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SYSELIO - Digital transition:

“Mindsets are changing” by Milena Radoman

The Blue Fund has financed 15 digital transition projects in the yachting sector. Syselio, which
develops business software, is headed up by David Berrin who was able to observe - and take part
in - this evolution.

You are a partner of the Blue Fund, which
offers up to 70% financing for digital projects. SYSELIO: SOME FIGURES
Do you feel that yachting is making its digital Created in 2003 Syselio has 15 employees and a turnover of €1.2 million. Convention, its
transition?
At our level, we do indeed notice an enthusiasm software suite for professional event organisers, has supported more than 150 events.
for digital projects. Since the creation of the
Blue Fund at the end of 2020, we have been
commissioned by three companies in the using our tools since 2013. With our software, How do you mean?
yachting sector, Catalano Shipping, H&V Yachting they manage their online registrations and Specialising in fiscal representation, H&V
and MYSEA. Yachting is a cutting-edge sector in exhibition areas (invitation form, badges, etc), Yachting works with charters and takes care
Monaco and it’s normal for it to be technologically as well as their invoices and so on. of VAT registration and declaration, invoicing,
up to date. Mindsets are changing. We still see a etc. These VAT declarations depend on the
lot of old-fashioned accounting, done manually What are your current digital projects? time spent in the territorial waters where the
on tedious Excel files but automating tasks using They are very varied. Catalano Shipping boats dock. We made them a tool that tracks
software or an application contributes to time Services is a maritime agency that manages the position of yachts and allows these tax
saving and profile - it is imperative today. stopovers for yachts and megayachts, offering procedures to be carried out, as well as
them various services such as the reservation invoicing; and automating these tasks means
Have you not worked much with the yachting of berths, onboard supplies, administrative and they can also manage more boats.
industry until now? customs procedures, parcel transport, etc. We Finally, for MYSEA yacht brokerage, we
Since I founded Syselio in 2003, 40% of activity have designed a mobile application to make developed an application to manage all
has been in events, including Sportel, the life easier for their clients and employees. invoicing, summarise cash flows, verify all
Monte-Carlo Television Festival, the Laureus Boat captains have access via this app to client payments, as well as calculating the
World Sport Awards and the World Rugby the catalogue of suppliers when placing commissions shared with other brokers.
Awards (equivalent of the FIFA Golden Ball their orders. In one click, they can check
Awards). Yachting companies in particular boat supplies and track packages. All orders How much does such a project cost?
have been extremely rare clients. Only one go through this logistics platform. For H&V It’s like a house, it all depends on the size!
major player, the Monaco Yacht Show, has been Yachting, the needs were different. It can be anything from €3,000 to €300,000.

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