1. WHO ARE THE COMPETITION ORGANIZERS?
NOVADOXE, a simplified joint stock company with share capital of 46,307.68 euros, registered in the Nanterre Trade and Companies Register under number 793 843 822, having its registered office at 191-195, avenueCharles de Gaulle - Bâtiment B1 - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine (hereinafter or " Maddyness "),
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LaMission French Tech represented by the Ministère de l'Economie, desFinances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique - 139, rue de Bercy75572 Paris Cedex 12.
(together referred to as the " Organizers ")
Organize the "Fundtruck" 2024 contest (the " Contest ") according to the conditions defined in these Contest rules (the " Rules ").
Competition partners are listed for each region in the "Parcours 2024" tab on the website.
The Contest will run from February 20, 2024 at 00:01 a.m. (Paris time) to December 3, 2024 (day of the National Final), inclusive.
2. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST?
Participation in the Contest is free and without obligation to purchase, subscribe or join any contract, product or service.
The Contest is exclusively open to Participants who meet the following conditions: the Participant must:
- be a start-up in the technological innovation or impact sector;
- be a VSE/SME with its head office in mainland France or Belgium;
- be less than 8 years old;
- be registered with the Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés ;
- be seeking funding at the time of the event: between 1 million euros and 5 million euros. In the event that a region does not have Participants seeking this level of funding, by way of exception, the funding sought can be from 500,000 euros to 5 million euros;
- be based in (or incubated in) one of the stage regions;
- be registered by his or her legal representative.
(the " Participants").
The term "impact innovation" refers to any sustainable and/or responsible and/or inclusive and/or solidarity-based approach in the area where they are based, and/or non-technological innovation through the introduction of new types of organizational structures, new distribution channels and methods, and new, more resilient and responsible production processes.
Not eligible to enter:
- VSEs/SMEs with a capital link to the Organizers;
- employees, as well as their spouses, ascendants, descendants, brothers and sisters, of the Organizers and of any other company directly or indirectly owned by the Organizers.
The Contest is limited to one entry per person (same company name, mailing address, personal or professional e-mail address) and the entry must be made by the legal representative of theParticipant or by a person expressly authorized by the latter.
The conditions listed above are cumulative. Participants understand and acknowledge that the validity of their participation depends on compliance with these conditions for the entire duration of the Contest.
3. WHAT ARE THE KEY DATES FOR THE COMPETITION AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
The competition is held at the local, regional and national levels, and consists of several phases leading up to the National Final:
- Call for entries;
- Local pre-selection ;
- Event in the city where the shortlisted Participants make a pitch (the " Local Event ") before the Jury votes on the local winner (the " Local Winner ");
- Event in the city designated for the regional level at which the Local Winners make a pitch (the " Regional Event "), enabling the Regional Jury to select one or two regional winners (the " Regional Winner ").
The dates for each city and region are published as they become available on the website, by clicking on the "Parcours 2024" tab. During the Local Event, the Regional Event and the National Final, a pitch must be presented orally.
Unless otherwise stated on the Site, the call for applications is made 2 months before the date of the Regional Event, the pre-selection of Participants is made 2 weeks before the date of the Regional Event, the selection of Local Winners and Regional Winners is made respectively during the Local Event and the Regional Event.
A public vote will be held once all the Regional Winners have been announced (the " Public Vote "), with voting details available on the website. The "Public Vote" prize will be awarded to the winner at the National Final.
The National Final will bring together the Regional Winners and will be held inParis on December 3, 2024.
For the purposes of these Rules, the term " Winners " refers to all local and regional winners and the national winner.
4. HOW TO ENTER THE COMPETITION
4.1. Registrations are open from February 20, 2024 at 00:01 until October 31, 2024 at 23:59 (Paris time) inclusive, depending on the region. We invite you to consult the page for each region via the "Parcours2024" tab on the Site:
To participate, please follow the steps below:
(1) Log on to the http://www.fundtruck.com/candidater website (the " Site ") and complete the entry form, providing the following information clearly, accurately and truthfully:
- Company name,
- Company nationality,
- Full name of company representative,
- E-mail address,
- Phone number,
- ItsSIREN number,
- Website address
(2) Answer the following questions:
- What's your concept in a nutshell?
- What products/services does your company offer?
- What is your added value?
- Which success are you most proud of?
- What is your financing requirement?
- How did you hear about Fundtruck?
(3) Download documents (an updated pitch deck or presentation) presenting your business,
(4) Accept via various checkboxes:
- Regulations ;
- that the Organizers, without any compensation, reproduce, represent and exploit the image of the Participant and that of its legal representatives or founders, as well as the brand and logo of the Participant during the different phases of the Contest, including the National Final;
- the 2 Organizers' personal data protection policies.
(5) Select a checkbox to be contacted by partners for collaboration.
(6) Confirm your application by clicking on the "Send my application" button.
4.2 Under no circumstances shall the transmission of Elements by the Participant result in a transfer of ownership. The Participant remains the owner of any textual, photographic or multimedia document (the " Elements ") that he/she has transmitted to the Organizers. However, given the means of transmission, the Elements will not be returned to the Participants.
4.3. The Participant warrants that the Elements transmitted do not infringe any third-party intellectual property right, in particular by reproducing in whole or in part a work protected by copyright, trademark or design right. The Participant also guarantees that the Elements disseminated do not infringe the right to privacy and in particular the right to the image of the persons represented. Where applicable, the Participant warrants that he/she has obtained the necessary authorizations for the use, reproduction and representation of his/her Elements within the framework of the Competition and the Organizers' communication operations. The Participant guarantees that his or her Elements do not infringe current regulations, public order or public decency.
In this respect, the Participant is solely responsible for the Elements thus disseminated by the Organizers and guarantees the Organizers against (i) any claim, demand, action, disturbance, eviction and/or pre-litigation and/or litigation opposition, founded or unfounded (and all associated costs), (ii) any condemnation (and all associated costs, including attorney's fees), pursuant to a final and unappealable court decision, based on an infringement of an intellectual property right or an infringement of the image or privacy of a third party, resulting from the distribution of the Elements within the scope of the authorization, and(iii) any damages on the same basis.
The Organizers reserve the right to refuse any Element that does not comply with the aforementioned conditions and consequently to disqualify the Participant.
The Organizers or any other party involved in the organization of the Contest will not be responsible at any time for expenses incurred by Participants. Participants understand that they are solely responsible for any expenses they may incur.
5. WHAT PRIZES ARE AWARDED TO THE WINNERS?
5.1. The National Jury decides independently on the awarding of the prize, described below, following the National Final, which will take place in Paris on December 3, 2024.
The National Winner will receive the following prize:
- urban advertising display services with a leading partner (billboards, interactive screens, etc.) worth around 170,000 euros including tax, to be confirmed;
- communication on Maddyness social networks to give visibility to the winner, worth €80,000 including tax;
- an article presenting the Winner, containing a written portrait illustrated by a drawing of the representative of the National Winner, published on the Maddyness website: www.maddyness.com and on Maddyness social networks (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn). In this respect, the National Winner acknowledges that he/she must make himself/herself available for an interview with Maddyness, worth €5,000 including tax.
The total value of this prize is €255,000 including tax, its value being determined at the time of drafting the Rules and cannot be contested.
One winner will also receive the "Public Vote" prize, which consists of promotion on Maddyness social networks, with the publication of an article worth €5,000 (incl. VAT).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Organizers reserve the right to amend the present Rules in order to modify the prizes without being able to reduce the prize mentioned. In such a case, an amendment will be published on the Site.
The prize will not be returned, exchanged or replaced by another object or value or service for any reason whatsoever. No cash equivalent will be awarded in exchange for the prize won, for any reason whatsoever.
If a Winner cannot be contacted or cannot accept the prize or any part thereof for any reason whatsoever, the Organizers have no obligation whatsoever towards that Winner. The Organizers will not replace an endowment that is lost or stolen after it has been awarded to the Winners. Any Winner will accept the endowment "as is". The Organizers provide no guarantee whatsoever on the prizes. Prizes are non-modifiable, non-exchangeable, non-transferable and non-refundable.
In the event that a Prizewinner cannot be contacted either by e-mail or by telephone within one (1) month of the first attempt to contact him/her, he/she will be deemed to have renounced the prize in its entirety and will not be entitled to obtain this prize from the Organizers, nor to any compensation or indemnity whatsoever.
A Participant who fails to comply with the conditions of participation set out in the Rules at the time of registration and/or at any stage of the selection process will be disqualified immediately and without notice from the Contest, and will not be entitled to receive any prize. In the event that a prize is awarded to a Participant who does not meet the conditions of participation at the time of registration or at any time during the Contest, the Organizers reserve the right to demand that the Participant return the prize awarded if it has not been used.
5.2 In the event that the Organizers are unable to provide the prize described above, the prize may be replaced without any claim being made in this respect.
In particular, the Organizers disclaim all liability in the event of impossibility or delay in the execution of services during the specified period due to health constraints.
6. HOW ARE PARTICIPANTS AND WINNERS SELECTED AND INFORMED OF THEIR SELECTION?
The Competition Winners will be determined as follows:
6.1. Review of Participant applications and pre-selection phase for the local event
A pre-selection committee is made up of at least 1 member from Capitale French Techlocale, Maddyness, Sowefund and partners (the " Committee ").
At least 2 weeks before the date of the Local Event, the Committee will select between 5 and 8 Participants per city from among all the complete applications sent to the Committee by the deadline, based on the following criteria:
- overall project coherence ;
- innovative concept;
- economic viability;
- development capacity ;
- strategymarketing ;
- convictiondu Participant ;
- concept's ability to evolve
(the " SelectedParticipants ").
The Committee will select between 5 and 8 PreselectedParticipants in each city. The Pre-selectedParticipants will be contacted by e-mail at the address indicated in their entry form in order to participate in the Local Event.
6.2. Local and regional events
➢ A t Local Events:
- ShortlistedParticipants will present a pitch lasting 3 minutes, after which the Jury may ask questions for 5 to 10 minutes. The pitch consists of a presentation of the Participant's project, its financing needs and any other elements left to the free discretion of the Participants.
- the members of the Regional Jury will vote for one Preselected Participant per city, and thus designate one Local Winner per city.
➢ A t the Regional Event:
- Local Winners will present a pitch lasting 3 minutes, followed by 5 to 10 minutes of questions from the Jury. The pitch consists of a presentation of the Participant's project, its financing requirements and any other information left to the discretion of the Participants.
- the members of the Regional Jury will vote for a Local Winner and select one Regional Winner per region, except for the Provence-Alpes-Côte- d'Azur, Bretagne, Occitanie, Ile de France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions, for which two Regional Winners will be selected.
Nineteen (19) Regional Winners will be selected to take part in the National Final.
➢ Where appropriate, an interview with a French Tech representative at the end of the Local or Regional Event may be held depending on the cities and regions.
➢ Regional winners are eligible for the "Public Vote" award.
6.3. FinaleNationale
The Regional Winners will take part in the national final, to be held in Paris on December 3, 2024 (the " Finale Nationale ").
At the National Final Ceremony, the Jury will select one (1) National Winner from among the Regional Winners on the basis of (i) the presentation of their pitches and (ii) the following criteria:
- overall project coherence ;
- innovative concept;
- economic viability ;
- development capacity ;
- strategymarketing ;
- convictiondu Regional Winner ;
- concept's ability to evolve
(the " National Winner ").
The pitch format for the National Final will be announced at a later date.
These criteria must be the subject of an in-depth study by the Regional Winners, in terms of the business project itself, and its relevance to the context in which it is intended to operate; it being specified that the Regional Winners are and remain solely responsible for these criteria. The Organizers and/or their partners cannot be held liable in any way whatsoever in the event of subsequent difficulties, as the Regional Winners remain solely responsible for their projects and concepts. The awarding of a prize does not in any way constitute approval or guarantee of the quality of the project and concept in terms of the risk incurred by the Regional Winners in their respective businesses.
The National Jury is not required to give reasons for its decision.
The National Winner will be informed of the award at the National Final ceremony when the National Winner is announced on December 3, 2024.
The public will nominate1 winner for the "Public Vote" award.
6.4. The jury is composed of a minimum of 5 members for the local and regional stages (the " Regional Jury ") and a minimum of 3 members for the National Final (the " National Jury ").
- The Regional Jury is made up of members of French Tech, Maddyness, Sowefund, local incubators, business angels (i.e. physical people wishing to invest in innovative companies), investment funds, local elected officials depending on the region.
- The National Jury is made up of investment funds, representatives of French Tech and Maddyness.
The composition of the Regional Jury and the National Jury is left to the discretion of the Organizers, who may decide to modify it at any time.
6.5. The Jury is not obliged to give reasons for its refusal to select Shortlisted Participants as Winners.
6.6. The public will designate a Winner who will receive the "Public Vote" prize:
- anyone can vote via the online voting form until the date indicated on the Site,
- only one vote per person will be counted,
- in order to vote, users must provide their first and last name and e-mail address,
- Regional Winners are authorized to vote for themselves through their representatives.
The results will be announced at the National Final. The Regional Winner with the highest number of votes will be declared winner of the "Public Vote" award.
The Organizers undertake to guarantee the integrity of the Public Voting process. Any attempt at fraud, manipulation or multiple voting is strictly prohibited. The Organizers reserve the right to disqualify any suspicious vote.
7. CONFIDENTIALITY
Until the announcement of the selection of the Shortlisted Participants, the Organizers undertake to keep confidential all information communicated to them.
Participants must have taken the necessary steps to ensure the protection of their intellectual property rights.
Participants undertake to keep all information provided to them by the Organizers strictly confidential for the duration of the Contest and for 5 years after the end of the Contest.
8. RIGHT TO IMAGE
Subject to the agreement expressed in the Participants' entry form, the legal representatives or founders of the Participants authorize the Organizers, in the event that the Participants are selected as Winners, without any consideration, to :
- Reproduce, represent and exploit their image and, where appropriate, their words as fixed on photographs or films during the pitches and Events, during the interviews, as well as during the National Final, directly or through any third party authorized by the Organizers;
- If necessary, make any modification to the initial fixation of their image or proposal, provided that it does not result in any alteration or prejudice to the image of the Participants;
- Reproduce, represent and exploit their first name, surname, image as shown on the above-mentioned photographs and/or videos and/or interviews, and any comments they may make during pitches, Events and at the prize-giving ceremony to be held at the National Final, directly or through any third party authorized by the Organizers.
All the above authorizations being granted :
- For the whole world ;
- For all technical methods and processes known or unknown to date, in particular via the written press, audiovisual media, IT (in particular internet sites, intranet, social networks);
- On any written and/or digital medium (paper, film, video, CD-ROM, CDI, DVD, ...) and in any format, and alone or in association with other images, inserted or not in audiovisual, computer, multimedia documents, etc., in particular on the Maddyness(www.maddyness.com) and La French Tech websites and their associated satellite sites);
- As part of the competition promotion carried out by the Organizers ;
- For a fixed period from the date of submission of the application and for a period expiring two (2) years after the end of the Competition.
The Prize-winners guarantee the Organizers peaceful enjoyment of the items referred to in this article.
9. MODIFICATION OR CANCELLATION OF THE COMPETITION
The Organizers reserve the right to modify, interrupt, cancel, postpone or suspend the Contest at any time and without notice, without this decision giving rise to any claim or compensation. Any changes to the Rules made during the Contest will be announced on the Site.
The Organizers reserve the right not to retain any Participant or not to award all the components of the prize if there are not enough Participants meeting the selection criteria mentioned in article 6.
10. DISQUALIFICATION
The Organizers also reserve the right to exclude from participation in the Contest any person who disrupts the progress of the Contest or who has not complied with the conditions of the Rules, and to deprive the Participant of any right to obtain any prize.
The Organizers reserve the right to take legal action against anyone who has disrupted the proper running of the Contest or fraudulently participated in the Contest.
11. FORCE MAJEURE - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
La responsabilité des Organisateurs nesaurait être engagée pour tout dommage direct ou indirect, matériel ou immatériel, de toute nature,causé par (i) la force majeure, des circonstances indépendantes de sa volonté (fraude, tentative de fraude,etc.) or any other circumstance requiring it, should the Contest be modified, suspended, extended, shortened or cancelled, (ii) the connection to the Site and the content of the Site, (iii) the failure of any receiving equipment or communication lines, (iv) the loss of any paper or electronic mail and, more generally, loss of any data, (v) problems related to the organization of the preparatory work necessary for the realization of the endowment, (vi) technical, material and software failure of any kind, (vii) any strikes or legal or regulatory provisions preventing the Winners from taking full advantage of their endowment.
12. CONSULTING THE REGULATIONS
The Rules and any amendments thereto will be accessible free of charge from the Site for the duration of the Contest.
The Rules may also be sent, free of charge, to any person who so requests to the Organizers' addresses mentioned in Article 1 of the Rules, up to 1 month after the closing date of the Contest.
Incomplete applications will not be considered. No information will be given by telephone.
13. PERSONAL DATA AND MAIN POINTS OF THE JOINT CONTROLLER AGREEMENT
In order to participate in the Contest, the Organizers collect personal data (" Personal Data "). These Personal Data are compulsory, and if they are not transmitted to the Organizers, the Participants' participation cannot be taken into account.
The Organizers undertake to comply with the regulationsrelating to the protection of Personal Data in force and in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016(the "RGPD"), Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, the recommendations of the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés ("CNIL") and any other law or regulation relating to the protection of Personal Data.
Participants must have taken cognizance of the Organizers' personal data protection policies. These policies are available for consultation on their respective websites:
- Maddyness :https://www.maddyness.com/mentions-legales/
- French Tech :https://lafrenchtech.gouv.fr/fr/donnees-personnelles/
Personal Data: surname and first name of the Participant's representatives, e-mail address of the Participant, telephone number of the Participant, voice and image of persons appearing in documents, photographs, videos uploaded, during interviews and at the National Finals ceremony, as well as any personal data voluntarily provided by the Participant within the framework of the Contest.
The Personal Data required to organize the Contest have been determined jointly by the Organizers.
Purposes of the processing of Personal Data: management of participation in the "Fundtruck" 2024 Competition, awarding and fulfillment of the prize, communication relating to the Competition, enabling partners to contact Participants to offer them collaboration, implementing a communication plan around the Winners.
Joint data controllers: the Organizers.
Recipients of Personal Data : the Organizers, members of theJuries, members of the Committee, partners where applicable
Retention period: Participants' Personal Data will be kept for a period of two (2) years after the end of the Contest.
Exercise of rights: Participants have the right to access their Personal Data. Under the conditions provided for by law, Participants may also request the restriction of the processing, rectification or deletion of their Personal Data, withdraw their consent to the processing of their Personal Data, request the portability of their Personal Data or communicate instructions concerning their disposal in the event of their death.
Participants also have the right to oppose the processing of their data for commercial prospecting purposes.
These rights may be exercised at any time at the postal addresses mentioned in Article 1 of the Rules, or by e-mail, subject to proof of identity, if necessary by producing a copy of an identity document in case of doubt:
o for Maddyness: rgpd@maddyness.com
o for French Tech: frenchtech@finances.gouv.fr
Complaints: Participants concerned have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data. In France, the supervisory authority is :
Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés(CNIL) (French Data Protection Authority)
3 place de Fontenoy
TSA 80715
75334 PARIS Cedex 07
14. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
All names, trademarks, copyrights, designs, models and other intellectual property rights cited in the Regulations or on the media dedicated to the Contest remain the exclusive property of their author, depositor and/or holder. In addition, in accordance with French intellectual property law, the reproduction, representation and exploitation of all or part of the elements making up the Contest and the Site, including in particular the trademarks appearing therein, are strictly prohibited.
The Prizewinners authorize the Organizers to use their company names, trademarks and logos free of charge - which the Prizewinners will have previously communicated to the Organizers - solely for the purpose of awarding the prizes, on any medium, including the Internet, worldwide, for a period of 2 years, renewable by tacit agreement for periods of 1 year, unless the Prizewinners agree otherwise or the Prizewinners or the Organizers terminate the contract by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
The Prize-winners guarantee (i) that they hold all intellectual property rights necessary for use in the context of the Competition and the creation of the prizes and (ii) that these rights do not infringe the rights of third parties.
The Organizers undertake not to infringe the intellectual property rights of the Winners.
Both the Organizers and the Winners retain ownership of their intellectual property rights, and the present clause confers only a limited right of use for the purposes of the Competition and the realization of the prize.
15. EVIDENTIARY AGREEMENT
Except in the case of obvious error, it is agreed that the information resulting from the information systems of the Organizers or its service providers, such as in particular the date and time of connection of Participants to the Site, the date and time of dispatch and receipt of notification and reply e-mails, the date and time of dispatch and receipt of entry forms, have evidential value in any dispute, as to the connection elements and computer processing of said information.
16. APPLICABLE LAW / DISPUTES / JURISDICTION
The Contest and the Rules are subject to French law.
Should one or more provisions of the Regulations be declared null and void, this shall not invalidate the Regulations as a whole or any of their other provisions, and shall not affect the performance of the commitments entered into by the parties under the Regulations.
Any claims or disputes relating to the Contest and the Rules must be made in writing within 30 calendar days of the Contest end date (as evidenced by the postmark) to the Organizers' addresses mentioned in Article 1 of the Rules.
The Organizers and the Participants in the Contest shall endeavor to amicably resolve any dispute arising from the interpretation or execution of these Rules. If the disagreement persists, it will be submitted to the competent courts.
