McLloyd was born in 2013 in France. Based on the growing demand for performance optimization tools in sport and the limitations of existing equipment, McLloyd has set itself the goal of bringing a technological breakthrough in this area.
After 3 years of R & D and several million euros invested, a first World Rugby Compliant system was launched in 2016, immediately propelling McLloyd as the leading supplier of French professional rugby (TOP14 / ProD2). Then in 2017, McLloyd won the international PMU bidding competition for 42 companies to track horses in the race. Thus was born the first centimeter GPS tracker in the world compatible with the constraints of sport due to its size and weight. This range of products for Horse Racing is now used on the biggest horse races in the world.
In 2018 McLloyd opened a subsidiary in Miami, and today addresses the European and American markets of tracking in professional sports and horse racing.
The accuracy of data as well as the reliability of live and biometric data are the subject of 4 patents filed and 3 major technological breakthroughs. McLloyd’s technologies are also regularly recognized in the most prestigious innovation competitions. McLloyd is the winner of the Global Innovation Competition in 2017, the ilab Digital Innovation Contest in 2018 and the H2020 European Contest in 2019.
McLloyd is committed to its customers and partners on a daily basis to continue to innovate to make data more relevant. Delivering more than 100TO of data to its customers in 2019, McLloyd has become today a key player in GPS tracking around the world.
BOARD MEMBERS
Pierre-Arnaud Coquelin
CEO
Ecole Polytechnique
Founding and leading of VEKIA from 2007 to 2012, revolutionizing logistic through AI.
By founding McLloyd in 2013, Pierre-Arnaud intends to make sport tracking radically evolve with technological gaps.
Timothée TRONET
Associate
Wharton University
CEO and Founder of FreshBurritos, leader of Mexican food in France
Timothée takes part of McLloyd’s global strategy with his experience and vision.
Lisa BOST
Deputy Director
Télécom-ParisTech
Lisa started with McLloyd in 2016 as data scientist, and was raised as CTO in 2018.
She is now McLloyd’s Deputy General Director, leading the company’s growth and development.
William DIEN
CMO
HEC Paris
After 7 years at the core of CANAL+ Group digital developments, William leads McLloyds’ brand awareness through all communications and marketing tools since October 2019.
Benoit Thomas
CTO
University of Montpellier II
With 14 years of experience in the world of IoT and M2M,
Benoît has led since July 2020 for the electronic development and production of McLloyd products.
McLloyd’s 4 major patents
Awards and distinctions
2017 – Laureate from the Global Innovation Contest (Phase 2)
The World Innovation Competition aims to finance innovative projects carried out by companies and to create the French “champions” of tomorrow, creators of value, exports and jobs.
2018 – Laureate from the digital innovation contest
i-Nov
The call for projects “Innovation competition – i-Nov” is a support system funded by the Investments for the Future Program (PIA) which aims to select innovation projects with particularly strong potential for the French economy.
2019 – Seal of excellence grade from the European Commission and French laureate Horizon2020
The European Union’s research and innovation funding program for the period 2014-2020.
