Sophia Antipolis
Europe’s largesttechnopole
2000
companies
37000
employees
nationalities
3500
researchers
3500
students
4500
billion in turnover (€)
2000
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From the design to the acceleration and maturation of your project, various stakeholders will support you throughout the innovation and development process of your company.
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Various new developments, refurbishments and existing properties are available; we will help you set up in Sophia Antipolis.
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Study at a premier University; our business school is globally recognised for its management programme and for the best engineering courses in France.
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Europe’s leading technopole, a pioneering centre for innovation in France and overseas for the last 50 years, Sophia Antipolis is an attractive location for global investors.
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Sophia Antipolis is among the finalists – 2026 IASP Conference
Sophia Antipolis has been selected as one of three finalists to host the IASP World Congress in 2026! These candidates will present their bids in person to IASP members in Nairobi, Kenya, at the conference from September 24 to 27, 2024, highlighting their respective strengths in innovation and research.
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Cybersecurity
Faced with the rapid digitalisation of our environment, cybersecurity has become a key issue for the lasting development of any activity. It is a matter of unequivocal concern for the technopole, whose identity is deeply rooted in digital technology.
Capitalising on digital technologies to develop products and services for the Mediterranean yachting market and taking advantage of the partnership with Antibes Port, Europe’s largest marina. The main goal is to become become a trailblazing thirdmillennial port.
Sportech
Benefitting from a privileged setting and world-class infrastructure such as Mouratoglou Tennis Academy, the technopole is building a high-level sport and health sector, while promoting collaboration across the ecosystem.
Fintech
When technology developed in Sophia Antipolis meets the finance and banking sector, it naturally generates opportunities for innovation and the creation of different start-ups such as TrackInsight, IndiceA and Abaka. A sector aussi also highlighted thanks to the recent establishment of the American unicorn company, Symphony.
Edtech
The Educazur cluster supports the development of the local e-education ecosystem and EdTechs. It brings together the sector’s start-ups such as Teach On Mars, as well as higher education stakeholders such as SKEMA Business School, UCA and ERCIM.
Proptech
In a very attractive region for property investment, where the market is dynamic, technologies developed in Sophia Antipolis enable the services offered by property stakeholders to be reinvented and enhanced. Several start-ups have been established, such as Kinaxia which offers innovative solutions for the value chain.
Health and Biotech
Sophia Antipolis has 45 health establishments, employing more than 2,500 people and generating almost 800 million Euros in turnover. In Sophia Antipolis, public companies and laboratories of an international standard cover the entire value chain and foster the set-up of start-ups and laboratory spin-offs
Intelligent Vehicles and Mobility
The recent arrival of Renault Software Labs in 2017 and Mercedes Benz’ “Advanced Design Center” in 2018 consolidate Sophia Antipolis’ position as a French automotive sector hub. AI skills enhance the potential.
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Sophia Antipolis is among the finalists – 2026 IASP Conference
Sophia Antipolis has been selected as one of three finalists to host the IASP World Congress in 2026! These candidates will present their bids in person to IASP members in Nairobi, Kenya, at the conference from September 24 to 27, 2024, highlighting their respective strengths in innovation and research.
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Cooperation with Qingdao National High-Tech Development Zone
The ongoing cooperation between Sophia Antipolis Foundation and Qingdao National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone
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MYCOPHYTO
MYCOPHYTO is working on restoring natural balances by developing innovative solutions based on the restoration of resilience and nature. MYCOPHYTO implements natural biological technologies for agriculture and the environment.
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Ecotone Antibes, the 21st century environmentally friendly campus
Ecotone Antibes will be the most vegetated building ever built and will become the gateway and the new tertiary image of Sophia Antipolis.
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Videtics raises 2 million euros
VIDETICS has just announced the raising of 2 million euros from several investors and BPI France.
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Club Business Sophia Antipolis
L’ATOUT INNOVATION DE SOPHIA Quels sont les atouts de Sophia Antipolis, première technopole d’Europe, en terme d’innovation ? David SIMPLOT Professeur des Universités Past directeur INRIA Sophia Antipolis David apportera une vision extérieure sur les points forts et points faibles de l’écosystème Sophipolitain ainsi que des pistes de travail pour les prochaines années… Professeur des […]
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Club Business Sophia Antipolis
L’ATOUT INNOVATION DE SOPHIA Quels sont les atouts de Sophia Antipolis, première technopole d’Europe, en terme d’innovation ? David SIMPLOT Professeur des Universités Past directeur INRIA Sophia Antipolis David apportera une vision extérieure sur les points forts et points faibles de l’écosystème Sophipolitain ainsi que des pistes de travail pour les prochaines années… Professeur des […]
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SOFTFLUENT – Software quality and development of business applications
Founded almost 17 years ago by former Microsoft consultants, SoftFluent is composed of a team of leading experts in Microsoft technologies, software quality and the development of business applications including software eco-design.
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