Blagnac, Occitanie, France
After 20 years spent in the sailing competition through various activities (brokerage, event organisation, marketing, project management, charter, class management), and one participation with a new team from scratch to the everest of sailing : the America's Cup, I am using this wide experience to help international strategical and financial development of innovative companies. During my career I have raised more than 50 million Euros of sponsorship and managed teams and companies from 10 to 80 people. With K-Challenge, the first Sport-Tech in the wold, we are gathering the best sailors and engineers to take up the most competitive sailing competitions in the world in order to create the unique environment that stimulates innovation. Thanks to this competitive environment we will be more efficient than a standard startup to create breakthrough innovations that will revolutionize the world of transport. We have already several projects undergoing in the simulation and design market, hydrogen propulsion or drone coaching etc. Our ultimate goal is to win the oldest sports trophy in the world : the America's Cup. I am also owner of 2 organic vineyards located in the South of France - Château Tourril, a 16ha French qualitative organic vineyard producing quality red, rosé and white AOP Minervois - Domaine des Pentelines, a 24 ha organic winery of the southern Rhone Valley which produces red and white AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Gadagne wines on similar soils than Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
K-Challenge LAB réunit les meilleurs talents et experts de haut niveau issue de la compétition et de l'aérospatiale pour développer des innovations majeures qui contribuent à la transition écologique de la mobilité. Notre créativité et notre efficacité sont boostées par notre implication dans la compétition internationale de voile à foils (America's Cup, SailGP, GC32 etc.) dont la maîtrise de la complexité est sans équivalent dans l'industrie. Notre portefeuille d'innovations comprend déjà des actifs logiciels et matériels dans le domaine du design industriel digital, la simulation numérique 3D dynamique ou la propulsion hydrogène.
K-Challenge, fondée en 2001 par Stephan Kandler, rejoint par Bruno Dubois en 2021, est la première sport-tech au monde qui rassemble les meilleurs sportifs, ingénieurs, techniciens et experts français ayant l'objectif ultime de remporter des plus grandes compétitions de la voile internationale, dont le plus ancien trophée sportif au monde : l'America's Cup. La maîtrise de cet environnement ultra-compétitif et aléatoire est le stimulant de notre créativité et de notre capacité d’innovation. La Sport-Tech K-Challenge est donc un véritable incubateur de talents et le creuset idéal pour le développement d’innovations majeures dans le domaine de la mobilité et de la transition écologique. Soutenu par la Fédération Française de Voile et le Ministère de la Mer, un programme spectaculaire et un package techno-sportif de très haut niveau de plusieurs années a été mis en place pour atteindre ces objectifs sportifs, technologiques et commerciaux. Véritable BOOSTER marketing, notre plateforme à 360° permet à nos sponsors d'exposer leurs marques au niveau mondial et fédérer leurs employés autour des valeurs intrinsèques de notre sport : excellence, esprit d'équipe, protection de l'environnement, innovation. Incubateur ultra-performant, la sport-tech K-Challenge offre aux investisseurs un retour sur investissement fortifié pas des revenus diversifiés : Actifs mobiliers et immobiliers, Sponsoring, Propriété Intellectuelle, Formation de haut niveau, Logiciels, Brevets, Franchise sportive, Nouvelles technologies.
With K-Challenge, the first Sport-Tech in the wold, we are gathering the best sailors and engineers to take up the most competitive sailing competitions in the world in order to create the unique environment that stimulates innovation. Thanks to this competitive environment we will be more efficient than a standard startup to create breakthrough innovations that will revolutionize the world of transport. We have already several projects undergoing in the simulation and design market, hydrogen propulsion or drone coaching etc. Our ultimate goal is to win the oldest sports trophy in the world : the America's Cup.
A 24 ha organic winery of the southern Rhone Valley which produces red and white AOP Côtes du Rhône Villages Gadagne wines on similar soils than Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Chateau Tourril is an organic vinery of 16ha owned by the Kandler family producing high quality red, rosé and white AOP Minervois wines
The origin of "CHÂTEAU TOURRIL" goes back to the "Stone of Tourril", a roman tower at the top of a hill. The vineyard emerges from a natural circus from where one can escape for quiet moments. Bought in 1998, this 13 hectares AOP-AOC MINERVOIS" is classified vineyard has received heavy investments to modernize it with the latest technology . It is located in the South of France close to the "Canal du Midi" (UNESCO World Heritage List) between Carcassonne (World Heritage List) and the ancient gallo-roman capital Narbonne. The clay-limestone soil is well drained by rains and protected by surrounding hills from winds and frost. Quality and tradition are the main characteristics of our wines.
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