The MODULOWATT initiative was launched in 2008 with the impetus of Alain Bernard, ex-CEO and Founder of Prosodie, a telecoms services provider. Through his investment company, New York Finance Innovation (NYFI), kind of “business angel boutique”, he backs innovative technical projects such as Flying Robots, the civilian drone and Voliris, a light, hydrogen-powered aircraft
Via its bold concept, « Business as an Art - l’entreprise comme une œuvre d’art », New York Finance Innovation associates the business world with that of the arts, via its 200m² exhibition gallery located on the banks of the Seine, 64bis avenue de New York. This space is dedicated to entrepreneurship and artistic creation, for business people or artists alike (www.nyfi.fr).
The idea is to bring together the bearers of innovative projects and investors or potential clients during the « Innovation Days », temporary thematic exhibitions, or of artists with their admirers at exhibitions organised at the Galerie 64bis, which is NYFI’s window on the arts (www.64bis.com).
The MODULOWATT concept was presented for the first time in France at one such « Innovation Days » in February 2009 and then again from December 2009 to February 2010, at the « Innovation Days, milestone step ». It was on this occasion that a motorised, scale 1 model of the coupling and towing system was exhibited.
