Bonneville advises founders, boards and executive teams on strategy, operations and financing: from company building and P&L ownership to fundraising, cross-border co-production and go-to-market.
Led by Fred Volhuer, co-founder and former CEO of Atlas V, whose productions won more than 30 international awards including an Emmy, and Guest Professor at Arizona State University. Sector experience spans emerging technology, immersive and spatial media, robotics, applied AI and brand marketing including social platforms.
01The practice
Board and C-level counsel on positioning, operating model and organisational design, including P&L ownership, scale-up sequencing and the decisions that follow a change of direction.
Budget architecture, fundraising and investor readiness, cross-border co-production, tax-credit stacks and public funding pipelines, built on a decade of executive production experience.
Positioning, audience strategy and go-to-market, including social platform strategy and community- and creator-led distribution for brands and technology products.
Social and humanoid robotics, immersive and spatial computing, applied AI, framed as a business question rather than a technical one: what to build, what to buy, what to ignore, and what it costs either way.
Turning a technology ambition into a roadmap a business can act on: opportunity framing, platform selection, build-versus-partner decisions and phasing.
Assembling international partners and structuring programme architecture for research grants and public funding, from Horizon Europe and France 2030 to the CNC and NSF.
02Recent mandates
Paris-based social robotics company behind the Mirokaï, and a Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics trusted tester.
Defined new angles on the relationship between people and robots: how a people-facing robot should be positioned, how it speaks and is spoken about, who it is for, and how it reaches its audiences through communication, social media and live demonstration.
A platform for creating and managing social media content.
An ongoing mandate on technology financing opportunities and international development: identifying the funding routes available to a growing platform and structuring its expansion beyond its home market.
03Recognition
International awards, including an Emmy and prizes at Venice, Annecy and SXSW
Official festival selections, among them Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto, Venice and SXSW
| Year | Award | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Emmy Award, Outstanding Interactive Media | Madrid Noir |
| 2018 | Venice Immersive, Best VR Experience | Spheres |
| 2023 | Venice Immersive, Achievement Prize | Empereur (Emperor) |
| 2019 | Annecy, VR Crystal / Best VR Experience | Gloomy Eyes |
| 2022 | SXSW, Best VR Experience | On the Morning You Wake |
| 2019 | SXSW, Jury Award for Storytelling | Gloomy Eyes |
| 2024 | SXSW, XR Experience Spotlight Audience Award | Empereur (Emperor) |
| 2018 | GIFF, Reflet d'Or, Best Immersive Work | Vestige |
| 2019 | Peabody, Future of Media Award | Atlas V slate |
Productions have also been recognised by the Webby and Annie Awards.
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