Sophia Antipolis

Europe’s ^largesttechnopole

2 500

companies

44 500

employees

nationalities

4 500

researchers

6 000

students

5.6

billion in turnover (€)

2 400

hectares

Sophia Antipolis Technopole

Discover this unique location

CREATE AND GROW

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.

Create and grow

Set up your business

Various new developments, refurbishments and existing properties are available; we will help you set up in Sophia Antipolis.

Set up your business

Study

Study at a premier University; our business school is globally recognised for its management programme and for the best engineering courses in France.

Étudier

Support our projects

Discover our flagship projects for developing the technopole and benefit from tax incentives related to payments through the Sophia Antipolis Foundation.

Support our projects

Live in Sophia Antipolis

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.

Live in Sophia Antipolis

Protected: 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.

Focus

The Sectors

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.

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.

Yachting & Bluetech

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.