the innovation ecosystem in tunisia
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The innovation eco-system in TunisiaMaher Kallel
President
Carthage Business Angels
What is the most important tool for innovation?
CULTURAL GAP
MONEY GAP
LEGISLATION GAP
Carthage Business Angels
CBA is the Leading Business Angels association in Tunisia
CBA works to identify and support innovative projects.
CBA's mission is to initiate projects in the early stages and to accompany them on several aspects:
Help Financing start-ups in the early stages
Enhance the credibility of innovative projects vis-à-vis other investors and institutions
Coach innovative entrepreneurs with the expertise and the network of CBA members
Contribute in the development of an innovation eco-system in Tunisia
CBA develops a network of investors and mentors in partnership with Wiki-startup
WIKI STARTUP
Wiki Startup is the first private business center, project incubation and investment advisory in Tunisia.
Startup wiki was created in 2011 by a group of Tunisian entrepreneurs who aim to boost entrepreneurship by providing their expertise and experience to innovative developers.
Wiki Startup contributed in less than a year since its inception in organizing three Boot Camps, about twenty Pitching sessions and two Business Plan Competitions.
Wiki Start now supports 12 Innovative Start-Ups,The current portfolio of Wiki Start Up is an investment potential of over 40 million TD.
CBA and Wiki-Startup closely work with BA and Capitalease
Capitalease
CAPITALease is a business angles and VC’s Pool seed fund created in
2012
CAPITALease generate an average ticket of 100 KDT by award-winning
project and validated by its investment committee.
A shareholders' agreement for an investment period of 3 years with
standardized clauses for all cases
Capitalease started as a one million dianrs fund and will be reaching 10
million dinars by july 2015.
CEED Tunisia(Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Developpment) Is an NGO that focuses on mentoring PME development through assistance and support during their creation, through mentoring and coaching.
Caisse des Dépôts is a public investor dedicated to the development of long-term investment
The National Agency for Promotion of Scientific Research is a government agency whose primary mission is to provide services to professionalize the management of research activities in the framework of an effective and equitable partnership with the socio-economic operators
There DeutscheGesellschaft für InternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ) is an international development institution, known for its high technical competence in the management programs,
The eco-sytem
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CHAIN OF FINANCING AND INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
INTILAQ
Entrepreneurship
Network
Souk Ettanmia
4
FIFTEEN INSTRUMENTS MANAGED BY A DOZEN OF BODIES
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APII, BANQUES FCPR & SICAR
APII, BANQUES FCPR & SICAR
MESRS - DGVR
MESRS - DGVR
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BMNBMN
BMNBMN
APIIAPII
MESRS & INNORPIMESRS & INNORPI
MESRS - DGVR
MESRS - DGVR
MESRS - DGRS
MESRS - DGRS
APII APII
APII & MTIC
APII & MTIC
DGIDT - MIT
DGIDT - MIT
IKDAM Gestion &PHENICIA - ACP
IKDAM Gestion &PHENICIA - ACP
SAGES CapitalSAGES Capital
APII
MESRS
DGVRR
INNORPI
SAGES CAPITAL
BFPMEBanques Commer-
cialesSOTUGAR
Technopoles
ISET
Acheteur Public
TEMPUSMEDINNOALL
Carthage Business Angels
Cartographie des principaux acteurs de l’Essaimage scientifique en Tunisie
Centre de recherche
SICAR
Pépinières
15SWOT analysis
- Weak Deals flows- Skills Gap
-hostile Environment / ineffective interfaces and structures
- Missing Market Information- Weak IP protection
- A density of actors and impressive dedicated resources
- A valuable heritage of knowledge
- The proliferation of private initiatives
- Competitions and incubation programs
- No communication between the different actors
- Leigislation not adapted to innovative start-ups
- Not enough Specific measures for sourcing especially from universities
The Innovation Ecosystem
Tens of uncoordinated initiatives
Dozens of challenges, business plans competitions, conferences.
Qatar Foundation Fund, EBRD, World Bank, AFD + 15 government fund and tools ( business centers, technology parks + funds)
Sarting integration of coaching and mentoring with finance
Still working on finding the recipe for innovation eco-system
Ideas for an innovation eco-system
Gather every important actor in the country in a start-up weekend where they meet and connect with each other , align their vision and remove some biases and judgements.
Make BA, incubators, VC’s research centers really work together under this vshared vision.
Let civil society become close friends with pepole who make legislation.
Reduce the age of decision makers!
Let the country becomes a « huge Café »