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Startup ecosystem in Sophia Antipolis

Local startups, investors, and operators based in Sophia Antipolis, France.

3 entries.

Aktantis

Sophia Antipolis, France · Support Organization

Aktantis is a world-class European deeptech competitiveness cluster founded in 2005 and based in Sophia Antipolis, France, federating an innovation ecosystem focused on digital transition across microelectronics, IoT, cybersecurity, AI, and photonics. With over 300 member organizations, Aktantis supports companies through project financing, growth acceleration, international expansion, and cybersecurity protection, with member startups collectively raising over 500 million euros in funding and investing 1.5 billion euros in R&D. The cluster participates as a partner in SIDO Lyon as part of its European deeptech ecosystem development mission.

Riviera DEV 2026

Sophia Antipolis, France · Event

Developer conference on the French Riviera at SKEMA Business School in Sophia Antipolis: one Deep Dive day plus two conference days, 50 talks and 30 workshops for around 700 attendees across web, cloud, DevOps and AI tracks.

Riviera JUG / Riviera DEV

Sophia Antipolis, France · Event Organisator

Riviera JUG is a volunteer-run developer community organization based in Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera, dedicated to organizing the annual Riviera DEV multi-day developer conference. The group brings together developers and technologists from across France and Europe to share knowledge on Java/JVM technologies, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and modern software engineering practices. All seventeen-plus organizers are unpaid volunteers who collectively design and run a conference that consistently draws over a hundred confirmed speakers per edition.