
Gold Award: Arterys
Arterys builds intelligent, easy to use software that unleashes real-world data to make imaging more accurate and data driven. Their solution combines cloud super computation and AI to aggregate, process and learn from worldwide data, creating specific applications that integrate seamlessly into clinical practice. Their products - FDA cleared and CE marked, enable physicians to easily visualize and accurately quantify cardiac anatomy and blood flow in a fraction of the time delivering value on day 1.
Special Distinction: Adynxx
Adynxx was founded in 2007 to revolutionize the treatment of acute and chronic pain, an area significant unmet medical need, utilizing a novel therapeutic platform – referred to as “AYX” - invented by the company’s founder, Dr. Julien Mamet.The company’s lead product candidate, AYX1, is designed to reduce acute post-surgical pain and prevent chronic pain with a single administration at the time of surgery.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Nominees
Jean-Louis Gassee
Nominees
Jean-Louis Gassee
SOCIAL IMPACT New!
Nominees
42 Silicon Valley
Alter Eco
Calso Community, Inc.
Give Us The Floor
Holberton
Make School
Gold Award: 42 Silicon Valley
42 Silicon Valley is a non-profit, tuition-free coding school which focuses on providing a quality computer programming education to students. Its first campus originated in Paris, France in 2013 and has expanded to include a US based campus in Fremont, California in 2016. Their goal is to help make computer programming education more accessible to a more diverse population, and to challenge the views of traditional education as the only viable solution for a quality educational experience.
Special Distinction: Alter Eco
Recognized as a top certified Benefit Corporation and one of the first registered Public Benefit Corporations, Alter Eco is dedicated to full-circle sustainability throughout its operations and supply chain through four pillars: sourcing using Fair Trade principles, producing only organic and non-GMO foods, creating minimal waste by working towards 100 percent compostable packaging, and in-setting carbon emissions by means of large-scale reforestation programs in its cooperatives.
Nominees
42 Silicon Valley
Alter Eco
Calso Community, Inc.
Give Us The Floor
Holberton
Make School
Gold Award: 42 Silicon Valley
42 Silicon Valley is a non-profit, tuition-free coding school which focuses on providing a quality computer programming education to students. Its first campus originated in Paris, France in 2013 and has expanded to include a US based campus in Fremont, California in 2016. Their goal is to help make computer programming education more accessible to a more diverse population, and to challenge the views of traditional education as the only viable solution for a quality educational experience.
Special Distinction: Alter Eco
Recognized as a top certified Benefit Corporation and one of the first registered Public Benefit Corporations, Alter Eco is dedicated to full-circle sustainability throughout its operations and supply chain through four pillars: sourcing using Fair Trade principles, producing only organic and non-GMO foods, creating minimal waste by working towards 100 percent compostable packaging, and in-setting carbon emissions by means of large-scale reforestation programs in its cooperatives.
STARTUP OF THE YEAR
- Jury’s Choice Award: AVA
- People’s Choice Award: Atlas Unlimited Inc
US INVESTMENT IN FRANCE
Nominees
Cisco
Facebook France
GE Digital Europe Foundry
Tesla
Wingz
Gold Award: GE Digital Europe Foundry
GE Digital connects streams of machine data to powerful analytics, providing Industrial companies with valuable insights to manage assets and operations more efficiently. World-class talent and software capabilities driving big gains in productivity, availability and longevity. .
Special Distinction: Facebook France
Facebook is a social networking company that builds engaging products that enables people to connect and share through mobile devices and personal computers. Facebook offers various services focused on people, marketers and developers. It offers online and mobile-based platform for people to share their opinions, ideas, photos and videos, and to engage in other activities. The Group’s products include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. In France, 33M people use Facebook each month. Globally, 1.86 billion people use Facebook, 1 billion people use Messenger, 1.2 billion people use WhatsApp and 600 million people use Instagram.
Nominees
Cisco
Facebook France
GE Digital Europe Foundry
Tesla
Wingz
Gold Award: GE Digital Europe Foundry
GE Digital connects streams of machine data to powerful analytics, providing Industrial companies with valuable insights to manage assets and operations more efficiently. World-class talent and software capabilities driving big gains in productivity, availability and longevity. .
Special Distinction: Facebook France
Facebook is a social networking company that builds engaging products that enables people to connect and share through mobile devices and personal computers. Facebook offers various services focused on people, marketers and developers. It offers online and mobile-based platform for people to share their opinions, ideas, photos and videos, and to engage in other activities. The Group’s products include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. In France, 33M people use Facebook each month. Globally, 1.86 billion people use Facebook, 1 billion people use Messenger, 1.2 billion people use WhatsApp and 600 million people use Instagram.
WINE
Nominees
Azur Wines
Beaucanon Estate
Dominus Estate
Eisele Vineyard
Hyde de Villaine
Gold Award: Azur Wines
Azur Wines philosophy is to produce wines that express pure, terroir-driven specificities and characteristics. To produce the highest quality wines, the origin of quality expressed through the vineyards, the fruit and very production practices determine a good wine from a great wine. They wanted to create the highest quality wines representative of their two cultures, French & American.
Special Distinction: Hyde de Villaine
Hyde de Villaine is a venture between the Hyde Family of Napa Valley and the de Villaine Family of Burgundy. The families, related by marriage, share long histories in French and Californian winemaking. In HdV, they have brought together our knowledge and experience for the purpose of creating single vineyard wines from the slopes of Hyde Vineyards.
Nominees
Azur Wines
Beaucanon Estate
Dominus Estate
Eisele Vineyard
Hyde de Villaine
Gold Award: Azur Wines
Azur Wines philosophy is to produce wines that express pure, terroir-driven specificities and characteristics. To produce the highest quality wines, the origin of quality expressed through the vineyards, the fruit and very production practices determine a good wine from a great wine. They wanted to create the highest quality wines representative of their two cultures, French & American.
Special Distinction: Hyde de Villaine
Hyde de Villaine is a venture between the Hyde Family of Napa Valley and the de Villaine Family of Burgundy. The families, related by marriage, share long histories in French and Californian winemaking. In HdV, they have brought together our knowledge and experience for the purpose of creating single vineyard wines from the slopes of Hyde Vineyards.
WOMAN ROLE MODEL New!
Nominees
Karine Allouche
Yseulys Costes
Pauline Lhote
Fidji Simo
Virginie Simon
Gold Award: Virginie Simon
Virginie Simon, 34, is the CEO and co-founder of a science big data company: MyScienceWork. She is a biotech engineer by training and has a PhD in nanotechnology for cancer therapy. She won an Excellence Award in 2008, Sensational Award in 2010, ‘Best Business Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2011, was recognized by the Berlin magazine The Hundert, listing the 100 best female entrepreneurs in Europe in 2016 and was awarded the Trophées des Français de l’étranger in the Entrepreneur category in 2017.
Special Distinction: Karine Allouche
Karine Allouche Salanon is the Chief Executive Officer of GlobalEnglish. Ms. Salanon led a management by out of GlobalEnglish from Pearson. She and her team are rebooting GlobalEnglish into a transformational partner for Fortune 2000 organizations seeking to leverage Business English to drive value in the connected 21st century economy. Ms. Salanon is involved in women-led for-profit social ventures by personally investing in 2 companies. She is a graduate of EDHEC, Graduate School of Management in France.
Nominees
Karine Allouche
Yseulys Costes
Pauline Lhote
Fidji Simo
Virginie Simon
Gold Award: Virginie Simon
Virginie Simon, 34, is the CEO and co-founder of a science big data company: MyScienceWork. She is a biotech engineer by training and has a PhD in nanotechnology for cancer therapy. She won an Excellence Award in 2008, Sensational Award in 2010, ‘Best Business Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2011, was recognized by the Berlin magazine The Hundert, listing the 100 best female entrepreneurs in Europe in 2016 and was awarded the Trophées des Français de l’étranger in the Entrepreneur category in 2017.
Special Distinction: Karine Allouche
Karine Allouche Salanon is the Chief Executive Officer of GlobalEnglish. Ms. Salanon led a management by out of GlobalEnglish from Pearson. She and her team are rebooting GlobalEnglish into a transformational partner for Fortune 2000 organizations seeking to leverage Business English to drive value in the connected 21st century economy. Ms. Salanon is involved in women-led for-profit social ventures by personally investing in 2 companies. She is a graduate of EDHEC, Graduate School of Management in France.
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